I have plans to clean the apartment, and do some yoga.
I work tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, then I'm possible off again for 4 days. I must be more better! (Hehe). I am washing the sheets today, and comforter... since a kitty vomited on them last night. Joy.
Maybe I'll take a picture of something.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The University Bookstore Reading of Dennis's newest book.
Today I went to see my friend read from his book, One Gay American, I think he is so brave, to write not one but two memoirs, and working on a third! His first was so painful to read, so good, but of a painful addiction to something very unusual, that came out of a childhood coping mechanism, that came to nearly ruin his life. I'm only a third of the way through his second book, and it seems less intense, in a good way.
It's about his longing to be a bride, to be beautiful and special, he didn't want to be a girl, but he wanted to be swept away, and to be accepted as he was, and not feel that he wasn't good enough because his father didn't want a sissy boy.
I can't say what conclusions he makes, but it's interesting to see how a fantasy can grow, as he struggles to feel loved.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Whoops
Long time no blogging. Sorry.
Lately I have worked a little. Knitted a little played a few games. It's been two weeks or so since my last post.
Anyway lets start with work, been working a bit, did the load in for Book of Mormon, loaded in Whim W'Him at the playhouse (formerly the Intiman) as an official employee of Cornish. Not sure what will happen there, but I'm torn between caring and not wanting to give a crap. That's a diatribe for another day. The nicest thing about Cornish playhouse is they gave us a 15% raise from the Intiman rate. So that was nice. I did a tiny corporate gig with Hollywood lighting which they poorly managed, it was going well, so they cut back too early. And they cut the load out from twelve grips to 4. I took that cut and walked away, since it was going to go from a bit boring to irritatingly hard and everyone frustrated. Plus I wanted to see a movie that night. Then I did the Book of Mormon load out and another load out at the paramount, a focus at Seattle rep and a load out of the opera. So, not too slow for January.
I've noticed something lately between the big venue jobs (5th ave, opera, paramount, ballet) in contrast to the smaller venue jobs (Intiman, rep) the small venue jobs will fill all your time with busy work if they have time to fill, like letting you be idle costs the theatre money, even if you are ahead, and have been cut early, you still have to work all the way to the end of the hour, even if there is no real work to do. An extreme example of this is once I went in to the key arena (big venue that thinks its small, to be fair it's run by the city) at 4am to build the stage for an incoming rock show (the venue owns a stage if touring shows do not have their own, typically it will be built before the tour folks walk in the door. So, we are done even with the busy work after 3 hours, but since we had a 4 hour minimum we had to sit there until 8am.
My point it's irritating. With the big venues you have enough people to do the job, and when you are done you go home. It's one of the reasons to do the ring over the Intiman this summer, it's only $3 more per hour. But.
Anyway, I'm bored with this talk now. Dude on my couch days he is leaving the first of the month! So exciting. I haven't painted any walls yet, but there are plans. I have hung with the friends, and it was good. My friend Erika had her fibroidectomy/ hysterectomy and is seriously on the mend. Tori should read this and think of when we can hang out. And I'm starting an elimination diet with the roommate. This is to confirm that it's wheat/gluten that's bother some. Might be something else, Christina did it, and she seems to be allergic to eggs, and a little bit dairy. I had a reaction to some chicken soup I made, which didn't have anything I thought was a problem, so now I have to include the nightshades vegetables. Boo.
That's your update.
Here is your obligatory promise to do better. Followed by whatever pictures I like.
Lately I have worked a little. Knitted a little played a few games. It's been two weeks or so since my last post.
Anyway lets start with work, been working a bit, did the load in for Book of Mormon, loaded in Whim W'Him at the playhouse (formerly the Intiman) as an official employee of Cornish. Not sure what will happen there, but I'm torn between caring and not wanting to give a crap. That's a diatribe for another day. The nicest thing about Cornish playhouse is they gave us a 15% raise from the Intiman rate. So that was nice. I did a tiny corporate gig with Hollywood lighting which they poorly managed, it was going well, so they cut back too early. And they cut the load out from twelve grips to 4. I took that cut and walked away, since it was going to go from a bit boring to irritatingly hard and everyone frustrated. Plus I wanted to see a movie that night. Then I did the Book of Mormon load out and another load out at the paramount, a focus at Seattle rep and a load out of the opera. So, not too slow for January.
