Sprizee :: A simple girl replete with complications

This month being February, I'm really into...

...vintage typewriters, getting in shape, homemade Vietnamese coffee, Pike Place Market, Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park, sunshine, avoiding trip planning for Costa Rica (so not into it right now), anticipating Be Kind Rewind, not blogging, weekend trips to Bellingham,  sunshine!, Andrew Bird's Armchair Apocrypha, stocking up on Polaroid 600 film packs since they announced they're discontinuing the production of ALL instant film (boo!), and sunshine!

The fire in your eyes keeps me alive.

Yesterday the weather was simply too nice to avoid going somewhere.  Doing something.  So The Dude and I headed to downtown, parked in Belltown, and walked down to Pike Place Market for some lunch at Mee Sum Pastry.  You haven't really had hum bow until you've had Pike Place Mee Sum.  From there we strolled down to the Olympic Sculpture Park and soaked up some more sun.

As we were headed back home, we passed Sunset Bowl and realized this might be one of the last chances we have to get our bowl on before it closes.  I looked at The Dude, The Dude looked at me and then he made a quick u-turn into the parking lot.  $35 and one hour later it is very clear to us that they're not closing for a lack of revenue.  It was fun, but $35 for one hour of entertainment?  Ouch.

Today there's more sun.  A lot more.  Unfortunately, I'm working.  On President's Day.  I've had Morrissey stuck in my head all morning.  Every day is like Sunday.  Every day is silent and gray.  And I'm not even in a bad mood. Honest.  Maybe I just need some coffee.  Or maybe it's the fact that I'm going to miss The Cult at the Showbox in March.  Sure I'll be having fun in Costa Rica but screaming the lyrics to FIre Woman alongside a thousand other people max would have been pretty great too.  And the world and the world.  The world drags me down.

Happy Valentine's Day.

You mean the world to me., originally uploaded by sprizee.

Reason #243 people suck.

As anyone who has ever posted anything on Craigslist knows, this is so painfully true.  When I listed my car with a detailed explanation as to what was wrong with it and hence why the price was so low, I still got close to 20 calls in a 24 hour period asking me "uh, what's wrong with it and why is the price so low".  I didn't call those people back.

It's someone's birthday today (and not just Abraham Lincoln's).

It's someone's birthday today , originally uploaded by sprizee.

And on an unrelated note, a friend sent this job listing to me today AND IT IS TOTALLY INSANE.  I know what you're thinking to yourself, if you've actually read at least one paragraph from it. (And, boy howdy, there are MANY paragraphs from which to choose.)  That must be a joke.  But no, I verified with someone that works there that it is indeed no joke.  That this guy is very much for real.  And, in fact, has a personal website to back it all up.

This pretty much sums up the insanity: Everyone will tell you I'm very smart. But it's at a price. Like many people in my world, what is very hard for most people is profoundly simple to me, but likewise, what is very easy for most people is often far harder for me than you can imagine. So, it's a little bit like having a verbally excited genius twelve year old with too much testosterone at times.  Seriously, it is a must read.  And you should totally apply.

Find your precinct!

Find your precinct!, originally uploaded by sprizee.

Hell yeah, I Barack'd the vote. Did you?

Yes we can.

Whether or not he makes it to the election, his powerful message will remain.

Albert Einstein once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Yes it does, and yes we can.