Day 45 - 11/19/10

Signs made for the Regional Girls Basketball game.  We had quite a few fans show up.  We even managed to win a game!!

Day 44 - 11/18/10

That's where the Four Loko used to be.  Sigh.

Day 43 - 11/17/10

The excitement was palpable.  Nick Jonas!

This was pretty awesome.  From top to bottom, the cast was insane.  The only slight hiccup was Nick Jonas.  He wasn't awful.  If he was in a high school production, he still would have been bad, it just would have been less noticeable.

Day 42 - 11/16/10

At the Market Arms in Ballard.  These are the US Open cup trophies.  In my world, I helped win these by giving my full 90.  I love the Sounders.  We're like a giant family.

Tift Merritt at the Tractor.  She was phenomenal.  Just stellar.

Day 41 - 11/15/10

DJ HERO!!!  Since I'm the only one who plays this game, I've never just listened to the music mixes.  While Nick was playing, I was grading, and this music gets me so AMPED UP!!  I looked up some of the songs on youtube just so I could listen to them at work.  "Ice, Ice Baby vs. Straight Up" is one of my favorites.

Day 40 - 11/14/10

At Facing East in Bellevue.  We saw "Din Tai Fung" was trending on Foursquare and learned it had quietly opened the night before.  But we didn't want to wait 90 minutes for food.  So we waited 0 minutes here.

A working draft of the Zombie/Space Pirate musical: Undead Planet.  I know it sounds like a joke, but it's real.  It's so real.

Day 39 - 11/13/10

Hey Friendos!  Every time we hang out, it's the same thing.  You make tacos for me.  I wonder if that's passively racist. We talk about entertainment news and there's some light sports talk.  I offer to help cook.  You say no.  I offer to help clean.  You say no.   Then we end up watching a marathon on TV.  Seinfeld.  Entourage.  Flip this House.  Thanks for being consistent.

Day 38 - 11/12/10

La Carta de Oaxaca - On a recommendation,we came here. On a better recommendation, we sat next to this picture.

Day 37 - 11/11/10

I woke up today and heard a strange "krizkle" sound from my freezer.   When I opened the door, I expected to see a scene straight out of "Ghostbusters".  Instead, this was all I found.  But why is my freezer glowing?

Day 36 - 11/10/10

Staff Party.  But not the staff I currently work with because they don't have staff parties.  So I'm very lucky that I get invited to these.  Enjoying the Quatro Crazy here: insensitive or sensational?  All I know is many people were curious about the Four Loko.  I think I answered some questions tonight.

Day 35 - 11/9/10

Coaches meeting at Cactus.  I'm very excited about basketball this year.  We have an awesome group of girls.

Day 34 -11/8/10

National Boards.  Seven hours on a computer in the district office.  I work best when listening to music, and I started running out of tunes.  Rap for an hour.  U2 for an hour.  Explosions in the sky for an hour.  Mumford and Sons for an hour.  Then I needed and nap and my hand hurt.

Day 33 - 11/7/10

I love these people.

Day 32 -11/6/10

Another picture from wedding day.  This was most of it for me.  I'm behind the action.  There's bright flashing lights.  And he did not shove cake in her face.  I had to be the voice of reason on that one.

Day 31 - 11/5/10

Wedding Day.  Look, there are lots of other pictures showing how beautiful the bride looked, how happy the groom looked and how wonderful the ceremony was.  The photographer didn't get any pictures of the flasks stowed in the gentlemen's attire.  Between all of us, I think we had a full bar.

Day 30 - 11/4/10

Whitney's bachelor party.  At least, the part you get to see.  This is at the Viking in Ballard.  I would say the night was a success.  Although parts of someone's dinner were left on 520 and 228th.

Day 29 - 11/3/10

This kid never has a pencil.  So now he has one.  There is photographic evidence.  I said he can have another one when I see this pencil worn down to the nub like the rock hammer in "Shawshank Redemption".  Of course, he had no clue what I was talking about.  I think we need a class on "Essential Popular Culture".

Day 28 - 11/2/10

Foursquare has been an amazing adventure and I've finally figured out a good place for it in my life.  I only want to focus on the badges.  The badges are earned by going new places you haven't gone before. So I'll earn badges for going on adventures.  Sounds awesome.  So why are all my friends filled with Hater-ade?

Day 27 - 11/1/10

One of a few kids who sleep during class.  It's not just my class.  Kids stay up too late with the texting, and the bookfacing, and the blogging.

Day 26 - 10/31/10

Sounders vs. LA Galaxy.  Edson Buddle's goal was ridiculous.  We lost 1-0 on the strength of that goal of the week.  Bastard.