"I appreciate my running mate," said Bush. "He's not the prettiest man in the race, but he's got sound judgment."

WTF??? I don't care what our politicians look like. Why did Bush comment on Cheney's looks? Because he thinks Kerry chose Edwards for his good looks? Heh. Dumbass.

Contemplate, contemplate, contemplate.
Le sigh.

Job here: boring as all. Most of the people I work with are friendly. Hate the afternoon commute, but now I go to the gym and that makes me happy. Good benefits. Not doing anything that may advance my career. I would like another job, but time to search for another job can't happen here and other opporunities are slim.

Yesterday, Tony told me that the company he works for is looking to hire an office manager. Yes, i am interested. Drawbacks: start-up. Although they are already making a very good profit, I still wouldn't feel secure. No benefits have been put in place yet.

I still need to update my resume. I could have done it last night, but for some reason, I felt like organizing my cds was much more interesting. Why do I dread the resume business so much? Bleh. Blehbleh. I think I shall email aaron and tell him that I am interested and will get him my resume soon.

Sure, having benefits is nice, but my brain needs some activity. It's so hard to get up and come to a job you don't like. I've been here before.

Inducement happens tomorrow evening. Although Cameron has been content hanging out in Jenn, I hope he doesn't take too long to enter this world. I've heard labor is only easy with drugs.

I'm going to the chiropractor now. 3x a week for awhile. I should get all of this stuff done while I have benefits. The Dentist is next!

This weekend, it was hotter than hot. Somehow, we survived.

Thursday night: Goldie's = pool & darts. Tony & I are both getting better at the pool playing, but we still aren't good. I still suck at darts, but I just started playing.

Friday: I got to leave work 30 minutes early, but it took me 1.5 hours to get home!!! I hurriedly took a shower before Tony came over. We then met Julie at Blue C Sushi for some yummy eats and then finally went and saw Spider-Man 2. Afterwards, T & I headed back up to the Hill for a drink at Broadway Grill.

Saturday: too hot to do anything! Tony & I went to brunch at Crave and then drove around on his motorcycle in a feeble attempt to stay cool. I had a massage appointment with Stine at 2:30. T went to the grocery while I was there to pick us up some dinner. He then picked me up after my massage and we went to my house for a little bit. We then went to his house and sat around trying to move as little as possible because it was so damn hot. Later that evening, we went over to Amanda's cool basement apartment to watch Hellboy.

Sunday: it finally cooled off a bit. Yay! Chris came and picked us up and we headed to Angie & Jesse's baby welcoming party. It was fun! They figured they should have a gathering before they had the baby and their lives become focused on the little one.

I found this article very interesting. Both Tony & I have gained weight this year for no particular reason, so I've been reading up on lots of stuff.

If you read this, send me an email. I'm curious to see if anyone reads this.
krishaw@gmail.com
Thanks.

Why did I buy a sugary snack food at Trader Joe's earlier this week? Because I was hungry! I regret it now! I am far too sensitive to sugar now to eat that crap without it causing a spike in my blood sugar. It makes it so difficult to sit still!

This weekend: baby shower
Next weekend: housewarming party
Forever: everyone's is growing older and settling down. yet, I don't feel old.

I don't know what to get my parents for their 60th birthdays next month. Tony's b-day is next month also. So is our year anniversary. Yes, a year. Holy guacomole!

Tonight, I'm going over to Teresa's to meet her bunnies and to have dinner with her, Leslie and Darlene. Teresa is an aunt as of last week. Jenn, I'm ready whenever you and Cameron are! I even set up an online gallery. Where's my nephew?

Must focus on the work now. I wish my back wasn't giving me the pain. Bleh.

I am bored.
I am so bored that I am finding it difficult to motivate myself to do anything.
I really, really hate this kind of boredom.
I am in need of a job that stimulates my brain.

Last night, we watched Outfoxed. It wasn't the best of documentaries, but it was alright. I'm not recommending that you go out and buy it, but watch it if you know someone who did buy it.

On Wednesday, Tony & I went to Goldie's for some cheap pool playing fun. Only $.75 a game! So much cheaper than the Garage. We also played some darts and couldn't avoid listening to the karaoke contest going on. We had fun :)

Tonight, I'm meeting Amie, Natalie, Sunny, and Julie at Broadway Grill for drinks and nachos. Tomorrow, it's party time at Ira, Joel & Mark's house. They've got a pool and a hot tub!

