seattle continued

because it is an uppercase and a lowercase city

lxy didn't like the moore theater installation/intervention. i liked that we were able to explore a space, enter and exit a building in different ways, find corners and odd spots. but the spots could've been odder. it seemed thrown together at the last minute? wacky for wackinesses sake? if you're going to rent that theater you need to focus on ghosts and transformations (new>old>new>old>newin2009) and the sense that every corner is overrun by the last thing you'd expect there. not silliness for its own sake but a reminder of what it was and a wistful hope and also an inbetween. the backrooms themselves were kinda the best canvas, and it ends up with watermelons and monitors and a bar? make it a haunted house in june, summer ghosts exhuming themselves.

the bridge motel, the last thing (reference: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=62&threadid=83 ) was better. there you knew 'this is the last thing that will ever happen in this sordid smelly room. wow.' it gave the acts more permanence a story you could add on top, embellish, picture how it played out before.

at the moore it seemed like they didn't take advantage of the space, the physical area around them.

i liked when people walked out above the stage and i had to make a snap judgment on booing them.

I agree! Also still pondering the program, which lists 32(?) sites within the theater but I felt like there were *maybe* 10? And yes, less random 'I am doing performance art' moments and more exploitation of the space/environment, plz. But yes, also, it was neat to have access at least.

hey is it a billion degrees in seattle right now no i didn't think so stfu

― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 04:11

What is with all the hate tonight :-/ sigh

favorite planned seattle building, 2700 Elliott Ave
http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/library/2700elliottII.jpg
http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/archives/171666.asp

it's true, i didn't like the moore thing. what a waste of a good idea and a wonderful venue. granted, the thing at the bridge motel was top notch A+++ so it's not really fair comparing. but still, the moore thing would have been on the disappointment end no matter what.

at the same time, i was very happy to spend some time with tehersa, et al, even if it wasn't for very long. (sorry for bailing early, t.)

also, that building posted right up there is super hot.

What is the bill and Melinda gates foundation building going up east of Seattle Center? Is it a building to house the foundation or is it a foundation-sponsored project? I could not tell. If it is for the foundation, they should give me a job because I live close.

it will house the foundation. get a job there!

(except the building might not be ready as soon as you might want a job)

unless, you know, you're looking for a construction job in which case

Could be good way to get fit?

hey t u wanna come drink whiskey w me 2morrow

Sure, I <3 whiskey!

<# we'll make a plan yay!

was thinking the three of us should hang out when i get back. drink on the porch. after the second

I would like that very much. In addition to whiskey I am also quite fond of porches.

And good peoples.

lady we got it ALL!

so you like to watch dudes smoke up while they tap their feet to disco right.

uh

Is that a trick question or

what

no trick just treats babay

(note to estela: that almost came out 'truck question')

truck question: am i glad or sad to be behind this vehicle?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3405/3663748189_8186a371aa_m.jpg

I am baffled. Truck questions are tricky.

all i have are inappropriate jokes

anyone who likes vintage automobiles should come to my neighborhood today, the whole main drag is filled with beauties

The qwest tech said there is a rockathon that is a marathon where bands play every mile. Hmm.

what's more annoying than running? having to run past wanker bands every few minutes.

(or in my case, having to stroll past a wanker band or two over the course of a coupla hours, till i hail a yellow cab to take me home so i can smoke in peace.)

There was also mention of business men in pirate costumes scaring children?

oh jesus. ya, seafair pirates. they're a seattle thing. a terrible, terrible seattle thing.

jergins will probably defend them.

rip

no

sorry

sok, i'm superstitious abt shit like that so.

thx for understanding

The Seafair Pirates are goodwill ambassadors for the city of Seattle, and have traveled across the United States and Canada, as well as to Grand Cayman, Mazatlán, Kobe, and Taiwan. Each year they also travel to the Cayman Islands for Pirate Week. In 2007, Sports Illustrated was shooting its Swimsuit Issue for 2008 and the pirates appeared in full uniform with model Melissa Haro

harro

hihi

the pirates lecherous as hell and grab women off the street at parades and grab boobs, kiss. they also scare kids (that are easily scared). they harken back to the old less appropriate more gold miner/skid row Seattle that i love but am glad is gone. they though, they can stay.

DE-FENSE

http://www.mydisguises.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/melissa-haro-seafair-pirates-2.jpg

! wow what a city I live in now !

i like miners

dear lxy,

thank you for a lovely evening!

<3,
t

!!!!<<<<3333!!!!

hope BUS didn't SUX

It was late and it smelled like fried fish and I missed my stop bc it was dark and I couldn't read signs lol and got off at Mercer but I made it home in under and hour anyway and I think the hill walking was good for working off the booze :)

right, so in summary BUSSUX!

(i shoulda recommended you tell the driver what stop you wanted cuz yeah, it's hard to see along there. mercer's probably better lit anyway, so.)

do you guys know the bar solo?
i was thinking of going solo (he, he) tonight based on reviews that make it seem more chill than other neighborhood bars (ie maybe less scary?).

basically i need to go do things by myself so i can follow through on my plan to meet new people etc

<3 solo, yeah, perfect

their website says monday is movie night and they are showing twin peaks which is otm bc last night i watched ep 1 again!
but maybe it's out of date, the site.

tell me about going to bars by yourself and if it makes you any friends

i never make friends at the library because it's all homeless people and teenagers lol

ok but if it doesn't work it might be my fault because there is a high likelihood that i will go and read a book and not talk to anyone.

^ this is me, iirc we talked about this on howard st. in baltimore, md

the last time i went to a bar alone i took a book, and a couple "adopted" me because of it so....

yeah a friend once told me if i took a book to bars it would make guys hit on me but i think that is kinda crepey but then again this friend was also kinda crepey so

tehres did you go to the bar?

i got scandalously drunk at solo a couple weeks ago

do u talk 2 ladiez while in such a state?

I am posting from inside the bar. There are 6 other people here: the bartender, her friend, and 2 couples sitting in the corners.

yaya it was with coworkers so we talk. i e ven grabbed one boob of coworkerbut it was cuz she implored me xpost

Um

Wow

like in front of everyone i did say scandalous right

tell us some more doings.

This lady is making me STRONG drinks btw might be posting to DRUNK soon.

they domake em strong
estela we'd all just been laid off for a month so it seemed like the thing to do, the drinking and the grabbing. tune in tokyo indeed!

yuk yuk yuk

i <3 nonsense.

Tell me about block party

s'fun cuz fhey do it in theroad. when u go to san juans? i will bethere (friday harbor) part of august and part of july

Well my ny friend is coming to visit this weekend and I thought we'd run up for a pretty day.

good thinking

to answer ur original ? tho i'd say san juan island or orcas. shaw and lopez are great too but take longer to reveal themselves

Good to know, thankig u jergins!

