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My Weekend
So, as maybe a couple of you know, I went up to Seattle this weekend to visit ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
michelleann68. Train trip up was pretty uneventful. I got a nice single seat behind a double so I had room to set my bags next to me rather than tucked under my feet (can't store them overhead because I am too short). I watched an episode of Supernatural on laptop (trying to get through Season 1) and read.
I was actually on time *shock* and managed to catch a cab quickly and follow someone inside the apartments. Michelle had taken the day off work. We went to see Milk. Trailer here:
Michelle had seen it awhile ago back before it was finished and was telling me some of the bits that had been altered and changed, mostly for the better. I liked it more than I thought I was going to--a lot of movies I build myself up for I get disappointed by. Really hard to avoid spoilers for this, since it is a true story. Still really sad.
Gin joined us for most of the weekend. Her and Michelle had 'hair day' on saturday, so that took up a good part of the morning/afternoon. Went to Target to get me an outfit for a concert on Sunday.
Michelle had a office party so after Gin dropped her off, we hung around Ballard for a little and Gin took me to Archie Mcphee, saying it was a must, lol. Some neat stuff in there, but mostly of the sort that would just gather dust around the house, and I have been trying to be better about buying things like that.
We went home and waited for Michelle to come back via bus. Watched Supernatural. Umm...I think that was it.
Sunday, we took a walk to this Popcorn place (yummy) and a quick run to Pike's Place Market. Then back home to more SPN. Left Gin to Dexter while Michelle and I went to the Seattle Men's Choir. We didn't have the best seats, but they still weren't too bad. I was fascinated by the ASL guy and spent most of the time watching him. He was really into translating the songs into signs, almost like he was dancing to the whole thing. A couple of the songs were in a different language, so I watched him to try to get the idea of what they were about....not that easy when I only recognized about 1 in every 5 words. There were a couple of Christmas sing-alongs. The choir interrupted the middle of one to do a mock Prop 8 protest (I think that was what they were doing), which was amusing.
There were a couple of skits, a few songs by the Seattle Women's Chorus, and special guest star Jennifer Holiday....Okay, she has an amazing voice, but I can't stand that type of music. Not even ASL guy was holding my interest because the songs were so slow and 'showy.' I think Michelle heard me groan when she came on later to do another song towards the end.
Gin was gone by the time we got home. We watched Brother and Sisters (YAY, another classic episode. Love this show), and another SPN.
Michelle had to work on Monday. Got the number from her to call a cab before she left in the morning. Tried to go back to sleep. Watched a SPN when that failed, which left me only one disk left to go--2 eps. Michelle sent s2 home with me.
Forgot to take my camera, so no pictures of the cats :'(
The cab driver was super nice. We talked books and libraries all the way to the train station and he didn't push the button on the meter that adds a couple of bucks at the end of the stop, then rounded it down to 7 bucks. Normally like 9:30 or so. I still paid him 10 after a huge thankyou.
At the station almost an hour early, but I get paranoid easy. Got my seat assignment and waited for the train to board. lalala.
My seat was a backwards one facing this sour looking older lady. Eep.
The guy who comes over the loud speaker with a foreign accent is one of the trip highlights and always gets the passengers giggling, especially this older guy and woman in front of me a ways (not together) who kept cracking jokes and being very entertained. Lady in front of me rolled her eyes.
Soon, we started up a bit of a conversation. I couldn't see the guy very well. But the lady turns out had like no filter on her mouth and had a habit of saying the first thing that popped in her mind, which was very entertaining. More than I could hope to describe. The guy was getting off at my same stop and since he didn't have an e-mail addy (lol), she wanted me to stalk him and give her his mailing address. I told her I would do my best. The guy was amused. I teased him when we got off the train. Dad was waiting for me and actually knew the guy.
The lady had given me her business card, so I actually e-mailed her to chat a little and she replied. Might see how long I can keep up an e-mail conversation with her--she was quite fun to talk to.
