Sep 30, 2002 5:27:36 PM

Last night I was invited to join this guy's Karaoke Posse. Is that cool, or what? Does that mean I need to get a leather halter top? (No, probably a SEQUINNED leather halter top.)

I bought some acrylic paints at Aaron Brothers today, so maybe if I can't buy art I can make it. HAH! I spent as little money as possible, figuring that like most art projects I'll lose interest somewhere before I actually take the lids off of the tubes, so why bother buying brushes or canvasses?

Updated 10:30 PM!

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Sep 30, 2002 10:29:31 AM

Part of me wants to have a job again so I can do crazy things like work on the house. But another part of me wants to be a patron of the arts! I feel like I'll never be able to afford to buy things like this:



I think I'm going to walk downtown today, and maybe plan my budget, my goals for the week, and the marketing meeting tomorrow. What a party animal I am! No wonder it's hard for me to get out of bed. "Woo woo, shall I TAKE A SHOWER or CLEAN THE BIRDCAGE?" Or lay out my flower beds -- I need to do that so I can get my order into the tulip bulb wholesaler. STOP LAUGHING! At least I have an interview tomorrow.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 30, 2002 10:29:31 AM [Link]

Sep 29, 2002 8:39:16 PM

Wow, I can apply for my weekly unemployment in 20 seconds if I use both hands! (That is, after I've entered my social security number.) Should I be proud of myself or not?

We woke up SUPER late today thanks to Sleater Kinney (see "more") and had a blueberry cornmeal pancake breakfast that took an HOUR to cook, FUCK that recipe!

Anyway, the main event was John Holloway at the Nordstrom Recital Hall. He was an excellent performer and even had the audience laughing (I don't know how you can do that when you play classical violin, but we're desperate for humor, I suppose). I recognized a couple of the pieces he did, which made me wonder if I was becoming an early music geek. Arri and Kevin joined us (thank you Mr. Guest Pass), and they had a good time, to my surprise. The improv at the end really hit the right note, I guess.

Worthy O decided to see one last fringe show tonight while I played Counter Culture Housewife and made enchiladas. Now we're off to see the awards ceremony at the Elysian (or just drink, take your pick).


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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 29, 2002 8:39:16 PM [Link]

Sep 28, 2002 9:05:18 PM

We went to Mount Vernon with Rachel and Troy today and picked up some tulips, first my pre-ordered batch from Roozengarde, then some various types at LeFeber (I try to spread my money around). But first we ate at the Mexico Cafe! That's half the reason I like to pick my bulbs up instead of having them delivered.

We split up after Lefeber, Worthy O and I heading off to Mount Erie, R and T to the factory stores in Burlington. After admiring the view from way, way over Puget Sound, we went to the Big Scoop ice cream parlor in Mount Vernon to finish the day off. Yum!

As for tonight, we'll be heading off in a bit to see Sleater Kinney. I had to get my job apps in (I forget, am I supposed to apply for four jobs this week?) and I wanted to do my blog before I left. So poor W.O. is catching up on some dishes ... but better than goofing off with the PS2 game Rafael brought over, I think.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 28, 2002 9:05:18 PM [Link]

Sep 27, 2002 9:49:25 PM

I was in SUCH a quandary earlier today. Gosh, should I go to the members' only Bollywood movie at the Grand Illusion, or go to the film critics discussion at the Hugo house that the Stranger recommended? Or I could go to the Olympic coast for a short overnight. I was leaning toward the last option until I got an interview today. But guess what? I forgot I have a frickin' class on Monday nights! What a dope I am.

I did manage to make my first ever AWESOME cheesy bechamel sauce today, so I'm not a total loser. (Was it the expensive Gouda from the farmer's market, the paprika, or the chicken boullion?) Although if you consider that we were home by about 8:15 and basically done for the night I might be being too kind to myself.



We did see Wormhole, darling of the Edinburgh fringe festival, and while it was good I'm just kind of over it. I'm fringed out. I'm ready for professional theater again. Good thing I'm planning to see "The Merry Widow" at PNB next week, the Thursday night show with (flutter!) Arianna.
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Sep 27, 2002 2:55:58 PM

Wow, what a whole lot of nothing I have done today! Although I do have an interview for a contract job on Tuesday now. Too bad the Saturday thing has been cancelled until next week, but it will give me time to go to Mount Vernon with the boy to pick up my tulips (and have a great Mexican food lunch).