Jergs, when u back? Let's drink! I'm feeling drinky! Maybe bc I am drink? Lol!

whatcha doin friday night? i'm free and. back in town

Friday night my friend's flight gets in around 9. So I don't know. You wanna go out?

ok so i gave my card to the bartender and her gay friend who i think is not actually gay oops. btw he went to rit! hahahahahahaha.

olol

btw, i <3 my new home:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/IMG00652.jpg

makin me miss it, out here in this dusty desert-ass country

here is a seattle tip: it is a really long walk from sun liquor to my house.

lol yeah it is!

so glad you went to sun liquor. did you like it?

Loved it! And my friend was still raving about it as she left for the airport :D

mariners vs. the hated orioles
1:40 pm pdt start

did u get tix?

orioles are so bad and hated

little known fact: my little known grandfather once did spring training with the hated orioles.

my favorite team is montreal expos. after they died i don't like baseball anymore

they didnt die they just had a sex change and became the nationals

oh blah blah

i liked the braves until the strike killed baseball for me.

braves may be my least favorite team? the chop is so disgusting

oh yeah it is horrible but i lived close to atlanta so it was a local thing to like the braves.

oh yeah i forgot. it was a thing to like the yankees where i am from :((((((

ew gross

Fav minor league team = Indianapolis Indians, because of player Raaaaaazzzzzzooooorrrrrr SHINES! (now 3rd base coach for the Mets ;_;) Tho Everett Aquasox are close favorite due to awesome name.

(ps so glad to be home. sorry indianapolis, but it is over between us and i am blocking u and changing my status to it's complicated. why? b/c y'r icky.)

(i do totally <3 seattle)

welcome home!!!

so glad 2 b back! If anyone is down at the stadiums for Mariners/Sounders games btw, they should stop at our house for refreshment/until traffic clears/etc.

would love to. next soccer game we have tix for is july 25th, a noon start i think.

tza i *almost* have the tickets. it's like 85% at this point. my friends are flaky but hey, free is free

it's cool i am flexible if it happens yay if not it's ok!
we should do something soon anyway, though.

tickets are set. pick you up at one?

hooray, sounds grebt!

reminder: take the bag of spices

YES. put them out

jergins, you know about the free parking area that is through the creepy rat-infested tunnel from the train station? Under the deck behind the FW gallery?

nuh uh.hmm. i have my own free spot i like but another could come in handy. i will look up fw gallery

go to the king st station, turn left and go to the far end of the parking lot - there is a tunnel that goes under Jackson and follows old unused tracks, go down that and follow along the chain-link fence past the garbage dumpsters. There's a guy that has set up housekeeping under there in a cardboard box fort, but he is easy-going. There's 7 or 8 spaces under there - not always useful during the workday b/c other people know about it, but almost always totally empty on the weekend. It is very creepy to have to walk down there, wear sturdy shoes.

FW = Foster White

thanks! i'll keep that one in the back pocket

thanks for an adventurous day, jergs!
lxy, it was swell to see you, too!
also, surprisingly, there were only 2 repeats of things i already have in the spices!

you too, tehehe!
kind of a miracle of spices, then. yay!

miracle turmeric, for sure.

what will i cook for you with all this spices?

turmeric really? well then, way to go, everybody!

maybe you could get harbl's extra+++ turmeric recipe.

oh i just cooked yellow split peas. they weren't ruined, i didn't even notice extra turmeric taste even!

they must have been really yellow!

turmeric is very good for you but i can't remember quite how

no it's true when i saw dr. andrew weil give a lil talk he was raving about the benefits of turmeric but now i can't remember why... something about longevity?

Mr. Jaq and I were inspecting a turmeric root at Uwajimaya last night! Housed between the mushrooms and the herbs, looked like a scrawny carrot. Maybe all that yellowness gives you a sunny outlook?

the tamarind i got (also at uwajimaya) was in a box and i had no idea if there was a way to choose it for best quality so i just got some and it seems to be working out ok but i really don't know maybe it is horrible quality! i also got a cherimoya there that i was really excited about but then i let it get too ripe and had to get rid of it because it was leaking on my counter :(

i have never bought a real tamarind, only the gummy pulp you buy in sealed plastic. seems ok.

this is what i had to do with my tamarind:
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there is still some left. maybe i'll make some juice.

oops http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2434687926_f3a302d60c_m.jpg

I love those tamarind sodas that Greenleaf makes. They are probably just tamarind pulp, simple syrup, and soda water. Sprinkled with chopped peanuts though!

I bought apricots and a cherimoya last night! I found out a few weeks ago it is perfectly fine to keep your cherimoya in the fridge. It will stay good even if the skin gets all brown and shabby.

i don't what all these strange foods are

my dinner was lite swiss on grainy bread topped with spinach and tomato and red onion and lots of pepper

that has been my dinner every night this week

smoove, if you came to seattle we could introduce you to all this strange foods.
sayin.

wish we were still coming ;_;

on the bright side you get to avoid being measured.

tsk

google likes lusty ladies
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8163/suship.jpg

HOT! blergh.

indeed! i think i'm going to break a sweat on my way to the gym! then what do i need it for?!

Rode the light rail! It is soooo smoooooooth!

tza: jordan found a 'seattle-related' gift for your that is v v lol, will send soon, but have to find other little things for this 2nd care package

¡ exciting !

Skillet did a breakfast thing by my work today. mmmmmmm i got corn pancakes with raspberries and almost a sour cream or something. fun morning surprise

Oh I so want to try some of their food! They are headquartered in the building across 4th Ave from us, the one where City Light found my wallet on the roof.

they're really pretty amazing, what they do. but....the food is SO heavy. if i have a full lunch from there i feel sick afterwards

I've heard their burgers are really excellent - have you tried one? I think they set up for all the Mariners games, will have to mosey over that way maybe.

Corn pancakes sound A+++

the burgers ARE excellent, i've had them 3x, i'd be curious to know what you thought. i think it's maybe some kind of carmelized onion something on top. OMG. very very very heavy though, i didn't eat dinner any of the times i had one for lunch. people also complain about skillet's cost but that doesn't bother me so much, not when Metropolitan Market is my #1 grocery store.

i DID see them around before a mariners game. oh here http://www.skilletstreetfood.com/calendar.htm
they should do something with the light rail, set up at SODO or c. city or rainier beach

oooh they will be here next friday, too. perhaps i will try this!

would anyone care to try the zig zag lounge soon?
the bartender is highly recommended.
it's on the pike place hill climb. i hope it's not a tourist trap!

i would love to! stuff at the market's fun imo, and i don't mind a few tourists.

i'm out of town through August 2nd, but after that let's plan on it. also, light rail drinks columbia city trip plzzz

i don't know what that means but ok!

why do you keep leaving us, jergs :(

i am a very busy important person

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/dont-go-daddy.jpg

light rail drinks columbia city trip plzzz

Yes! THere's also a good Mexican place (El Quetzal) and a Filipino point-point place I want to try near the Beacon Hill station.

is it called that because you point at what you want to order?

lxy&jergins+8=

bulleit
cockspur
mt. gay
maker's mark
jack daniels
anniversario
flor de cane
dickel

yeah yeah jaq, we want to explore around each of the stations! i guess around othello there's a great vietnamese bakery, tammy bakery. hey, maybe you've gone there? i've heard rumor about the beacon hill mex connection. and that's the station i most want to explore.

is it called that because you point at what you want to order?

yep, it's sort of cafeteria style.

