WE actually made great time up to Seattle, so we dropped in at my old buddy Thane's house. I had forgotten that Thane works graveyard shift at the airport nowadays, so he was a tad groggy, but glad to see me anyway. Caught up with him for an hour or so, and then headed for Bellingham. Why is it that I only seem to discover interesting and cool places when I move away from somewhere, or at least when I cannot get there easily? I dunno, but that's the way it seems to be. Still, we arrived at The Black Drop, where
Went back down into Seattle, hung out with
Back to Doug and Chamblin's place for a little bit, then down to Capitol Hill for lunch, where plenty of people showed up, which rocked. Almost everyoine that said they'd be there was there, and even a couple of surprises: (
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing at D&C's place, where I got to see Six-String Samurai for the first time in years...man, I love that flick, and apparently it's been re-released to DVD, so maybe I can track down a copy if I ever have any money. Doug made a kick ass bunch of fajita burritos, and we hit the road again, arriving home at midnight.
The only dark mark on the whole thing was that Di discovered, when we got home, that one of her bills got paid twice. Since it was a payment on a bank loan, they won't give the extra payment back, and that cut our money in half, for the next month. I may be eatign more Ramen thatn I ever have for a while, but we'll make it.