As for my list from yesterday, the only thing I did was change the catbox! All of my Tablet stuff is written now, though. I've pasted my review of the Museum of Glass below.

We've got tickets for Wormhole at the Fringe tonight, and Sleater-Kinney tomorrow. Maybe we'll go see Minority Report now.
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Sep 26, 2002 11:56:26 PM


What is your Alter-Ego
Personality?



It's just too scary to see not one but two people that I used to work with in the news ... the "pothead dad" and the chick I'll always think of as the fat lazy bitch (and she smokes pot, too).

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Sep 26, 2002 11:44:25 AM

Wow, what a day! I'm going to clean my room, wash the dishes, and empty the cat box! Not to mention poop patrol. Ooh, and maybe I should write the other two Tablet articles. I feel deprived that I don't have a lunch date lined up.

Last night while prepping for karaoke I found a web site with the complete lyrics to ALL Queen songs on it! (I was looking for "Bohemian Rhapsody," which I think I'm probably NOT ready to perform live.) Damn, I'm torn between contempt and rabid admiration for a contribution to all of mankind. Of course, no reason to be ashamed about going to karaoke, no sir, that's just good clean fun. Wait, what those girls did last night was not clean, although it was excellent to behold. Oh well, maybe I should be ashamed. What's weird is that the show I saw last night -- "Notes from the Underground," performed by an actor I knew personally -- has made almost no penetration in my recollection of the Great Things I Did Wednesday. Maybe that's because I had a pint and a half before I went to see it (OK, an hour and a half before), maybe it's because I looked at my watch EVERY TEN MINUTES after the show started. I guess I don't feel the need to read the book now.



Of course, I also got my navel gazing taken care of yesterday with a great little article about blogging. Woo hoo! My big question after reading it was whether or not I'd taken enough steps to ensure my own anonymity. And can I find the blog that web designer in California got fired over?

I'm also thinking of doing a little needlepoint in my spare time (since I can't be bothered to cartoon anymore or pick up my guitar .... or clean). Am I just dreaming again? I feel like I need to make sure I get a nice cheap one to start with so I don't feel like I wasted a bunch of money mangling a perfectly nice project.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 26, 2002 11:44:25 AM [Link]

Sep 25, 2002 11:21:10 AM

In the last two hours I have hand-written a charming card to the test manager of PMSI asking for her to review my resume (gag, a hard copy!) and sent a feeler email to my boss of two YEARS ago asking if he's still at the company he was working at back in May ... in preparation for asking him if they have a position for me there. Gag, I feel like such a loser! What's next, calling back on Stranger personals?

Update!

Apparently what's next is getting back my heartfelt letter to my friend Anne with a "no such address" stamp on it. Sigh.


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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 25, 2002 11:21:10 AM [Link]

Sep 25, 2002 12:36:54 AM

I can't believe I dreamt that I was updating my blog and the computer threw an Explorer error that caused my entry to get lost! Geez, do I need a break or what?

I copped out on the class ... I guess it was just too much money and I was uncomfortable with the expense after spending $635 on airline tickets yesterday.

Japanese was fun but it's strange being at the very bottom of Learning Curve Hill and looking straight up. The "Ari got a new job" celebration at the tapas place was grand, too -- free and good food and some fun visiting with folks!

Today I'm having lunch with Rafael and cleaning the house and catching up on stuff in that line until 6 comes, when I'm going to see some plays with Worthy Opponent and then Maurie at the Fringe Fest. Right now I'm working on firing up my neighborhood about the park issue. I've got to write my story about Stage Door for Tablet today, too.

Oh, it looks like I've hooked up with a little temp job this Saturday at a software company up in Bothell, that does medical education software. I hope I'm not becoming too specialized ...
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 25, 2002 12:36:54 AM [Link]

Sep 23, 2002 3:44:17 PM

It's a wonderfully sunny day today ... and a good thing, too, since if it hadn't been Worthy O would have probably slept right through the first hour of work. He took the car, so I took the bike and rode to Neelam's for lunch with Irene (getting there rather later than I expected, but as I was telling myself during that long slog up 14th street, I would enjoy it once it was all over). Then I rode to Fremont and picked up the car to come home in.

