big blue eyed bond

The fire alarm went off at 2:30. It was from an actual fire this time. It was triggered by someone on our floor. A sprinkler went off and the hallway had a big pool of water. They rigged up some fans to blow on it and dry it but seeing as how they set them up in the AM and the alarm is horrid, Katie and I couldn't quite sleep. Lots of noise and agitation. So we relaxed with Big Trouble. At around 4 we crawled back into bed.

And at around noon we both crawled into action. Jen and I met up at 2:15 to take another try at some cheesesteaks. Failure! Again! Where is that guy? We love him. We wanted his food. Boo! We went to Roxy's instead. A steak dip sandwich isn't nearly as good as a cheesesteak. Still, it was nice. A lovely little lunch. Jen's short do still looks great. It was one of those deceptive sunny days where you should have really brought a thick coat.

After lunch we walked over to Fox Tower to see about watching something indie and good. Slumdog Millionaire was the first choice but it was too crowded so we changed out tickets to Defiance. It was a long movie with nice sets and costumes. It is about how during the war, some Russian Jewish people hid out in the forest. They moved camp many times and started over. I like movies that focus on the hiding over the concentration camps. It was sad, of course, but you know a few of them have to survive because at the start it says it is a true story. Daniel Craig's accent wasn't too laughable and the battle sequences were knuckle biting.

I've got the snuffles. I don't know if it is a cold or if it turns out that I am actually allergic to long haired kitties.

We hugged goodbye and I went back home to try and get it clean enough. Presentable enough. Now to go get Llyw from the train station! Hurray!

boo on you Ooohreegaaahn

Okay. Seriously. What the hell, Oregon? $39 for a new ID? A million forms of proof that it is me? In Washington you just show up with your old ID and you can get a new one. No second form of proof, no verification of where you live, nothing. They trust people.

With a flask of Billy Tea shared betwixt us, Karen, Adam, and I went up to Vancouver, Washington to procure new IDs. We decided not to deal with the most irksome Oregon DMV and just renew our Washington ones. Also, it seems a better idea to just keep my parents address because it would be costly to change my address every time I move in Portland. If I move like, 4 times in the next five years then that is $25 a pop for new ones. Washington is just $10. Because I renewed it before I turn 21, the orientation is that of a minor but it doesn't expire till 2014. Whoo! I'm a big girl. They let me take my picture again because the lady thought I didn't smile. We waited about 20 minutes and we all were called in succession. We all got through it right quick. Like, under five minutes we were all done after our numbers were called. A little trust goes a long way when it comes to efficiency.

BILLY TEA! SO AWESOME!

After the quick IDs we all we to a Mongolian Grill, all you can eat. I only had one plate of meat and noodles and some vegetables but I had all I could eat of ice cream with caramel and chocolate dribbled all over it. Mmm. I like soft ice cream.

Matt came over for some movies. We watch Repo: The Genetic Opera. A musical about this guy that steals organs from people that can't pay for them. It came from a stage production. It was very silly but highly enjoyable. Good, gruesome effects. Of course it was watched on the projector. To round off the gore we watched Fargo. I was expecting a lot more from it. It seemed very simple and straight forward. People make mistakes. It doesn't work out. Did I miss something? Mom HATES this movie but loves Hot Fuzz? Hot Fuzz has more violence than Fargo. Ehh? Yeah. After the double feature I kicked Matt out. Well not kicked.

I had a tuna fish sandwich. Mmm.

Got a letter informing me that I am on the Dean's List.

trill vs the man

So today's big quest was to renew my driver's license so I could get a pretty one all fresh for my 21st year. Hurray! DMV wasn't a long wait. I had my passport, my old ID, and three proofs of where I live now to show them. Turns out I needed a sixth thing: proof that the social security number that I wrote down was in fact the same one I used for my passport and all that. The number was on my grades but he said he couldn't use that because how do they know that that might not be my school ID. I whipped out my school ID which has my school ID number which is clearly different. Still not good enough. I might have become irked and asked to see a higher up if the guy helping me wasn't so nice about it. I took the driver's test in the instance that later, if I found something with my SSN, I could come in and get my ID. I failed the test. It would be easy question, easy question, and then something about how you are actually supposed to slow down if someone is tailgating you. What? I always go the speed limit because slowing down just pisses tailgaters off. I slow down when they are passing to make it easier and safer. So even if I had the stuff, I would have waited a day. But still a day is fine. Now there is a big runaround. I asked mom to send me my SSN. Karen and I are going to Washington to see about doing it there because it is cheaper and requires less proof of identity. Be good to have my SSN anyway because I've run into this sort of problem before.

It is all screwy. Boo DMV, booo!!

Hung out with the girls tonight. Just sort of read and they worked on things and discussed RA stuff. Well they discussed RA stuff. I drifted off into space. Robin sewed some lovely buttons onto a shirt for me. They look awesome. Whee!