OK, I suppose I should try and muster up some brain activity and do some "work".

The low down:

- Screech is fat. He's too fat to clean his butt now. It's grody.
- I've uploaded new photos in my album. Check out Bunnies, Portland and July 4th
- I have been eating enough fish to deplete the ocean. Last night, Tony made us dinner - lovely seared tuna steaks. They totally reminded me of filet minon. He looked at me funny when I said that, but it's been so many years since I've had the steak.
- Sunday, Sandi had a bbq. We had salmon burgers. They were pretty tasty.
- Saturday, we went out for vonderful sushi at a fancy place. Oh my it was glorious.
- Friday, we had no fish

In other activies:

Friday, we met up with Julie, Scott, Jerimiah, Chris, Sunny and Sol at Broadway Grill for the nachos and the drink. Garrett met us there later. We then headed to Sunset Bowl where we met up with Ira, Johnny and Ginger for a fun night of bowling. Everyone had a blast. Tony bowled a freaking 215!!!

Saturday, we went to this place called Crave for brunch. It was the yummiest! I had bagel with lox & cream cheese. Oh my! That afternoon, we went and saw Anchorman with Julie, Will and Sunny. T & I thought it was just OK, but the rest loved it. After indulging in sushi with Chris, Tony & I went to the Garage for overpriced pool. $14 an hour! Jeezumcrow! Although we had fun, we will not be going there again. After the pooling fun, we went to the Merc for a very short while. After arriving there, I realized I was not in the mood to dance.

Sunday, we met up with Chris and went to Crave again. Serious! It's that good! That afternoon, we bbq'd with Sandi's crew and Stine. Joser showed up much later. That night, T & I hung out at his house and watched a DVD of _Dead Like Me_ I suppose it's OK.

Yesterday, I bought our plane tickets to SoCal for next month.

Oh yeah! Teresa is now a bunny addict. She's adopting two bunnies this week and bought a pen to keep them in in her condo. She's the bunny queen!

Last Wednesday, we saw another excellent movie called Control Room. It's release is quite limited, but so worth it if you are able to catch it.

We pondered going to see Spiderman 2 this weekend, but ran out of time. Instead, we shopped and shopped and shopped. On Saturday, we got me a new helmut and now I feel much safer on the back of Tony's motorcycle. We also got Tony a fish tank w/ accessories. Fun!

On Sunday, we went to a made-up Superhero themed bbq. It was quite fun. I'll post pictures as soon as I can. After the bbq, we went over to Sol's house to watch the fireworks. I must admit, they are much more exciting from Gasworks Park.

Monday, we lazed around and didn't do much of anything. I took Teresa to the bunny gathering again (she's addicted) and then we went out for yummy Thai food. Afterwards, I went home and dyed my hair. Exciting stuff, I tell you!

Still, I wasn't quite ready for my weekend to end. Now, we plan our trip down to SoCal.

*cry*

I am so sleepy and I don't know why. I got plenty of sleep last night. I think it's the food I eat. Stupid food. I don't need more caffeine, but maybe I need less carbs or something. This sleepiness is not common, but it sure is a pain in my ass. I can't seem to concentrate on work.

Maybe I'll have a soda. Yeah, that's it. A soda with sugar and caffeine in it. Forget this healthy eating thing I've been doing.

It's backwards time again!

Teresa and I went out to dinner last night at a new place on Wallingford called Clara's Food for the Soul. It was unusual. She tries all the weird places with me. Before we went to dinner, however, I took her to the bunny gathering at Woodland Park. She now wants to move there. Two guys that were there had a bag of carrots and gave her one. She had bunnies crawling all over her and they let her pet them and everything.

Sunday, Tony and I did nothing except go to brunch at Mae's. It was lovely. Oh wait...we rented a couple of movies. First, we watched The Fog of War. Excellend documentary that I highly recommend. Second, we watched Woody Allen's latest, Anything Else. Don't bother with this one. Woody Allen has lost the talent he had. He keeps making the same movie but gives the characters different names.

