Thursday 9/29, Peggy told me I could come in an hour late to work the next day so I was very excited for my late night out. After work I showered and got ready while Susan took a nap and then headed over to B’s at 7:15 because traffic was so terrible. Got there and we watched some Arrested Development and then just hung out until Sky got home, then we went up to his room and laughed and talked, then it was time for bed, so he turned in and I hung out with S and C until it was time to go. Got stuck in crazy bad traffic on I-5 and took me forever to get there, so then Susan and I are trying to figure out the parking situation and on our way down Susan dented her car a little on a pillar, so that started our evening out with a bang, and set the tone for the rest of the night. We had to walk through the rain and it ruined both of our hair, as we walked past the greeting crew bf wanted Susan to smile but she didn’t want to cause of the incident so she told them and then we went inside and dried off in the bathroom and headed upstairs. It didn’t take long for Bun to come and stand next to Susan but we ignored him, then I spotted Kyle with his dumb bf, but I was getting thirsty so we went down and I got a water and tipped the bartender cause he didn’t charge me for it. Yay! We went to dance by the stairs like last week but Susan went to check her cleavage and left me alone and this goth/raver guy tapped me on the shoulder from behind on the stage and was holding his hands out for me to join him, but I was like “No thanks, I don’t want to dance” and he was like “I don’t want to dance with you, I just wanted to say hi” …um, yeah right. It wasn’t long before we took a break cause the music SUCKED so we went out and harassed bf. I was very jealous because he gave Susan a hug to make her feel better and I wanted to say “I’m pretty traumatized too” and hold my arms out for a hug, but I restrained myself. We all got to talking about bf being both of our “boytoy” if Susan gets dissed by Thomas, but bf is too old for her, but even still he was like, “I can come over and accommodate both of you, you’ll both have your way with me and then you’ll kick me out with the handcuffs still on” so I was like “Oh, you must have been kicked out of Susan’s room then!” HAHAHAAA! She was all, “Hey, what does that mean?” so I said that if either of us had handcuffs it was going to be her. She agreed. There were many other hilarious instances and it was nice to see him smile and laugh, especially since he’s so “intimidating” but then I was running the show and dictating who could come in and out (“Yeah, I can vouch for him. I can vouch for those bad dance moves”). Susan went inside and left me to my devices so I popped the big question to see what I could get out of him. “So is it hard to have a gf when you work a job like this?” He says that it is mostly because of the hours but that he’s fiercely (or extremely or some other adjective) loyal, which you wouldn’t expect from a bouncer working at a nightclub. I told him I believe it and that he seems like a really great guy, and that Susan thinks so too. I go back in and we dance for a bit and my Spandex bf tapped me on the shoulder and told me that he loved my hair and I told him about Kassie’s too and then he introduced himself and his name is Tye, but the songs weren’t getting any better so of course, I go outside again and Susan meets me and we thought bf was going to punch her in the face for not telling which bartender from last week but he was just getting his coffee from behind her head. All of these people were coming out and Tye came so I told him that I hadn’t seen him for a while and I hope to see him next week, then this group of Hispanic guys comes out and one of them is like 6 inches from me and is staring me up and down saying stuff and started to move on but then my bf puffed up his chest and was walking behind them muttering stuff to them and I was like, “You tell them Sweetie!”, it was funny and I got to touch his arm pretending. Susan was cold and went back in to dance but I was boycotting cause the songs were terrible and I asked bf about the bartender upstairs and he said that his name is Dan and I said he’s my new bf, but he was like, “Well what are you talking about? You’ve got a man right?” and I was like …yeaaahhhh… (as I’m not even looking at him, but down at my fidgeting hands) so he’s like, “Oh I’m crushed and here I thought I had a chance”, or something, so I’m like, “Ok, here’s the thing. I said to my bf “I have something to tell you. I have a crush on the bouncer” and he doesn’t mind” (etc etc) and bf’s like “What?! I didn’t know that, how would I know that?” and I’m like, “Oh pleeeaase! It’s so obvious” so we banter back and forth for a while and he’s still checking ids so we get interrupted a little bit but keep coming back to the subject and I told him that even though I have a bf that I’m still allowed to have a crush. THEN, he says something about his girlfriend (I don’t know exactly how this manifests, I’ll have to search deep inside my brain), so I’m like, “Wait, so you do have a girlfriend?” and he’s like yeah, so I’m like, “So then what are you talking about that you’re heartbroken when you’re already taken and have a gf?!” and he’s like, “Well I shacked up cause I knew you were already taken” and I asked him how he knew I had a bf and he said that I’d told him back when I was just beginning to see B, and I was shocked cause I don’t remember that, I was like “Really…? Really? Seriously?” he said maybe he was “trippin” and that I never did tell him. So during this whole time people are coming in and out and he’s checking ids and girls are hugging him and hanging on him, so it didn’t surprise me when this group of girls and guys who looked very wet came and started talking to him, I mean come on, he’s a popular guy. So this one short, heavier looking girl gives him a big hug and starts talking to him (as I’m off to the side) and is holding her hair up and says “See how wet my hair is? That’s how much I’ve been dancing” and he acknowledges it, then she starts like dancing with him with her arms around his waist, and he starts dancing with her back with his face RIGHT in hers, like they’re going to start kissing or something and I don’t know if I did see them kiss or not, cause if they did I probably blocked it already, but I’m like 99.9% sure that that was his gf. As soon as she showed up I didn’t exist anymore and all of her friends had already gone in so it was just me standing there off to the side and them in the pre-stages of making out. So that’s when I ran, literally, back inside to find Susan. It took forever to find her and I didn’t until I went upstairs and looked down and spotted her, I tried to tell her but it was so loud that she couldn’t hear me so we just went and danced instead. We danced by the look out platform and Thomas’ friend was right by us and then Thomas came over too so we danced next to those two hott boys until they left us. We went to the bathroom and I told Susan more about the outside incident and we went back out to dance in our same spot but a little more in the middle, but the floor was starting to thin out and I see a guy coming out of my peripheral and he puts is arm around me and it’s Craig! I just stared at him for a minute cause it didn’t register who he was but then I said hi and he told me he liked my hair so that was nice and Susan was ignoring him but he still gave her a hug and she only gave him a half hug then he told me that he’d see me later but I told him we were going to be leaving soon, but we stayed for Mony Mony and Susan said Craig just watched us dance the whole time and is only interested now that we’re ignoring him. A bad song came on so we decided to leave and waved to Craig, headed out the door but Susan forgot her coat so she went back in and I told bf I was tired and he said he was impressed I stayed so late and that I looked tired, then Susan came out so we left and I waved to him in a half-hearted way. We didn't get tickets or towed. I know I shouldn’t be, but I can’t stop smiling, which I’m guessing stems from the fact that I just stood there by myself while they like humped in the alley. Tender is my heart.
