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This morning, I was riding the bus here, late as usual, and not very pleased to be heading here. I was reading my book through sleepy eyes and then I heard the bus driver announce the next stop.

“Downtown. Ottoman Empire. Byzantine Empire. Greyhound Bus Station. Badgers.”

Not a terrible way to start a Friday.

You Might Be Bored If…


You Know You're From Seattle When…

You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian
All I care about it that it's not Starbucks and doesn't taste like ass

You feel guilty throwing an aluminum can in the trash. true

You use the words “sun break” and know what it means. who doesn't know what that means?

You know more than 10 words to describe a cup of coffee. This is just like the general Washington one, apparently.

You know what a dry cappuccino is. How is this different from the last one?

You obey all traffic laws EXCEPT “keep right except to pass.” Leave that up to the bus driver.

You know at least eight people who work for either Microsoft or Boeing. Not anymore. But I WISH I knew 8 people from Microsoft who wanted to invest in a movie

You invite twice as many people as you really want to a party since only half will actually show up. Not exactly. I invite as many people as I want at a party AND only half of them show up

You know what Lutefiske is.It's fish, right?

You personally know someone from Alaska. I've MET people from Alaska but I don't hang out with any of them

You consider floating bridges a pain in the butt, not an engineering marvel. ANY bridge has traffic problems

You know how to pronounce “Sequim”, “Puyallup” and “Issaquah.” Yes

You have roots in Oregon, Idaho or Montana, but wanted a high paying job. I bet I would be getting paid the same in those places since I don't get paid much

You've tried to get a job in Alaska, especially a summer job only. Not in the least

You think skiing always means being covered from head to toe, on snow or water. Eh?

You know at least three Microsoft burnouts, of which two are millionaires. Again, I wish

You use more than 5 words to order a cup of coffee. “I want to order an unleaded, double, short, skinny, wet cappuccino with a shot of Amaretto please.” De Ja Vous

A “designer” wardrobe comes from REI, Eddie Bauer, Lands End, and Birkenstock. Ew

You consider it a sunny day if the sun is visible at some point of the day. Ha ha. Laugh it up, fuzzball

You've been “snow” skiing in the RAIN more than in the snow. I hate skiing

When you're discussing rainforests and volcanoes, you're NOT talking about Hawaii. Aight

You Remember the Kingdome Yes…sniff

You have tried to forget about WTO Not at all. It was a great demonstration of democracy! It's not our fault the fuzz got happy with their night sticks

You know how BLUE the skies are here compared to Eastern Washington. ok

The guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like Phyllis Diller is really a trans named Eva Destruction that used to play with Hole. Sure

Your car insurance costs more because your neighbors don't have any! N/A

Your mayor is straight, 1/2 your friends are gay, the man who delivers your mail has a bumper sticker that reads “when they pry it from my cold dead fingers….”, and your Burger World drive thru order taker was a computer millionaire last week. Weak

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Seattle.

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Smoke My Grudge, Beyotch!

So tonight a few of us (so far DZ, Meep and Sherwood) are going to see Ju-on which looks pretty rad. Scary Japanese movies about ghosties are cool. After that (or before, or both) we are going to the Blue Moon tavern in the U district to hang out with beatniks and drink in a place Tom Robbins once described as “a frenzy of distorted joy spinning just outside the reach of bourgeois horrors”. Sounds aight to me. If anyone else feels like joining up, let me know! The movie is at 9:35 at the Varsity.

Also: IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!

Oh Fortuna!

Sweet mother of pearl! There is an Orange Julius/DQ at Westlake Center now!

Happiness Shock

Today is the day!! Tonight Meep and I are going to an advanced screening of Shaun of the Dead. Meep and I are going to do whatever it takes to get our treatment into the hot little hands of Wright and Pegg and hopefully not make fools of ourselves in the process. We have our treatment and letter all printed out on nice paper. I have filled a flask with vodka for the liquid courage. I just bought a new pair of stockings. I am leaving work at 4:00 in order to get the best possible seat at the screening. Short of rehearsing what we are going to say, we are as ready as we will ever be. And nervous as hell! I'm hoping for a Link sighting today as a sign of good luck.

Bumbershoot! (Mostly sucks, but at least there's comedy!)

So the Bumbershoot Schedule is now online . Once again the music is pathetic (apart from the Pixies, of course) but the comedy stage is OUTSTANDING! So undoubtedly, Faye and I will be comedy groupies for the 3rd year in a row. Fred Armisen! (best known for being the funniest guy no one knows on Saturday Night Live) Chris Hardwick! (sadly best known as the host of MTV's Singled Out) And of course, our personal favorite: Zach Galifianakis! (Best known as the guy who's totally slumming on TV's Tru Calling). Maybe we can meet Zach again, or ask Chris Hardwick to be in our zombie movie (or at least tell him we loved his work in House of 1000 Corpses). Hooray for comedy!

Meme coming soon.