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fall is nigh
i guess it's been awhile since i've been able to experience autumn in seattle. it's beautiful. except when it rains. i've said it before - i don't mind the rain, and i don't mind the cold, but together they suck.
there's a few pictures here that were taken from our apartment. i'll be back later with much more badass sunset photos...
the first pic up there is from a day trip to the san juan islands. turned out to be super foggy, so no sweeping vistas of marine and island splendor, and no orca whales, but it was still nice.
in other news, we went to two shows this past week: Hawk & a Hacksaw were openers for Beirut, and then we saw Electric Six on wednesday. Hawk & a Hacksaw are a lovely duo that puts out beautiful music. Beirut is comprised of some kids and some professionals who put out equally compelling music, but maybe trying to ride a little on Gogol Bordellos coattails (just a little) and the adorable, romantic-voiced lead singer complained waaaaay too much about not being able to drink at that venue (he's 19). If you made Stephen Merrit's voice a little higher, added the Gogol Bordello musicians when they're in a somber mood, and threw in some spanish horns, you'd have Beirut. my opinion, anyway. I loved them. but i like Gogol better.
Electric Six was awesome - Dick Valentine is hilarious and so were the high-fivin' frat daddies in the crowd. If I'd had just a little liquor in me I would've probably been a dancing fool.
from the cafe
hmm hmm well i don't bother with caps or punctuation because i'm going to have to do that enough while prepping the new zine. so friends, have patience. there's some punctuation after all. not getting all kerouac on yas.
i haven't heard from YOU (MASON!). yeah man i was hoping you might be interesting in writing something. yes but i KNOW YOU READ THIS. ok so listen babe the first issue is going to focus mainly on maritime education and licensing, because that's what's in demand. if nothing else could you write a blurb about USMA. i can write about my experiences but it'd be best to have your input too. (think ADVERTISING! or do you want that?)
anyway my weekend... my work last week totally wore me out. crazy physical labor. but i told my boss i could only work close to home, and that going elsewhere wouldn't be worth the $10/hr, which i only accept right now because i love working near any kind of boats/water. and she agreed to that AND gave me a $2 raise! how cool is that after only working 6 days? i'm stoked.
last thursday some friends from austin, texas came up and that was nice to see them. friday, nanette took jarad, thadeus and i out for some awesome indian food at Chutneys restaurant. mango lassis, chai, lamb and curry = YUM. yesterday jarad and i went to breakfast at the Deluxe Bar & Grille, because we had no food at the apartment and didn't want to cook. and then last night we went down to Owl & Thistle to hang out with Steve Dilley, who's up from vegas to buy, get this - a 64 foot gaff rig schooner! he might even take it to lake las vegas !?!?! he got us really drunk. i had fun catching up with him and hearing about tall ships challenge from this year. he had nothing good to say about ASTA, which is disheartening, because i've been chatting with the prez of ASTA via email/myspace and he's effectively convinced me of ASTAs role and contribution to sail training. he said alan kerstetter looks same as ever and was doing great, he told me a story about how bhodi thought he'd convinced dilley to help him screw over topher on appledore by convincing him to walk out with him, but when bhodi told off topher, and said "steve is going to leave too", steve said "what are you talking about? i'm first mate now!" and took bhodi's position. something about cocky guys screwing over other cocky guys is just amusing to me. steve is glad that i didn't come out to be first mate, and i agreed. we don't work well together, but we've become good friends. we know each other pretty well and accept each other's personalities even though we don't always agree and it all works out. he's nice and gets along with jarad and that's important to me too. oh! and he said mathilde allnut is the cutest baby in the WORLD and that tuvalu is ultra militant about only feeding her organic foods and letting her play with proper toys and all that. but not in a way that's going to give the kid a complex. anyway, steve will be back up in 2 weeks when the survey is completed. i met another tall ship sailor, jared t., who just bought a boat in PT and is going to move up there this week. he already knows hallie and ozzie so he's got friends up there already. i had forgotten that hallie was working at the sail loft up there. i didn't even look for her at the WBF.
anyway, today we went to value village and grocery shopping and the cafe we like that also has internet, so it's been a mellow sunday. we put up more posters. our apartment looks like a music store. jarad is the only one in this relationship with lots of STUFF. so he's got decorations.
once again, the first issue of jack tar is going to focus on maritime education and licensing. anyone interested in writing about their experiences, please send your writings to jacktarzine(at)gmail.com. the first deadline is halloween, and hopefully the first issue will be out before thanksgiving.
i haven't heard from YOU (MASON!). yeah man i was hoping you might be interesting in writing something. yes but i KNOW YOU READ THIS. ok so listen babe the first issue is going to focus mainly on maritime education and licensing, because that's what's in demand. if nothing else could you write a blurb about USMA. i can write about my experiences but it'd be best to have your input too. (think ADVERTISING! or do you want that?)
anyway my weekend... my work last week totally wore me out. crazy physical labor. but i told my boss i could only work close to home, and that going elsewhere wouldn't be worth the $10/hr, which i only accept right now because i love working near any kind of boats/water. and she agreed to that AND gave me a $2 raise! how cool is that after only working 6 days? i'm stoked.
last thursday some friends from austin, texas came up and that was nice to see them. friday, nanette took jarad, thadeus and i out for some awesome indian food at Chutneys restaurant. mango lassis, chai, lamb and curry = YUM. yesterday jarad and i went to breakfast at the Deluxe Bar & Grille, because we had no food at the apartment and didn't want to cook. and then last night we went down to Owl & Thistle to hang out with Steve Dilley, who's up from vegas to buy, get this - a 64 foot gaff rig schooner! he might even take it to lake las vegas !?!?! he got us really drunk. i had fun catching up with him and hearing about tall ships challenge from this year. he had nothing good to say about ASTA, which is disheartening, because i've been chatting with the prez of ASTA via email/myspace and he's effectively convinced me of ASTAs role and contribution to sail training. he said alan kerstetter looks same as ever and was doing great, he told me a story about how bhodi thought he'd convinced dilley to help him screw over topher on appledore by convincing him to walk out with him, but when bhodi told off topher, and said "steve is going to leave too", steve said "what are you talking about? i'm first mate now!" and took bhodi's position. something about cocky guys screwing over other cocky guys is just amusing to me. steve is glad that i didn't come out to be first mate, and i agreed. we don't work well together, but we've become good friends. we know each other pretty well and accept each other's personalities even though we don't always agree and it all works out. he's nice and gets along with jarad and that's important to me too. oh! and he said mathilde allnut is the cutest baby in the WORLD and that tuvalu is ultra militant about only feeding her organic foods and letting her play with proper toys and all that. but not in a way that's going to give the kid a complex. anyway, steve will be back up in 2 weeks when the survey is completed. i met another tall ship sailor, jared t., who just bought a boat in PT and is going to move up there this week. he already knows hallie and ozzie so he's got friends up there already. i had forgotten that hallie was working at the sail loft up there. i didn't even look for her at the WBF.
anyway, today we went to value village and grocery shopping and the cafe we like that also has internet, so it's been a mellow sunday. we put up more posters. our apartment looks like a music store. jarad is the only one in this relationship with lots of STUFF. so he's got decorations.
once again, the first issue of jack tar is going to focus on maritime education and licensing. anyone interested in writing about their experiences, please send your writings to jacktarzine(at)gmail.com. the first deadline is halloween, and hopefully the first issue will be out before thanksgiving.