Wednesday 9/28, B came over after work and we hung out in my room for a while until Susan put on that Lords of Dogtown movie, then B, her and Shane watched it while I made dinner and ate by myself upstairs, I didn’t mind though. I watched some other stuff and the movie was over by the time ANTM was on so B watched it with me and he thinks the “Jewish mom” girl is hot even though she looks 40. Susan was back to catch the end of it and I was shocked at the girl they kicked off and even more shocked by the scenes for next week when the lesbian girl hooks up with “duck lips”. Crazy.
Tuesday 9/27, I decided to try my hand at making an omelet and actually did pretty well. It was actually one of the better omelets I’ve had, but it wasn’t very presentable. After that Susan made gnocchi and I ate some of that too, then I had an apple and after that I had some left over cookie dough. I’m surprised I didn’t explode. We took her boxes out to her car and then she took out a bunch of trash and we put the dining room back together somewhat. The pictures are back up but I need to reposition one of them cause it looks a little funny now, but the rest of the room looks pretty good. I’m pleased with it. I don’t remember what we did after that but it was probably late so we might have just gone to bed.
Monday 9/26, I had a doctor appointment and he’s putting me on something topical but I haven’t had a chance to go and get it yet, so this weekend I’m going to do it. Susan and I decided to watch Fight Club after we had dinner. I made pasta and put cheese on it and Susan had her nut butter on bread. Watched Fight Club and Brad was hotttttt, but the movie left me feeling a little unsettled. I’m still trying to figure out what happened…then we went to our rooms and to bed not too long after.
Sunday 9/25, We got up and went to the little store and when we got back ate a huge breakfast that Day and Jack had made (waffles, fruit, eggs, bacon and sausage) and I was full all day from that. After breakfast we went outside and Jess did her yoga while I laid on the end of the dock and read my magazines and rested. The neighbors were blasting some really awful music and Jess and I just shook our heads. The next neighbor down however was kind of into it and then Jessica later made fun of him for having his shirt off and walking on everyone else’s docks. He waved at one point so I gave a little wave back. Brad and his friends went out on their boat, and then the farther down neighbor gets in his boat and comes over to Jess’ dock and asks if we want to go over to do something and a very unusual Jessica was like, no I don’t think so, but I said yes so we went. His name was Kyle and he had a very nice boat that went very fast. It was pretty hot. Jess sat up front with him while I sat in back and we ended up just parking and talking for a while then he showed us a whole bunch of nice houses and gave us dirt on the people who lived in them. There was one particularly interesting story about a guy, his compound and Freedom County. We then headed back and he dropped us at the doc. Not too much later Jess wanted to go water skiing so we boarded the boat but Jess didn’t want to do it right in front of her place cause she didn’t want people watching (the new Jess apparently) but her mom insisted so the coast was clear, but then as soon as she jumped in the water all the neighbors came out. She didn’t make it up on the first try but did on the second, so we went around one time and then came back in and Jess swam a little bit, then as I was sitting on the dock Kyle yelled over and asked if she wanted to try wakeboarding and she did so I took her necklace, went to go look at Kyle’s mysterious turtle but missed it, ran back to the house to drop off the necklace and then came back to board the boat. Jess got up on the first try and a few other times too but couldn’t stay up for very long, and she was tired so we went back. Kyle walked me across Brad’s beach and then went home. Jess got in the shower and then her mom was going to go water skiing but couldn’t get up. After that I decided it was time to go home cause it was 3:00 so I left. Went to B’s and hung there for the afternoon and had dinner there then went home to watch Desperate Housewives with Susan and B came over then we went to bed.
Saturday 9/24, I was up and out the door by 10:40 up to Jessica’s Mom’s house. I stopped at the store on the way and got a donut and some flowers. When I got there I hopped on the boat right away cause Jess was going to do some water skiing and Day had a friend up who had already taken her turn. We cruised back after not too long and decided to lay in the sun, which we proceeded to do for the duration of the day. We did eat a bunch of food that her mom had in the fridge, including some chocolate cheesecake. We just chatted and tanned and I totally got some color, and I have the tan lines to prove it. Finally at 5:30 or so we took a walk down to the park and talked some more and watched all of the ducks that were on double dates then walked back because we were getting hungry for our Alfy’s pizza. Jack showed us his rig, and Jess’ Grandma was there, so we settled in to watch a movie and eat our dinner. We watched Phantom of the Opera and I ate waaay too much Hawaiian pizza. After the movie we laid in bed and read magazines.
Friday 9/23, I went home after work to relax cause I was tired from the night before so I watched the OC in bed and ate some dinner by the time B called. So I packed my bags to spend the night at his house and for the rest of the weekend cause I was gonna go up to Jess’ Mom’s house. I went over to B’s and we ended up spending the evening with Sky and Chrystol, mostly in the basement while the boys did chin ups (both one and two armed) then the four of us sat and the boys played some songs and Chrystol played the accordion for a while, which was hilarious, cause apparently it takes some muscles. We eventually ended up back upstairs discussing all sorts of things, namely Sky’s music face and Brandon’s “oh” face and B reading random lines from the book Jason checked out from the library with a very entertaining excerpts about Pinky and what he did with the author in the varnishing room, we were all in stitches wondering if this was for real. It was pretty funny. Then I took a shower and we all headed off to bed.