The day has otherwise been spent in trying to niggle money out of people ... the airlines (give me my direct flight or refund my money!), the phone company (recalculate that friggin' call to Germany and refund me my $150!), Sprint Rewards Travel Service. It's tiring and takes forever. I think I should just be sitting in the backyard reading my cool book. I'm looking forward to my Japanese class, though. It will make me feel like I'm doing something that's causing my life to move forward instead of stagnating.

Oh yeah, and I have three articles to write for the next issue of Tablet. Better get on it ...


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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 23, 2002 3:44:17 PM [Link]

Sep 22, 2002 11:49:08 PM

Spirited Away was a right good time. I've included an interesting interview with Miyazaki so I can read it later ... it only seems to be appearing in Google's cache. (Or not, I don't know, here's the link.)


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Sep 22, 2002 4:04:24 PM

The weather is perfect today, but my big question is should I take a dot net class or not? I need to register tomorrow if I am.

We're going to see Spirited Away tonight, and I'm excited!
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 22, 2002 4:04:24 PM [Link]

Sep 21, 2002 11:56:56 PM

Well, the play last night was a lot of fun, after all. But I was in a bad mood all night and it was all I could do to keep from biting Jason's head off in public. I settled for charmingly telling people that I was in a bad mood, and that seemed to work all right. Adam was being totally wierd. I wonder if it's cyclical?

Today we did almost nothing, although we went to the Seattle Public Library book sale for about three hours. It was supposed to be spontaneous, but there was just too much to look at and in fact the selection of science fiction was crap by the time we got there. We came home with $25 worth of books, about $5 or so of which were gifts for other people. Since we were starving by the time we left, we went to Shanghai Garden for a super early dinner, then came home to nap, deal with the dogs, and do some yard work until it was SHOW TIME! The Kuruma Ningyo show was tremendously popular, all three performances were a sell out. I was very happy about that, I hope my little article helped somewhat! The puppets were SO cool, their eyes and eyebrows moved. The stories were interesting ... well, except for the opening blessing dance, it went on for rather a long time and sleeve-tossing isn't a higher dance move in my book.

Anyway, we had fun and dessert afterwards at 611 Creperie was delightful. It had been such a long time since we'd been there! And I can't believe the new apartment complex across the street is finished ... it seems like they just started yesterday, but they've already got people living there.

My Japanese class at Seattle Central starts Monday, I'm extra psyched about it now! And we're supposed to see the new Miyazaki movie tomorrow (and a fringe show, and work on the yard) ... I'm looking forward to it.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 21, 2002 11:56:56 PM [Link]

Sep 20, 2002 11:12:07 AM

I feel so weird and emotional this morning. Am I upset because I miss my friend Ann Donovan? I don't know, but when I woke up I felt like writing her a letter. I've attached it to this entry for reference. Am I feeling weird because I was so mad at Worthy O when he came home an hour and a half later that the "late" time I thought he'd be home? I'm still irritated about that, wish I could tell him to cram his show up his ass so he could get a little closer to it, only I do kind of want to see it. The temptation is there to go do something on my own tonight and see it when I damn well feel like it and without him, since obviously "opening night" celebrations were had without me and my presence tonight is not required.

I also dreamed last night that I was engaged to marry W.O.'s friend Kevin, which was odd since I knew I was still married and that K and I hadn't, you know, consummated or anything. And K's wife was engaged to marry W.O., and my thought was, well, now he finally gets a blonde ...

I'm imagining a bike ride in Bothell today to take advantage of the blue skies ... if I get out of here by noon it can happen.
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Sep 19, 2002 11:13:31 AM

Fudoh at the Grand Illusion was delightfully evil (a hermaphrodite that shoots poisoned darts from her crotch?) and fun, and I did finally make it to Karaoke at the Sea Wolf, which was much more convivial than at Mandarin Gate. I sang "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves," "Rapture," "Cry Me a River," and "Green Eyed Lady." The KJ really liked me and was talking about how he can change the key of the music to better exploit my range. It was quite flattering, really, how much attention I got.



