spent some time outside this weekend. it was nice to see mt. rainier up close. we drove up to sunrise, where there is still snow on the ground even though it was, like, 90 degrees outside.


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a post about food. sort of ( Read more... )

matt and i got in our first big fight yesterday. we've been together for 4 1/2 years. the reason is not important - he just dropped a couple of things on me in a certain way and i could not handle it quietly or politely. i just couldn't ( Read more... )

one point of contention that's popped up over the last several months (between me and matt) is my dinosaur collection, which is ever-expanding and taking up more and more of the apartment, despite my own efforts to stifle and stash at least most of it. as much as i love each and every single one of my dinos (and can remember when and where i got ( Read more... )

well we moved. not exactly into a house - we're in an apartment in ballard, which is a neighborhood close to downtown seattle. the place is kind of small, but it's within walking distance of most things, and it's closer to my job than our place in shoreline. we live directly across the street from a local produce market that offers awesome deals on ( Read more... )

i'm glad i became a born-again christian when i was 19. i'm not a christian anymore, but i think it gave me a true understanding of the word "faith" that i probably wouldn't have gotten had i been raised and stayed christian up to that point ( Read more... )

matt and i have decided to move out of our apartment at the end of our lease at the end of the month. we've been looking for houses in the area to move into, and have been having a fair amount of luck, but still haven't made any big decisions or put any money down ( Read more... )

my mom came to visit over the past 4 days. we went and did a bunch of touristy stuff downtown and then crossed the cascades and went to leavenworth. i thought my mom would get a kick out of going from rain (in seattle) to several feet of snow (in the pass) to sun-and-70s-temps (in leavenworth), all within about 2 1/2 hours and all while following ( Read more... )

saturday was the cat show for house cats at the rec center. it was for a local kitty charity, and i entered joey into it a couple of weeks ago. naturally, joey was furious with what was going on and would not stop meowing and clawing at his cage for, like, hours...until he finally tired himself out. however, because he wouldn't shut up for anyone, ( Read more... )

the house show last night was great! :D i missed the smell of punk rock. everyone seemed pretty cool and i didn't notice anyone being weird and seattley. ryan's friends were really nice, and the music was great. it seems like a pretty good scene and they're actively trying to get more people into it, which is awesome. there were maybe 15-20 people ( Read more... )