That list is making me want to pack up and head home right now jergins. also need to stock up on gin for the coming heatwave.

Haven't been to Tammy - we lived closer to the Rainier Beach station (which, there isn't much there but a super p-patch and a gigantic buddha - okay pho place if you walk all the way over to Rainier though also donut king) and didn't explore as much as we should have. it was really great to ride down MLK on those smooooooth rails after living through all that destruction/construction.

baltimore is supposed to get a new light rail line but people in one neighborhood are complaining that it will be 'too loud', also why can't i just drive a car

it makes me sad to think about, that a small, vocal group of condo owners would destroy public transit for all

living in places that are still trying to figure this out (here we've had 1 million stupid nimbys with the same sort of complaints) is kind of wrenching. i'd like to live in a city where this stuff is finished and established.

yeah. it's alright because i'm fine with buses but it would be more efficient/less crowded even if light rail seems a little bit cumbersome compared to metro. we have one metro line and one light rail line! it's kind of funny. i like the metro but it doesn't really go anywhere i need to go. it's just a fun ride.

it doesn't really go anywhere i need to go. it's just a fun ride.

This is the Seattle light rail, for me. I will ride it to the different neighborhoods for fun, and def to the airport when that part is finished. But sadly no real use for me, day to day.

I have tried to talk Mr. Jaq into riding it south for 2 stops, then hopping off with his bike for the rest of his ride to work. But he would rather just ride his bike the whole way.

i'm totally ready to move, guys. does seattle have like, small outlying towns, not too far from big-city stuff? i'm ready for a small town, and an old house, and a backyard and a dog. and not always stressing about being mugged/raped/murdered.

most useless light rail: buffalo's subway. unless you go to ub i guess?

smoove i bet you could find that! you could even get a house w/ backyard and dog in the city. i read there have been only 11 murders in seattle so far this year (but 4 in the last week oh my!).

i think we have 11 murders per day here

i love that bus routes here actually get you where you want to go, though. the routes seem to make way more sense than in nyc.

the other day i got cut off by this dude on a scooter, and without even thinking i just shook my head in a stern way at him and then he followed me: stopped behind whenever i stopped, then i pulled over (on my bike) so i could cross this busy street to a separate bike path round the lake, and he pulled over right behind me and sat there staring at me for ages as i crossed and road off. then of course i got terrified he was gonna follow me home, where i would be completely screwed, since ytth was out of town and i have no friends i could call to come babysit me. to add to that, the neighbourhood i work in is so crime-ridden, every day i sit there basically waiting for my turn to get robbed.

sorry, emo blog post :/

this is a seattle thread, not an oakland-is-a-poohole thread

i think you should definitely move here.

lol @ 11 murders

is that even real? how?

baltimore has 127

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/07/23/seattles-violent-week

i know you can't put an apostrophe in a url but the lack of apostrophe in "seattles" is driving me nutso right now!

<3

wait are all of seattle's murders random like that?

i mean obv they aren't random to the people involved but it seems non-systemic in a way, to me

those are the ones that get the press, of course, but on the whole i'd say no. it seems like most of the terrible things that happen here are the drug deals gone bad/gang stuff, like anywhere

baltimore has 127

nuts

oh ok. i guess i knew that. drugs.

ok so apparently there have only been 13 murders so far (altho that's just oakland - 400,000 ppl - and doesn't include all the cities that border us directly).

violent crimes: 1349

http://www.cjgsu.net/initiatives/HomRates-2009-03-16-Score.pdf

oakland is #6 for homicides and seattle is #56

i think bmore has about 600,000
also we have this helpful map (can't figure out how to link to 2008 though, so 2009 will show up) http://www.citypaper.com/news/mi_map.asp
i live in that hole in the middle, it's really not as bad as it looks i swear

smoove, Seattle has small towns on islands!!! And you can just hop on a ferry and get to the city.

^way to do it imo

i want my own island.

HomoRates

oakland does sound scary,even to a new yorker like me

and it's just getting worse. i dunno, i've been feeling really down about it lately, probably just a phase. i think it's a lot to do with have an annoying anxious nature anyway, living in a dodge 'hood just brings out the worst of it.

just move here; you will feel better.

i want to say more about the light rail but am not sure where to start. look at these first, aren't they awesome
http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/STart-Public-Art-Program/Public-Art-Projects/StellarConnections.xml

cool! I couldn't figure out what the sodo symbol was from the handouts we got. I light-railed twice yesterday, from dragon to opera glasses and back.

jealous! it would have been silly to ride from spectacles to tiara, though, and then get on the bus! lol.

that is a really neat project, though! i like the explanation of how the constellations were derived.

would ride spectacles to tiara just for the hell of it

lxy and i have an ongoing project to go to each of the stations and document them. so far we've gone to dragon and the end of the line, canoe

magic carpet ride ftw btw

sir, can i see some documentation, please?

lol i was a little offended when i saw 'magic carpet' and then i read the description and thought 'hmm, ok' but i'm still a little iffy.

you got to BELIIIIEEEEEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEEEEE

canoe is fitting because you have to take the bus then to the airport and what isn't more fitting than the canoe for getting there sloooooow

ts: canoe v rowboat

canoe it to get thru it
rowboat u slow goat

love a lot trust a few and always paddle your own canoe v merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream

I will admit to intentionally riding to the dragon instead of getting off at the schooner, b/c it seemed too decadent to only ride one stop. lxy and jergins, when you come visit the schooner stop we should meet up at my local (the Collins, 2nd and whatever street is the further south end of the bus tunnel at that stop - James?) - they have many brews and delicious food.

Listing of all the area outdoor movies, mostly in August: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/174596.asp

the other day as we were leaving the game jergins said "so we'll go jaq's and then get on a bus."

'do we really have time for that? does she know we're coming? when was this lovely behind-my-back-plan made?' thought i.

what he really said was "so we'll go to jackson and get on a bus."

but it made me want to go jaq's, and then get on a bus. so we're gonna, some time soon.

^had to go to the airplane terminal (where the coach of the sounders was! exciting!) so that's why we couldn't stop by. but i know i'd love to. light rail-->jaq's-->light rail

Oh yes! Please do!

it is HOT today! and looks to be for the next week!? yikes.