Today I'm going to listen to "World premiere of Philip Glass' Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra" at Town Hall at 1 PM and I've got my marketing research thing tonight. Not much else going on otherwise ... maybe I'll hit Mandarin Gate anyway.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 19, 2002 11:13:31 AM [Link]

Sep 18, 2002 7:39:59 PM

I'm feeling mighty crimped by the money thing right now. I want to take Japanese at Seattle Central, we're supposed to be buying our tickets to visit the grandparents in Lansing for Christmas soon (or face astronomical prices and shitty flight times), and I'm thinking about taking this VB.NET class at BCC because I kind of feel like unless I get some dot net experience I ain't gonna be able to get a friggin' job. But it all costs money. Money money money. And I'm at the end of my benefits. Supposedly they're going to be extended (I think the letter I got today says I'm good for another 3 weeks after the 2 weeks I thought I had left), but we just can't afford to lay out $1300 for all of this stuff right now. What do we cut? The Japanese class is the cheapest thing, but I feel like we'll regret it if we don't do it this quarter. And I know we can just put it all on the zero percent credit card, but I can't bear the idea of the debt load growing so much faster than we're paying it off. Oh, yeah, and I just realized that we're going to be up shits alley with the Feds in April unless I start getting some extra dough off to the treasury (since I've received over $12K without paying any taxes on it this year). So that's some more money that we'd better start paying now. Man. "Money money money money ... "


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Sep 17, 2002 3:58:12 PM

For some reason the sun decided to shine today. I went downtown to have lunch with my old coworker Gabrielle from the company in Bothell. We went to Bakemans (turkey sandwich and squash soup, yum!). She talked about how her new boss is getting freaky crazy on her and I talked about how I've been entertaining myself the past several months (everything but working). It was so lovely out that after we said goodbye I decided to stroll over to Greg Kucera to look at their exhibit of 9/11 art. It was, unsurprisingly, thought provoking as well as sad. The sun continued to shine, so I walked up Jackson to go home. It was a pleasant three hours overall.



To come tonight: the plumber visits, and the EMG has its first board meeting of the new year.
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Sep 16, 2002 2:04:03 PM

Even though I couldn't figure out a good reason to get out of bed today (I need to reopen the blinds in my bedroom window ... it's just too easy to sleep late when it's dark inside), I do have some things to do today.

1. Get survey results together for EMG board meeting tomorrow.
2. Take film to be developed.
3. Pick up stuff at pharmacy.
4. Buy cedar shaving cat litter.
5. Get mail-in ballot together.

There, that should keep me busy all day. Maybe I'll go see Monsoon Wedding tonight, too.
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Sep 15, 2002 7:32:58 PM

I'm sitting here watching the thin grey light vanish from the sky and wishing I had a good new book to read.

I went to the Cirque de Broadway today and spent about three hours there. Now I seem to have nothing to do. Yes, that's right, Worthy Opponent is in tech right now, but I'm not supposed to bitch about it (that was my buy-off for the Yellowstone trip).
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Sep 14, 2002 9:03:26 PM

It took me AN HOUR AND A HALF to clear Tacoma yesterday, even though I left at 2 PM ... Christ! At least Len and Mariam let me stay for free. Yay! Unfortunately, it was all clouded over on the Long Beach peninsula today, and Ledbetter Park was suffering from the Giant Wedding Party Invasion, which put an end to my hopes for uncluttered coastal scenes. Crap, you know, I never even saw the ocean this trip. But I did get a lot of nice shots on my way back. I hope the exposures worked out right!

Now it's off to Kells ...
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Sep 13, 2002 11:25:14 AM


It's a fantastically beautiful day, and it's supposed to get quite warm. I'm trying to get things packed so I can leave. My goal is to hit the road at noon, but my first stop will be the camera shop again so I can get the cameral loaded and buy a new battery for my other camera. Then I'll be off to Long Beach. I'll be camping to save money ... the money I blew on the camera, no doubt (but hey, it didn't cost too much more than just renting one). Supposedly the weather is going to turn to crap next week, so my trip to the Olypmic Peninsula might not go through.

I've attached Len's September 11th rant below. I don't necessarily agree with it, but since I don't have time to read it all the way through, I put it here so I can review it later at my leisure.

I also really liked Zenslut's 9/11 rant (although it seemed weirdly obsessed with wearing red, white, and blue clothes ... I wonder if it was a work thing, or maybe something going on in the general culture that I totally missed out on?).


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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 13, 2002 11:25:14 AM [Link]

Sep 12, 2002 3:27:42 PM

The weather is nice today but I can't get motivated to do anything. It's too nice to clean the house but I'm too tired to actually DO anything that would be outdoors. So I'm sending little nudging emails to people about work, and I'm going to take a nap as soon as I'm done with this entry. My big plan for tonight is to go see the drag show at the Sea Wolf: my big plan for tomorrow is to do my infamous photographic tour of southwestern Washington. Heck, maybe next week I'll do the northwestern, if I continue to be unemployed, now that I've got the camera.

