Today I had a most rare chance to witness something I perhaps didn't deserve to have witnessed. I was with Katie. I told you about her, she’s one of my friends here. She used to live in San Diego, used to be in theater, and used to work with us. She had been fired two weeks ago, but was recovering well. Today she told us about a guy she saw at Lane ( Read more... )

Dear Reader, do you watch Portlandia? If you do, you will probably laugh at me when I say that I spent Black Friday in Portland, and subsequently got sucked in an episode of Portlandia ( Read more... )

Today one of my co-workers told me that her Mom was going out of town and that we should hang out. I told her I would love to hang out with her, and that we could figure something out to do. Then she got very quiet, and admitted to me that she doesn't handle being alone well, and that she had tendencies towards depression ( Read more... )

Two nights ago, I dreamed that Y dropped by my home in Seattle to visit. Yes, that Y. It was a positively wonderful dream. We rode the monorail, went walking around downtown, did a little hiking. We ate at this wonderful seafood place (that I can't recall where anymore) and it was delightful. Nothing happened between us. He didn't share my bed ( ( Read more... )

Today I experienced something quite American. I was telling a coworker that I was friends with this one person who works with us as well. She immediately started ranting about not liking my friend because she was a Republican, that my friend may appear that she likes me, but deep down inside, she hates my guts and doesn't want to protect my rights ( Read more... )

Today: a strange emotion while walking through the throng of tourists at pike place: an intense feeling of something that can only be described as... Belonging. These are the strangers. I welcome them to the city. Seattle. My city. My city. I know it like the veins at the back of my hand.

Though I was born in Bacolod, I grew up and lived most of my ( Read more... )

I wasn't accepted. In retrospect, I don't know why I was so hopeful. Maybe it was the enthusiastic adviser who made me think I could do anything as long as I shelled out a $50 application fee. Maybe it was my innate, arrogant nature as both a Philippine Science High School graduate and former University of the Philippines student that made me ( Read more... )

Last night, I was at the Magnetic Fields concert. I think the Neptune Theater was a good venue. It's large enough for their number of fans, but small enough to be intimate. Plus you don't need to sit; standing right in front of them, I think, is a better experience than sitting down and watching them from afar.

THERE WERE SO MANY COUPLES. And the ( Read more... )

Today, I finally finished reading Mercedes Lackey's "Last Herald Mage" series, featuring Vanyel, the last Herald Mage who is super gay and also super emo. I read the first book back in High School and found the next two books at the Borders closing sale last year. I don't know how I could have withstood the emo drivel he repeatedly bombards his ( Read more... )

After much deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that 90% of the men I attract are crazy ( Read more... )