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Long weekend in Seattle
The weekend seemed really long, but perhaps that is because my weekend started on Thursday and lasted until Monday :)
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michelleann68's birthday, I hopped on the train to head to Seattle. For the past several years (3 or 4?) we have been getting together to have a birthday weekend. As the train was pulling into the station, I overheard several people talking about Michael Jackson dying. I WTFed and just figured I had heard wrong. Nope. Both him and Farrah Fawcett died on our birthday o.O
bethctg2 was going to join us, but she had some really bad and bizarre flight problems and wasn't able to join us. Hopefully we can get you out here! Want to meet you!
Cabbed to Michelle's apartment. Cabbie not too familiar with where he was going and had his handy GPS talking him through the turns, with assistance from me as we started to sail past the building, resulting in a dive for the curb. And am I the only one who is paranoid to put bags in the trunk of the cab?
We pretty much lazed about Thursday and watched some movies. On Friday, we talked ourselves up to actually *gasp* leaving the apartment. We went a few blocks to Denny Park and read for about an hour, got pizza for lunch/dinner, then went home. Then we made some peanut butter cookies, nummy, and watched some movies.
On Saturday, we took a fairy to Bainbridge Island. On the way over, there was a rescue drill, where they sent out a speed boat. Interesting :) It is a very cute town, from what I saw of it. Very quiet compared to Seattle. Michelle's knee was hurting, so we didn't do too much walking. We were both in the mood for ice cream, so we went to a little store to see what they had. No decent single ice cream bars (!!!), so Michelle bought---what were they? Balls of ice cream surrounded by a chocolate shell. We ate those on the way back mmmmm. Then we went to see The Hangover. OMG! I think I enjoyed that more than I should have. 4 friends decide to have a Bachelor party in Vegas. They wake up the next morning: There is a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet, one of them is missing a tooth (and found out he got married), and the groom is missing. So we follow them as they try to find the groom who is due to me married in just a few days. Fun :)
gin200168 joined us that night and stayed over.
On Sunday, Michelle and I went to find a good spot to watch the Pride parade and Gin went shopping and was going to meet up with us later. I took over 200 pictures and a handful of video footage (brought my camcorder along). Had a hard time deciding whether to take a picture, or to film it lol. There was a little girl--maybe 5 or so?--in front of us. People in the parade kept giving her stuff! *jealous* ;) Including balloons, which became a real nuisance. Also one guy, who I will call the Wahoo!!!11 guy decided, partway through the parade, to throw both fists in the air and cheer. All. The. Time. I'm sure you will be seeing his arms in several shots.
We had decent enough seats. Couldn't see very well for what was approaching, though.
There was also a little boy in front of us. A few people in the parade were trying to get him to kick a ball into a net. He looked so shocked when everyone cheered as he made a goal lol.
One highlight was the marching band, who started to play Thriller.
I wanted to get another picture of the rollerskating penis, but he zipped by really fast o.O
I'll make a separate post later with pictures and stuff.
Gin joined us partway into the parade and watched the last bit of it. We went back to the apartment, got food, ate food, then heading to the Seattle Art Museum. One of the exhibits was called Target practice--early art designed by destruction. Like someone shooting holes in canvas and calling it art. W.T.F. It broke my brain.
Okay, the sad part. Michelle and I had talked about trying to convince Gin to going with us to Portland so she could see some exhibit and we could go to a Chris Kane concert. We heard he was going to be playing all summer there, but his dates aren't updated and we aren't sure if we would get to go. We decided to wait so it would be less rushed. Turns out, it was Chris' birthday and Jensen was there! He lead the audience in singing Happy Birthday and joined the band on a few numbers. He was getting ready to head back to Vancouver to start filming SPN.
*sobs*
On Monday, we pretty much did nothing. Just watched some TV. I caught a cab a quarter to 2 to get back to the train station and get heading home.
Oh, and like 3 other people died that weekend as well o.O
Thursday, mine and
michelleann68's birthday, I hopped on the train to head to Seattle. For the past several years (3 or 4?) we have been getting together to have a birthday weekend. As the train was pulling into the station, I overheard several people talking about Michael Jackson dying. I WTFed and just figured I had heard wrong. Nope. Both him and Farrah Fawcett died on our birthday o.Obethctg2 was going to join us, but she had some really bad and bizarre flight problems and wasn't able to join us. Hopefully we can get you out here! Want to meet you!Cabbed to Michelle's apartment. Cabbie not too familiar with where he was going and had his handy GPS talking him through the turns, with assistance from me as we started to sail past the building, resulting in a dive for the curb. And am I the only one who is paranoid to put bags in the trunk of the cab?
