a picture for you

of course its an artistic one! ;)

only in seattle

There is some anime/gaming convention here this weekend. In wandering around today, I was disappointed to see so few people in costume. .shrugs.

What I did see was this:

Tall guy, dark longish, curly, hair, black (?) tee, black utilikilt, gray cable-knit knee socks, and black Keen sandals. This is why I can't remember what else he was wearing... cable-knit knee socks?????? with these Keen sandals...

Anyways, just wanted to share that with you. Utilikilts are the way to go, boys. ;)


Today, I got on the bus downtown and got off on Capitol Hill. Paid my $1.25 and went to Utrecht for some special vellum for a project. Had a [turkey/havarti/lettuce/shredded carrots] sandwich with a pomegranate italian soda for lunch and washed that down with a cup of Guatemala Huehuetenango - Finca Vista Hermosa (Single Origin). It was mild! Since I didn't feel like waiting for the bus and could see the convention center, I opted to walk down the hill - from Minor to 1st. At 1st & Pike I caught the bus to Paper Zone to complete my paper purchases for the day. And I managed to get in and out of there and on the next bus going north. All this for my original $1.25. FUN! :)

Oh, there are loads more other things to write about, but I'm supposed to be re-creating my PATE gift card for Art Direction.


xo

who knew?!

So I am researching data-rich sites for my Interface Design class. Yes, the final was due today but I didn't go cuz of my knee and cuz it wasn't done. So I'm still working on it. Anyway! I came across Montana's website and was like, I could do something on NY. So I started searching and ended up getting a bit homesick.....

But I wanted to share this with y'all.

"Upstate" is a common term for New York State counties north of suburban Westchester and Rockland counties. Upstate New York typically includes the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains, the Shawangunk Ridge, the Finger Lakes and the Great Lakes in the west; and Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Oneida Lake in the northeast; and rivers such as the Delaware, Genesee, Mohawk, and Susquehanna. The highest elevation in New York is Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks.

and

While the state is best known for New York City's urban atmosphere, especially Manhattan's skyscrapers, most of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack Park is larger than any U.S. National Park outside of Alaska.


So there!


You can read the rest of the article here.


xo

Trip through the 80s - A Video Compilation

80s One Hit Wonders

on important things

This week is going much better than last week. Thankfully.

I got a brainstorm about a gift card/envelope for Art Direction on Sunday night and I executed it on Monday morning before going to the doctor. And Sigrid liked it!

I like the doctor. He was kind and thoughtful and caring and gentle. And I think that all of those things should characterize a good doctor. And he referred me to an orthopedic who the scheduler called "the best knee guy we've got". To me, that was reassuring because I've had good success so far with Virginia Mason and I pray that it continues.


Speaking of praying, I really should do it more often. I should also read my Bible more often!


From 10:30 last night until 4:30-ish this afternoon, I was on a no-calorie fast so I could have my cholesterol and blood sugar tested. That's rough, man! But I discovered that an Iced Grande no classic Green Tea is really tasty! This could be the start of my new weight loss program...

Yeah, I need to lose weight. Quite a bit actually. The doctor suggested Weight Watchers Online. So I checked it out last night. It's only $65 for the first 3 months and then $16.95 for each month after that. I'm sorry! but that's a lot of money. And anyways, I pretty much suck at keeping track of what I eat. I've tried it before. But I'm going to try to cut out all sugar except fruit. We'll see how that goes...


Fun thing at work today... This customer asked which of the handsome guys was going to take his money. I was pouring coffee and didn't hear what they decided. When I turned around, I said "I don't know who got to ring you up, but I'm the the pretty girl who poured your coffee." I was an instant hit! ;)


I miss Mike and hope he's doing well Back East. He's so non-communicative. lol


Don't trust Verizon 611 when you make a payment. They accepted my payment and then a week later said that they didn't get one and turned off my service. Then they charged me $15 to turn it back on. Yes, I'm attempting to get to the bottom of this, but thankfully I can still make calls.


I should buy some juice. Wait. I think Mom sent me some. I should go check. I'm really thirsty and don't feel like drinking water.


Yesterday, I signed another 6-month lease on my apartment. With my pending knee surgery, I just can't move right now. As it is, I know exactly where everything is, both in the apartment and in the surrounding neighborhood. If I were to move, I would have to relearn everything and that wouldn't be very much fun if I were all drugged up. I've already tried the Percocet on a nearly empty stomach at work...


Peter's back to work and looking WAY better than before he got mono. It's nice to have him back! :D

I have new work crushes and I love working with Moni because we can talk about the boys. :)


I'm falling asleep and I can't go to bed until Ashley calls me back about the field trip tomorrow. Why do I always have to be the one to organize these things??!!!