Nearly 2 hours on the bus from Redmond tonight - no A/C and the driver was completely terrible, sat in the middle of Stewart for almost 25 minutes while cars and other buses cut around her right and left. I got so fed up I jumped off the minute the doors opened at Westlake Center, started to walk home then detoured down to the tunnel for the light rail. At least it's cool and now I'll see how the transfers work with the orca.

Someone is predicting it will be over 100 F on Wednesday.

100???! holy shit!

bus w/o AC sounds like hell. it's even hot up here in the islands. mid 80s is RARE up here, on the water

i got so hot on the bus ride home i tried to hypnotize myself into remembering how cold i felt in montreal.

how'd that go?

it worked a little bit. i will keep practicing in anticipation of 100.

whew this week is gonna be a doozy! how did i develop a 'glow' walking downhill!!!?

learned from a seattle girl a long time ago to say you're not sweatingyou're glowing

horses sweat
men perspire
ladies glow

but you have to be careful telling ladies they're glowing bc then they will think you mean they are pregnant and you are saying they look fat

(i wouldn't think this, but a lady might)

i wanted to say more about the light rail so here.

sound transit and the people of seattle did a good thing making the inital line through the south. connecting seattle's poorest and most underserved neighborhoods and the airport is such a good pairing. and the neighborhoods, they're various. we always tell ourselves that our neighborhoods are all so different from one another and we're special because of that. yeah it's true and this shows it in an unexpected way (i grew up here and don't think i'd ever been to rainier beach before last wednesday). i love how vietnamese it gets along the street level. there's that moment of 'well it could be another country.' and the hard industrial parts. on some blog i read a person say it was like an east coast city, taking a line into town where you see the working face, the car yards and parking lots and office parks, every day places.

the other smart thing sound transit did is build this line for the future. you don't notice at first but every station can accommodate 4 car trains. right now they're at 2 car trains until ridership goes up. four cars hauls a hell of a lot of people. this has all been built with a mind to the future, where 30 years from now the areas around the stations won't look at all like they do now. it's creating (forcing?) those neighborhoods to figure how they can adapt to what places should be: safe, walkable, open, community-oriented.

also, it's beautiful. they spent some money. all the stations are different from one another architecturally. beacon hill has big-time fast elevators. 1% for art. across the duwamish the bridge lights up http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/20081107_duwamish.jpg
some of the art is hedious of course but that's fun cuz then you have an excuse to take the train around and jump off and be dismissive.

last they are hell of chill. it's pretty much the best to look out at a city through a clean train window. and to look at a city i feel so bored with sometimes, like i know all of it, and then here's this beautiful thing, this contraption straight out of 19th20th21st centuries, to spirit me along to places i didn't know existed? magic carpet ride ftw. it's the best, really.

two rails one dream realized

yes, yes, well stated and tru. <3!

it's so fun to talk about something that exists.

and so fun to discover that we live in a real city all of a sudden. it was awesome to take THE TRAIN to a MLS GAME! couldn't have done either one last summer.

ps. i love the magic carpet, it is delightful just like the airport station should be.

just wanted to say your post was v v thoughtful, jergs! i really enjoyed it!

following the semi-success of my self-hypnosis on the bus, i am now attempting to fend off the multitude of voracious mosquitoes by mentally suggesting to them that my blood tastes bad. should also work for any vampires that might be in the neighborhood this evening.

i semi-successfully tried to cool off with a bourbon rocks but it is quickly becoming bourbon and water.
ps it is glowing.

so pardon my ignorance but is a light rail like what the BART is here in the bay area?

BART is actually heavy-rail, which means although it shares some similarities with Seattle's Link, it can handle much greater passenger loads (about 2x as many as light rail), has its own separate thoroughfare, and is powered by a third rail. Light rail is powered by overhead lines. But they are both electric trains.

jergins, that is a great post. I wish we could have stayed in that townhouse down in New Holly - it was only 3 blocks from the Rainier Beach station. But we are thinking toward the future when we will move a year from now, and everything along the light rail corridor is fair game.

if i were planning to stay in seattle i would move south too.

ruby, another crucial thing about BART that makes it different is its station spacing. though i don't know where exactly you live, and i don't know where you work, i'm thinking BART probably isn't that convenient. (actually, i have no idea, maybe it works out perfectly). anyway, i found this pretty interesting:

http://berkeleybrt.blogspot.com/2008/06/brt-and-bart-redux.html
From Wikipedia, BART, distance between stations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit
BART: 104 miles, 43 stations (1 under construction).
Do the math: 1 station every 2.4 miles.

By contrast, the Paris Metro, with, according to Wikipedia, the most closely spaced metro stations in the world:382 stops, 298 stations (some stations serve more than one line), 133 miles.So almost 3 stops per mile in Paris compared to one stop every 2.4 miles for BART

because of the way seattle is layed out, long and narrow with lots of water, we've ended up with pretty widely spaced stations too. look
http://seattletransitblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/world.jpg

I'm pleased to report that riding the train in my fit of heat-stressed pique last night was totally free - transfers from the ST bus covered it (via orca). It's excellent to have that option.

trying to figure out an excuse to ride this soon!

use the exploration excuse.

use the unemployed excuse and ride it back and forth all day

oi guys i took a run and then a shower and after the shower i couldn't cool down. isn't that the worst when shower dampness turns to sweat and you wonder what good the shower even was?

i took a spin around the island in the dinghy. that helped for a minute. the east side of the island, out in the channel, there's a cooler breeze there. but now back in the house, yaaaaaaaaaaaaa. i can't figure out the AC (hate AC so whatever) but still it's 85.1f outside and 85.6f inside. don't get me wrong i love it but shit i still can't cool down.

alcohol rubdown - it drives the water off and evaporates fast to cool you down

don't use the drinkable kind!

(unless it is cheap vodka maybe)

(also avoid all tender bits of your person)

LOL

this happened to me last night after the gym. i was like hmmm i could have sworn that cold shower was meant to wash off all the sweat so why is it still here?!

94º right now. ugh! i am glad i have ceilng fans but there is really no cross breeze in this joint at all :(

i need to find a good swimming hole!

We have to make our own cross breeze in our place too - I have 9 fans going, pretty much 24/7. probably won't put a dent in 94º though.

There's a community pool up the hill from you, t! (Or head to Golden Gardens and jump in the sound)

go jump in elliott bay. that'll cool you down
ha xpost

our whole summer is like that, day after day for months, i have to use a/c or i would never sleep at all between nov-april. i spent my childhood winters sleeping in unheated rooms in nz and my body won't adjust to heat and humidity, as soon as i fall asleep my temperature shoots up a few degrees and without a/c i feel as if i'm dying.

there is a tiny pool at my gym but i think something outdoorsy would be good. i feel guilty if i go swimming when i should be job hunting.

don't be guilty, the earth is circling the sun at about 67,000 miles per hour, it doesn't matter if you go for a swim.