We pretty much lazed about Thursday and watched some movies. On Friday, we talked ourselves up to actually *gasp* leaving the apartment. We went a few blocks to Denny Park and read for about an hour, got pizza for lunch/dinner, then went home. Then we made some peanut butter cookies, nummy, and watched some movies.
On Saturday, we took a fairy to Bainbridge Island. On the way over, there was a rescue drill, where they sent out a speed boat. Interesting :) It is a very cute town, from what I saw of it. Very quiet compared to Seattle. Michelle's knee was hurting, so we didn't do too much walking. We were both in the mood for ice cream, so we went to a little store to see what they had. No decent single ice cream bars (!!!), so Michelle bought---what were they? Balls of ice cream surrounded by a chocolate shell. We ate those on the way back mmmmm. Then we went to see The Hangover. OMG! I think I enjoyed that more than I should have. 4 friends decide to have a Bachelor party in Vegas. They wake up the next morning: There is a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet, one of them is missing a tooth (and found out he got married), and the groom is missing. So we follow them as they try to find the groom who is due to me married in just a few days. Fun :)
gin200168 joined us that night and stayed over.On Sunday, Michelle and I went to find a good spot to watch the Pride parade and Gin went shopping and was going to meet up with us later. I took over 200 pictures and a handful of video footage (brought my camcorder along). Had a hard time deciding whether to take a picture, or to film it lol. There was a little girl--maybe 5 or so?--in front of us. People in the parade kept giving her stuff! *jealous* ;) Including balloons, which became a real nuisance. Also one guy, who I will call the Wahoo!!!11 guy decided, partway through the parade, to throw both fists in the air and cheer. All. The. Time. I'm sure you will be seeing his arms in several shots.
We had decent enough seats. Couldn't see very well for what was approaching, though.
There was also a little boy in front of us. A few people in the parade were trying to get him to kick a ball into a net. He looked so shocked when everyone cheered as he made a goal lol.
One highlight was the marching band, who started to play Thriller.
I wanted to get another picture of the rollerskating penis, but he zipped by really fast o.O
I'll make a separate post later with pictures and stuff.
Gin joined us partway into the parade and watched the last bit of it. We went back to the apartment, got food, ate food, then heading to the Seattle Art Museum. One of the exhibits was called Target practice--early art designed by destruction. Like someone shooting holes in canvas and calling it art. W.T.F. It broke my brain.
Okay, the sad part. Michelle and I had talked about trying to convince Gin to going with us to Portland so she could see some exhibit and we could go to a Chris Kane concert. We heard he was going to be playing all summer there, but his dates aren't updated and we aren't sure if we would get to go. We decided to wait so it would be less rushed. Turns out, it was Chris' birthday and Jensen was there! He lead the audience in singing Happy Birthday and joined the band on a few numbers. He was getting ready to head back to Vancouver to start filming SPN.
*sobs*
On Monday, we pretty much did nothing. Just watched some TV. I caught a cab a quarter to 2 to get back to the train station and get heading home.
Oh, and like 3 other people died that weekend as well o.O
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Cabbies in Seattle apparently don't know where anything is. I had one that had trouble finding one of the only two hostels in the city, with a google map print out that I supplied. Yeah, not going to bother anymore.
If you want to go see Kane sometime, let me know and I'll come too! I went to the first show there, and it was good, not too many people. Although it was $10 instead of $7 like it said online. And it was LOUD. I should have brought earmuffs so I could hear better. My pants vibrated! Ok, admittedly I was near a speaker, but still. I was kind of like, turn down the music so I can hear already! They played Luchenbach Texas, which is a favorite of mine--I saw it on youtube first and listened to the original, and I like their version best. I wish they'd release it on their next cd or at least on myspace.
Sounds like you had a good weekend. Yay mini-vacations!
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Well, if we can ever schedule something that isn't a spur of the moment and the car isn't full of people :)
Going to see Jay Brannan next month in Seattle and we are tempted to go see him in Portland on Saturday so we can see Kane on Sunday, but we already bought tickets for Jay. That last Sunday in July is the last one listed on the site, though we heard he was supposed to play all summer. Hope there are more dates so I can go in August.
Heee for vibrating pants!
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Always wanted to watch How I Met Your Mother, but haven't yet. So many other shows to keep tabs with.
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and thanks for the salt in the CK/JA wound.. oh so helpful.
see you in 3 weeks.
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