family affair-i heart seattle
my first time in seattle since the last time i dated a brian...and i have to report on how life works in mysterious circles, and how it influences what circles you roll in.
rollin' with the boys to the 206 on a specific mission to buy shelving for their new digs in yaletown (where i will be staying after my vacation with my huffs...and my lumps..my lady lumps. from my aquarian to the aquarius apartments...) i decide to try to knit on my way down, but i have a headache and i get as far as knitting a scarf for duckypoos, their travelling companion, who has been with them on every vacation they've ever been on.
i just scored a book called "wacky chicks" by Simon Doonan and it's all about us unconventional "ladies" (we usually have to be coached into this by the gay men in our lives) and as Magic commented at work, it's nice to see a gay man who's not a misogynist...indeed, and guess what, it's my new favorite book. he features Amy Sedaris as well, who i'm the biggest gerri-atric fan of, EVER. but how fitting that this wacky chick took a little roadtrip with her gay mens. it is suggested that wacky chick and gay mens are the perfect compliment to eachother, and i believe that is true.
speaking of wacky chicks, i finally say Revolution by Margaret Cho, and it's amazing, especially her "I do not want to be a geisha recounting my memoirs. what would i say anyway? today, i put on my makeup and it made me look all white and shit. next, this huge wig that is soo heavy and it just makes your head look like a shamrock. oh, then i spent the rest of my day being a ho. my publisher, who is also my postman, just suggested that i do a rant on the geisha shit out now, and i'm trying to do a cross review with kamikaze girls. gotta contacts the theatres. i can't believe that the ridge is going out of bizness! aaahhh..does this mean that after over 7 years of procrastinating, i'll have to see baraka? i think i might.
kanye closed his tour in vancouver last night, and it was amazing. who else sandwiches his dj between a drummer and a full out strings section (a harp and everything) and then roots' crew keys playa...(sigh) a full set and costume changes, glitter from the sky, and an entire mostly apathetic (i'm starting to change my mind) vancity audience throwing up lights and diamonds for the ROC (sorry Ye, i have to draw the line somewhere). but i was grooving to all the prince referentials and i didn't even have to wait all night for Spaceship, my favorite shit ever! but yes, TOUCH THE SKY, TOUCH IT DAMMIT! read the myspace blog cuz i don't want to repeat myself but it was a different world like Cree Summers.
OK, back to the Sea-town revolution....i had some fun in Target, trying on J-lo fur coats and contemplating getting one, but decided not to. I mostly kept my spending minimal or on gifts, and we had a nice lunch at Nordstrom's. (cherry popped) I love pistachios in my salad with grapes and chicken and black cherry vinaigrette. mmmmmm....
then, i freaking lost my mind and all of my control when we pulled up to Trader Joe's (the one by university) because i have never seen so much amazing food for so cheap before. highlights? green tea mochi ice cream bars, cranberry hibiscus tea, dried edamame, dried dragon fruit, sweet rice flour for baking, ginseng soda, sweet/savory kalamata olive paste, goat cheese feta, stilton with mango and ginger, peach salsa, black bean and jalapeno chips....it was like disneyland for this girl, lemme tell you.
all in all, all goood, and i gotta go.....it's about the poop. speaking of, everybody needs to see "you, me and everyone we know". it freaking rocks. peas.
addendum: ok, i forgot to mention that i finally met the eldest loinfruit of my father's wife and he's an amazing guy. we met because he's working in seattle by way of dallas until july, so there will be more bonderation to come, i'm sure. his band, the new math, opened lollapalooza in dallas, and he let his wife get on a motorcycle with some dude while looking for a laundromat in prague. yep. we had a weekend of alaskan king crab and it was a pleasant interaction, perhaps there's hope for the family yet.
