Just Words

This. This is my temple that has no religion. Peace built of words upon a page. Wrapped in the cover of color. Splayed upon the wall. Stacked with neighbors of alphabet. Mingling with siblings of genre. Transporting to worlds without demension. Titles whispering of hope, shouting of conflict. Yet not a sound issues from stitch of binding. This. This is my temple that has no religion.

Girls Night Out

So after a girls night in what could possibly be better than a GNO? So Carey, Sam and Sojin whipped out our mad bowling skills and took to the alley. So here is just a smathering of pics from the night brought to you by Carey's camera. Oh yeah and the guy workin there was totally diggin us cause lets face it, we were really the coolest peeps there. true story. Yeah he totally wanted us. He even came over and offered to take pics of us. So he went out between the lanes and got some classic shots. enjoy.

And it wouldn't be awesome bowling without gutter spins! Our lane totally got a good polishing! So here are some beautimous gutter spins..with style!

And then on to more random awesomeness.

What can I say...I love me some Carey!Bowling Shots!

The end.

Girls Night In

So this last weekend Brandi and I decided we needed some girlie time, so Friday night we had a sleepover at her parents house with her little sister Bailey. So what's better than junk food, a girlie flick and pedicures!?! Well for my b-day this year my sister Jayme got me a foot spa set from Mary Kay, and of course this is not fun to do by one's self so I waited til Brandi and Bailey were both available. It took a few months but oh well it was way worth it! So we camped out in her parents bathroom for the next hour or so doing pedicures and listening to the Wicked soundtrack. Totally need to go see that now! So here are some pics of the awesomeness that took place.

This is a foot masque we put on our feet to exfoliate and whatnot. It made our feet really cold and they felt cold for the rest of the night. Whenever we walked on carpet it felt like the carpet was wet. It was crazy weird.

After we put on the masque, Brandi decided she wanted her camera to take pics, which just so happened to be downstairs. So she crawled the whole way as to not get the masque on the floor. Quite hilarious to watch!

Then for the final touches, the nail polish! Oh how pretty!

We then got in our jammies and moved camp to the theater room and watched Baby Mama, which seemed quite appropriate with a wee little one on the way, as you can clearly see in the pics! Brandi you are adorable! Cutest pregnant woman ever, even if you look like a knocked up teenager! :)

Halloween...a little overdue

So for Halloween this year we all decided to dress up at work. This is the first time I think anyone really had but my coworker Annie really really wanted to so we did. So I decided I needed a costume that required minimal effort but was still amazingly awe inspiring. Ok so it probably wasn't that but still pretty freakin sweet and creative. I dont think I have even seen anyone dress up like me before. Originally I was going to be a ladybug cause then I could wear normal clothing then just have a shell of some sort on the back. But that brought me back to the minimal effort part and ladybug not so much minimal effort. So then this ingenious idea popped in my head. But Annie pretty much took the cake with her homemade version of an octopus!

And no I am not a dice. Does it look like I have 6 sides!? Seriously people. Not too shabby for cutting out felt circles and taping them too me. Like I said...minimal effort.

Well after work I headed to a dance party thingamajig out at some barn. And I'm not going to lie, compared to the parties I used to work for Travis this was LAME. And thats an understatement. Sad but true. There were maybe a hundred people here and at Travis' parties there was close to a thousand, if not more. I think he said last year there was about 1500. Oh how I miss AZ. But I still had a blast hangin with my girls Carey and Claire, who were stunning as Carmen Sandiego and Supergirl, respectively. There are pictures of these events, but not currently in my possession, so when I get those I will post them up for ya!

Labor Day, Wakeboarding and Dave

So I have been getting the 3rd degree about not updating this thing often enough so its actually like 7 am on a saturday and of course I'm awake. I don't know why, all I know is that it sucks and I should by all rights still be asleep like a normal person that loves to sleep in. But alas my body hate me and sleep decided it hates me these days and we dont hang out much anymore. So I thought to myself, hey self lets do some blogging. So let me tell you a little story about Labor Day weekends, wakeboarding and Dave.

So Andrew invited me out to the Snatch again for the weekend. This time I went with his aunt, Annie. Its kinda weird calling her that though cause she is actually younger than both myself and Andrew. But anyhow, so we drove over together, which really the most hilarious part was that when we were between exits, Annie decided that she really had to use the ...facilities and that she couldn't wait for another exit so we took the next turn off and she popped squat in a bush! I was dying! So then we continued on and got into Wenatchee and headed to the "Logamahal." This abode so coined by Andrew is actually the house of some good friends of their family and it is HUGE and looks like a log mansion! Rick and Nancy have two teenage boys and are all super nice people. But the house is beautiful and sits right on the lake, complete with swimming pool, hot tub, every electrical amenity a house could possibly want including theater room, a boat and jet skis and a lot more I'm not listing here. Anyhow so we hung out for the night, played some pool, went for a swim then turned in for the night. But not before I had to have Rick kill a nasty huge spider in the bathroom so I could take a shower, which he squished with a chip he had in his hand...ewww.

