well, i'm back from seattle...*sigh*...it was a beautiful albeit a hot weekend...friday and saturday were scorching hot, in the 90's...that's unheard of in seattle...most folks don't even have airconditioning cuz it's never necessary...but it was a nice change from the super cold spring we've been having in chicago...and it wasn't humid heat like it would've been in chicago...i did a bunch of touristy stuff...museum of flight, harbor cruise, science museum, space needle, pike place market, seattle center, the shops of broadway on capitol hill, bruce & brandon lee's grave sites, UW, the ave...i also caught demon hunter's first show (a practice show for friends & family) on sunday night...that's jesse's other other other band...it was great to see him drumming again...i hadn't seen him in a zillion years it seemed...his beard's so long now...

it was weird going to seattle without megan...but it was great showing rt my favorite city w/ his brother dave...and i finally got to meet the rest of rt's siblings--charles & his wife ally--who've been living in seattle since last october...we got to stay with them in capitol hill, which was nice...they have two of the nicest behaved cats i've ever met...charles & ally had to work the whole time, but dave was able to go everywhere with us, pretty much, which was cool...i think having dave as co-tour guide made the trip a lot more productive...and he knew the cool cafes and stuff...


whenever i go to seattle, it's like going home...i can't explain it, but i just feel so comfortable there...i know my way around capitol hill pretty well now...i think i'm even a better driver in seattle, which is nuts cuz the streets are so much hillier than chicago...this was my first time in seattle in spring...it was so beautiful...all the greenery is so...so...so GREEN...it's lovely...yeah, i still have my sights on seattle long term...every time i go there, it's harder to leave...

ryan & erik met up with us sunday night for jesse's show...ryan's hair is getting LONG...and he gave me copies of some new serene tracks that they've been recording...i really like it...these songs sound so much different from the last album...they have more of a gloria record feel to them...i can't wait for them to finish recording...i know ryan's been getting sick of doing the old songs, so i'm glad he's got new ones to add to the setlist...

i really want to go back to seattle for bumbershoot over labor day weekend, but the air fares have skyrocketed all of a sudden...i should've bought my ticket back when it was half the price it is now...oh well...i'll have to exercise a little self-discipline i suppose and keep my feet on the ground for a change...there are still no jobs in seattle as far as i've been told...so i'm gonna sit tight for now...and save money for my next trip...

and now it's back to reality...ugh...i'm exhausted...


been listening to--
brief history of the 20th century--gang of four
murray street--sonic youth
keep it like a secret--built to spill