I've noticed something lately between the big venue jobs (5th ave, opera, paramount, ballet) in contrast to the smaller venue jobs (Intiman, rep) the small venue jobs will fill all your time with busy work if they have time to fill, like letting you be idle costs the theatre money, even if you are ahead, and have been cut early, you still have to work all the way to the end of the hour, even if there is no real work to do. An extreme example of this is once I went in to the key arena (big venue that thinks its small, to be fair it's run by the city) at 4am to build the stage for an incoming rock show (the venue owns a stage if touring shows do not have their own, typically it will be built before the tour folks walk in the door. So, we are done even with the busy work after 3 hours, but since we had a 4 hour minimum we had to sit there until 8am.
My point it's irritating. With the big venues you have enough people to do the job, and when you are done you go home. It's one of the reasons to do the ring over the Intiman this summer, it's only $3 more per hour. But.
Anyway, I'm bored with this talk now. Dude on my couch days he is leaving the first of the month! So exciting. I haven't painted any walls yet, but there are plans. I have hung with the friends, and it was good. My friend Erika had her fibroidectomy/ hysterectomy and is seriously on the mend. Tori should read this and think of when we can hang out. And I'm starting an elimination diet with the roommate. This is to confirm that it's wheat/gluten that's bother some. Might be something else, Christina did it, and she seems to be allergic to eggs, and a little bit dairy. I had a reaction to some chicken soup I made, which didn't have anything I thought was a problem, so now I have to include the nightshades vegetables. Boo.
That's your update.
Here is your obligatory promise to do better. Followed by whatever pictures I like.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Last few days
Catching up with Downton Abbey. I've not been as productive as I dreamed I would be, but I failed to give myself time off. I worked on Monday and Tuesday at the paramount loading in the Book of Mormon
I got off in the afternoon Tuesday so I bought a sewing book for myself, and one as a gift. I also bought a bag, it's canvas with leather straps, for only 5 dollars! I deserved it. I wonder how many bags I have??? And I treated myself to Thai food. Then I came home and painted my cork board.
Then Wednesday I finished up Peters cape and generally lolled about, until it was time to go out with Lauren, we went to Brave Horse, which I think is a Tom Douglas restaurant. But we only had drinks and snacks. I'm going to try and hang out with Lauren more, she is very calming. And I miss her.
Today I got off to another slow start, mornings yuck. But I worked out, and made nutballs and dropped off Game of Thrones for Erika (she had a hysterectomy yesterday) and went to knitting with Christina at So Much Yarn. I really do like Betty.
Now I'm watching Downton Abbey, via wifi on my iPad. The irritating thing about it, is its having trouble with the last 15 minutes.
Ah, good night.
I got off in the afternoon Tuesday so I bought a sewing book for myself, and one as a gift. I also bought a bag, it's canvas with leather straps, for only 5 dollars! I deserved it. I wonder how many bags I have??? And I treated myself to Thai food. Then I came home and painted my cork board.
Then Wednesday I finished up Peters cape and generally lolled about, until it was time to go out with Lauren, we went to Brave Horse, which I think is a Tom Douglas restaurant. But we only had drinks and snacks. I'm going to try and hang out with Lauren more, she is very calming. And I miss her.
Today I got off to another slow start, mornings yuck. But I worked out, and made nutballs and dropped off Game of Thrones for Erika (she had a hysterectomy yesterday) and went to knitting with Christina at So Much Yarn. I really do like Betty.
Now I'm watching Downton Abbey, via wifi on my iPad. The irritating thing about it, is its having trouble with the last 15 minutes.
Ah, good night.
Monday, January 7, 2013
My birthday
My birthday was very nice.
On my birthday eve, I roasted a duck and did a repeat performance of my French onion soup, the duck was very rich, good, but maybe not my favorite, but it was a big hit with the roommate and dude on my couch. I also made gluten free bread, a treat, and the roommate made a gluten free cake - chocolate. It was good, but it gave me a headache.
