For new years there was the option of a band and a bar and lots of expensive booze... but instead I met Terry, and we biked to the top of Skinner's butte, and went down some secret dark stairs among the trees to where there's a giant concrete E laid out on the ground (apparently there's an O elsewhere on the butte, so planes can see "E O" for ( Read more... )

Man. I was just cleaning out a bunch of old shit in the basement of my parents house (accumulated stuff from my college years, mostly), and in the cabinet of a hideous 70's end table I found a big plastic bag. My prom dress was crumpled up inside it. Naturally, I had to kick off my filthy jeans and try it on. I wore it several years ago to the ( Read more... )

I didn't set my alarm because I went to bed before midnight, and figured I'd wake up before 10 for sure. At 1pm I woke up to discover I was wrong. Leaving for Seattle now... wish me luck!


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Just finished all data entry. The plan is to head home tomorrow... looks like it'll be quite the deadly adventure! I'm excited... we don't have any snow right now, and the idea of a white Seattle pre-Christmas effin weird. I'm supposed to meet up with my boss in Portland tomorrow too, but it's very likely I'm gonna tell him Happy Holidays, ( Read more... )

Geez. My roommate keeps making delicious baked goods, and it is a problem. I'm not too worried about fattening up again, because I'm doing data entry these days and there's no better motivator to go running... staring at a screen for a few hours always makes me want to get the hell outta Dodge at top speed. But I've gotten much less strict in ( Read more... )

So it turns out that someone who's something of a hypochondriac like me, and who is still rebounding from an icky bout of anxiety like me, should ABSOLUTELY NOT start researching the potential for much more serious mental diseases, which do exist in my extended family. When I'm really stressed out, ignorance is bliss... but I got on this thought ( Read more... )

I've got this savory, spicy "Autumn Blaze" spread (main ingredients are yams and hot peppers) that's freaking delicious, but hard to pair with foods. It goes amazingly well with a plain avocado, but otherwise it never seems to live up to its full potential... unfortunately I don't cook meats because I bet it would be a fabulous combo with pork. ( Read more... )

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson is a group of stories about citizens in a small town at the turn of the last century. The man and woman in this passage are a male doctor and his woman patient.

In a big empty office the man and the woman sat looking at each other and they were a good deal alike. Their bodies were different, as were also the ( Read more... )

I'm stealing a costume idea (not my own) from a Seattle Halloween Past and using it in Eugene so I can hog the credit for a good idea... but I'm adding my own twist, so I'm ok with it. Things won't be as elaborate as in years past (see below), but I did do a fair amount of duct tape construction in the last few days. And I don't think I'll be ( Read more... )

If any of you Seattle peeps want to sent me a friendly text or whatever, I'd appreciate it a lot.