Friday night after work, Tony & I drove down to Portland to visit Dean, Amy & Mathilda. We got there late and met Amy downtown and then went to their house and hung out for a bit. On Saturday, we drove over to their place, went out to brunch at Village Inn. When they come up for a visit, we'll have to show them what brunch is all about. Afterwards, we took the speed mass transit thing that I can't remember the name of to downtown and tooled around a bit. Man, it was hot. Tony & I left around 3:30pm to drive back to Seattle to go to Fahrenheit 9/11 again. T got sunburned on his head. Ouch.

So yeah, that was my weekend.

Yay! Friday!
It's been a busy week at work. Winn has been gone all week and I've been in charge of processing the new business. It's made the week fly by.

I've been able to work out every night this week. Yay!
We went to a midnight showing of Fahrenheit 9/11. Yay!
Tony & I are going to Portland tonight to hang out with Dean, Amy & little Mathilda. Yay!

I have to get back to work now. Yay!

I ended up getting The Sick that Tony had, but not as bad. A whole week of not going to the gym makes me sad. I am feeling much better today, but not 100%. Due to The Sick, we stayed in on Thursday and Friday night. On Saturday, however, we had the good medicine that masked our symptoms sufficiently, so we went to the SuperMall in Auburn. It was the outlet mall. I was hoping to find shoes i like, but had no luck. Tony, however, got himself a new snowboard, boots and binding for a steal of a deal. On our way back into Seattle, we stopped by Cathy & Eric's house that they recently moved into.

Saturday night, we went to the club and it wasn't anything too exciting.

Sunday, we went to brunch with Chris & Jessica. That afternoon, the 4 of us went to the zoo and ended up running into a bunch of people we know. The zoo was fun, but we barely got to see much of it. Afterwards, we went to this place in the park where hundreds of bunnies live. They are so used to humans that they let you get really close. I took pictures and will upload later. After the zoo, we went to dinner at DragonFish and then went and saw "Saved". It could have been better and the ending sucked.

Today, I have no nausea, no stuffiness, and just a little sore throat. It's hot and sunny outside and I plan on making it to the gym after work. And that's my exciting life as of right now. Must get back to work.

Dear Journal,

Today, I am sleepy for no good reason. My Favorite Boy is sick and says he wants to die. I got up early this morning to take him sore throat medicine to find out he has more symptoms. This is the first time he has gotten The Sick like this since we have been dating.

Speaking of The Sick, I was nauseated for days last week. I was feeling Much Better yesterday morning, but then my tummy hurt so much I wanted to cry. It's all better now. I fear I might be lactose intolerant or at least intolerant to something. Time for me to start documenting what I eat and how I feel afterwards. I was feeling absolutely craptastic on Monday. Sunday night, I slept on my back and my muscles didn't like that too much. I woke up in SO MUCH PAIN that I knew I couldn't drive until I felt better. I called in late to work and ended up getting in around 11. My back is still a little hurty but doing much better. I have an appointment with Stine on Saturday.

Needless to say, I haven't worked out this week and I miss it. I am going to the gym today after work and then going to Tony's to take care of him.

In other fine news, we had fun with Betsy during her short stay in Seattle on her way up to Vancouver. We went to a place called Blue C Sushi - it was tons of fun! Sushi on a conveyor belt! Afterwards, we stopped by my house and then rushed her downtown to her shuttle. I got to meet her parents for the first time in the 8 years that I've known her!

Friday night, we went to a bbq with Ira at Sam & Amber's house. We met lots of new people and got to know some other people better. Saturday, Tony & I hung out for a little bit in the early afternoon at his house. We got to deal with the nutty LaRoche kids, an anti-Bush caravan and a gang of naked bicyclists. It was funny. That afternoon, I went home and was productive. We went to the Skinny Puppy show that night and then to the club. Sunday consisted of sleeping in and spending lots of time in bed due to nausea. Stupid nausea. Sunday night, went over to Tony's and watched movies with him and Natalie. We finally saw Kill Bill and Monster. Monster was fantastic even though it was depressing.

If Tony feels better quickly, we are going to Xentropic at the club tomorrow night and to the KMFDM show on Friday. Other plans for this weekend have yet to be made.

Well, Journal, it's time for me to get back to my boring job. If Tony is still feeling ill this weekend, I will have to spend some time looking for a better job.

