So, the first week was kind of a waste.  But now, things seem to be moving at an acceptable pace.  The Exploder is smogged, and therefore able to be sold.  The Jeep even runs now.  William's buying the latter for a trip to the playa, and I'm posting the former on craigslist.  The house is clean, probably clean enough to show potential buyers.  My ( Read more... )

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Okay, so no one cares, but this just happened at it was cool.

I'm volunteering for Gate, Perimeter, Exodus (GPE) this year.  Signups started last week, and your login name is your playa name, it's what people call you and what it says on your badge.  I couldn't think of anything, so I was asking around.  I finally settled on Socrates, but that's not ( Read more... )

So it's been a weird couple of days.  I've been lurking on a Portland real estate site, spying on houses for sale for over a year now.  I did a similar thing when I was moving to Seattle.  Anyway, I found a place 5 blocks from where Dee and her friends are currently living for a disgustingly low price ($200k for 5bd).  I mentioned it to Dee, and ( Read more... )

So, it was kind of a disaster, but we cleaned out the garage on Friday.  There is now room for a boat to be built.

At the same time, three independent groups of friends called me out of the blue to see if they could hang out in Seattle this weekend.  Which was perfect, since we were already planning on Beerfest and grilling.  Beerfest was awesome, ( Read more... )

So, talked to the boss today, and it looks like I should head back to Seattle.  The only question exactly is when.  There's a Burner BBQ thing this on Saturday that I wanted to go to, but there's also galith 's BBQ in Seattle on Saturday.  There's also loads of stuff to do at the house, and Portland is always fun, so I'm inclined to leave earlier rather ( Read more... )

So, it looks like we're going to California tomorrow.  We're leaving late, but since we can share driving, it should be fine.  I just need to get my shit together before we go ( Read more... )

Title says it all really.  Plane didn't crash or anything.  Virgin is still the best airline I've ever flown.  They had fucking Text Twist on the plane!   I mean, they called it something else, but I know Text Twist when I see it.  Within about 5 minutes of everyone taking their seat, I could see about 40% of the plane playing it .  Good times.

Still sick, but that's what I get for a weekend of sleep-dep and drinking.  Though, the sleep-dep wasn't entirely my fault, as I had precious few adequate places to sleep.  I did go to my first show in San Francisco, so that's cool.  Got a few more parking tickets, but I'm not worried.  Eventually they'll go into collection and charge me 10-20 ( Read more... )

As of about an hour ago, the Taco Bell at 1546 Camden Ave. is no more.  I think a moment of silence is in order ( Read more... )