Well, I managed to survive five days of house-sitting for my friend Melissa. The main challenge is the animals - they have 3 dogs and 3 cats. Not just any 3 dogs, either - one pitbull, one Newfoundland, and one whippet ( Read more... )

After a few of the most gorgeous days Bellevue has enjoyed in ages, it looks like the rain is going to return tomorrow. I am also going to be doing some dog-sitting for Melissa for a few days. It should be interesting as they have three dogs, including a pitbull and a newfoundland. Of course, the third dog is Bailey, my whippet friend from when ( Read more... )

I've never actually given a dinner party before but decided to give it a go last night. It ended up being more hectic than I thought but it was fun and it was nice to see everyone ( Read more... )

Completed typing up the Lacuna Coil interview for Outburn. *whew*! Since I talked to two different members (Andrea and Cristina), it was like typing in two interviews, plus I had to edit it all together and shorten it to 2500 words. I think it turned out pretty good though, which leaves me with just four album reviews to do for this issue ( Read more... )

Today was a bit of a mess all around. I overslept a bit and then fell back asleep around noon for a couple more hours, which might explain why I'm awake now still. The weather was dark and dreary pretty much all day so I didn't manage to get out, which was a bummer because I didn't really have anything on my agenda for the day. I managed to list ( Read more... )

Well, another week with no work in sight. Hopefully I will actually get to claim unemployment this time - the starting date for my lack of work got screwed up somewhere along the way. I think it is straightened out now though, but I guess I'll find out on Friday. Doing the 3 job searches a week is proving harder than ever - there are simply no ( Read more... )

Got to hang out with Rachael yesterday for the first time in ages. She is always a blast and we each downed a few yummy cocktails at Chapel while we got caught up. The last one I had was a 'White Horse' - basically a horseradish-infused vodka martini. It was an eye-opener but in a good way. :) Rachael is going to Belgium (I think) for the ( Read more... )

Melissa took me out for yet another nice dinner at a new place. We find Spring Hill quite easily - well, this is West Seattle after all and anything on California is pretty hard to miss. The front door has almost a diner feel to it but once you get inside and seated, it's got a much classier, modern vibe, albeit a quite spartan one. Wait staff ( Read more... )

Been having major sleeping issues for the last couple of weeks. I think it is partially due to anxiety from being out of work but also it is just hard to keep my daily routine on track when I don't have to get up at 5:30 every day. It is very frustrating though when I can't fall asleep until 3 or 4 in the morning and even then seem to sleep ( Read more... )

My evening last night went very well (mostly). Haven't been in the King Cat Theater since 1998-ish when I saw Blue Oyster Cult there with Laird. It hasn't changed all that much, despite rumors of remodeling - the seats are still less than comfy after an hour or so. But it's a cool space nonetheless and a good central location so I will stop ( Read more... )