I Don't want the World to See Me

Another good day for stuff in Seattle. Went to a film earlier called In Search of a Midnight Kiss. It was an independent film, shot in black and white. About this guy who was trying to find love on Craigslist 24 hours before the new year. He finds a date and....well, telling what happens would give away the ending ;) But it was really good and had very nice and quick dialogue that really moved the plot along.

And, tonight, the whole reason for this visit--to see Jay Brannan's Fat is a Feeling concert tour. Eeeee!!!!!11 He was hilarious! And a lot of the people there (almost a full house) had definately heard of him and were hollering and clapping. He mentioned the Margaret Cho vid he put up a few days ago and the crowd went wild (while I squeed because I had been hoping he was going to sing the song. He 'claimed' he didn't remember all the words, but he sang the chorus and a bit of the start. Here is the version with him and Margaret Cho:
(WARNING!! Crude and very naughty)


I managed to sneak off a picture (hey, need to have something to post for my daily picture :D ) and I brought along the album I bought awhile ago to get it signed.



*flails*

Michelle had been wanting him to sing Your Body's a Temple and was sad after he sang his last song, but the audience was screaming so much that he came back for one more. After having that song title hollered at him (he thanked everyone for saying that), he sang it ^_^

He was adorable. While he sounds good on Youtube, he is way better in person. Uugh, I hope he comes back here so I can poke at Michelle to go with me again ;)

Took these a few days ago in Seattle. It is the view outside Michelle apartment window. I had taken a few the day before, but the sun had just peeked out from the clouds and I scrambled to grab my camera.

My first full day in Seattle (this trip). Time to babble :D

Woke up at 5 something. It seemed much later. Went back to sleep. (fuun lol). Then officially got up around...10? I am so bad with remembering times and stuff. We kicked around for a few hours, then went to head to the Seattle Art Museum for the Impressionist exhibit. Art's not my thing, but I try :) There were some lovely paintings and I bought a bookmark. *note to self, get it from Michelle before I leave*

On the way to SAM, Michelle had me take this picture. Yes, I admit it was amusing ;)


Then we went down to the waterfront to view The Nina---a replica of Columbus' famous ship.
( I has pictures )

Then we went back to Michelle's apartment and watched part of a movie, Full Frontal, and pretty much fast forwarded through the whole thing. Sooo boring. Kinda reminded me of Chelsea Walls as far as pace and character studies.
Then we put on Body Shots, which was much better, though that isn't saying much ;) Was decent enough to keep my attention for at least half of it. And it ended with just enough time to zip off for dinner to meet with a group of people.
I actually chatted a little during dinner *shock*

Then we all went (I think everyone from dinner?) to see Avenue Q. Michelle pretty much begged me to go. I'd heard the soundtrack, and that it had puppets, and that was pretty much all I knew about it.
I almost laughed myself sick! It was hilarious! I thought it would be a distraction to see the 'puppeteers' out there, but I had a blast watching them. We hung outside a bit and were able to snag a few actors to get them to sign the program...I felt bad that we kept having to use someone else's pen, since we didn't bring one of our own lolz.

Those were the highlights ^__^

Yes, I am overdue with this for like...4 months lol
Figure I might as well get it up here before I go on about my last weekend trip to Seattle.

See if I can remember where I left off...
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Okay, I this was our last day in Canada before heading back to the states. It was insane trying to find a place to eat, since most spots were closed and all our food tastes are way different. So mission (finally) accomplished, we headed to the Chinese Gardens.

( Cut for pictures! )

I am going to toss this behind a cut...it is going to be long. With lots of pictures :D

( Here we go *deep breath* )

I need to stop putting off updating! I still haven't updated about the rest of my Seattle trip, and I am kinda starting to forget all the little details :-/
So, I guess I will do that now.
Already told about Friday....

So Saturday, Michelle, Gin, and I went to go see the play Uncle Vanya. It started out a little shaky, but I really started to enjoy it!
Here is a synopsis:

Uncle Vanya is set on a country estate some time towards the end of the 19th century. Aleksandr Serebryakov, a retired university professor, has moved there with his second wife, Yelena. For the past 25 years, the estate has been managed by Vanya, the brother of the professor’s deceased first wife, and the professor’s daughter, Sonya (Vanya’s niece), who has been living on the estate since her father’s remarriage. Out of respect for the professor’s position and learning, Vanya has willingly undertaken the management of the estate for a token annual salary. However, while the professor has been living with them, Vanya has become increasingly disillusioned; all he now sees is an old man afflicted with aches and pains, married to a beautiful and much younger wife—to whom Vanya himself would have proposed some years previously, but let the chance slip, to his regret. The professor now symbolizes for Vanya the waste of his own life.