Pool Temperature: 85 degrees

^^^queen anne pool

my days as a competitive swimmer make me freak out when i see things like this bc that is just too warm to properly swim in!
that's another thing - used to have crazy pool workouts and then you'd stop and realize you were sweating IN the water!!!

that used to happen to me when i had swimming as my gym class. reallyweird feeling.

today i imagined myself inside of a protective bubble, which turned into me being in a souvenir snow globe of montreal. but it kind of broke down when i inadvertanly became confused about how i could possibly walk my s now globe down tje street. will try again tomorrow.

were your limbs inside or outside of the snow globe, i am trying to get a sense of your gait.

the little snow globe who couldn't.

lol, srsly.

fully inside. it doesn't really make sense, because at first it was a bubble just a bit bigger than me. once it evolved into a snow globe i couldn't quite recapture the scene.

"that girl doesn't have a bubble butt...she's got a snow globe butt!"

would shake?

hey!

thank u jergins!! we live kind of close to the bart - our house is about 1.2mi away, and then one of my works is right next to a bart station, and my other work is is about 10mins walk away, so i'm pretty lucky. and i usually ride to the station.

thanks also to jaq for the info. didn't know BART's a 3rd rail line

couple more thoughts on our line: they GOT TO rezone around sodo station. such an awesome spot give over to parking lots and the USPS. that neighborhood's got possibilities.

if i had lots of money i would buy property around rainier beach. such a no-brainer that it's gonna GROW

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gah!

have you guys ever heard the one that goes "it's never gotten to 100 f at sea-tac"? i don't think it's true and maybe esp not after today

103 in u district anyway

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guys, can we take a moment of silence for our pdx brethren? i was just informed by cl4y that the thermometer outside his place reads 108º!!!

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duuuuuuuuude

86 up here. fully 15 degrees cooler, just for being north and on the water. nice

it's been pretty reasonable here all summer! very humid though

omg 108 omg. our pdx friends bought an air conditioner in reaction to yesterday's 103 and in anticipation of today's predicted 106.

my pop just sent this email to my siblings and me:

weather

5pm, and all is well (done); 103 degrees official high so far today; an
all-time high for Western WA.

Dad

people, it is 97 degrees inside the kitchen cupboard where i keep the thermometer.

i've taken it out and will report back when it adjusts to living room and porch temperature.

has it been cooling off at night, also is it unhumid? because those are crucial bearability factors i think.

I am on a bus trying to snowglobe myself but it is not working and also we are not moving.

very very unhumid este la

i hope you are not parched dear jergins:(

porch: was 94.3, now 92.3
house: was 92.5, now 90.0

so yes, i guess it does cool off

temp's going back up again, i didn't think thermometers were susceptible to breezes?

I think it gets to 70s at night but for some reason my house stays hotter.

8 pm, holding steady at 94.3, 91.2

i feel cranky just thinking about it.

thank you for your support, estela. not a very good day to convince sandboxers to move here, huh?

it's a better day for working on f. than an it's raining day is.

i'm afraid false pretenses would be involved, then.

mid-80s inside and out.

the basement is quite cool, though. trying to figure out if i could sleep down there.

you should come and sleep at my house.

ok

yay, i'll pick you up at the airport & this time we won't be shy.

but we will still laugh!

yes! harry will be pleased, he loves visitors.

The National Weather Service in Seattle recorded 103 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking a previous record of 100 degrees, set in downtown Seattle in 1941 and repeated at the airport in 1994.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvp25jA_02jSEcqpsAXUp2_a-NRgD99OGNEG0

seatac needs a new song

hey i need some advice for thursday: what is the best of the swimming beaches?

http://www.seattle.gov/Parks/beaches.asp

hey tehresa, are you still awake?

i'm awake again!

gm! you mustn't have slept for long.

what is the best of the swimming beaches?

I don't know; I've only been to the Madrona and Magnuson beaches and they were both nice.

i wonder if lxy is still fast asleep in the basement.

i have it on good information that she's at a ferry terminal

i have it on good information that she's at a ferry terminal ON AN ISLAND!!

jealoussss

that gadabout.

iaoai

stock up on booze tonight Seattlers!
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oh hello there, blue angels.

that is an excellent tip, jaq! thanks!

this theater: http://www.thebigpicture.net/

cool or douchey?

never heard of it but good location

bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue angels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGcxN2D1E34

i think i am hearing seafair fireworks faintly over the sound of passing cars.

or i am just making it up.

digging this bldg
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did you know?

perseids meteor shower tonight!
some people from the group i hiked with last weekend are watching at cle elum lake.
this would be a good time for a car. note for the future!!

Can I say again how much I love the light rail train? Went to a show at Jazz Alley last night (too damn $$$ btw and don't eat there unless abs. nec.) and hopped the train from ID to Westlake. I will take the train over a bus any day.

yesterday i took the 18 down to train station area, but we kept getting stopped every 3 ft. in traffic. so, on my way home it was raining and i decided LIGHT RAIL TO THE RESCUE! dragon to tiara in no time! <3 it!

also on the way down, there was a car on the sidewalk on 1st ave, with a down tree. how does that happen in stop and go traffic? i would think you'd need greater velocity to veer off the road and knock a tree down like that.

Whoa! Maybe they came roaring down the hill from 2nd? (though it's much steeper from 3rd or 4th to 2nd)

anyone been to columbia city farmer's market?

hate farmers tbh, cant even look em in the eye

no, haven't been

because of the farmers, huh

farmers are ok

when i went home i went to my mom's farmers' market and almost all the farmers are women and have that weird kind of 70s bowl cut. it was like another world.

in rochester half the farmers were menonite! they were a lil creepy but damn that market was amazing.

seattle expert question: is the only entrance to myrtle edwards at broad st? or can i get in somewhere off western?

the internet is really unhelpful in this matter.

you can access it out the other end, near the magnolia bridge. it's not obvious and well into interbay

there's not a way across the tracks from western or elliott i don't think. cuts the park off

hmmph!

anyone been to columbia city farmer's market?

In ancient times (6 years back - well before CC was the hip new happenin' place), we picked our CSA up there.

think i will give it a try tomorrow! it seems to be the only one open on a day i can go.

Will you take the train???!!!

but of course!!!

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

columbia city farmer's market: ok. i liked ballard better. and ballard seems cheaper? i still haven't been to u dist!
i got: rainbow chard, blueberries, raspberries, okra, green and yellow squashes, cherry tomatoes, and a purple pepper! i bought it just because it was purple! they said it has mild flavor.

light rail: still awesome! i also took the monorail to the light rail :) i wish it was longer!

what is the tree with these weird berries?! fascinating. they start green then turn red and they are cherry sized and orange inside and look sectioned/bubbled with a little dot for each section. they are everywhere!

it is a dogwood! i am amazed! who knew!?!
(sandbox's tree expert emeritus, that's who)

helpful treebert

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that looks like a piece of futuristic lego

really awesome today

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did you know?
metropolitan market carries salumi's mole salami.
trouble!

nicepix

here are the 'best bars in seattle' according to molecular mixologist jamie boudreau, whose drinks i would like to drink but he makes them at 'tini bigs' and that name just makes me feel like not going.

i have been to 3!

i met the mother of the owner of tini bigs. she gave me her card. it said MOTHER OF THE OWNER
srsly
musical theater ppl hang out there, tha'ts all i know and enough knowledge that i've never been

oh lol i remember you telling me about that!

his blog is really great, though. and i saw a video of him making a 'rosewater rickey' that made me want to go and watch him making drinks for hours.

but yeah, even though i walked past tini bigs like 300 times in the past 2 months, i could never bring myself to go in!

