"Ave"nture

It's been a while since I did a post about going to the Ave, and I went there yesterday, so I'm doing a post about it.  First, I had to wait for the bus.  I snapped these two photos at the bus stop.

Some little kid painted this as her part of the bus stop mural.

I think that it's hilarious, personally.



Stop sign graffiti

After we got to the Ave, we had lunch at University Teriyaki, my favorite restaurant in the entire world.  Then we went to this Japanese imports store and did a lot of window shopping.  Then we went to a used movies/video games/music store and I snapped this picture.

Those are some beautiful guitars. 

The most expensive one was only $119!

After that, we went to the bookstore, where I found this.

This book is hilarious. I would have bought it if it cost less.

Then we went to Goodwill, which was the whole point of the trip.  I needed more summer clothes.  I got a pair of shorts, two(?) dresses (one was short enough I'll probably wear it as a long shirt), and three shirts.  All in all, it was a successful trip.

Then today, I went swimming twice, went on a long walk, then went to the park and tried to learn how to juggle a soccer ball.  I got alright at it, but now I have this ginormous bruise on my knee.  Then I hacky sacked and did some cartwheels.  And now I have ice cream ^.^  So it was a good day, other than the bruise.





Ouch

So yesterday I ended up missing the bus to church, and I hate getting places late, so I didn't end up going.  Instead, I went swimming with my roommate's friend for a few hours and got super sunburned.  I don't even think that I own any sunscreen. I would show you a picture, but today it isn't nearly as bright red.  It still hurts really badly though.  I want to go swimming again today, but I'll just wear a t-shirt over my suit to prevent further burning.  After swimming, I ate a sandwich and then we all went to the park and hacky sacked.  Today, I'm going to go hacky sack in the other park that I discovered, because there are two different ones 10 blocks apart.  After that, we went to Safeway and got some aloe vera gel.  It felt so good.  Then we came home and made pizza and salad for dinner and watched "She's the Man".  It's a fairly old movie, but really good.  My favorite line: "Is it just me or does this soccer game have more nudity than usual?"  I didn't end up going to Goodwill yesterday, but I'll probably go today.

Au revoir, folks.

Discombobulated Post

Yesterday I went to Chinatown for the first time ever. There was this street fair called Dragon Fest that I attended with my roommate and her friend.  But first I had to go to the bank and get some money.  The bank teller is nearly always the same guy and he's really nice.  He asked if I dyed my hair since I saw him last, and said it looks good.  Then I had to wait forever for the bus, because they're doing road maintenance on The Ave, so it was delayed.  When I was waiting, I saw this guy on a skateboard who had grabbed a handle on the back of a different bus and was letting it pull him up the hill. He kind of grinned sheepishly and then let go.  It was pretty funny.  An old, probably homeless guy tried to talk to me on the bus but I just answered his question about what I was reading and went back to reading and he left me alone.

I got an email this morning that I did not get the job at Target.  Meh, it would have been a long commute.  Maybe I'll still find something within walking distance.  I went to a huge bookstore in Chinatown and they had lightsaber chopsticks! They were pretty cool.  If I knew how to use chopsticks, I would have bought them with no hesitation.  There were also awesome Totoro plushies that cost more than any sane person would ever pay for them.

When we got home from the street fair, we went to Safeway and got ice cream. Then my roommates baked some cookies and we watched Despicable Me.  It was a really good movie, funny and the ending was super cute.  Megamind is also hilarious.  I thought it wouldn't be that great, but I ending up laughing my head off.  The Brother's Grimm, however is a waste of time, in my opinion.  As much as I love Star Wars is how much I hate The Brother's Grimm, which, in case you didn't know, is a lot.

I need to shower and then I have church today.  The weather is pretty hot once again. Summer is here for reals this time.  After church, I'm going to go to Goodwill and get some more summer clothes. Two pairs of shorts is not enough.  I actually have more shorts than that, but they go to or past my knees and don't help at all in the cooling off department.  Lunch with friends is also a possibility.  And I plan to go to the park I discovered and do some hacky sacking.

Stay classy, folks. (I'm trying that out as my new way of saying goodbye.)

Yesterday Did Not Go as Planned

The plan yesterday was to wake up in plenty of time to get ready for my job interview, leave at 9, get there at 11 (long bus ride is long), do the interview, come back home, and work on book covers.  How it actually happened was my alarm didn't manage to wake me for the first time ever.  My roommate woke me up much later.  I had literally five minutes to get out the door and be on the bus.  I threw on clothes, got a drink of water, and was out the door, chipping polish on my fingernails and all.  That was the main thing I didn't want to happen, to not be able to redo my nail polish before leaving, since it's pretty bad and I was trying to look professional.  Anyway, I caught the bus. (Sidenote: nearly the first time ever I have not gotten on the wrong bus or the right one going in the wrong direction.)  I rode for 30 minutes and then got pretty lost trying to find the stop I needed to be at for my transfer. (Downtown and I are not friends yet.) With a little help from random strangers, (Thanks guys, though I doubt that you read my blog.) I managed to get to the stop 2 minutes before the bus got there. Perfect timing.  I rode it for another 30 minutes and got to my job interview right on time.  I had my interview, which didn't take long at all and I think went really well. (Though now that I've put that out there for the universe, I probably won't get the job. It's sort of like saying, "At least it's not raining." Never ever say that in Seattle, by the way, works every time.) Since I had gone out the door in such a hurry, I hadn't had time for breakfast, so I headed over to the Fred Meyer across the street from Target. (My interview was at Target.)  I purchased a delicious panini and a Snapple peach iced tea and chowed down.  Then I realized that I didn't have bus fare to get back.  So I called some friends and texted my roommate to see if they could help me get unstranded.  Roommate texted back that she was going to be a while, but she had a demo there later, so she'd let me know when she was there.  I was more than content to sit in the little Fred Meyer cafe and read my novel.  Then I finished it. Then I started reading it again.  Roommate texts that she'll be another hour, sorry. No big deal. The book was worth a second read.  (One Door from Heaven, by Dean Koontz (it's sort of bizarre and sci-fi-esque))  She texts me later that she'll be finished around 7:30 with the demo in Renton. RENTON. I was in Redmond, not the same place at all.  Much further away, in fact. I text her with this information and she replies that she has another appointment in Seattle at 9:30 and can't come all the way to Redmond to get me, sorry.  She suggests telling the bus driver I'm a student and don't have fare and need to get home, so can I ride this once for free?  I figure that the worst they can say is no.  I head out. (It's 6:00 by this point. I was stranded for 6 hours.)  There is one other person at the bus stop, and I ask her if she happens to have any spare change, because I have none.  She gives me $1.50 in change, plus some nickels and dimes.  I thank her profusely and explain my situation.  She worried that that wouldn't be enough, (Adult fare is $2.25, and with a transfer, total would be $4.50) but I let her know that I can pass for 18, therefore only having to pay the reduced fare of 75 cents, so it's exactly the right amount.  2 hours later I finally made it home.  Then I went on Tinychat and made a new friend and didn't design my book covers.  So today I'm designing three book cover concepts.  I have only started one and they're due today.  It's just like school all over again.  At least I don't have to write an essay.  I like designing, just not really connecting with this book. Ah well, I need to go work my magic. Thanks for reading my tale of woe.