As if in revenge, Vanya seeks to declare his love for Yelena at every possible opportunity, much to her irritation. Yelena has also attracted the attention of Dr. Astrov, a local landowner who is passionate about the environment, and dulls his impatience with Russian provincialism in alcohol. Astrov, who has been called in to look after the professor, spends much of his time at the estate, neglecting his medical duties to be in Yelena’s presence. Sonya has been in love with Astrov for the past six years, secretly and quietly. When she asks Yelena to speak to Astrov on her behalf, the doctor misinterprets, and declares his own feelings for Yelena. Astrov makes an attempt to embrace her, which is interrupted by Vanya.

As these entanglements unfold, the professor announces his decision to sell the estate, setting the characters off on a series of events that culminate in scenes of unexpected comedy and profound emotion, masterfully interwoven by Chekhov in one of his greatest plays.
http://www.intiman.org/2007season/vanya.html
I swear, it had everything in it. Two of the females ran off to a bedroom with a bottle of wine, the guys seemed to be constantly flirting, there was some pencil joke that had me giggling (though I think I was the only one.
PLUS, Samantha Mathis was in it (she was in House as the lady poisoning her husband with gold) and Mark Nelson, who was in Invention of Love with RSL. (We didn't find that out until we were looking through the program)
And, if you wanted to see a pic of Gin and I:
http://michelleann68.livejournal.com/103030.html#cutid2
(I am the short one)

After the play, we all went out to dinner, then....*mind blanks* Umm....yeah. I don't think there was anything else that we did. Michelle and I watched the newest Dr. Who.

Will do day 3 in a bit :)

My computer is being like 3 times faster than it normally is. I think it is just sucking up because I have been looking into getting a laptop. I figure that it costs close to the same as a desktop, and, if I get one, I can still keep the old desktop here, since the laptop wouldn't need to go in its place.
So, question for all you laptop users...how well do laptops work when you take them places as far as being able to get an internet connection? If that even makes sense. I am laptop illiterate for the time being :)

Now, to babble about the goings-on lately.

This last weekend, my RL aunt was going down up to Seattle to visit her brother and asked if I wanted to go along so I could stay with michelleann68. I was already planning on visiting towards the end of June, but hey, it would be fun! ;) Had to look into finding a sub for my Sunday library hours, which wasn't too hard *whew* Hated to miss out on the money for that day, but *shrugs* I don't get to spend enough time with Donna (aunt), so we could jabber on the way there and back.
Was picked up at about 10 and got to Seattle around 12:30. After some major confusion about where to be dropped off (sorry, Michelle, I am crap with directions...prob a reason why I don't want to drive places I am unfamiliar with), I switched vehicles and was off to Michelle's apartment. Dumped off my bag, said a quick hello to her cat, Mils (Lisa was in hiding) and we were off again.

Awhile back, I had been talked into (hee) donating my hair to Locks of Love. Was going to do that in June during the original visit, but now was as good a time as any. Had a 3:00 apointment, so we killed a bit of time at Starbucks (I think? See, this is why I need to update asap...details get a bit foggy), and I enjoyed a large peanutbutter cookie a bit too much. Then we checked two theaters to see about showtimes for Spiderman 3, thinking about seeing it later that night. Then we went to a few other places...Lush? and something with a Z that I can't spell. Went to the hairplace and was told they were running behind schedule. I wanted to avoid any place with books, but it is a good way to kill time, so we went to Barnes and Noble. And I managed not to buy anything!

Back to hairplace. They were still backed up, so we waited there. Super nice, asked me if I wanted them to get me anything o.o Dunno how long we waited, but finally was my turn. Dun de dum. They measured my hair before chopping it off. And I was able to avoid yelling a dramatic NO! as the scissors started to snip. Head felt so much lighter after it was gone, wow. Then I was in for a wash, then to get it styled. The stylest and I pretty much talked non-stop. And I am not a talkative person, so I think it was a buildup of nervousness or something.

