The good: New friends, (trips to) DC shows, free light rail rides, my job being full time, walking home a different route eveey day, having a record and book store less than 4 blocks of my house, having a crush, cheap sandwiches and vegan snacks from OK Natural Foods, the prospect of joining one band and starting another, and tons of good in and ( Read more... )

This city is awesome!! Cool people, shows every night, people (punx and otherwise) are super friendly, and everything I need is within biking distance. This city got a thousand times cooler when my bike arrived on Monday ( Read more... )

Got into Baltimore on Wednesday at noon, took the light rail up to the city, got to my place, proceeded to sleep for nine hours, and saw/crush my first roach soon upon waking up, which I suppose is the ultimate incentive to keep my room clean. Roommates are decent but very different. I do have a bed though, which I was told I can take whenever I ( Read more... )

Last night I got to see all my favorite local bands one last time, plus I Object and In Disgust played since their Bremerton show fell through. Oly has so many good bands now, I never would have thought it even a couple of years ago. Part of me is sad to leave, but maybe I can hook them up with east coast shows when they tour ( Read more... )

Formaldehyde Junkies show was pretty good. They weren't as good or had as much energy as the last time as I saw them, and there was definite band tension (total first tour thing), but definitely one of the best bands to come through Oly in a while. Insubordinate played their awesome mid-paced hardcore with some 60's rock/surf elements, ( Read more... )

When I say things are final, it usually means that they are still subject to changes of circumstance. The house in DC thing won't be materializing for at least a few months, so I'll be heading to Baltimore for the time being. I guess this IS final, seeing as I have a place and a plane ticket lined up ( Read more... )

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My mind is fucking made up ( Read more... )

So if new findings in, say, nutrition or medicine, end up contradicting old ones, then who's to say that the current knowledge won't be contradicted some number of years from now ( Read more... )

+Hanging out with Lauren in DC ( Read more... )