Lots of sounders fans on my bus: missing u, jergs!

wow WOW tehersa are you hearing this thunder?!

so big and LOUD!!!

lost power, torrenting, super flashy and rumbly!!!

it was wow!

i thought it was the bus overhead lines at first and then BOOOOOOM!CRASH!!!!FLASH!!!!

i did not lose power, though.

I didn't hear any of that last night, but this morning around 7 there was a HUGE thundercrash! I thought at first it was a train wreck!

i heard that too! thought it was gonna start all over but there was just the one.

it was the loudest thunder i ever heard, i think, and maybe also the longest.

more great cracking thunder this evening!

so rainy! and windy! my umbrella took a beating :( good thing i had a hood :)
someone told me seattle ppl don't use umbrellas anyway, is this true?

eh, some don't, some do. people who make that generalization are talking out their asses.

i would use one anywhere it was raining.

Mr. Jaq is an umbrella guy whereas I'm a hat person.

i use umbrellas and i dont even live in seattle!

hey lxy how do you pronounce umbrella?

why yes, i do. i pronounce it like the educated, cultured, refined southern gentlewoman i am.

does that mean you say um-brella?

:)

<3

i didnt know lxy was from "the south"

lxy is belle.

i wish she was in "the south"ern hemisphere.

i take um-brage at mispronunciation

not really though ; )

@max: i am relieved you're not questioning my claim that i am an educated, cultured, refined gentlewoman
@estela: thank you, i wish so, too
@harbl: lol u funny

yesterday i walked in the rain with my sister, also an educated, cultured, refined southern gentlewoman. we carried, and referred numerous times to, our (properly pronounced) UMbrellas.

i refrained from telling her about this debacle so your reputations are preserved.

hooray for laurels <3

if yall gonna lez out im gonna be sorry to miss this fap

that was not okay. blame the kava.

tsk

hi from fijiji!

come dancing, jergs!

there will also be soup, at a later date.

candyland :)
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revisited the sculpture park yesterday and actually felt like i appreciated (most of) it for the first time. i think the difference was lighting. sun = colors and shadows that kind of bring the pieces into their own a little more.

also, if you have not visited the vivarium (the little greenhouse thing) you definitely should because it is amazing and contains a nurse log from tacoma (i think?) and is quite a cool little system to look at!

the way the shadows were working here reminded me of making prints of leaves with solar paper as a kid.
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have also never seen this work before!
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neat! me neither

love that log w/ its own lil greenhouse

29º today!

that's like -2!

Stupid high pressure system. Stupid cold Canadian air.

at least the sun is lovely!

i think the colors get prettier every day <3
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12 in Redmond this morning. 12!

lol @ 11 murders

― spite n ease (harbl), Friday, July 24, 2009 8:46 PM (5 months ago)

how many murders in 2009, curious

public criminology blog says 19 in mpls and 14 in stp

I miss seattle. See u tomorrow.

if anyone would like 2 tickets for saturday night's performance of my awesome theatrical clown show, let me know!
i promise they are really funny and not scary or creepy.
(jaq, it's v v close to your place!)

Oh that sounds like it might help with my clown phobia - are you going?

I have been reminded of obligations we have for Sat ;_;

yes, i am going! could possibly switch to friday if that works for you!

i am sitting next to jergins' doppelganger on the bus!

bussux because it's not the real deal huh

hey what are some things i must do before i go?

what have you not done yet?

If you are a Twin Peaks fan, you should see Snoqualmie Falls and have cherry pie at the diner in North Bend.
If you are a Northern Exposure fan, you should have a drink at The Brick in Roslyn.

Have you gone paddling in Lake Washington/the cut, through the Arboretum?

If you haven't seen the quad at UW when the cherry trees are blooming, I would recommend that. Also, the acres and acres of tulips up by LaConner (but I don't know for sure when they bloom).

i am sitting next to jergins' doppelganger on the bus!

― tehresa, Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:42 AM Bookmark

think this dude goes to my gym now!

man see you

safe travels ♥♥♥

maaaaan thisall seemed so fast

i really, really miss seattle.

seattle misses you, too

aw.

when i close my eyes i like to look at queen anne and the bay and the olympics and the trees and the hill. sigh.

the other day i went running in the woods but all i could htink about was how much better it was to run in seattle woods!

i heard an npr story that the lusty lady is closing down.

RIP

Feeling nostalgic about drinking champagne @ kerry park while expecting a fireworks display to start *any minute* but lol oops it was @ gassworks!

Happy 4th, seattle. Miss u.

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<3

i though of lxy's UMbrellas posts this morning when i was walking home from the farmer's market in the pouring rain and i saw a chubby talking-to-himself man approaching and when i got to him he said cheerfully, with a concerned look on his face, "where's your um-ber-ella?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tT64mM9R5E

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http://nwgraffiti.com/

i like the continuation of seattle.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/seaa.jpg

http://magicflakes.org/blog/2010/12/a-house-on-mead-burned-down-today/

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i miss seattle.

http://nancychang.info/images/MAAmissSea.jpg

I miss Seattle. 5 more days.

maruta shoten got shut down for a health code violation "Ongoing foodborne illness outbreak."

dear seattle,
never should have left you. please forgive me.
miss you, boo.
t

we were once talking onthe other ilx about where or how someone could live in sodo. check out this live/work loft. i love this building, noticed it a bunch of times, just across the tracks on airport http://goo.gl/d8hVZ

spotted that ad on craigslist this weekend (still addicted to thinking about moving) - love that space.

i think i might be going to seattle for like 2 days in september <3
i hope i don't cry in front of my colleagues from joy!

!!!
!!!

hi, jaq!

i miss you a ton lately :(

thank you for making hasty arrangements to return for your measurement. please let me know when i should have the pencil ready.

tza, if you are taller than us please don't be boastful and call us little squirts.

i can't remember, how did i measure up the last time around?
btw i will be there sept 7-11 w/ work stuff 7-9 and 10-11 for visiting. i can hardly wait. only one month away!!

i must admit i get a little teary-eyed just htinking about it so i am a bit worried about how i will react once i touch down.

p sure tza was taller than me by a smidge! can't wait for your visit :)

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one week!!

you will come for a cocktail and the ritual, yes?

i would love to!

i would love, too

i would love x two billion

you will!

you will, too!

you will x two billion -- i hope!