Updated at 11 PM!
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 12, 2002 3:27:42 PM [Link]

Sep 11, 2002 1:04:23 AM

What do I remember about this time last year? I remember the crushing depression of realizing we were going broke because I didn't have and would not be getting a job promised to me before the second Tuesday of September. I was feeling lonely because my best friend had stopped talking to me (and I still don't know why, and it still really hurts). I remember that six months earlier I had wanted to do a series of photos about Seattle in the new millenium ... how happy we were and what a great life we had here. By September of last year that feeling had vanished.

I remember sitting on Denny Blaine beach, looking at a sky devoid of contrails, watching a woman paddle by in a kayak who was (as I discovered) stuck in Seattle for a few extra days. I remember talking to total strangers about Israel. I remember going to look at Connell's dahlias, just because it sounded like a nice, peaceful thing to do.

I am guessing that after I go to the dentist at 9:15 today I am going to go ride my bike along the Cedar River. I would say that I will be imposing a media blackout, but in fact I just won't be watching TV ... which is par for the course. Seattle is still a pretty place to live and as long as Mount Ranier doesn't explode and we don't host the WTO again I think things will continue to be pleasant here. I want to focus on that.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 11, 2002 1:04:23 AM [Link]

Sep 11, 2002 12:17:40 AM

Why am I doing nothing? Because there are some great things to read in the paper. Shit, I'm just going to go buy a copy of the New York Times for today, it's got so much great stuff in it.

This article nicely expresses a lot of my thoughts, in fact, it seems to take my unease and find a name for its source.

" When the government declares war on cancer or poverty or drugs it means the government is asking that new forces be mobilized to address the problem. It also means that the government cannot do a whole lot to solve it. When the government declares war on terrorism - terrorism being a multinational, largely clandestine network of enemies - it means that the government is giving itself permission to do what it wants. When it wants to intervene somewhere, it will. It will brook no limits on its power."

"This is a phantom war and therefore in need of an anniversary. Such an anniversary serves a number of purposes. It is a day of mourning. It is an affirmation of national solidarity. But of one thing we can be sure. It is not a day of national reflection. Reflection, it has been said, might impair our "moral clarity." It is necessary to be simple, clear, united. Hence, there will be borrowed words, like the Gettysburg Address, from that bygone era when great rhetoric was possible. "


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Sep 10, 2002 11:57:09 AM

There has to be something extremely ironic about the fact that I'm sitting here reading an article in the New York Times about the effect of different kinds of diets while I am eating (home made) oatmeal cookies, "which are made from white flour and sugars, doing neither [my] health nor [my] waistlin[e] any good." That's not to mention the butter and walnuts. Yum!
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Sep 9, 2002 1:58:40 PM

This is going to be one of those days that I can barely remember by tomorrow.

Updated at 11:30: really, I was right
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Sep 8, 2002 9:35:48 PM

The clouds and chill seemed an inspiration for a lazy day of doing not too much. My brother invited me over to his girlfriend's place (our first visit!), and we watched and participated in Jam Making! This included boiling jars and lids as well as chopping fruit. I'm ready to do it myself now! Afterwards, for some reason my friend that we were supposed to get together with to play cards seemed to have forgotten, so we stayed over and played Euchre with "the kids." Maurie and I gloriously tromped the boys, but they fought hard and had a bit of a comeback when we were one point away from winning. Of course, we won through mostly luck (that's the only way to get a 2 point score, except for the time we euchred Chris), but it was just so damn fun! The evening was slack-o-rama. I made oatmeal cookie (with raisins for the boy and with walnuts for me), we ate dinner, and now at 9:30 I think I'm finally going to take the dogs out and maybe we'll watch the other movie on the Miyazaki disc when I return.

