06.02.2004 - 8:15 a.m.
Wednesday
Ah, three day weekend. How
I wish you were a four day weekend. Or perhaps a four-hundred-and-eleventeen
day weekend.
It's pretty sick that a holiday
dedicated to the men and women who have lost their lives in war
is typically celebrated by drinking beer, but what can I say
- we did our part and drank a lot of beer. We spent Saturday
in Hoodsport at our friends' vacation home, and between the four
of us that were of legal drinking age I'd say we put one holy
hell of a dent in the nation's supply of Pacifico.
These friends have a kid, he's
six. I can't imagine having the energy to parent him 24/7, but
he was a kick to be around. Between the humor and relentless
cuteness of the six year old, and the baby next door who took
her first steps right in front of our eyes, the Why Haven't You
Spawned Yet gods seemed to be emptying their arsenal at me. Not
to mention our friends, who with good intent kept gently querying
us about our family plans.
Luckily, I later watched the
six year old pitch an enormous screaming tantrum, which spontaneously
kick-started my period.
When the tide pulled back later
in the evening, we waded out into the freezing cold Hood Canal
water and gathered oysters, which I thought was great fun until
I noticed the bazillions of little bleeding cuts all over my
hands. Newsflash: oyster shells are sharp. Dog, who smelled
like a great wet furry oyster after swimming the day away, had
little cuts all over her paws. Poor hands! Poor Dog!
(Everyone has healed nicely,
in case you were, you know, FREAKING OUT or anything.)
Sunday must have passed in
a hungover daze, because I don't remember what we did after coming
home. Oh, we made pasta with the most garlicky clam sauce on
earth. And I fell asleep and drooled all over JB during El Mariachi.
That's...yeah, that was Sunday, pretty much.
Monday we decided to venture
into The City (I delivered that with an Izzard accent, you just
couldn't tell), and we endured wading through the patchouli-fest
that is Folklife in order to watch Bugs! at the Imax theater.
Bugs! is an awesome
movie to watch, especially if you want to nervously scratch yourself
all over for about forty-five minutes. It's in 3D, people. ROCK.
After that, we took the monorail
downtown and did some shopping, then had a couple drinks at the
Alibi Room next to Pike Place. On our return trip, we bought
our train tickets and waited around. And waited. And waited.
Until eventually they announced that there was a delay, which
we found out this morning was, holy shit, a little problem of
the monorail catching on fire.
Before we got back in the car
and headed home, we ate salty greasy tortilla chips and drank
lethal margaritas at what used to be our neighborhood haunt,
Pesos in Queen Anne. Theme for the weekend? BOOZE AND LOTS OF
IT.
Such a good weekend,
though. I could do four hundred and eleventeen more days like
that, easy.
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I have moved. - 1.03.2005 Obviously, a work in progress. - 12.27.2004 Happy holidays! - 12.24.2004 Listen, I am not a complete dick, it's not like I want Joe to die alone surrounded by cats or something. - 12.23.2004 Plus I am convinced my butt is extra big when it's upside down. - 12.22.2004
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