24 hours to go! so excited!!!!!!!

when will yr job bring you to sf/east bay, tza?!?!??????!!?

tehersa, stop by saturday afternoon or evening?

I don't know, ruby! Nothing scheduled there that I know of for the next 24 months :( I'll have to come on my own!

Lxy, yes! And will you come to jaq's for impromptu bbq?

I am so happy to be here. It just feels so right, this city. Lovely dinner with jaq and mr. jaq, they are such dears for picking me up!
Yayyyyyyy. Tomorrow/friday I will be near jerg's old stomping grounds! Walked to drug store to pick up water, saw an endearing hobo and the SLUT!

it was superfun to see you this afternoon, terez. thanks for coming over!!

thanks for having me, and congrats on your lovely home!

i am getting excited but sad i only have two days. already sad!
i am drinking wine from the bottle while i decide what to eat for dinner so i am simultaneously gushing with love and disappointed

dearest harbl,

you drinking wine from the bottle made me gush with love for you. i wish you would hurry up and get here.

love,
lxy

harbl, i hope you enjoy seattle as much as i do!

i am not feeling very sunny since i came back :(

awwww, you should move back here so you can be sunny all the time <3

i KNOW

sigh

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wau

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/09/comment_of_the_week_its_uptown.php

ugh. it's totally lower queen anne! sheesh. uptown sounds too much like belltown which is not(own) for me.

i wish you were all here right this minute

oh hi!!!!!!!!!!!

hi!!

My neighbor across the street, whom some of you have met, appears to be shoveling the entire street. He picks up a scoop of snow from the road, then carries it out to the roundabout and dumps it. Then back for another.

wow, that's ambitious! our neighbor shoveled not only the main sidewalk in front of our house, but also the sidewalk leading to our front stairs. why? i don't know!

jaq, isn't it so quiet and beautiful tonight? <3

It is, all glowing and covered in a soft clean blanket!

i really love the temperate climate of the bay area but dang if i don't love ~in theory~ the idea of cozy snowy nights

but it's not that soft! the snow is covered by a crunchy layer of ice. it's really weird.

still cozy though.

what is the prognosis for tomorrow?

I think a bit more snow overnight, but falling slowly. And it's supposed to stay below freezing. Then something like a 60% chance of more snow tomorrow. I hope I can stay home again.

thx jaq!

meeee toooooo!

woohooooo! just got the text alert that UW has suspended operations for tomorroooooowwwwww!!!!!!!!!

hurrayyyyyy!!!~!

now sccc, come through for us plzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah babeeee!!!! More snow angels!!!

All my guys from Birmingham are here this week; I feel bad for them being stuck in a hotel.

oh no, the poor guys!

also, again: hurray!!!!!11

Mr. Jaq was dressed as an intrepid winter ninja this morning:
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He's planning to walk over to work again tomorrow regardless, but I'm not leaving the house if I can help it! I like looking out the window at the snow with a nice warm cup of coffee in my hands.

OH MY GOD HE IS READY FOR ANYTHING!!!!

i like the woolly cut of his jib.

graupel. it's graupelling.

It's still snowing

holy crap! another inch of snow on top of the graupel!

It's madness!

looks like j will be taking the bus to the airport, and i'll get another day at home.

so :( and :)

I'm supposed to try to get to Redmond tomorrow morning for a 9 am meeting. Will it happen? OR WON'T IT???

I hope the buses are running - I haven't seen or heard a 60 or 131 for 2 days!

we walked over to 4th & it looks pretty good. even saw a bus! should be fine, a straight shot to tukwila.

in other news, uw's emergency blog must be inundated with people trying to find out about tomorrow; can't get the page to load! i wanna know!!

i'm happy it's too snowy for work.

yes, it's getting kinda silly now, third day off, and monday was the MLK holiday. good, though, because it's mean out! still super icey, but also kinda melty, so big hunks are falling out of trees. a branch came off the neighbor's tree itno our yard last night. i'm a bit worried for the trees and the things under them. be safe, trees & people!

jergins' 9 am flight was cancelled and he was rebooked for noon. good wishes for people flying over snow and ice.

fingers x'd for flyers! I don't even want to think about driving, so told the people who want this meeting I can't get there and we can meet on the internet b/c we live in the FUTURE!

oh good, jaq, so glad you made that decision. how are the alabamans doing?

They got into the office yesterday afternoon apparently, brave souls! They are leaving tomorrow I think.

Though I wish they'd stay so I could work with them a little before they go! They're super to work with.

won't they be glad to go home!

Too right, especially after this week of weather! We probably won't see them here again until summer.

made it to the office - the side streets are too rotten still, but the main roads are more soupy than slick.

oh! so glad you didn't have trouble!

j made it from home to the gate in ~ 1 hour.

where is jergy going

tucson, for the weekend. lucky him in shirtsleeves standing next to a cactus at sundown.

what an image

he sent a picture of the cactus. it looks like mickey mouse with 4 arms.

it snowed and iced here just in time for it not to be a work day anyway. i am angry!

Not fair!

lady i am really pissed off on your behalf. it's outrageous!

so windy. so so windy.

by the time i went to bed on thursday, there had been 4.5 inches of snow, 1/2 inch of graupel, then another 1.5 inches of snow. a branch fell off a tree in my yard, which knocked a lilac tree over. crazy few days.

we lost at pub quiz last night :( BUT! we agreed to try again next week.

i keep having dreams/daydreams about seattle but also thinking on the drive to work (out of city) "i love baltimore so much"

you guys just seemed to have such amazing grocery shopping and trees and food

come back soon, we have lots more grocery shopping to show you. had we known, we could've spent your entire visit going from market to market. there are many amazing ones you didn't see!

also more trees.

it's true, they do!! xpost

and good people <3

hey, have you guys filled out the library's survey? i love that they are soliciting user feedback!
http://www.spl.org/about-the-library/libraries-for-all/lfa-plan/share-your-thoughts

Amanda Knox should go to Miami. She can get Latin man in Miami. why Italy? or She can go to Georgetown area near boeing field. She can meet Latin man there. haha why Italy? She needs to chec mapqwest because Italy is not the only county that awesome but there are others.

ignore the title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=98EvwIGFB7s

basketball/hockey arena in sodo. i'm in http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017426859_arena05m.html

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fancy a pint y/n

jealous? y/n

i invited u!

Y!!!

Y!

ps to tehersa: it's not too late!!!

;_;

seattle, will you be my valentine? i <3 you.

YES YES ALSO PLEASE COME BACK DEAR TEHRESA

<3 some day we'll be together again!

we went out w/mookieproof! it was fun. i already knew he was awesome, but god damn he and his friends are funny together. poutine+beer+talktalktalk=goodtimes

<3 mookie, thanks for being here!!