Loved the way it was styled: About shoulder length, hair parted in the middle, about an inch shorter for the bangs to frame my face, etc. Naturally as soon as I washed it, it poofs and won't behave. I think I almost have it down how to style it similar. I need to take pictures at some point.

We were going to meet with Gin (who I met last/first time I visited) and her Mom, but they got busy with something else, I think because the hair took so long. We were close to the movie theater, so zipped over there. I think Spiderman was showing on at least 6-10 screens, so there was a showing in just about 5 minutes. Which was enough time to find the bathroom and settle in shortly after the previews started.

I really enjoyed it, though MJ makes me ill. There was too much romance crap in it. MJ reminds me of Cameron from House. Sure they aren't related? MJ bugs me way more. The fight scenes were awesome and I now want to slash Harry and Spidey sooo bad! Urge to go look for fanfiction is still calling to me. I went to see the movie again, dragging Mom along, mainly just so I could see the scenes with Harry in them again. (shut up lol)

So...let's see...I know we had pizza for dinner. Very loud and it took forever to get served. Food was decent, but I don't think it was worth the wait.
Oh, before that, we went down to The Seattle Art Museum and got tickets for Sunday. It had just reopened that weekend and you can get in free, but you had to pick up tickets for what time you were planning on being there.

Got home around...9? maybe later, to a much better welcome from the cats.

Despite the excitement, it was hard to fall asleep. I am used to staying up until 4am most nights, and it was just past 11. Layed there for a bit, plotting out a H/W bunny that sprung to mind. Sounded plausable, so I got up and typed some of it up, which started to sound suckish, then I went back to bed...er couch ;) around midnight.
Woke up a couple times, and one of those times Mils came to say howdy.
Officially up about 7:30..I think. Had a bit of time to kill before meeting with Gin and her Mom at the museum. Went to this nice little place for breakfast. I'm not a huge fan of waffles, but I really liked the ones that were served there. Very popular place with a waiting list. And, naturally, when we left, there was no one in line. Had to hurry since we were running a bit late.

Guh...fingers hurting from all the typing lol.

So. SAM.
Modern art just confuses me. *shakes head* Maybe I just need to get out more. First museum I had ever been to.
Manged to get seperated from Michelle and Gin. I tried calling Michelle while Gin's Mom tried Gin. Both their phones were checked in at the start. Kidna amusing. So we went around to look at everything on that floor, trying to keep an eye out. Appariently, we kept both eyes on the look out, because we ended up walking right past a statue thingy of a giant rat that was...sitting on a bed/matress that was on a person. Dunno how the hell we missed it because we literally had to walk past its tail.
And, the freaky thing is...there was a picture of a pile of naked men that I also missed...though I still swear that picture wasn't there at the time. I distinctly remember looking at the one before and after it, and Gin's Mom agreed with me. And the only thing that would have distracted me from it was the giant rat. That I didn't see.

Went out to lunch after that, then swung by this Japanese dollar store, where everything was 1.50. Bought a toy for Ki (my cat) that she absolutely loves. Just a plain mouse with a feather on it attached to a string attached to a stick. She had one already, but it didn't have the feather, which she is bonkers for.

Donna was picking me up at 4, so we went back home to round up things and hang out a little more.

It sure didn't seem like I had only been there a day, with all the stuff we got crammed into our time. Kinda sureal.

I don't think I had walked so much in a month as I did that weekend. My legs were throbbing and they finally stopped hurting on Wednesday. I need to keep them in shape for my next visit, though I am told that we won't do as much walking. Shall see :)

Everyone likes the new haircut. It is a bit warm on my neck. I can tie it back if I really wanted to, but trying to avoid that until I get desperate. And it wasn't until later that I realized that the hairplace took my cheap little hair tie lol. Not like I plan on using them *amused*

Okay, I think I have spammed the flist enough. Oh except for one more thing:

I loved the newest House ep! Wilson on speed!! Ahhhh!! Thinking of that scene is enough to give me a dopey smile for the rest of the day. So glad that Wilson has been getting a lot of love (umm...as far as a lot of scenes goes lol) these last few eps *happy dance* But season is almost over :'(