I’m sometimes forgiving when indie bands sell music to companies to be used in advertising. Like when Jaguar used a Spoon song last year in a car commercial. It was pretty cool, and whatever, they probably got enough dough to record their album. However, when I am laying on the bed with the cats, spacing […]
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sell out
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music on September 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
lust
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If I still had a job, I could buy these expensive shoes At least I know my limits. No more money coming in, no more funtime shopping. When I get a new job someday, I’ll buy myself some cute shoes or something. Today I walked into “downtown” and checked it out. It seemed highly focused […]
I can breathe in a small town
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2007 | 7 Comments »
This place, population ~7000. After a rainy day, everything stays damp. I remember this well, the wet grass and pine needles and stained pavement and brown slugs. I found a wallet-sized print of my senior picture in the garage. I wore a black sweater and a red pout and clear pale skin. It’s still one […]
weather report
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It started raining last night. It’s still kind of spitting now. Back in SF, it hadn’t rained in about five months. So I am glad to see this. I think the drought (and lack of attention by the city, of course) probably contributes greatly to the grime and filth of San Francisco’s streets and sidewalks. […]
here we are
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Laptop is running out of battery power but I just wanted to write that we have arrived at my dad’s. The drive went very smoothly. The cats were adorable, napping in their carriers. Stopped in Olympia for coffee, just for the hell of it. We drove over into Bremerton, looking at the points of the […]
450 miles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats, moving on September 14, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Today we traveled from San Francisco to Roseburg. We started with a full tank and stopped for gas once, in Medford. We’ll probably get gas again about 250 miles from here, somewhere in WA. Even with our car loaded with crap, we’re averaging 46mpg. In Redding, we got coffee at Starbuck’s. The young guy working […]
today is the day
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2007 | 17 Comments »
The truck left a little while ago, loaded with a couple thousand pounds of our possessions. Hiring movers is so infinitely worth it. Particularly when you own a six-foot tall armoire and are watching them somehow miraculously carry it out the back door, making a turn that requires the screen door be taken off its […]
two lists
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged san francisco on September 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Things I Will Miss About San Francisco My friends Golden Gate Park Light rail (though it sucks often, it’s fast when it works) The Giants Philz, Peet’s, and Blue Bottle coffee Arizmendi Bakery La Mediteranee Pizza Orgasmica Mayor Newsom and our liberal city government Plastic carry-out bags against the law The gays Easy access to […]
countdown
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged moving on September 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’m taking a little break here and figured I would write something. The move is still feeling sort of unreal. It’s hard to get a handle on it. We have so much stuff, and yet we have gotten rid of so much, too. I think it’s just that all closets and cupboards and drawers have […]
ert
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2007 | Comments Off on ert
In January of 1994, Robyn Ert and I, who were roommates in Olympia, set off together in my car. We were headed to the SF Bay Area to start our new lives. She is from Portland, I am from Seattle. I am returning to the Northwest in a few days, and hopefully, she will return […]