Stupidest Party Ever

A good friend of mine invited Gus and I to a New Year's Eve party at a warehouse on the Seattle waterfront. This party was billed as "the place to be" and was tauting multiple rooms and floors of music, dancing, and bars. The tickets were $50 in advance and $70 at the door. I figured for $50 they must have some kind of hors d'oeurve table, a glass of champagne at midnight, some nice party favors. Not usually my cup of tea.... but couldn't be too bad, right?

It was a nightmare. The only thing complimentary was the coat check. There was no food, no champagne, maybe 2-3 bars with about a total of 10 bartenders for THOUSANDS of people and drinks were $10 for a small cup. The drink lines did not move. The place was so packed that I began to have a panic attack and had to focus on the clock ticking to calm down.

So, yeah. Never again. Whoever organized that party made a fortune and it was a complete waste. I'm sticking to small parties with friends, lesson learned.

Merry Christmas to Somebody....

Someone got ahold of my credit card number and spent over $700 at Target.com on December 20th -- Hope ya had fun, my credit card is now canceled so I hope someone arrests you if you try to use it again. Sucks to have to set up all my automatic payments again but at least citicard makes it easy to dispute fraudulent charges.

Super Awesome Day

Best part of day #1: Murder City Devils Are Touring!!
One of my most favorite live bands EVER is getting back together for a short tour!! I just got tickets to their Seattle date and I'm so excited I have to remind myself it's over two months away-- argh!


Best part of day #2: Planning a Trip to Mexico
Gus and I are going to Sayulita, Mexico for a week in February to learn how to surf. I made plane and hotel reservations today. Never been to Mexico, never surfed, time to go and time to learn. I like Tequila. And beer. And tacos.


Best part of day #3: Spider Bite Appears to be Getting Smaller...
I was up in the crawl space in my attic two days ago and I think I sat on a spider. I immediately had sharp shooting pain in my bottom area (nice, right) and the next day it was all blistered up. It kept spreading and got all red and puffy, but today it looks to be a little smaller. I was praying to the skins Gods that it wasn't necrotizing fasciitis or deadly venom. I think I'm going to live.

Cold and wet

My roses, peonies, and strawberries are stuck in their buds. June better get its act together.

Ouch! That hurt.

The last bout left me with a bit of a present!!

In the Paper Baby!

Check it out -

The Everett Herald.....

Narcissistic? Um...yah!