^^^these ppl <3

feel a little bad because i was shy (and late arriving) -- maybe i should have grilled our jergs/lxy more? or demanded fine art of my erstwhile cat lyle?

anyway i am v. v. mega pleased to have met y'all! and jealous that you've in turn met estela and kate78. <3

AND ME

I'm so happy that seattlites got to meet my favorite ny ilxor (shh don't tell the others) and I'm super jealous as well. I would tell you all to come visit but that'd be terribly awful and selfish of me bc dc kinda sucks.

[blushes]

ps gonna apply for a job in seattle tbh

yay! sorry I was too sick to come meet you, mookieproof

oh hurray that's wonderful, mookieproof! i think you'll love living in the PNW, and the PNW will be lucky to have you.

do you have a job in mind, or are you speaking generally at this time?

now, tehersa, one more reason to move back!

http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/bellingham-roadway-with-recycled-toilets-is-worlds-first-official-greenroad

mookieproof what kinda job u going 4? why because i need to hire a software tester ;_;

poticrete hurr hurr :)

content writer/editor/producer

i *have* tested software tho

did you ever call that guy about that job?

i did -- he said it had been filled, but that there were likely to be others

great! keep us posted and let us know if there's any way we can help!

Yes, and if you'd consider software testing again, drop me your resume pls

good luck! i will be so so so jealous.

i want to go there again but there are a lot of other places i want to go

i am spending a week in sf soon and i am really excited to go to the west coast but secretly i wish i was spending a week in seattle.

i feel a sandbox bubbling up. one of these years it'll happen.

we will stand in height order for a photograph, and blow wd'ntyll out of orbit.

a rogues gallery in a single frame.

there's a kiwi in my town!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm in a hotel room eating cookies (not purchased from A) and waiting to see a genuine disgrace.

... waiting to see be a genuine disgrace.

it's all i can do to sit here for another 40 minutes. excruciating!

:D please hurry

i finished the cookies.

sooooooon!!!!!!

WHERE IS THE FUCKING BUS???!!! oh there it is.

where is that dratted girl.

oh there she isn't yet.

You two!!!!

jeez

<3

<3

aw

estela: do you think mookieproof will move to seattle?
lxy: yes. i hope so!

<3

<3 every time we say goodbye we don't have to worry because we have got a trick up our sleeve.

west coast made me so wistful for Seattle again, sigh. Will it ever pass?

Flights to sea in June/July are $450 right now:(

full of wist

is LA cheaper? everybody go to LA next weekend!

Lol Estela tried talking us into that, we are still thinking about it

:) you totally should!

Hah! Virgin is offering cheap westbound flights lately...

DO IT DO IT DO IT

"" "" ""

It is still really $$$ :(

i want to visit l&j again someday but i should go to other places too

i was having seattle daydreams

come back, harbl. we have many more markets to show you.

i want to make u dinner again!

oh hell yes. what're you doing tonight?

probably gonna eat a hamburger (this is my new food for 2012) and drink wines

what are you guys doing columbus day weekend

no plans, you? wanna come over?!!

!!!!!!!!!!?!!

i dunno. i was gonna go to italy in october but not sure i can afford it. i have to tell new boss my vacation schedule soon.

we're no italy but

what days did i come last year? fri to tues or fri to mon?

you arrived friday afternoon and departed very early on monday, because otherwise you wouldn't get home till after the rail from the airport stopped running.

before we left for the airport i stood on the porch smoking and i could see you leaning on the kitchen counter eating vietnamese yogurt. <3

months later i found a link ticket in the pocket of a jacket i hadn't worn for ages. it was yours! <3

:)

i got friday and monday and tuesday off. i'll bring a jacket this time.

columbus day?

yeah

cool cool cool!

ok. i will make you dinner and we will have a lot of wine.

also i have a confession since i have had a lot of wine tonight: i made you a hat that i was going to mail you but i am always so busy during the week that i never mailed it. i will just have to bring it with me and it will be on time for cold weather again.

:) i have a hat head and i love hats so yes please do <3

how does one make a hat

i knitted it

harbl, for your hamburger quest there is a newish Tokyo style burger place in georgetown called katsu burger - it's pretty good and kind of strange.

time to get excited

done

harbl, can we plan a side trip to the islands while you're here? (you will like it.)

yes

did you buy your ticket?

no

are you gonna?

yeah but i'm not sure what days. i'm gonna buy it but wait a little to see what my schedule looks like on surrounding days. on the other hand who cares

i get a little too worked up about what's happening at my job while i'm gone

excitabl

seatl

dude emailed me about a job in seattle, but i was truthful in responding that i know nothing about 'games'

i am still lasciviously eying your locale tho

i got my ticketl

OMG YAYYYYY!!!!!!!

friday to monday, or friday to tuesday, or?

OMG YAYYYYY!!!!!!!

friday to tuesday, arriving friday 4:39, departing in the morning tuesday but not as early as last time so it should not be so inconvenient and maybe just before you would go to work?

awesome then, same arrangement as last time, meet at the origami?

then we'll figure out monday and tuesday, monday's not a holiday here but maybe one or both of us can get it off. or if not, we can set up a grocery store scavenger hunt for you.

also, OMG YAYYYYY!!!!!!!

oh oops i thought you would have had it off! dur

you don't have to entertain me though

oh i know that. totally reasonable if you want to go around on your own! whatever you want, my dear, you're our honored guest. seattle's guest. a guest of the city. a guest of this great state. of the region. of the pacific northwest.

on your behalf the citizenry will take the monday to go about their routine lives, to allow you the opportunity to observe unencumbered the pacific northwesterner in its native habitat.

(and hopefully to visit some of our fine and funky grocery stores.)

I hope I'm here when you are, harbl.

it'll be columbus day weekend of fun

The PNW tea festival is that weekend - fun indeed

It's also the weekend of the Nordic Knitting Conference!

seattle: missin u so :(

come back stevie d!

I want to so so bad! No joke: I show ppl that picture I took of yr kitchen on like a monthly basis

Like ppl keep asking me for ideas of how to paint/arrange their room and I'm all "YO, white walls w/ brightly colored trim LET ME SHOW YOU THIS"

awwww <3. the house gets better all the time, more reasons to come back!!

i love that too!
i still haven't ordered a jacket for myself

maybe you can knit one on the plane

weather says it won't be that cold, should be ok. what should i make you for dinner? i eat meat all the time now, like 100 lbs of meat per day

tonight I decided to torture myself by looking at Seattle craigslist. Rents have gone up! :(

harbl left :(

Aww :(

i'm in the anti-seattle

fyi ilx user silby will apparently be seattle-ishous soon

i am jealous, although i do not want to work for amazon

so i know you're all baked, but when will it become legal?

as soon as we get back from our honeymoons.

or december 6

seattle > here, seattle voters > than here voters.

there's only one solution

Honeymoons??