The next morning Nancy was kind enough to make us breakfast then we headed out on the boat for a little wakeboarding! Sadly I didn't get any pics boarding cause I forgot the camera. But it was great cause I haven't been since I moved from AZ, which puts it at about three years now! Way too long! And of course my body was feeling it the next couple days.

So then we headed back cause Rick, Nancy and the boys were heading to their own concert thing. So Annie, Andrew and myself hung out by the pool for a few hours.

Then went for a quick stint on the jet skis. Then we got ready and jumped in Nancy's Mercedes to head to the Gorge for a little Dave Matthews concert! It was a bit frigid but totally worth it! They also did a memorial for LeRoy who had just passed away a few weeks back.

All in all it was a pretty awesome weekend! Thanks yet again Andrew for an escape!

Ole! Ole! Ole!

So this last Friday my work sponsored a soccer challenge for the City of Renton. It was put on for kids from ages 4-13. It was actually pretty fun cause aside from my niece and nephews, I really haven’t spent much time around kids in quite a few years. We were there mostly to inform parents on injury prevention and any other questions they may have had. And seeing as I have absolutely no knowledge in any of that I was there mostly for moral support…and cause my life is lame and I don’t do a whole lot these days. So I got roped into reffing one of the events. Actually it was the easiest event to ref. It was a speed test for dribbling. All I had to do was use my handy little stopwatch the City issued me for the event and time how long it took for the kids to weave through 5 to 10 cones, depending on age, and back with the soccer ball. And of course look awesome doing it! But the really sad part was that probably every single one of those kids could have annihilated me in the drill! Hence why I never played soccer as a child. Still it was a fun time cheering the kids on as they did their drills and won awards. Then in addition, each kid that participated got a schnazzy water bottle from yours truly, Renton Sports and Spine Physical Therapy! Aren’t you jealous?!

Weekend in the Wenatch

So yet again I have found myself going stir crazy and needing to get away for the weekends. So this time around Andrew helped me out with the escapade. Andrew is awesome cause he looks like James Franco. Well that's not really the only reason he is awesome, but hey it doesn't hurt any! However I will tell you now Wenatchee is no where as awesome as Portland. Sorry Andrew. It's small and its podunk. And its not very green. Anyway it was still fun cause we just hung out and relaxed all weekend. Rented movies, listened to music, went swimming and napped...a LOT! I love naps and really never get enough cause of all the working. Working is so overrated! I vote peoples should just give me money. That would be awesome! But yeah anyhow I am actually excited cause I am headed back that way this weekend for Dave Matthews and wakeboarding! Yeah buddy! So here's to you Andrew for all the aiding and abetting!

One Sexy Beast

So I'm really not that good at keeping this thing updated seeing as I don't have internet except at work cause I am to lazy to go buy a wireless card for my compy. I actually have yet to hook up my compy at my new residence....not that I really need to spend anymore time on a computer seeing as I spend about 50 hours a week on one for work purposes. Good times. So gradually I am going to try and post old events in my life as to keep peoples (aka Jacko) updated on said events.

So this loverly post here will be about my new ride! So I've been wanting to get a new car for a long while now or at least when I had to go back to driving it after the mazda. Now my old car which was a buick century was and can only be described as a grannymobile. It drove nice and what not and was very spacious, but at the cost of being as freakin huge as a tuna boat! But I kept it around for so long cause it was just more financially advisable seeing as I had no car payments and has always been in pretty good working order...for the most part. Windows are really overrated anyhow eh. But as was I, I decided it was time I did the same and bootkick things of my past to the curb and get the vehicular I have been wanting for years now. And what better time than when the choice is now all mine again. So this last memorial day I went and picked up my new sexy beast of a truck.

It's a black 2000 Nissan Xterra 4x4...
Complete with brush guard...
18" Rims...
And of course a DVD player.Ya know...just the necessities.
Yeah Buddy! Like I said ...one sexy beast!

Masters, Mates, & Pilots

So this weekend the boys (aka Billy and Will) played another show this weekend. It's Will's band called Masters, Mates, & Pilots. Billy has just been standing in as a bassist until they found one on a permanent basis. Which yay for them, they finally did. I believe he is a good sir by the name of Seven. Yeah no joke. Haven't yet met Mr. Seven. I'm sure he is great. Anyway, the boys played the Mars Bar in Seattle. I tagged along with Billy and Will as the "manager/roadie." Mostly manager though cause, lets face it I can't carry most that crap with these weakly arms...ahhh sadness. Any which way I took a massive amount of pics for Billy since he is usually the one behind the camera and rarely gets a pic of himself playing.

Oh yeah and my new coworker Annie came to the show too. She's a cutie and a heaven sent as she is a single workaholic with no life much like myself! Yay for Annie!

As did Jefe. He is awesome. But I didn't get a pic of him. But here is a pic of me and Andrew. He is a friend of Will's. Andrew is also a cutie! Also the first person to ever steal my phone number. Yeah so that was my weekend. Great music and not enough sleep! I think I finally rolled in home around like 2am...yay! Well check em out at www.myspace.com/mastersmatesandpilots. They are probably one of the most talented local bands I have ever heard!