Thursday 9/22, Last night was so much fun. First things first though. The order of events goes like this: After work I showered but didn’t wash the hair and was out the door by 7. Got to B’s quickly and we just talked and Sky came home and we chatted with him (I brought cookies for all of the roommates) then B went to bed at 9:40 and I ended up talking to Chrystol forever then went to meet Susan in the lot. We got there and talked for a little bit then went up to surprise my bf with my new hair. We go up and he tells me that it’s cute and he likes it, but seems more interested in saying hi and getting a smile out of Susan than talking to me. Oh well, so we use the bathroom then go upstairs and sit at a table forever and the cute bartender smiles and winks at me, so now I want him to be my bf, but I don’t know if it will work out. Then S comes with the fat bitch and they end up sitting upstairs forever for some unknown reason. So weird, they just can’t not be where we position ourselves. Idiots. We go outside for a breather then back in to dance to a song or two, but I felt weird in my heels so we decided to go change shoes and trick bf on the way out, but the manager was standing right there so we flew right by them and headed to our cars. Changed shoes and headed back up, but these old people made fun of us saying “Look what they’re wearing, it’s freezing” and the other one pipes in “But that’s what’s COOL” so then Susan got feisty and was staring at them, but the light was green in our favor so we RAN across the street so we wouldn’t have to jay walk or wait forever for it to turn back. By the time we got back the cops were there for some reason but we just went back in. Stood on the side for a while and some gay guy hit my arm and was like “I love you”, ok, then a Erasure song came on so we went and danced in front of the stairs toward the middle of the floor, away from the goth drama. We danced FOREVER to good songs, one after another, then they played a song I don’t care about so Susan tells me she’ll meet me outside if I want to go out now, so I do. So this guy comes up to me as I’m waiting for Susan to finish dancing to Siouxie and the Banshees, and asks me if it’s crowded in there, why I’m standing outside and then for a light (for his ciggie). This guy was at LEAST 35, of African descent, and wearing a Disney jean jacket. Paint a picture? Thought so. So I tell him I don’t have a light, then he moves onto my bf who is checking messages or something on his phone and he pulls out his lighter to give this guy a light. The guy then returns to me and is looking me up and down and says “How old are you? 22?” in a really smokey breathy voice. I tell him 25 and he tells me that I look GOOD, and that I should take it as a compliment that he thinks that I look younger. Then he’s like, “So, you married?” blatantly staring at my chest, so I say “You see Andy over there? He’s my boytoy”. He’s like, “Does he know that?” so I say “Andy?” and walk over toward him (we had made eye contact a minute before and he rolled his eyes, so he knew what he was in for) and he’s like “Yeah, babe?” (At first it sounded a little like “dude” but I don’t think that’s what he said cause he knew he was going to have to be my bf), and the guy is like “Is that true? You’re her toy?”, and bf’s like “Yeah...when I can. I’m the lucky one, let me tell you” and like raised his eyebrows. And the guy laughs and starts to walk away and is like “That’s not a boy, that’s a man! You’re the lucky one” pointing to me. Then I was like “THANK YOU!” to bf after the guy walked away and my heart was pounding like crazy, like the guy was going to call my bluff or something. Thank god for my bf. Then Susan comes out and got some dirt out of bf about that Jennifer girl and why she got kicked out, seems she was stalking my bf, always loud and drunk, so they kicked her out forever but I don’t think she knows it or something, then bf had to tell another guy he couldn’t go in for the third time that evening, apparently. We went back in to dance and again hit a string of good songs, but then they played that Kajagoogoo song so we decided to have a breather. We decided to sit on the little window ledges and I was going to get my wedgie out as soon as this group of three guys walks by us, but then I notice that I knew one of them from college, so I was all “Andrew?” and he turns around and was like “Hey…” and I was like, I don’t expect you to remember who I am, and he’s like “Kar-uh right” so I was like, oh my god I can’t believe you remember me. So we talk forever, and he tells me something that I can’t put on here, but it’s good, if not predictable, and I tell him about my bf and wave at him, then Susan goes back in and we go in not too much later, but split up after getting inside. So I find Susan and we dance some more and then a not so good song comes on and I ask Susan what time it is and it was 1:15! AUGH. So I’m like, I have to go, and she starts to walk me out, but then I tell her she doesn’t have to. So I sidle up next to bf as I’m walking out and cross my arms so he looks at me between checking a few ids and he’s like “Everything ok?” so I say, it’s 1:15! I have to go home. I thank him for being my bf and then I tell him I’ll see him next Thursday, he wishes me a good week ahead, and I trip on the rope holder and tell him I’m going to try not to get killed on the way to my car, and then he was like “I like it” and pointed to his head, meaning he liked my hair (I had it pulled up into a little ponytail), so I smile, say thanks (yay) and literally ran to my car. Showered and washed hair when I got home and went to sleep. Woke up with fabulous and easy to prepare hair. Yay!
Wednesday 9/21, I went and picked up my stereo after work and didn’t even care that it took me forever to get home because I was finally reunited with my Strokes cd that has been held hostage for a very long time (seriously, like Nov of 2002). Got home finally and started watching “A Very Long Engagement” but had to turn it off when ANTM came on. Susan and I watched the two hours that that was on and then I finished my movie. I really liked it and want to buy it now so that I can try to put the pieces together better during the film.
