Interior House Paint:

So far, the colors are:

Uncertain Grey Living Room
Watery Kitchen and Dining
Lemon Chiffon Bathroom
Riverside Clay Trim, Wainscoating and Other

The paint: Sherwin Williams

I will be the painter.

Chicken Salad Day

Today was the first monthly chicken salad day.

There were two choices. One, still un-named, had dill, grapes and celery. The other, termed "C4" consists of Chicken, Celery, Cashews and Curry. Both were excellent and it was found that they were best when mixed together.

The event was followed up by a trip to "Cow Chips" for chocolate chip cookies.

The chicken salad festivities will once again resume on September 8th.

Lists

How many of us make lists everyday for ourselves?

The To Do List Blog is keeping track of people's lists and it makes for interesting reading. I send in a list myself, but it has yet to make it to the blog.

Speaking of lists...
Here is one for my good friend Timothy.

Upcoming Amazing Stunts by Magician David Blaine

The World

I have seen only 4% of the world.




create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

USA

The red states are the states where I have been. I have seen 78% of my country. That's pretty good, don't you think?



create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

Second best, but a close second...

Though I am not in NYC sitting on a balcony over looking a small garden eating my 5 lb deli sandwich from the local Amish deli,

I am sitting at my desk eating french bread with turkey and babybel, drinking cranberry/lime sparkling drinks in my new POM glass with Milano Mint cookies for dessert and tuning out the cubical world that surrounds me with Yo Yo Ma and Bach.

Candy

Everytime I go to Target and buy a 100 Bucks worth of candy, the cashier usually wants to know why I am buying so much. I usually tell them that I work for a company full of computer geeks and that suffices, but today, the cashier took it further and started asking the starting wage at my job. I think she was looking for a job. I am not sure if free candy is enough of an incentive to work at my company, so I told her to look into a carpentry apprentice job.

Books Recently Read:

The Fall of Lucifer

The Devil Wears Prada

Grapes of Wrath

Currently Reading:

Winter's Tale

The Power of One

On the Horizon:

Journal of the Unknown Prophet

Dog chasing its tail

I am unhappy with the possible, and want the impossible, but cannot have the impossible, so I am unhappy.

Disappearance

No, I have not disappeared. I have just been working way too much. This last week, I have been trying to get on and post some pictures, but each time I sit down to do it, I find that I have misplaced the cord for my camera to transfer the pictures. So, no pictures as of yet.

Here's the update of what I have been up to lately. July started with my big birthday celebration. Then I hopped on a plane to Boston and work a show. Next, I flew home and signed the papers for my house. I am now a homeowner!! Then I caught another plane and found myslf in Orlando to work another show. It has been a busy month.

The Farmhouse

...as I have been calling it, was appraised this week. Good news! It is appraised at the price I am buying the house for. I went last week with a friend to look at it again and take some measurements, so I thought I would post some pics...



This is the stairs and the living room, along with a pic of the smaller upstairs room. There are also one big upstairs bedroom and two downstairs bedrooms. The furniture and decor is not mine, but the sellers.... i will have to post photos of the transformation over the summer!

I am finding that it is exciting to plan out all the little projects and ideas I have to get the house ready to move in to!!

No recent postings...

I am sorry.

Well, maybe not. I am enjoying summer too much.

Congratulations

I would just like to take this time to pat myself on the back.

*PAT PAT*

I am now finished with my first year of graduate school.

Hello, summer... Now the sun can come out. I'm ready!

--House Update--
Loan application is in...once again it is waiting time. Expected closure date is on or before July 19.

House Update:

Tomorrow, the listing status will move from STI (Subject to Inspection) to Pending....

I am on the way to becoming a homeowner!

Now, to survive finals.

Killer

I murdered both a spider and an ant today.

I wanted to kill my computer. I can't use the LAN. Regulated to wireless only, which means I have to walk now to the printer in the other room.

Currently listening to my Chill Station on Pandora. Thanks to hoju, and persistant prodding from E*, I am now hooked. Highly Recommended. Seriously. TRY IT. This was the second best thing that happened today.

The best? Candace Bruner is engaged to be married on December 2nd. And I for one plan to be at that wedding.

Good Song

"All I Need" by Mat Kearney
http://www.matkearney.com/
listen on the player--no. 10

Its a Bruce/Ryan Adams/Edge/Bono-ish song.

August 2nd, I will be at the zoo for a Mat Kearney/Brandi Carlile concert.

*Update*
http://www.downtownseattle.com/content/special/OTL/06/otl.cfm

Matt Kearney FREE August 3rd 12:00 pm Harbor Steps. For any and all who are interested.

What are the Chances?

So, last night after the expo hall closed, I was walking with some folks to eat dinner. We headed toward the Gas Lamp district that sits across the railroad tracks from the convention center in San Diego. Right as we reached the tracks, a very long train passes by. We were starving, so impatiently we wait. Right as the last few train cars are passing us, the train brakes and stops. We and the crowd gathered stop in disbelief. One of my group walks toward the tracks, looking for a way to cross, saying... "I've never seen a train back up, have you?" And as he approached the train, sure enough, the wheels start turning and it starts backing up....

So we wait for the train, the v e r y l o n g t r a i n to back up and pass us. Finally, it does and we cross the tracks toward dinner. We find our Mexican restaurant and sit down to a very nice dinner.

Does the story end there? NO! There is more to this adventure. At this point, the story is not all that interesting. Big deal. Waiting for a train....

So.

As we walk back toward the hotel, someone jokes about the train. Wouldn't that be horrible if another train passed by right when we wanted to go back? One person laughed and said, "well at least my hotel is on this side of the train tracks." The rest of us weren't so lucky....

As we approach the tracks, we hear the train horn. Oh no. BUT! not only was a train approaching... It was the VERY SAME TRAIN.

We waited for a third time for the train to pass.

Coincidence? Fate?

San Diego: A Room with a View

What an amazing city! It's treating me well despite my back hurting me and the fact that I now look like a lobster. I love the people I am working with so far, even Freeman! (A hard working Freeman crew? Yes, I got em.) The restaurant choices within walking distance of the hotel are incredible. I am going to try to work my way down cuisine types while I am here. So far I have had Seafood, Thai and Italian. Tomorrow...perhaps Mediterranian and well, I will keep my readers in suspense. My room over looks the bay, and even the annoying trains that blast by, horns blaring every half hour cannot put a damper on a view. And the shopping! Yes, I have spent some money. Friends like E* and Spumoni should be jealous of the dozens of little boutiques. If I HAD to live somewhere in Cali, I think it would be San Diego.

We have a HOME run!

Yes, soon I will be a proud owner of a house! More details to come, as we now move into the inspection phase.

Second Pitch

Can we hit the ball? This is the question.