Then on my birthday proper, I met my friend, Erika for lunch, I had pick a cool restaurant, but the Seahawks were playing and it was crowded, so, we went to a little Greek deli, and it was great.
Then we met up with Christina across from the theatre, at a market with a cafe, had some hot chocolate, and we hung out until the movie started, when we were joined by Lauren.
The Hobbit was... Good, but long, and they could have taken ten minutes off of every fight/flight sequence and the whole movie would have been an hour shorter, and no one would have noticed. Or it would have been more pleasant. I'm not sure how much they added, since its been a while since I have read the novel, but I'm pretty sure they added the strong foreshadowing stuff. The 3D was interesting, at time it made it look very cool, at other times it was distracting, the oddest part of the 3D was the foreground was often blurry while the background was crystal clear. The High Frames Per Second, which I didn't really notice at the time is what gave is a high definition video feel, which to me looks like over lit 70s BBC video. I don't like it in televisions either.
So, I was glad I saw it.
After the movie Lauren left to go to dinner at a friends house with her husband, and Christina, Erika and I when to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Where I bought a new laundry basket.
Then I came home. My life is pretty exciting, I watched the last few episodes of the first season of the Big Bang theory, and now I'm about to go to bed.
I work tomorrow. Yay!
On my birthday eve, I roasted a duck and did a repeat performance of my French onion soup, the duck was very rich, good, but maybe not my favorite, but it was a big hit with the roommate and dude on my couch. I also made gluten free bread, a treat, and the roommate made a gluten free cake - chocolate. It was good, but it gave me a headache.
Then on my birthday proper, I met my friend, Erika for lunch, I had pick a cool restaurant, but the Seahawks were playing and it was crowded, so, we went to a little Greek deli, and it was great.
Then we met up with Christina across from the theatre, at a market with a cafe, had some hot chocolate, and we hung out until the movie started, when we were joined by Lauren.
The Hobbit was... Good, but long, and they could have taken ten minutes off of every fight/flight sequence and the whole movie would have been an hour shorter, and no one would have noticed. Or it would have been more pleasant. I'm not sure how much they added, since its been a while since I have read the novel, but I'm pretty sure they added the strong foreshadowing stuff. The 3D was interesting, at time it made it look very cool, at other times it was distracting, the oddest part of the 3D was the foreground was often blurry while the background was crystal clear. The High Frames Per Second, which I didn't really notice at the time is what gave is a high definition video feel, which to me looks like over lit 70s BBC video. I don't like it in televisions either.
So, I was glad I saw it.
After the movie Lauren left to go to dinner at a friends house with her husband, and Christina, Erika and I when to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Where I bought a new laundry basket.
Then I came home. My life is pretty exciting, I watched the last few episodes of the first season of the Big Bang theory, and now I'm about to go to bed.
I work tomorrow. Yay!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Resolutions 2013
So I made about 15 resolutions for the coming year, mostly the theme was being more productive creatively and getting into shape. And learning stuff, but mostly creative stuff.
I'm in the bath (I love my ipad) while I write this so, I'll get to the resolutions in a minute.
So far the new year has not been too shabby, I'm a little bit down, it's a post New Years birthday thing, once every other year or so, I get moody about the bday, it's so silly and petty I hesitate to mention, except, well, uh, I've already started. It's my birthday being at the end of the holiday cycle, no one really wants to hang out or do anything big. Sometimes if I already have an idea, and it's what I really want to do, I just plan it and if people want to join me great. But if the plans fall through (spa is closed on Sundays) and the king tut exhibit is sold out, and the two people I'm sure can come out with me are either not drinking right now, or don't drink at all, so, no use inviting them to have delicious cocktails. Sigh. I was just going to give up, but I think I'm going to a movie, the Hobbit. With a few friends, there might be lunch before hand, I'm making Christina organize the movie thing. I need to buy myself a new laundry basket. To be honest, I might just have a drink by myself. Meh.