Had an eventful day today also, but it is 5am and I kinda need to go to bed. Uugh, who needs sleep? x-|
michelleann68. Train trip up was pretty uneventful. I got a nice single seat behind a double so I had room to set my bags next to me rather than tucked under my feet (can't store them overhead because I am too short). I watched an episode of Supernatural on laptop (trying to get through Season 1) and read.I was actually on time *shock* and managed to catch a cab quickly and follow someone inside the apartments. Michelle had taken the day off work. We went to see Milk. Trailer here:
Michelle had seen it awhile ago back before it was finished and was telling me some of the bits that had been altered and changed, mostly for the better. I liked it more than I thought I was going to--a lot of movies I build myself up for I get disappointed by. Really hard to avoid spoilers for this, since it is a true story. Still really sad.
Gin joined us for most of the weekend. Her and Michelle had 'hair day' on saturday, so that took up a good part of the morning/afternoon. Went to Target to get me an outfit for a concert on Sunday.
Michelle had a office party so after Gin dropped her off, we hung around Ballard for a little and Gin took me to Archie Mcphee, saying it was a must, lol. Some neat stuff in there, but mostly of the sort that would just gather dust around the house, and I have been trying to be better about buying things like that.
We went home and waited for Michelle to come back via bus. Watched Supernatural. Umm...I think that was it.
Sunday, we took a walk to this Popcorn place (yummy) and a quick run to Pike's Place Market. Then back home to more SPN. Left Gin to Dexter while Michelle and I went to the Seattle Men's Choir. We didn't have the best seats, but they still weren't too bad. I was fascinated by the ASL guy and spent most of the time watching him. He was really into translating the songs into signs, almost like he was dancing to the whole thing. A couple of the songs were in a different language, so I watched him to try to get the idea of what they were about....not that easy when I only recognized about 1 in every 5 words. There were a couple of Christmas sing-alongs. The choir interrupted the middle of one to do a mock Prop 8 protest (I think that was what they were doing), which was amusing.
There were a couple of skits, a few songs by the Seattle Women's Chorus, and special guest star Jennifer Holiday....Okay, she has an amazing voice, but I can't stand that type of music. Not even ASL guy was holding my interest because the songs were so slow and 'showy.' I think Michelle heard me groan when she came on later to do another song towards the end.
Gin was gone by the time we got home. We watched Brother and Sisters (YAY, another classic episode. Love this show), and another SPN.
Michelle had to work on Monday. Got the number from her to call a cab before she left in the morning. Tried to go back to sleep. Watched a SPN when that failed, which left me only one disk left to go--2 eps. Michelle sent s2 home with me.
Forgot to take my camera, so no pictures of the cats :'(
The cab driver was super nice. We talked books and libraries all the way to the train station and he didn't push the button on the meter that adds a couple of bucks at the end of the stop, then rounded it down to 7 bucks. Normally like 9:30 or so. I still paid him 10 after a huge thankyou.
At the station almost an hour early, but I get paranoid easy. Got my seat assignment and waited for the train to board. lalala.
My seat was a backwards one facing this sour looking older lady. Eep.
The guy who comes over the loud speaker with a foreign accent is one of the trip highlights and always gets the passengers giggling, especially this older guy and woman in front of me a ways (not together) who kept cracking jokes and being very entertained. Lady in front of me rolled her eyes.
Soon, we started up a bit of a conversation. I couldn't see the guy very well. But the lady turns out had like no filter on her mouth and had a habit of saying the first thing that popped in her mind, which was very entertaining. More than I could hope to describe. The guy was getting off at my same stop and since he didn't have an e-mail addy (lol), she wanted me to stalk him and give her his mailing address. I told her I would do my best. The guy was amused. I teased him when we got off the train. Dad was waiting for me and actually knew the guy.
The lady had given me her business card, so I actually e-mailed her to chat a little and she replied. Might see how long I can keep up an e-mail conversation with her--she was quite fun to talk to.
Had an eventful day today also, but it is 5am and I kinda need to go to bed. Uugh, who needs sleep? x-|