Tuesday 9/20, We were going to have a girly night with painting nails and watching a movie. We had foccacia (sp?) and leftover risotto, while I made chocolate chip cookies in between. We decided to watch Secretary and I really liked it though I want to see it again so that I can try to figure some things out. I got my finger nails painted but still need to do my toenails. I tried to use my new mixer while making the cookies but it didn’t go very well. I think I know why and next time I’m going to try a different technique. After the movie we both went to bed where I had the sweetest dream I’ve ever had…
Ok, I had the fucking hottest dream starring Brad Pitt last night. I’m still all fired up…it’s going to be a long day. I was in Kay-See’s room or something, but it wasn’t where she lives now, it was some other place and her bed was on the floor. Somehow Brad got in through the side door of her room, but soon we were outside and running around. There were a ton of people around and a lot of them recognized him so we were ducking and hiding from them…hott. Ok, so then we’re back in Kay-See’s room sitting on the bottom edge of her bed and she’s sleeping and Brad totally starts kissing me, and it is good, all while K is sleeping. I thought, “she would kill me if she woke up and found us making out, but Christ, it’s Brad Pitt, she’d understand” so we kept making out. Nothing more than a little tongue and I’m still totally turned on. Whew. In my dream he was so beautiful up close. Then we’re outside again some other stuff happens but while we’re ducking the crowds he asks me if I’ll come to North Berlin with him…I was like “Um, yeah! Of course I will” so he tells me we’re going to take a boat across the Atlantic that will take a day and a half, and then we’re going to be riding through the desert on camels but we have to be very careful because there are rebels who like to kidnap people. I guess we were taking the long way to Berlin. At some point some crazy old ladies got into K’s room but he managed to run out and hide until they’d left, but he still came back to me when he could have actually escaped had he wanted to. Ugh. I don’t remember what happened after that, hopefully we made out some more. All I know is that I woke up with a huge grin on my face and the feeling that Brad was seriously my boyfriend and that Angelina better recognize and take a step back. In real life I know it wouldn’t work out with Brad because he wants kids, but I can still make out with him in my dreams. Maybe this has something to do with having watched Secretary right before bed. Hmm…don’t know. I told Susan about it this morning and she was all “Did he give you a spanking? Haha” No he did not, just a little tongue. So hott.
Monday 9/19, I got to work early so that I could leave early to go to my hair appointment. I ended up leaving at 4:30 and making it down in a half hour so I was very early. I finally went in at 5:30, a half hour before my appointment and Andrea got started right away which was a good thing cause the whole thing ended up taking an hour and a half. I really like the end result though it looked a little poofy, but it settled down after a while. Kassie was there for moral support and Andrea did a fabulous job. As I was leaving I checked my messages and B had called saying that him and the roomies wanted to see the do and that I should come over, so I did. I told them about the experience and Neighbours last week while B made me some dinner. We watched Arrested Development in Chrystol’s room and after that I left to go to Kassie’s to pick up her straightener because she bought a new one. Then I went home and talked with Susan for a while and we both turned in kind of early.
Sunday 9/18, Was a bit more productive except that I laid in bed for a good portion of the morning. We all finally got ready and went to Best Buy to pick up a few items. Then it was off to Kidd Valley for lunch, I felt sick by the time I was done. Bleh. Ok now thinking back it wasn’t actually all that productive. B and I laid on the couch forever watching tv while Susan unpacked. B did try to fix my toilet but now it’s worse than it was before and won’t flush by itself at all. This irritates me to no end. He, however, doesn’t think it’s such a big deal. I’m worried my toilet won’t work properly ever again. Anyway, so we just laid around until it was time to go to the grocery store for me to do my weekly shopping trip and to pick up stuff for dinner. We decided on an asparagus risotto, which was ok, but definitely not worth the amount of time it took to make. Good lord. After dinner and cleanup I went up to my room and watched tv while B watched his own shows downstairs. Susan went to Dead Can Dance so we were all alone all night.
Saturday 9/17, Woke up and wanted to get the working out of the way, but instead took my stereo up to a repair place on Bel-Red to dislodge the 2 cds that have been held hostage for a good year and a half. There were two adorable gi-normous poodles there: Rocky and Gabby. I played a little with both. I didn’t know poodles could be so fun. Went home and ate some lunch, but got there as the movers were right in the middle of unloading boxes. Took off and did the work and came back to Susan unpacking and shit. We decided to take a little trip to Bed Bath and Beyond for some stuff, then over to Target for some more stuff. I was giving her a little tour of Issaquah and showed her where the Trader Joe’s was then we headed home. Then we proceeded to lay on the couch for like 3 hours wrapped up in blankets and half falling asleep. B finally got there after a long day at work and getting lost in Canada. We sat on the couch some more then finally decided to hit Taco Time for dinner and eventually made it back home where we all promptly hit the sack.
Friday 9/16, I stayed home because B had to work early on Sat morning so I went home and relaxed for a while. Then at 9 or so I went over to Susan’s to pick up the computer and get some other stuff. We took a side trip to Wendy’s and I wanted an oreo shake but ended up with some bull shit fix and mix thing that was endlessly disappointing. We made it back over to my house and set up the computer and just chatted for a long time. I finally sent her on her way at like, um…11:00? Something like that.