Started watching Peep Show. It is a two person point of view camera BBC comedy. A little silly and uncomfortable at times but it does have nice build up.

Tomorrow: road trip to Vancouver! And Saturday night Llyw is coming into town for a little visit. Yay! Oh did I mention I'm working on thank you cards? Because I've been working on thank you cards.

the teabag pod

Bad news! Daniel called me to inform me that the Graphic Novel course I was taking only had four people in it. It might become an independent study that focuses on one huge project due at the end. We would meet every couple weeks or so. Not be a steady class. Really sucks, it was the class I was looking forward to the most. But hey, might be good to learn now how to dedicate myself to a project that doesn't have a weekly class structure. Very important when it comes to comics. Booo!!

I caught up on my back issues of The Boys. Then I went to Powell's and treated myself to P. Craig Russell's edition of Coraline. As well as a couple really great deals in terms of anthologies. Less crowded than my last visit to Powell's. I had a lovely chat about comics with the guy who rung me up. He had no idea of the comic version of Coraline. It looks really nice.

It was very chilly but I didn't bring a coat. A little bit of chill goes away fast when you are scooting uphill on a heavy bike.

Robin stopped by for a quick Hi and I lured her into a viewing of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I made a big bowl of popcorn and some tea and we enjoyed it on the projector. Having a projector says a lot about your status. Means you have enough money to own one and some place to project on. Robin was adorable during the suspenseful end of the movie. It does keep you on your toes.

After the movie we went for a lovely walk around the neighborhood. Peeking at peoples places and finding spooky spots. The usual. Some wonderful houses and some magnificent stairs. Lots an lots of stairs. Robin led and I followed. Near the end my thighs were hurting from so much exercise. A very foreign concept. After the walk we sat about looking at YouTube videos while waiting for Diana to return. She did. We all hugged and talked. I called it good night.

Whew! long day where I did stuff. Now that people are back we can start doing game nights again.

short post, but there are not many of these left

Had a very restless night sleep.

A knock on my door got me out of bed at around 10. A nice lady in a wheelchair needed some help with the washing machine. I kindly obliged. I lay in bed for several hours with the alarm going off every half an hour or so. Need to slowly bring myself to the 6:30am alarm. Luna cuddled. One alarm I rolled over and she flopped off of me. Oops!

Watched Joe Dirt on the projector while working on thank you cards.

Watched The Fall on the projector while enjoying dinner.

Love the projector.

Got the electric bill. Slowly going to try and bring it down after the very high Winter months.

here I go, mumbling

Did me some laundry today. Three heaping loads. Well more like one normal sized load of pants and towels and one huge load split into two smaller loads of shirts and delicates. None of them dried proper so I draped the pants and towels and, since I combined the delicates all together in one of the large dryers, I just ran them through again. Try to be cheap and combine a dryer cycle and you end up having to do it twice anyhow. Oh well.

Watched Rock n Rolla while folding. Watched a bit of A Scanner Darkly on the pretty projector. Watching Forrest Gump. Haven't seen it all the way through in a long while.

My legs hurt. Probably from the random biking from yesterday or maybe not enough vitamins. Hmmn.

Katie's parents stopped by for a little bit. Said some hellos. Easy little day. I'm having a birthday party at my place on the 23rd. Probably going to go out with the 21+ friends on Saturday. It's my Golden Birthday. 21 on the 21st. Whooo! Now I can actually go to stuff in Portland.

Total Thus Far: 13 As, 2 Bs.

Keep forgetting to mention it but I got my grades. Straight As across the board. My GPA is 3.836 now. Booyah!

Had some spicy chicken nuggets for dinner. Gabe made them. I had three cups of milk, one for every nugget I was able to consume.

The projector got hooked up in our living room. Now we have a sweet picture and can play games and all sorts of awesome stuff. Whoo!! Can't wait to figure out how to hook my computer up to it to watch movies. Our apartment has a pretty sweet setup now.

I've been watching Generation Kill, a seven part miniseries by the same guy who did The Wire. About the Marines going into Iraq. It is interesting. It is rather sad in fact. Like how underarmed and under protected they are. Not enough batteries for night vision, etc. We are pouring so much money into this and... yeah. Sure it is sort of fictionalized but even so.

Chilled with Karen. Helped her cut out and paste her pirate ships. Helped her put the pirate ships on the doors to indicate her pirate ship dorm pod. We gossiped and we chatted and I ate some of the rice she made. She was nice enough to let me.

Went to Trader Joes. Got some caramel chocolate tartlets. Very tasty. Got some money so I can do major laundry tomorrow. Maaajor laundry.

I don't think I'm working again till school starts. There is a possible visitor on the weekend.

With the projector rigged up we watched Pineapple Express. Still as silly and buddy buddy. Sokay I guess, yeah.

Laundry! Art! Tomorrow!