hello i am coming to visit u lxyjerginsjaq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQqwG_rQx7A

i'm so wistful.

it's not too late to buy a ticket and meet us there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do you really want to miss out on my amazing fudgey super chocolatey brownies and awesome sugary buttery anzac biscuits???????

now i'm even wistfuller.

how i wish i could be there, crunching on an anzac biscuit and towering over you in my stockinged feet.

ruby. is it time yet?

sooooooooooooon!

now?

really really soon!

p.s. i'm worried about the baked goodies getting stale - the latest i can bake them is saturday, and we won't be in seattle till thursday... will they be gross by then?? i don't have much experience in this area, bc baked treats usuallly only last 2 days max in our house

anzac biscuits were purposely designed to not go stale, during WWII women in nz and australia used to bake them and mail them to the troops in europe who sometimes wouldn't get them until months later.

i can't vouch for the brownies though.

so ruby, if you can't resist digging in during the trip, go for the brownies first, since they're an unknown.

and since i've never had an anzac biscuit.

Is Friday still okay for general free-for-all-bbq-madness at Jaq's house? b/c I will send out a pile of invites if so.

yes i think i will make a double batch of anzacs instead - i mean, my vegan brownies are fab, but you can get brownies all over the place.

friday bbq is still good for me!

Invites sent! (Plz forward to anyone I missed)

i didn't get one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sent to books @ chance - is only email I had in my contacts ;_;
will also do FB event :)

ruby, sorry you're hurting. you get here, i'll hook you up with some painkillers.

we're in portland!!! not long now!!! AND OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE IT: WE HAVEN'T EATEN EVEN ONE OF THE ANZACS!!!!

ok so i had a pretty big cry last night and today bc i was in such excruciating pain and nothing was working and it seemed to be getting worse, but jordan set me up in the car so my leg was propped up and i'm feeling much better now.

also: holy fucking shit i didn't know oregon had like this HUUUGE mountain range!! and also these crazy rock formations that make you feel like you're in arizona!!

oh my god i can't believe you're so nearby!!! and you're going to be here tomorrowwwww!

do you have a plan for seawa, beyond fapping at jaq's on friday? will you come over tomorrow night for a meal?

no plans for seawa! visiting you tomorrow night, jaq's on friday - and bringing buckets of good cheer in the form of anzacs! that is all! i think jergins said we should visit the space needle, so we'll probably do that. we're in seawa for 3 nights so we have lots of time to use up.

it's raining in portland today :( so we are having a lazy morning and then going to my favouritest sock store in the whole world and then probably back to powells.

why is jergins not on this thread getting excited about seeing me?! i'm starting to think he just doesn't EVEN CARE.

yay, dinner tomorrow, then!!! i emailed my phone number; did you get it?

good that you'll have new socks, since it'll be shoes-off for measuring. maybe you can go to a hair-flattening store, too, to expedite matters.

(you only have to be shoes-off for measuring, not for coming in the house.)

anzzzzzzacs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: lxy
Date: Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Subject: IMPORTANT: ACTION REQUIRED!
To: jergins

dearest,

please go to ruby's thread in the sandbox. she's beginning to worry that you're not excited about her visit, and we cannot risk her turning around or skipping seattle. we HAVE to get our hands on those anzac biscuits!!!

thx.

luv,
me

I CARE DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!

it will be great to meet you ruby.
i've already started cleaning house.
we've been strategizing on what to cook.
fun fun, we will have fun fun

a few live updates would be good.

seawa better be good bc i think i <3 portland!!!! this town is soooo cute! **just out of curiosity** i looked at aptmts on craigslist and goddamn it's cheap to live here!!!

i bought about a million pairs of knee high striped socks so i will be attired appropriately in the foot dept.

jergie i thought maybe you had left town for a while in order to avoid meeting me and i was v v </3

a few live updates would be good.

i will have drinks tmrw and then if i remember YES YES.

yeah portland's cheaper than seattle. one of my best friends (he lives in portland) has been looking for places up here and i think it's discouraging him that he's going to have to pay ~30% more in seattle.

lx pull out ur cutest socks, make this a competition.

not competition. exhibition.

so. should we just turn up at your doorstep at a prearranged time tomorrow eve?

yes!! 7 pm okay by you? that'll give me time to get home and get organized.

you have the address and my phone number, right?

OMGGGGG YAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok!!!!!!!!!! we are here!!!!!!!!! see you in 3.25 hrs!! i have google-mapped this shit so hopefully we don't get lost going 6mi to yr house!!!!

You are here!!! No wonder the sun is shining! :)

the live updates must have been written in invisible ink.

lolly no we are too busy eating anzac cookies

ytth and ruby are driving up first ave right now, what do you think about that

well we got photographic evidence of this encounter, which i have just emailed to you, estela!!

we fully intended to liveblog but we were too busy smoking too many cigarettes.

i got the photos, they are lovely:

<3<3<3

and i got another photo, a photo of a piece of paper with some names and lines scrawled on it:

lololol

...olololol

i'm surprised to be laughing so much about something i knew all along.

no we are too busy eating anzac cookies

omg these things! so good! and so so wonderful to finally meet ruby and ytth!!!

well seattle was GREAT - couldn't have asked for better hosts!!!!

highlights:
- dinner at lxy&jergz YUM
- WINNING the height competition*
- getting to spend tons of time hanging out with 2 of my fav ilxors
- getting a guided drive-by tour of the city (my favourite kind of tour)
- impressing everyone with my anzac bickies (?biccies?)
- this hotel bed
- jaq's rhubard & strawberry crumble

lowlights:
- didn't get to spend nearly enough time talking to jaq :( :(
- saying goodbye to 2 of my favourite ilxors :( :(

*i decided that girth counted too, SO I TOTALLY WIN!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<3 i'm glad you all had such a lovely time, i knew you would all <3 each other.

nonetheless, the old girth defence does not and will not wash.

it was great to meet you and show you around, ruby. we had fun. i kind of hate my stick shift car, so god damn jerky, so i was glad to hear everyone liked the drive around and it wasn't like 'ok i am car sick let's finish this shit.'

<3 your car was fine, jergz!!

also: hi from canada

5 things to do in seattle:

1. see jaq's lovely house CHECK
2. drink on the porch with me and lxy CHECK
3. go up in the space needle. no really it is awesome and worth $20, i love it CHECK
4. neighborhoods neighborhoods neighborhoods: georgetown, capitol hill, fremont, ballard, wallingford, u-district, lower queen anne, belltown etc etc etc. (jaq have you ever been to leschi? lol lived here most of my life and had never been until last month, great turkish food in a shishi area) CHECK
5. go see some art. we live by this place http://www.westernbridge.org/

how is canada, do you see alice munro aspects?

everyone said vancouver is a shit hole, but we loved it!! wish we'd had another day tbh. really wanted to bike around stanley park but didn't have time.

not v alice munro-y, unfortunately!