i am kitty and you must love me
in the metal gardensphoto by wordsonwater
mama haley visit!
to see what all the fuss was about regarding this “seattle” thing, mom came to see us end of july/beginning of august. what a time! we saw much that was cool, and had even better food than we’ve grown accustomed to - we couldn’t keep mom from cooking for us night [...]
unpack. sort. throw away. unpack. sort. reconstruct. unpack. re-sort. you get the idea.
the circle of irony continues on unabated, which pleases me greatly. it has long taken a life of its own, and it’s going to serve as an excellent way to keep up with folks [...]
2 cubes arrived today, finally. dave’s help in unloading them was invaluable. the missing cube contains most of our furniture, my bicycle, etc. of the present 2, one is filled with many little cubes, while the other has our bed and kitchen stuff.
dave had to head back to portland, prior to his [...]
finally got someone on the phone from the company who seems to understand the importance and urgency of us getting all our stuff back; now they’re saying it will be here tomorrow. if it weren’t for a handful of truly irreplaceable things in the 3 cubes, i would almost welcome their loss (see earlier [...]
our stuff was due to arrive today. it didn’t. i’ve left 2 voicemails with the company, but have heard no response. furious this makes me. dave is ready to drive to their office and ‘continue the conversation’. i’ll give them one more day.
dave arrived today - our first visitor from back east! he’s my oldest friend; we met back in elementary school, in the talented and gifted program. also, he brought his deck, so we’ll be playing civ3, like, a lot.
‘ello!
abandoned adding machine on east denny street
joriel and i have taken to watching episodes of ’six feet under’ and ‘carnivale’ that she’s downloaded. the former i have seen a little of before; i like it because it’s a decent soap opera, but they seem to have drifted - i hardly notice they’re undertakers, for example.
‘carnivale’, on the other hand, has [...]
more job applying for ben today. i get so annoyed with some of the tech positions i run across; my favorites are the entry-level crap-pay positions that require 5 years of experience + a working knowledge of C/C++, Quantum Mechanics, the Heisenberg Compensation Matrix, etc. ok, the last 2 i made up, but [...]
exploring mt. rainier
went to mt. rainier national park today, 2 hours SE of us; this is the same mt. rainier (with the accompanying cascade mountain range) that we can see from our balcony, only much bigger when you’re at the base looking up at it, natch. beautiful tall trees and snow-capped peaks and glaciers, [...]
first big grocery trip at the madison co-op, yay! our celebratory week of eating out everyday has come to end, as it should if we’re going to afford this new life. we got lots of wonderful healthy food, for about what we used to spend at ellwood thompson, so no worries there. [...]
i’ve been hesitant to blog prior to being able to put pictures up along with the entries; however, my impatience has gotten the better of me, so here we are. i will add pictures later, when the rest of the necessary equipment returns to my life. in the meantime, enjoy (if that’s not [...]