Thursday 9/15, I was feeling much better by Thursday and thinking that I could handle dancing, so I planned on wearing my hair down for one last hurrah. Showered and got ready, ate some dinner and headed out about 20 minutes later than I usually do. Got to B’s and we laid and joked and laughed for a good 45 minutes or so which was really fun and felt good. Then I asked Sky, "Who has better donuts, Winchells or QFC?" He’s never had Winchells but he does like the QFC ones, so it was settled, I needed a donut and we were going to QFC to get it. I got a chocolate covered one, and it was DELICIOUS. Got back and Jason, B, Sky, Chrystol and me all talked and laughed and started watching Excalibur which was terrible but hilarious and then it was time to go meet Susan in the lot. We sat in her car for a bit then went up. There were two guys standing outside with my bf and I thought the balding one from a distance was my bf and Susan then made fun of my night vision. I’m pretty sure that Andy said “pretty smoking, as usual” when we walked up, but Susan didn’t hear that because she was walking in front, but I’m 99% sure that’s what he said. That makes me smile. Hee hee. So we fled upstairs after Susan informs me she accidentally smiled at the creepy blonde guy. We take our position on the ledge watching the straighties dance, but then Susan says that the three guys directly in front of us (right above our usual dancing corner) keep looking at us, so I casually glance in their direction and one of them waves, so I give kind of a pathetic little pity wave, like, yes I see you, hi. Then he blows me a kiss. Great, so I don’t look at them anymore, but spot Kyle and bf down at the bar and then all of a sudden they’re right behind us, and Susan was freezing them out so I talked to Kyle a little bit and it was his birthday and I told him about the guys waving so he’s like "The Hispanic ones? Let’s go dance and I’ll scare them away if I need to." (Side note: I don't think they were actually Hispanic, I think it was just dark and Kyle was really drunk) So we go down but I don’t look at them once, but I can hear them saying stuff to us, though I didn’t look or acknowledge them, but instead went to warn my bf that I may take him up on his offer tonight. So I go out and the balding guy that was there before was all, "Here comes trouble," so I told bf about the guys and how I waved and they were both like, “You waved?! Never wave, it only encourages them” so I said, I may have to, you know, and like pointed at him. And he’s like, “You’ve got two options: I’m your brother or I’m your bf”. Well since we don’t really look alike, it will have to be the latter. Then he mumbles something about licking a face and the balding guy is like, "Well why doesn’t she just unzip his pants?", and I piped in, "Yeah fondle his junk, that will teach him!' Bf was all, "Nooo, lick your girlfriend's face," then baldy and I were on the same page. Then bf was looking at my necklace wondering what was inside, but I was a little nervous and said I didn’t know, like foil or something. Ha. Then I went back inside and Susan was ditched but I didn’t get hit on so I didn’t have to use my back up. Danced for a while then S turned up and drama started, oh well, the songs kind of sucked last night, with one or two exceptions. Went out and saw bf again and he asked about the guys, and I said no they were gone, then he said that they were out there asking about me and he told them to go for it or something. Har har. Susan came out with her water but got trapped out there cause she couldn’t bring it back in. She also accused bf of being drunk because I had told her earlier that Kyle was drunk and she thought I said that my bf was drunk, so it was funny to see his reaction. "What?! I'm not drunk" "Well, Karrah said you were". Funny. Went in and out another time and watched some drama with a vendor happen, danced to a few more songs in the opposite corner and watched Thomas dance (hott) then I called it a night. Talked to bf on the way out and he was all, it’s 10:30 get back in there, but I told him to look at his watch and note the time cause I stayed late, he was all "Ok, 15 minutes later than usual, I guess you can go." So we gave him some sass on the way out, and it was just starting to rain, ran to my car, drove Susan back and then proceeded to hit every gd light on the way down Rainier. Got home safe and sound through the pouring rain and into bed with dreams of Neighbours fun all the way until I woke up. I dreamed that the girl S came with was actually my bf’s gf, and that’s why the goth crowd was giving us so much attitude. I was sad in my dream, cause that girl’s an ugly ho.
Wednesday 9/14, Let’s see, I was prepping for Kay-See and Chrystol to come over, but only K did. Started making dinner when I got home and was prepping the painting area. K got there right as dinner was ready so we dished up and started dishing news. There was discussion about a dry spell and then as we were cleaning up dinner, there was a commotion at the front door. Now initially I thought it was Susan coming back for something and had forgotten she'd locked the door, but then the knocking, no, make that pounding, began on the front door. We heard voices, so then I thought perhaps B and Chrystol had come over for painting fun, but then he would have just used his key, right? Right. Whoever it was had initially tried to just walk right in, but then the knocking began, so I didn’t know what the hell was going on. So I walk downstairs, while K stays at the top of the stairs peering down, and cautiously open the door. There before me stood three hot guys. Now, I know what you’re thinking, I invited them up for painting fun and curry leftovers right? Wrong, I looked at them like they were idiots and told them that there were many #5’s and that they had just tried to walk right into the wrong one. After I dismissed them Kay-See looked at me like I was crazy. Hel-lo! DRY SPELL!? Oops, sorry K. And off drove the three hot guys to some other apartment that could have been K’s saving grace. “Look at the bright side” I say, “Now they know a really hot blonde lives here, and maybe they’ll come back to apologize again”. K does not find comfort in this, and has now ordered me to flag down and retain any hot guys who come knocking/driving by my house. Consider it done my friend. So, onto painting. Kay-See starts taping while I clean up dinner dishes and we’re chatting about this and that, and I got a good tip from K...about the shower. The paint went on really well and I only have to touch up a few places, we both really like the color and we got the whole dining room done. K left by 8:30 or so and I cleaned up and watched another portion of my movie and went to bed.
Tuesday 9/13, I was still sick and felt like shit, I got to leave a little early so I went home and got into bed and continued watching my movie series. Ate some soup which was good and just relaxed…nothing exciting to report.
Monday 9/12, I was so sick and I got a terrible night sleep again so I decided that I wasn’t going to take the meds anymore. Went to work but felt like shit, got home a little early, got into bed to warm up then had the conference call about my mortgage and such and laid in bed for the rest of the night. Started LOtR and fell asleep by 10.
Sunday 9/11, Woke up and had to head home to go do some work, so I did that for a couple of hours and then I went home and put on my painting clothes and ate some lunch and talked with Susan cause she was there. I was freezing ass cold, but I had to get those touch ups done, so I did that and Susan stayed for a while and kept me company but then left cause B was coming over. I took a shower and tried to warm up, and B wanted to go skate, so he went and did that and I went to get gas and do grocery shopping. Got a pizza for dinner and watched Go, B liked it, then we got into bed and watched tv and I fell asleep while he watched some weird show.
