Last night was a marvelous evening all around. First off, I stopped in at Elliot Bay Book Store to check the place out. I've lived here for 13 years now and never been, can you believe it? Since they are moving next month, I wanted to check out the cool, old building that they are currently in down in Pioneer Square. Very cool, plus I picked up ( Read more... )

Nearing the end of my autumn concert run (had one last year that was even crazier). Tonight was KISS but first up was a movie: The September Issue. This is the documentary that covers the preparation of the September issue of Vogue back in 2007, which ended up being their largest issue ever. It is very much the real-life The Devil Wears Prada ( Read more... )

Spent a very pleasing day yesterday, at least once my dismal and entirely useless day at work was done with. First stop to cheer myself up was Pacific Place to see Whip It - good movie! I was quite impressed with everyone in it, the story was a bit formulaic but well done and enjoyable, and Drew Barrymore is actually quite a good director. The ( Read more... )

So, attended my 15th(?) BOC show last Saturday and it was once again awesome. Although I think they were a bit more on fire last year when I saw them (Feb. '08), this show was very close in quality. Buck tore off some amazing leads on "The Vigil" and "Last Days of May," plus Ritchie had his share, too. It was extra fun because Ted came up and ( Read more... )

It's been a strange time lately, mostly good but nothing resolved and the underlying panic bubbling to the surface from time to time. It's been a good eight or nine years since I had my mid-life crisis and I realized today that it never really ended. It is more like I have just developed methods for keeping it in check and/or ignoring it, but ( Read more... )

It's been a bit of a stressful week. From last Wed. through Sunday, I did the dog-sitting thing for Melissa. Which went fine but still, it's five days of being stuck at their house and not really being able to do what I want. Then, work has been kind of hectic so far this week (with promise of worse to come, great), plus I went to the Depeche ( Read more... )

One of my coolest former co-workers, Lee Ford, just passed away recently. He was just an all-around great guy with an awesome sense of humor and a love for anything unusual - who else would burn a copy of On the Air for me or turn me on to The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra ( Read more... )

Things have been a bit busy lately, which is nice, not to mention the weather has been incredible. The trip to Cali rocked! We spent time in Crescent City, Ukiah, Calistoga, Napa, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Jenner, Mendocino and Fort Bragg. Got to visit a few family members that I never get to see, which was nice. Also spent several days in Eugene ( Read more... )

Since I have been a die-hard Trek fan since I was about ten years old (if not longer), I was a bit wary when I heard they were doing a reimagining of Star Trek, with J.J. Abrams directing. Fortunately, I think he did a decent job and set the stage for future films (and maybe series ( Read more... )

Seems like it is well past time for the dance to begin so here goes ( Read more... )