Seattle! How is it now? Are there jobs? Should I move there?

I have an interview with Seattle Public Library, but I have to pay my way out there. Pros/cons of living on the Pacific NW versus the East Coast?

Bigger mountains
Pods of orcas
Better local wines
More temperate weather

friends,

apparently it has taken me a full week to recover from last saturday's do.

so. thanks to all who came and played and danced and talked and ate, and who brought food and drink and chairs and croquet sets and turntables and records and friends and babies. what a lovely crowd!

jaq and mr. jaq, thank you for co-hosting. you guys are awesome.

and especial thanks to our fine DJs, donut, j0sh, and jergins. basement dance party = yes.

zora, we would love to see you -- and your posse -- again. i hope things have settled down over there at melrose place, and that you are enjoying your busy time and doing good work.

there are pictures from the event somewhere; we'll get them up before long.

virginia plain: this is pro.

virginia plain: this is pro

true, an especially fun group is pre-assembled here!

Additional bonus plus: no state income tax

Also, VP I sent you a webmail as my connection was crashing, let me know if it showed up.

Yeah! Hurray for regressive tax schemes that place greater burden on the poor!

you know how sometimes weird stuff gets left behind at a party? the next day we found

LUSH silky underwear dusting powder :)

(yes, with a smiley face)

i dare whoever left it to post on this thread and fess up.

also found: an earring. in the toilet. we know who that belongs to, though. a non-ILXor who doesn't hold the liquor as well as us tough ones all up here in the boards.

Ouch. Did you rescue the toilet earing?

Uh. This is really embarrassing but... I think the body powder is mine.

Sorry, dudes.

will mail it. pm your address

Pls address to Jon Williams, McKitten lofts, the Lyn of Brook.

sent

body powder lol

Ouch. Did you rescue the toilet earing?

yes i did! plunged my hand right in there. on account of it was apparently just gonna sit there till someone did something. and on account of she was a nice girl who was just a little bit out of her element. i'm nice like that.

lxy, you are too good to all your guests!

Hey all you Seattle people who loved Housekeeping and Gilead, Marilynne Robinson is giving a free public lecture at 7 pm on 8/15 at the Henry. Mark your calendars now!

y'all will be happy to know that the owner of the panty powder has revealed himself to me by telephone.

sorry, laurel :( you'll have to buy your own.

xp thanx jaq. you are v sweet.

Marilynne Robinson is giving a free public lecture at 7 pm on 8/15 at the Henry

this whole series is pretty amazing. they're bringing in writers who have written about the northwest or used it as a setting. the writer comes into a UW class (that my stepdad's teaching, which is why I know about it) and then give a public lecture later in the afternoon or evening. Lx link?

Somehow I will stagger onward into my powder-less future. Thanks for trying!

y'all will be happy to know that the owner of the panty powder has revealed himself to me by telephone.

haha i just couldn't hold the secret in any longer. you have no idea hard it was to keep a straight face when you first showed it to me!!

article about the awesome class and lecture series mentioned above

lolbert

He was my first guess, actually :D

Lxy, which girl was that?

himself!

not an ILXor.

the same guy who got his lube taken away by the TSA

hay guise musical guest Minnie Driver at Freeway Park FAP??

ooh, twist my arm! That's right by my house, too!

Freeway Park is a neat little place. I really like the canyon.

also, there are several movies being shown outdoors this summer:

Movies

Center City Cinema Outdoor Movies in the Park.
All movies begin at sunset.
July 21: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Occidental Square
August 4: Jet Li's Fearless - Hing Hay Park
August 11: In the Mood for Love - Hing Hay Park
August 18: Monsoon Wedding - Hing Hay Park
August 25: SteamBoy - Hing Hay Park
Sept. 6: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Occidental Square
Sept. 13: Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers - Occidental Square
Sept. 20: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Occidental Square

The only two I can and/or want to see are In The Mood For Love and Monsoon Wedding.

we are totally going to In The Mood For Love

also c/d heckling minnie driver?

wtf is steam boy? (i know, imdb, but lingy u are so much more interesting than a database)

it's anime. i had never heard of it. had to look at imdb. it doesn't look interesting, but maybe someone has seen it and can tell me otherwise.

Dud.
But FAP at noon on a weekday? ClassiC! (--jill btw)

I feel a Friday off coming up. Haha, the higgs! - I thought you were gonna make us all guess when you jumped in here :)

btw, Monsoon Wedding - not yr typical bollywood (not enough musical numbers, only 2 hrs long), but quite fun.

lingbert u are my database. may i never overwrite u

hai guyz I have been trying to listen to Minnie Driver today and that is some Sarah McLachlan-esk stuff, over and over and over and over and over. The Chemical Brothers are routing it out of my brane now.

the heckling begins!

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/do_something/campaigns/maketradefair/celebrities/minnie_driver/header/header.jpg "Did me voice do that?" http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/30/0430webstory_bridge2.jpg

FREEWAY PARK FAP: minnie driver kills us all

btw i was joking about the minnie driver fap at first, but now that i think about it, it could actually be fun. i have to work that day though.

also, i think i'll probably go see jet li's fearless too

"joking"

I tried to convince Mr. Jaq with the "she's hawt!" argument, but he wasn't swayed.

maybe you could try:

"But Mr. Jaq, there will be heckling!"

Forgive my ignorance, but who is Minnie Driver? (Not that it matters, as I'll be in SF that weekend.)

Where to begin. She was in Grosse Point Blank and Good Will Hunting.