Saturday 9/10, We woke up to rainy weather and the same for Eastern WA from the looks of the info on the net. So we bagged going over. Had a terrible night’s sleep and couldn’t breathe, so I vowed that if I went through another night like that I was quitting that medication. Ate a little bit of nut mix for breakfast and planned to see Grizzly Man at 1:00 or so, and hit up our usual Japanese place for some lunch. After that we went home and fell asleep together for a little bit and woke up with only 10 minutes to make the movie! So we dashed up to 45th found a spot to park and went in. Very good movie, very sad as well. Went back to B’s and talked with the roomies about the movie and other stuff and planned on hanging out in the evening, but ended up hanging out the whole day. I talked with Chrystol while she measured her new laundry bag, then the boys joined us on the porch and we all just sat and talked in the sunshine. Finally went to dinner at Gorditos (after looking at old pictures up in Schuyler and Chrystol’s room) and then to Chocolatie and had some delicious hot chocolate (mint with whip of course). Talked about many hilarious things then headed back and Aubrey and Ienara (no idea how to spell it) were there eating dinner so we all headed down to the Ballard Grill or Bar or something, got a table and just chatted, drank and played games. Continued to have interesting conversations and I think I’ve found some recruits for 80’s Night, yay! Finally went back to B’s and to bed cause I was exhausted!
Friday 9/9, All I wanted to do was relax. So I went home and laid around for quite a while in my room, ate some dinner, surfed the net, watched tv and eventually found my way over to B’s at about 8 or so. Ended up just talking in the living room with Schuyler and Chrystol and discussing the next days plan (whether or not to go to Leavenworth, depending on the weather).
Thursday 9/8, I came home and put another coat of paint on the wall before getting ready to go dancing. Ate some leftovers then went to B’s house and hung out there. Totally forgot to record the OC til Susan reminded me so Chrystol let me use her room to watch it even though I had to hunch over the whole time cause it didn’t come in so well otherwise. B told me about some bad dreams he’s been having, one involving his cousin…yikes! Off to Neighbours I went and met Susan in the lot then walked up and tried to avoid the weird hat guy harassing everyone. Said hi to bf and went in and upstairs, where Jeremy once again pounced but we ignored him then went downstairs to dance. Julien and Beth showed up and we talked for a bit and danced, they’re so cute together! Found some new gay bfs for me that were all over the place…my Mick Jagger bf was there with the original Mick Jagger doing the geriatric shuffle. I forgot that there were two of them. Talked with bf some and found out why he lives where he does but didn’t find out too much more info…I think I’m getting over him, which is good. I was tired so I didn’t stay late at all and left right at 12:30 with bf standing in my way telling me I had to go back in for 10 min, but I didn’t and went home.
Wednesday 9/7, Kay-See was going to come over to help me paint. When I got home I started cutting up the chicken for the dinner I was going to prepare…oh yes, the onion chicken. It’s so good and so easy. So I did that and Susan came over to assemble stuff and made a face at the raw chicken, then K got there and helped me finish prepping the salty meat and in the oven it went. We started painting and actually got pretty far before the dinner was ready so we ate it and K liked it, so that was good, and we ate almost all of it. You know, because we needed energy for painting. So then we continued and were listening to music and singing and talking, we got the whole wall done but I was pooped and didn’t want to continue on the other walls, so we cleaned up and looked at our work and decided it definitely needed a second coat, but that we did a good job.
Tuesday 9/6, It was back to work but after work I was busy putting the hall way back together. Susan came over and talked to me while I did my chores. I got the railing put back up and the one wall all taped off for when Kay-See came over so that we could get right on it. Susan stayed pretty late and was trying to convince me to watch Sliding Doors, but I resisted. My mole looked bad so I made an appointment for Thursday.
Monday 9/5, Was day 2 of painting. Had to go get more tape from Home Depot and then home to start the process of taping all over again, this time the walls though. And even though I made sure to push extra hard on the tape so that the paint wouldn’t run, it still leaked through in a lot of places. Curses. Now I have to go through and do major touch ups. Grandpa came over to do electrical stuff and Mom came over to help paint the ceiling. Got through it pretty fast with B doing touch ups on the walls and painting the railing and hardware, while Mom used the roller and I did edges. Finished that pretty quickly, Mom left, I helped Grandpa with the light in the entry for like 1.5 hours then he left, I ate some food, then went upstairs to warm up and finish up OC Season 2. Went grocery shopping after that while B continued on the railing and hardware. I made curry for dinner which B had seconds of, and then we had some ice cream, watched some tv and he left to go home. I relaxed for the rest of the evening and watched Working Girl cause Peggy said I had to see it, then I took a shower and went to bed. It was an extremely productive weekend. Can’t wait to finish it!
Sunday 9/4, Was going to be the beginning of painting the entry/stairway, so we headed out to Target and Home Depot early, with a side trip to QFC for breakfast. Got some cables, cleaning supplies then to Home Depot for paint. Got my paint mixed, spray paint, drop cloth for the stairs, and some rollers and we were off to begin. First things first when I got back: had to take the purple tapestry off the ceiling and shit off the walls. So B and I start taking the purple thing down and spiders are like parachuting out of it all over the place so I start screaming and B tells me to go do something else while he takes care of it. Then I had to vacuum the walls and ceiling cause there were so many cobwebs and spiders lurking. Then I began the long process of taping off the stairs and ceiling, called Kay-See to invite her over for painting fun, and took off the railing. I made lunch for B and I then Susan left not too much after. I hadn’t finished taping when Kay-See showed up and I had use Susan’s tape for the last bit of taping, then the fun began. The three of us busted ass in that stairway and got all of the walls done in record time. With the help of some Chex Mix and some fun stories, mind you. After K left we went to PCC to pick up fixins for Fajitas, which B prepared and were delicious, minus the corn tortillas. After dinner we relaxed and watched some OC, then went to bed.