Love,
kris

Things That Are

- I tried switching the kitties' food and now Screech has diarrhea again. *sigh* At least it's not as messy this time.
- I didn't get much sleep this weekend and I have no good reason other than it's rare that I sleep in nowadays.
- I was so freaking sleepy yesterday but I went to the gym anyways. I knew that it was risky for me to drive while so sleepy and was hoping that the working out thing would wake me up. I lasted 25 minutes on the elliptical before leaving. I really felt like I was going to fall asleep while exercising.
- My library book is several days late. I keep forgetting to return it.
- I cleared off a big pile of papers from my desk last night. This makes me very happy!
- Tony & I went and saw the Director's Cut of Donnie Darko last week. I must own this movie when it comes out on DVD.
- No, I have not looked for a job. I can't do it when I'm home due to lack of internet access and when I'm at Tony's place, we end up doing other things.
- Speaking of jobs, I suppose I should do mine now.

Oh yeah! Betsy will be in town briefly on Friday. Her family is going on an Alaskan cruise!

Weekend, shmeekend

Actually, I had a very fun-filled weekend.

Friday: my commute home from work was great! There was barely any traffic since so many people took off from work early to start their holiday. After doing the stuff at home that I needed to, I headed over to Tony's and we went to Bimbo's Bitchin' Burrito Kitchen for dinner. They have the yummy food! Afterwards, we headed to Chris' for movie night with Ira, Natalie, Jessica and...I think that was it. We watched "The Cooler" and "Cure"

Saturday: brunch at Cafe Flora with Tony, Chris and Jessica. Later that afternoon, I had book club where we discussed _Ella Minnow Pea_ Afterwards, I went home for a nap before heading to Broadway Grill for nachos and drinks with Tony, Natalie and Sunny. We then head over to Sunset Bowling for a fun-filled night of knocking pins over! Grandma would have been disappointed in my poor scores. I'm not a very good bowler, but I don't do it ver often at all. Oh yeah, I took a few pictures before my battery died. Many turned up for the bowling: me, Tony, Chris, Jessica, Garrett, Sunny, Jason, Natalie and Erik. We decided that it needs to be a regular thing. For some insane reason, we decided that going back to Chris' house to watch the movie we didn't get to watch the prior night was a good idea. By the time we started the movie, it was 3am. I slept through it.

Sunday: Tony & I lazied around until Natalie's bbq. We hung out there for awhile. That evening, a bunch of us went and saw The Day After Tomorrow. It was exactly what I thought it was going to be. We laughed lots.

Monday: me, Tony, Sunny, Garrett and Chris went to the IMAX theater for 3-D Bugs! That movie was so much cooler than the one we saw the night before. Afterwards, we went out to a late lunch of Vietnamese. I left Tony at home and did a bit of shopping at Ross & Target. I found no pants that I liked and it made me sad :( I went back to Tony's later that night and we watched Pieces of April.

It was a good weekend with little rest :) This weekend, the only thing we have planned so far is a party on Saturday night. One of these days, I will have time to do the whole job-hunt thing. Honestly.

Atkin's story of the day. Do you know what ooks me out the most? The dude was trying to lose 8 freaking pounds! He weighs 140lbs and has serious heart problems!! Warning! Warning! Don't eat the really unhealthy meat full of the saturated fat as your main food! You might kill yourself. Seriously.

So.Tempted.To.Get.On.Soapbox.But.Will.Resist.

Dear Laundry,
Please wash yourself. I've run out of quarters and do not feel like devoting more time to dealing with you. Therefore, I would like you to change to the self-cleaning variety. OKthxbye.

If I were to win the lottery, I would give you money. I would buy myself a shiny, new hybrid Honda and Tony a shiny, new Audi wagon for the snow sports. I would pay off all of my debt, invest lots of money and buy a house. I'd throw a big party and invite everyone. These are the things I think about on my drive to work. But I will never win the lottery. I don't play.

I'm going to start sending my resume to jobs at UW. I could ride my bike or walk to work every day. I could start taking classes again. That would be so cool.

I made dinner last night and used ONIONS. I cooked the hell out of them and I ate them. I never would have thought I would concede to cooking with onions, but here I am. What's going on? I hit 30 and I start eating fish again and I start eating onions. However, I don't think I will ever like them raw. They gotta be super cooked.

It has been rainy here so far this week and this weather is to continue for the rest of the week. Although it rains, it is still spring warm. I enjoy this weather, but it drives the spiders into my home since I keep the windows open. So far, the kitties have been good about controlling the population.