But you know I'm just a bit over it, I want to clean up the Christmas tree, and pack up the merriment, and get on with the year and my resolutions. But I will also eat cake.
The resolutions
1. Keep up the blog. (Good news for you)
2. Create one piece of art a month, not knitting though, that's separate.
3. Knit everyday. I have a sub-resolution of 26 pairs of baby socks, then I'll have a stock for a while.
4. Lose 60 pounds.
5. Workout everyday. There's a breakdown of what when, but I'm tired.
6. Keep my room organized
7. Story idea everyday
8. Learn how to write a novel.
9. Read a book a week, the economist doesn't count, even though its like a book. And I mostly read it every week.
10. Watch a movie a week, this might be negotiable, but I certainly need to make use of my seattle film festival membership, $5 movies are the way to do it.
11. Keep the apartment clean, this is either by nagging, or doing it myself. This will get easier as I do some deep cleaning, there is a timetable, but this is fluid.
12. Write two knitting patterns, I have the one idea, and I just need to chart it, then learn how to put it on a computer PDF or transmitable format. It will be great.
13. Take my vitamins!
14. Eat at least one vegetable a day, I'm usually good, but it goes down hill super quickly when it gets busy and I need to keep and eye on it.
15. Dance to at least one song a day. I have decided that even though its a bit of a cheat dancing while seated on the bed sort of counts because the cats look very alarmed, and that is soooo worth it. Cat judgement is hilarious.
So my daily check list is
Yoga
Abs
Vitamins
Study
Blog (this one, or the craft one, or the weightless one)
Diary
Veggie
Read
Knit
Dance
Idea
I'm in the bath (I love my ipad) while I write this so, I'll get to the resolutions in a minute.
So far the new year has not been too shabby, I'm a little bit down, it's a post New Years birthday thing, once every other year or so, I get moody about the bday, it's so silly and petty I hesitate to mention, except, well, uh, I've already started. It's my birthday being at the end of the holiday cycle, no one really wants to hang out or do anything big. Sometimes if I already have an idea, and it's what I really want to do, I just plan it and if people want to join me great. But if the plans fall through (spa is closed on Sundays) and the king tut exhibit is sold out, and the two people I'm sure can come out with me are either not drinking right now, or don't drink at all, so, no use inviting them to have delicious cocktails. Sigh. I was just going to give up, but I think I'm going to a movie, the Hobbit. With a few friends, there might be lunch before hand, I'm making Christina organize the movie thing. I need to buy myself a new laundry basket. To be honest, I might just have a drink by myself. Meh.
But you know I'm just a bit over it, I want to clean up the Christmas tree, and pack up the merriment, and get on with the year and my resolutions. But I will also eat cake.
The resolutions
1. Keep up the blog. (Good news for you)
2. Create one piece of art a month, not knitting though, that's separate.
3. Knit everyday. I have a sub-resolution of 26 pairs of baby socks, then I'll have a stock for a while.
4. Lose 60 pounds.
5. Workout everyday. There's a breakdown of what when, but I'm tired.
6. Keep my room organized
7. Story idea everyday
8. Learn how to write a novel.
9. Read a book a week, the economist doesn't count, even though its like a book. And I mostly read it every week.
10. Watch a movie a week, this might be negotiable, but I certainly need to make use of my seattle film festival membership, $5 movies are the way to do it.
11. Keep the apartment clean, this is either by nagging, or doing it myself. This will get easier as I do some deep cleaning, there is a timetable, but this is fluid.
12. Write two knitting patterns, I have the one idea, and I just need to chart it, then learn how to put it on a computer PDF or transmitable format. It will be great.
13. Take my vitamins!
14. Eat at least one vegetable a day, I'm usually good, but it goes down hill super quickly when it gets busy and I need to keep and eye on it.
15. Dance to at least one song a day. I have decided that even though its a bit of a cheat dancing while seated on the bed sort of counts because the cats look very alarmed, and that is soooo worth it. Cat judgement is hilarious.
So my daily check list is
Yoga
Abs
Vitamins
Study
Blog (this one, or the craft one, or the weightless one)
Diary
Veggie
Read
Knit
Dance
Idea
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