Saturday 9/3, We got up bright and early, ate some breakfast and headed out the door to go run some errands. First we were off to Storables for some containers to put under my bed, though one won’t work for that cause it’s too tall so it’s going to go in the garage instead. Second it was off to Best Buy where I picked up a wireless network card and router so I can be wireless. Brandon and I strategically named my network “Guy on Guy”, very appropriate for Susan and me. After that we went to B’s cause he forgot to bring his drill and we also picked up his DVD shelf he was giving me, then we went to the hardware store for some brackets to bolt all of that shit together so it doesn’t fall on me while I sleep. B worked on the network stuff while I continued the quest for organization. B didn’t have the right drill bit so we decided to go to lunch at XXX and then to Home Depot for him to buy one. Decided to go see Mr. and Mrs. Smith but stopped by Mom’s first to see the display she created and eat a little food, then it was up to the Admiral. It was an ok movie, I love BP and AJ so it was at least good for that. We got back to my house around 9:30 or so and I cleaned until about 10:30 which felt so good when it was done and then we went to bed…extremely exhausted.
Friday 9/2, I was very excited to begin the process of purging my house of what’s his name. Peggy let me leave early and as soon as I got home I immediately started moving a lot of my stuff into the 2nd room to make space for rearranging. Susan came over and we talked while I bustled stuff from one room to the other. She was also there to witness my “bookcases plan” fail, but it’s ok cause I found another way to do it and I like it better. B got there and helped me move my bed and we talked and moved other stuff until about 11. For dinner we tried the little Mexican place by N. American and it was good, though a little slow. By the time we got into bed it was after 11 but I was very pleased with how much I had accomplished.
Thursday 9/1, Last night was so fun. Ok, so after work roomie was moving out which was fantastic and now everything looks so not cluttered and dirty, but then I headed off to B’s without any traffic problems and he made stir fry for dinner and then we talked until it was time for me to go. Then I went to Kassie’s to pick up my coat and she was watching OC and I wanted to stay but I was blocking someone’s driveway so I called Susan and told her I was on my way. Got to the lot but didn’t have much money so I scrounged for change to pay for parking, then Susan got there and we talked for a little bit then headed up. Bf was wearing some gangsta hat that Susan and I giggled at, but we chatted a little with him and I told him I almost didn’t have enough money and he was like, oh I could help you out, or something, then we went in and upstairs where Susan proceeded to get hit on by drunk Jeremy, then we bailed and went outside and chatted with bf again but it had only been like 10 minutes or so. They’re doing all kinds of updating to the place, new floor, stairs going down, new stairs in our corner, gauze all over the place. Crazy. Bf said that on Saturday (the 23rd anniversary) they will be open until 10 am, ouch. We went back in and looked over the ledge and then Susan’s friend from the net got there and Susan and I decided that she would be my excuse for going out and talking to bf. We dance to quite a few songs but then there’s a “bad” one and I need “fresh air” so I go out. Talked with bf a ton and told him that I was getting ditched cause Susan met this girl on the net, and it was so funny, he’s all, “She’s not…” and was pointing inside, and I was like, no, she’s actually married, and then he was all “You’re not married are you?” and I was like, “Oh god no” and he was like, me neither 25’s too young, too much to do still. I agreed. I told him that if a good song came on I would have to go in and dance, and he was like, "You can dance out here", hee hee, let’s see, what else…when I came out he stuck his butt out to like, not let me by and I kind of giggled. So then finally after like 20 minutes I went back in and it was soo hot. Drunk Jeremy was back and I cock blocked him by jumping right in front of him and dancing. Then this girl asked if she could dance with Karen and Susan was like, "Should I cock block?", but I didn’t know cause I didn’t know if the girl was a lesbian or not. My Spandex boyfriend showed up in tight baby powder pink capris with a bunny tail pinned on, and pink tank top and bunny ears, we looked at each other and waved/smiled, so that was fun and he was totally making out with that girl he’s always dancing with later in the evening…such an eventful night. Ok, so the bf walked by and I smiled and waved, he only returned the smile, then we ditched that girl dancing with Karen and went to get a drink and sit down and talk. We filled Karen in on S, Craig, bf, other stuff and then we went back out and started dancing again and S kept looking at Karen, but then I went outside again cause more bad songs were playing. Asked bf what time it was and he told me that it was 9:30 (actual time 12:20) he was like, "Much to my dismay I know you’re going to leave soon". Ooh la la. Went back in for a few more songs, none of Susan’s bfs showed up, nor Craig (until after I left apparently) so I decided to call it a night, but not before that thick rimmed glasses guy who always gives Susan flyers for fetish parties gave Karen one, so I took it out to bf and ratted him out. I want to become teacher's pet if you know what I mean. Ha, just kidding that sounds so bad, I do want to get in good with him though. Anyway, so then we walked to my car and they walked back together and I got home and home felt so wonderful, I am so excited to start this next roommate chapter.
Wednesday 8/31, Got up and packed up and began the trip home. Had to go back to the hotel once, but that was the least of our worries on the drive home. Slow drivers, construction, traffic and long lines at the border made for an excruciating trip home. Got Alix to her thing 10 minutes late and then over to Mom’s to talk about remodeling plans that went awry. Got home later than I had anticipated and just relaxed and watched more OC for the rest of the night.
Tuesday 8/30, Alix and I went down for breakfast but the hike ended up getting cancelled for the day so we mostly sat and kept watching OC, but at one point met down in the village and walked around for like 5 minutes before leaving, but I got my “Nivea” chapstick and some other stuff first. Watched OC until dinner which was at a more casual place but my food wasn’t very good even though the waitress kept telling us that they were “famous” for all of this stuff, though it wasn’t all that great. Got a huge chocolate cake dessert thing and had lots of fun talking with my Uncle Davids. Uncle David Quinn tried to mortify me on the walk back to the hotel by yelling at these three hot guys carrying skiis, luckily they didn’t turn around, then again at Merlins he was yelling to these guys outside that I was in heat, but then told me to lay off when I scolded him cause he'd had like 3 glasses of wine. Watched OC for the rest of the night and prepared to once again disappoint everyone by not going out and bringing back stories.