Persephone now sleeps on my back. It is very weird to wake up with extra weight on me. I don't know why she finds this to be comfortable.

Whistler Trip 5-20 to 5-23-04

After leaving work on Thursday, I met everyone at my house. We piled into two cars and started the drive up to B.C. We stopped in Bellingham at Red Robin for a late dinner. The drive up was easy compared to last time since we didn't have to battle with snow.

Since there was no fresh powder calling out to us on Friday morning, we slept in and took our time getting on the slopes. On our way up to the part of the mountain that still had snow, we saw a momma bear and a baby bear :D

The 6 of us stuck together (Me, Tony, Chris, Sunny, Natalie & Sandi) for the first two runs. We were headed back up to the lodge for lunch when it started to sleet on us. Ouch. As we were getting off of the lift, they told us that the lift was closing and to head to the gondola. Shortly thereafter, they had to shut the gondola down due to the thunderstorm. We were stranded on the mountain! Fortunately, we had plenty of food and drink to keep us happy. If the storm didn't cease, they were going to transport us down on Catamarans. Unfortunately, the lightening did go away and we rode the gondola down.
After our exciting adventure, we went back to the condo, cleaned up and went out to a yummy dinner in the village. We came back and did a bit of hot tubbing before going to bed.

That night, we were in luck. The precipitation and colder weather made snow. Not a lot, but some. Saturday morning, we headed out kinda later than we wanted to. Chris, Tony and I did the runs at the top of the mountain. It really felt like winter up there! Needless to say, we were quite happy with the conditions. There was one point where we were going along a cat trail and there were narrow strips of snow surrounded by dirt and rocks. It was very surreal to be snowboarding in spots with so little snow. The boys wore me out that day! We met up with Natalie and Sandi in the lodge and headed down to the village. We stopped by a cheesy bar for a drink and snack before heading back to the condo. We got ready all quick-like and went out for a fun time eating sushi and hitting the hokie clubs in the village. I was so freaking tired, so Tony & I headed back early to go to sleep.

Sunday morning, we loaded up the cars and went to brunch in the village. I think it will be the last time we do that. This past time was one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. After we finally got out of the crappy restaurant, we did a bit of shopping. I scored the most kick-ass jacket that everybody wants. Seriously. I'm going to try and find a picture of it online somewhere. Sandi, Tony & I headed back to Seattle and that was the end of our vacation.

The end.

Pictures

Going to Whistler for the weekend. Leaving tonight.
My digestive system is not happy with me for reasons unknown. I just hope I am all better before we leave after work.
Happy Birthday Duncan!
I cut my hair short. Will post pictures soon.
Speaking of pictures, here are the pictures from my birthday party.

I no longer have broadband at home. I now connect to the internet using my mobil phone. How cool is that?? Thing is, it's really slow. Going back to dial-up is weird, but will save me a good chunk of money every month.

OK, back to work.

Week in review by Kris

I'm going backwards because I can.

Right now, I stay up because I am going to go pick up Natalie from the airport tonight. Unfortunately, her plane is an hour late and won't be landing until 11:40pm. I could go to bed now. She's coming back from a weekend in SoCal.

Last night, I did much of nothing. Yesterday, I felt crappy. Skipped my workout.

Sunday, Tony & I went for a ride on his motorcycle to Edmonds. We went to the beach and were going to play frisbee, but we went and ate at an overpriced restaurant instead. The food was disappointing for how much it cost. That night, we rented "Big Fish". I enjoyed it greatly.

It is official. I eat fish again. not the Tim Burton kind, but the kind you get at restaurants.

Saturday, we went out for brunch. Just the two of us. Our regular brunch dates were all out of town. As we left to go eat, Tony locked his keys out of his house. Fortunately, Amanda has a spare, so we went to her house after we ate. I had a massage appointment with Stine mid-afternoon. That was lovely. Afterwards, tony picked me up on his bike and we went downtown to do a bit of shopping for him. That night we went to Jai Tai where we met up with Amanda & Emmett after they got off from work.

Friday night, Tony & I went and saw "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and both loved it. Charlie Kaufman has yet to disappoint me. I think he is GRRREAT! You know, Tony the Tiger great. From the commercials. Don't mind me. I'm a nut. A big, fat macadamia nut.

Thursday night, we went out dancing at the Mercury. The music was old school EBM/Industrial and I dance a lot and had much fun.