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Happenings

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xijio
on September 8, 2008
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Lots going on since the last post:

  • HTPC: The build went well. Everything worked out of the box except the wireless card (pci wrt55ag v1.2, no vista support) so I used my Best Buy gift card to get a Linksys WUSB600n which does 802.11n in 5ghz mode so no interference. Very nice throughput copying from pc to pc on wifi (2.5MB/sec+).
  • Huskies: It was a really fun game. I tailgated beforehand with Merz and his crew and afterwards with the same guys + some KAs and I saw Lane. Kendall’s Dad had tickets in the BYU section I sat with her and her Dad. I really like her Dad and he seems to know a lot about football. I was decked out in my purple everything (wig, jersey, socks, shoes, shorts) and so I stuck out like a sore thumb in the BYU section but, it was really nice. We ended up losing 28-27 on a blocked PAT after a bullshit excessive celebration call on Jake Locker after he threw the ball into the air after a miraculous 2-second-left would-be game-tieing touchdown. It was a hard way to lose because we had a good chance in overtime being at home and having the momentum going into the OT.
  • Seahawks (Seattle Sports): Ugh. Looks like another year for shitty Seattle sports. Hawks 0-1 in a blowout. Huskies 0-2. Mariners a few-a ton, bottom of the barrel. Soncis GONE. What else is there. At least my Blazers are looking strong.
  • Dane Cook: Kendall made me watch Vicious Circle and it was great. Constant laughs. Consider me a new Dane Cook fan :) He has so much expression and gets into his show sooo much. Great to watch :)
  • TV Shows: It is getting close to that time of the year. Here are the shows I’m excited for: The Office, House, Chuck, Heroes, CSI, Dexter and Reaper.
  • Boating class: I’ve been helping Frank on his boat over the last couple years and now after much work and a lot of money it is seaworthy. We’ve been out a couple times and it is really fun! As a thank you for all the help and to get me more acquainted Frank is paying for me to take a boating class with him. He and I (and a few of his friends from MS) are taking a the class which is called Boating Skills and Seamanship. I’m taking it for a few reasons: 1) to learn more about boating, 2) to get a boating license (required at the end of this year to operate a boat if under 25 years old) 3) for something fun to do on Thursday nights. It is a long class (13 meetings) from 7:00 to 9:00pm every Thursday until December 4th (except Thanksgiving). I’m excited to learn a lot but, a little worried that it might get boring over the course of 13 weeks.
  • Sick: Been sick lately. Had a fever on Firday, but went to work anyway. My Adenoids have been swollen so its been hard to swallow and my nose has been stuffy/runny. I hope it blows over quickly.
  • Parking Ticket: I got a $35 parking ticket on Aug. 13 for parking in front of Kendall’s house in a pay to park zone (at 8:15, started being pay to park at 8:00, those fuckers). I tried to pay it online a few weeks ago and I thought it worked but apparently not. Got a text from my Mom Friday night saying that they were charging me $60 because it was late and that if I didn’t pay they’d send me to collections. FUCK YOU PARKING PEOPLE. YOU ARE PIECES OF SHIT. I tried to pay the fucking thing and your system was broken. Now you raped me for an extra $25. $60 for 15 minutes of fucking parking. I HOPE YOU ALL DIE IN A FIRE OF AIDS. </pissed>. At least its paid now.

Upcoming:

  • Huskies: We play the Sooners this weekend at home. Hopefully we can pull away without an 0-3 start. I’ve got a Dawg Pack ticket so I’ll be sitting with Kendall (and the KAs) this weekend, yay!
  • Victoria: Kendall and I are going to Victoria next weekend. It is sneaking up on me very quickly and I’m starting to get excited!

That’s all for now. I’ll try to pop back in shortly ;)

Weekend Recap

Published
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xijio
on August 12, 2008
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The weekend went pretty much as planned. The Senate show was great as usual, chilling with the KAs after was very relaxing but, ended up putting me to bed too late.

Saturday was very busy too: Kendall’s surprise started by walking me down to 45th where we caught the 44 bus heading west. We got off on Fremont and started walking north. It took me a minute to realize it but, we were heading to the Woodland Park Zoo! I’ve lived in Seattle for 5 years and have driven past the zoo several times but, I’d never been thre. I had no idea how big it was! We spent several hours there and I think we still missed a few exhibits. Kendall and I took a handful of pictures (they’re uploading now. I’ll edit this post with a link to the set when they’re up.

After the zoo Kendall and I were drained so we decided to take a 30 minute power nap which turned into almost 2 hours which ended up making us pretty late for the Mariner’s game (we got down there during the 3rd inning after the Mariner’s had already scored a bunch of runs). The game was fun though and it was nice to see Merz, Sara, Michael Hanson, Kurt, and a bunch of the active KAs there. The Mariner’s ended up losing though (by one run in extra innings) which brings my personal record to 3W-2L for Mariner’s games I’ve been at this season. I’ve got a handful of pics from the game uploading too.

On Sunday I went to help Rugg set up his new 47″ HDTV. He got a nice wall mount for it and we had it 3/4 of the way up before the 4th bolt broke off as we were drilling it in. We had to take out the other 3 bolts, go pick up my drill (his was just about dead) and then redo the whole thing with 4 new holes. That silly bolt added about 2 hours to our mounting adventure. In the end tough the TV looks reallllly nice set up how it is now and I’m excited for some away game football action there!

After helping Rugg I headed down to pick up Kendall and we caught the 4:40pm boat to Bainbridge Island for her younger sister Olivia’s birthday party. It was nice spending some time with her family and her dad made some pretty good tacos! Before we left Kendall started to feel a little sick and by the time we got back to Seattle she was running a pretty nasty fever. She was feeling better today though which is good. Being sick sucks (I know, I’m just getting over something too).

So all-in-all it was a very nice weekend! Lots of fun stuff going on and kept busy pretty much the whole time. Definitely my kind of weekend :)

Edit: Zoo pics are up! flickr.com/photos/xijio/sets/72157606681894260/.
Edit2: Mariner’s pics are up: flickr.com/photos/xijio/sets/72157606682033424/. I need to go to bed.