Monday 8/29, Woke up pretty late and had just enough time to get down before they stopped serving breakfast. Talked with Francis the waiter and ate some good pain au chocolat, three of them actually, along with an assortment of other breakfast items. The food bill was picked up entirely by E and E for the weekend, so I ate at fabulous places and had every meal paid for, including the room service that Kassie ordered twice (chocolate fondue). After breakfast Kassie and Alix went to do a zip line thing, then Emma and I went into town to look around, did that for a bit and then went back to the room and pretty much fell asleep and read, froze my ass off until I figured out how to work the thermostat. The weather was dreadful and cold, so I didn’t want to do anything outside cause I didn’t bring proper clothes. Finally Kassie and Alix got back and we went down to the village and then Alix came later and we all got crepes at this little creperie and walked around a bit then decided to go back up so we did and watched OC for a while until dinner. We all met in the lobby and walked down to the restaurant, which Kassie and I had actually been to before with AL, it was Umberto’s or Campinelli or something, but was very good and very not child friendly, since we had 5 of them between the ages of 1 and 6. Yikes. Dinner was so good though, Kassie and I shared a pesto and pine nut pasta and a half of a Tuscan style game hen with fresh vegetables and mashed potatoes, it was so delicious. Then we went back to the hotel room and watched OC for the rest of the night.
Sunday 8/28, We had to be to E and E’s by 9:00, which meant B and I had to get up early so that I could pick up Alix on the way and then drop B off at his house and still grab a bite before being in Edmonds at 9. It was rough. Boarded the bus, Dad and Jake weren’t going to get on because of soccer stuff in B-ham, so we crossed the border then took some bs tour of Vancouver and ate Chinese (many weird things happening at lunch, but I won’t go into it) then finally got under way up to Whistler. It was cold on the bus but luckily it wasn’t full so we were able to stretch out and as we got closer I played with Maddie and a little with Izzy and got scratched in the face. Got there and immediately spotted many cute hotel workers, checked in and settled into our room, but then switched with Dad so we could have 2 bathrooms and more room to spread out since it was going to be the 3 girls. Alix and I just hung out, I finished Harry Potter, watched some of the hurricane stuff, then went down to dinner at La Rua with the fam and that was a crazy thing, but it was nice cause I got a chance to talk with Pam since I never really have before. Didn’t eat much (except the bread I ate a ton of) cause of the large lunch, but did have dessert that was so-so. Went back to the room and just hung out and pretty much turned in early and Kassie came in very late after driving through rain storms, so we didn’t go out, but instead slept.
Saturday 8/27, Woke up and went home to get ready for family pictures at Ernie’s, I was a mess all morning but I think it was just stress or something, so I met Mom and Dad at a gas station to follow them to E and E’s house, wore matching shirts and got pictures taken, left and went to pick up B to get ready at my house. Showered, got ready, and headed out the door. Made it to Canlis right on time and mingled, then Kassie got there with her new beau and he was wearing pink (hott) with pink cuff links too. Good looking guy and is very funny and we all kept each other in stitches throughout dinner. He asked Adam if he gets a free cup of chowder with that blazer, and it was hilarious. Then Adam was doing this trick with his knife and a napkin that looked like a giant erection hurtling at Emma’s head. The waitress told us that we were her favorite table, pretty funny. Dinner was really great and there was an open bar, but we ended up leaving around 10 cause I hadn’t begun to pack yet and I had to drop Alix off at home, so we left, and ended up getting to bed fairly late.
Friday 8/26, I had to go to the doctors and found out I have some weird shit going on…got some meds, stayed later than usual at work cause I had the Dr appt, but we finished a huge project and I felt good leaving for the weekend/trip to Whistler. I hung out at home for a long time and then eventually went over to Mom’s to watch the dogs, talked to Courtney and read Harry Potter.
Thursday 8/25, Went straight from work to B’s house and talked with Chrystol and Jen while B made dinner. We went to the store together and got into a conversation about my toenails and him noticing me that irritated me at the time but we cleared it up later. Jason was in a mood but luckily it wasn’t directed at me. We ate a very good soup for dinner with bread, and then we talked for a long time in his room cause I was irritated, but we settled it so that’s good. Left later than usual to go to Neighbours, met Susan in the lot, then walked over. Nothing really exciting happened, I didn’t really talk to my bf at all cause he was tired and there were too many people there. We got one of the goth guys in trouble cause he was handing out flyers and bf was telling me I’d have to testify and the guy could go to jail for all of this stuff, but Susan warned me that he was kidding, but I was still gullible and believed him. Then he smiled and I knew I’d been had. Other than that, not much happened, it was kind of a bust. I left later than usual and got screwed because of construction, not home until about 2. Ouch.
Wednesday 8/24, Kay-See and I took a field trip down to Toys in Babeland. After work I went over to Mom’s to talk tile, but we didn’t go see any just made some phone calls, and I still have no idea what I’m going to do. Went and talked with Jeni at Dad’s work and she said orange is great for my complexion and is very nice and helping me figure out my loan stuff. Ate a little at Mom’s and then went home, but Kay-See called not too much later so I went to her house and we took off for Seattle. We were hoping to see my bf by taking a “shortcut” by Neighbours, but didn’t, so we got to TiB and were feeling the condoms and tasting the flavored lubricants, it was fun. I got the Nubby G, but still have yet to use it. After that we walked back by Neighbours but my bf wasn’t out front again so we didn’t get to talk to him…oh well. We drove to the other end of Broadway and went and had some pizza and I saw Phillip, we did one more drive by after pizza, but no sign.