I know I keep saying I should post pictures, and I promise! One of these days, I actually will post pictures and y'all will be shocked!



xo

hi b :)

It's really not that I've had nothing to say. It's just that most of it's been really depressing and I'm not sure that you want to read that after having heard most of it on the phone. :D


This is an update to my movie rant... B & I watched Failure to Launch over the weekend, and I was excited to see that the main characters had friends. I would totally be friends with MM. ;)


I had a conversation with one of my teachers yesterday and she told me that I was going to stay in school. No ifs, ands, or buts. If I don't do it now, when am I going to do it? It was somewhat motivating, considering she had another Graphic Designer there with her who told me the same thing.


I got a follow-up appointment for my knee. Yes, I finally called. And I'm having my knee follow-up and a complete physical. Nope, haven't had one of those in y-e-a-r-s, so not so excited, but it will be good for me to get established with a doctor in Seattle, especially if/since I plan to stay here.


I have a quiz in Interface Design tomorrow and I haven't read any of the stuff for it. Also I don't have any ideas for my website design that we're supposed to be going over tomorrow. Hmmm... It's 10:15 p.m. I have to work at 6 a.m. and I have class at noon. Not sure how much of that stuff is going to get done. Yikes. School is not high on my list of priorities this summer, for whatever reason. :(


I've decided/realized that what I miss most about being home is the opportunity to unwind at home and have someone to talk to. I come home to my little apartment and have to think to myself. I only realized this on Monday when Kyle & I were discussing how lucky he was to not have to worry about rent and stuff. Totally lucky!


Well, I think I am going to take some Naproxyn and possibly some Advil and get some sleep. I can read tomorrow.


Right.



xo

etc.

Why I decided that going to school in the summer would be a good idea shall forever remain a mystery to me. It's been ridiculous and I've been totally stressed out.

Yes, you may well ask yourself why. I still do. But I'm doing better.

I flew home for J & J's wedding (and saw Brad Pitt...) and got to be at the Vestal conference for Sunday but then...

My flight home landed at noon on Monday and that was the day that classes started - at noon. I'm taking:
Art Direction
Digital Page Layout (1st 5 weeks)
Electronic Print Production (2nd 5 weeks)
Interface design

Fortunately there's very little homework in the other 2 classes, but Art Direction makes up for that. I am behind on thumbnails because, well, I don't know why. I had mid-program review on Monday and it didn't go well.

But somewhere along the way I thought I could be the new RA on my floor.

This required moving all my stuff down the hall. Now, mind you, I brought entirely too much stuff from NY and it's a pain to move all that little stuff that I'm not sure why I even keep. That and all the kitchen stuff that I have. And all the kitchen stuff I have comes from apparently thinking that I need everything I could possibly have in a kitchen, only to realize that I have enough stuff for a good-sized kitchen in a house. Argh. It's a pain to move.

Friday, I was sitting on the floor sorting out some stuff in my new place. I decided to take a shower, but when I tried to stand up, I had such terrible pain in my knee that I couldn't. My knee was bent at about 95 degrees and I couldn't straighten it out. Much crying and many tries later, I finally called work and said that I didn't think I'd be in. Then I found some clothes and called 911.

4 [cute] SFD guys came and made me sit on the couch and checked me out, then the ambulance took me to the emergency room at Virgina Mason. They were amazing there and I felt like I was going to be taken care of. The ER doctor was fab! I had x-rays and they showed a floating bone chip that had apparently gotten stuck in a meniscal tear. (This is my right knee. Yes, the one I had surgery on.) I spent all day at the hospital and tried twice for an MRI, but couldn't straighten out my knee. SO they sent me home on crutches, Percocet & Naproxyn.

Somewhere on my way out the door, down the hill, and across the street to wait for S, I must have jarred the bone chip out of my meniscus because when I got home, I could walk. I am SO thankful, but it was wierd.

So I spent the weekend working on my mid-program reiew stuff. B took me out for brunch on Saturday. We went to Etta's. Bacon & eggs (just like I had a Lola) with home fries with chipotle ketchup. That was the best part. We had coconut cream pie because it was Tom Douglas. But also because it was Tom Douglas, the service was just okay. But it was fun to get out.

Mid-program review was Monday and it did not go well. I have been trying to figure school out this quarter and the program director basically said that my work was sub-par and did I know how competitive GD is and I really needed to figure out what I was doing, etc. All of which I knew, but it was hard to hear it from someone of whom I am not a big fan, who just happens to be in charge of making my schedule. Grrr...

By Tuesday night, I was totally stressed out and hurting and I had to go to an RA meeting that I didn't know about. It was rough and I don't remember exactly how the conversation went, but I was like "I can't commit to that." And the RD was like, "Are you resigning?" And I was like, "Yes, I guess I am." So now I am no longer an RA. And I had to move out. Which I did last night and everything I said a few paragraphs up applies to this move as well. My goal is to get rid of some of this stuff!

So my very cool floor is very sad that I'm not their RA anymore, but said now we can party. :D

I'm very sure there was more I was going to talk about but now it's time to go to GDC so I'm out.


xo