Tomorrow is like a cloud of unknown. Will I wash the dishes, or will I clean the bedroom? Maybe I'll finally sketch the cat ... at least in the evening I have Ukelooza 2002 to look forward to. I'm getting very tense about the not spending money thing ... it's starting to come up again and again (especially for work I want to do on the house and all those cool shows I want to see).
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 8, 2002 9:35:48 PM [Link]

Sep 7, 2002 11:17:15 PM

If you're interested in reading my article on Teen Feed, here it is. I suspect my shorter version will get printed instead of this one, but I won't know until the 19th.
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Sep 7, 2002 8:39:31 PM

We went to the Puyallup fair today. We took a Sound Transit train (woo, what a return on the multi-thousand dollar investment we've made into the system) and spent the day in the white trash equivalent of that "cavas" bar we went to in Madrid where the old men were playing guitar and singing. Wow. I'm so full of grease I don't squeak.
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Sep 6, 2002 11:21:07 AM

I managed to have a pretty fun night last night ... I went to the art museum to see the Doh Ho Suh exhibit and had the exquisite pleasure of seeing a Morris Graves exhibit at the same time. Unfortunately I couldn't devote the time I wanted to his work because of the beacon of Pepe Le Moko at the Varsity. I did make it there in time to get a yummy gyro to take with me into the movie, though. Alas, my plans to at last see the drag show at the Sea Wolf came to naught, since they wrap at around 11:15, but hey, now that I know their show goes from 9:30 'til then, there's no reason why I can't go every Thursday, right? And they do karaoke on Sundays on Wednesdays. Imagine Karaoke with drag queens! I'll be back for sure.

As it turns out, SAM bought the sculpture of the robe, but I thought that this image captures the important themes of the exhibit better ... the idea of millions of people having their individuality stripped from them, while being forced to support the rest of the world. And I felt that this exhibit had a particular and perhaps unsavory appeal to Americans, who could experience both a wide-eyed wonder at "that exotic culture where people willingly abandon their existence as individuals" along with the shadenfreude of being a member of the culture that they were sacrificing to elevate. On the other hand, there were some very different readings possible, such as that such sacrifices were welcomed by the masters of their own societies as a way to keep them above the masses, or that a little work on an individual level, for whom it would be relatively painless, would help some members of society grow to greatness ... such as the artist himself.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 6, 2002 11:21:07 AM [Link]

Sep 5, 2002 3:40:16 PM

Oh, yeah, I'm back to eating lunch at Koraku and working my way through my to-do list. Now I need to stop goofing off and get my Tablet article written.
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Sep 4, 2002 10:34:12 PM

Well, so much for Iron Mountain.
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Sep 4, 2002 10:09:50 AM

I had the funniest dream (isn't that always how they are?) ...

I was back at bad old Coffee Plantation in Tempe, and Joe and Tim were working behind the counter. I was looking at some funny tea infuser that I kept breaking, and Joe told me not to worry about it ... although of course he had no idea who I was anymore. When I went to have Tim ring up my purchase, he didn't remember me the least little bit, even though I reminded him of who I am.

Lisa just called me back. Still nothing solid, and in fact, something worse (and no longer unexpected): apparently the hiring manager really liked the person they interviewed yesterday. Guess I'd better tell my other recruiter to put my hat back in the ring at Microsoft ...

This might be a good day to use that Ummelina Day Spa pass I got for my birthday.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 4, 2002 10:09:50 AM [Link]

Sep 3, 2002 10:38:29 PM

Today's highlight was waiting, except I decided not to wait at home and therefore had a much more pleasant day than I would have if I'd stayed here, and with the same result: no job. I might still get a call abou this tomorrow, though.
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Posted by webcowgirl @ Sep 3, 2002 10:38:29 PM [Link]

Sep 2, 2002 10:33:49 PM

Although this was a holiday for most of America, for me it felt like about every other day, except the Worthy Opponent was hanging out with me and there were four stories in the _Seattle Times_ about unemployed people.

As an unemployed person, I can proudly say that my personal highlights for today were combing out my dog's ears and cooking the cutest peach cobbler ever.

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Sep 1, 2002 10:54:40 PM

A pathetically slack day. Our goal of attending the Evergreen State Fair was abruptly terminated when we discovered a half-hour back up to get to Monroe. So we did the following today:

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Sep 1, 2002 2:40:24 AM

Just got back from seeing Xanadu at the Egyptian. Woo woo! I am all worked up now. I couldn't believe how many people were singing along! Everytime someone would come out wearing a fabulous costume (like the skin-tight tiger suit or the gold lame space princess dress), the audience would cheer, and we were clapping along during the final skate sequence. Hot damn, what fun!
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