Did My First Wash.

Why is this so note worthy?

Well for starters I did it in the bathtub. Two, I had to hammer hooks into the "veranda" out back to hand them up to get them dry. Three, it became cloudy and dare I say cold before anything had really dried.

I made it through one sheet set made up of a flat sheet, one fitted sheet, and two pillow cases. I also did three shirts, one night gown, and two bras. And just as I was washing the last shirt and the last piece for the day since there was no sun by that time, A.M. called. I didn't recognize her name when I saw it on my phone.

She's a friend from Ross days that I'm still in touch with. We had a laps while she was out of the country going to college to finish up her vet degree. Not sure how all that ended, but she only needed a year of clinical work to get it. Well she's back in Michigan and she called me up to say hi. Well that and to ask me a Q, but we talked for like 30 mins about stuff.

For dinner I made a cup of that box rice thing, and mixed in some corn and corn beef and had it with some spinach puffs that didn't really puff because I didn't have enough oil to deep fry them, but they came out well. That is what I needed some of the stuff that I bought the other day.  I was still hungry so I had what was left of the Quiche that we had gotten last week. Tomorrow would have made a week. Considering how fast it was cut into I didn't expect it to stay around so long, but Tanzi has decided not to eat too much dairy. So I was left to finish it.

Then about 30 mins before I went to bed, I realized that my left hand was hurting. From the middle of my palm up the inside of my arm to just before my elbow. At first I thought it was was numb from me pressing on it while I watched another movie that I had gotten from the library, but I stayed that way for a long time and I kept rubbing it.

I then up thinking one of two thing until I fell asleep. I would either think that it was too much Quiche to have eaten at once and it messed up my veins or two, for not having washed anything for so long and letting one one hand do more than the other I hurt it. At one point I went looking to see if they might have any anything for pain. Aspirin, hopefully, but of course I didn't find anything. I didn't even feel like reading and I've been trying to read something before I go to sleep.

But I thought that if got under the cover with my arm, the heat would help it. I think it did, and I stayed under cover until Tanzi texted me about the food bank today at 12. I got the message at 12:35. I got there like 20 after 1 and I think I did good.

They were messing with me again. The guys, but I think that is just how they were. I heard them talking before they even saw me. Since I got there so early this time, I was able to see the stream of people that were there for food, including clothes. I forgot to tell Tanzi that. She might have found something that she liked. Also, a lady was there to help people with paying their light's bill or help in getting food stamps.

I got a bit more stuff this time, so I stopped a few times to switch hands and just rest. I was happy I had the card for the bus, so I took the bus home. I'm kinda against taking a bus to just go down a hill or a short distance, but the bag was heavy, and my hand wasn't hurting me when I woke up and I didn't want to start hurting me again.

Since I'm very low on money I took the 2% reduced fat milk. I should be ok with it, and if I fell anything I have pills for later.

Then went to the library up from us on 33 to return some things, renew some things that I have to read, and pick up some other things an to also point out that I picked up a movie, or at least tried to pick up a movie from the Capital Hill branch and there was no movie in the case. I was upset too when I found out. I was going to play it when I was doing my wash since it was only move that was in English and I didn't have to read anything and it was empty. I actually cried.

Well I point it out the librarian and placed a hold on it for when they get the disk back. I also placed a hold on two other things and took a few other books off of my hold list.

Now I took the bus down to Broadway and I just sat, read and waited for the 60 bus to come by. I was in no rush to go anywhere and I was going to enjoy being out. Besides, I didn't want to walk past a certain part of Broadway. I don't want people asking me to help them out and I can't. I'm not that far away from being where they are now.

Well I'm here now. So I'm going to upload some more pics to Deviantart and play my music and try to stay warm until I'm out of here. I thought I picked a good spot, but I'm starting to fell cold. I almost wore my sneakers out today, but then I remembered that I was suppose to wash the two pairs of socks that I have that are dirty. :(

Well, See ya until next time. I might see you tomorrow. I'm going to Fremont for that math class thing, and it's right across the street from the library. :) There is a library person there that I like, but he's so young. I was 10 and he was wasn't born yet .

Bye.

Lunch and Some Art.

Hi ya.

Yesterday I somehow got invited to spend the afternoon or at least the rest of the daylight hours with a friend of a friend's family. It turned out to be two or three things rolled up into one.

I didn't think I should go since I was so removed from the family, but that connection talked me into it. They seemed happy that I was there and it did turn out to be  a bit of fun.

After we ate a really good meal around 4:30 or so, we went to walk around the art fair that was a block away. They said that every day but today, they have had music coming from over there. It seems that the husband was keeping the wife away until that late, to make sure she didn't have enough time to buy anything that she really liked. Or had enough time to find something that she really wanted.

That said, I don't think she was a shopper, but then I was just there for that afternoon.

I got a few pics of the art show.

  

That last one was just to show you how many there were. Just before I took that pic, I started to feel rain, so we went back to the house to have cake and chit chat until people had to leave. Just because the sun was up doesn't mean that it wasn't late in the day.

The father had picked us up at the friends place, the the mom drove us back. We went through two counties to reach their home. They said it was a 30 mins ride. I didn't make sure.

As you guess I'm in the library today/now. Ya, needed to check a few things, and get out for the day. She likes it when I leave the house for a bit. After all what is the point of coming/going some where if you never go out side. But that aside, Seattle is not a warm place.

Sunday Tanzi took me to a thing that was going on in Fairmont. I think that is how you spell it. Over by the bridge troll. Speaking of which. I got a pic of it and the people that came to take pics of it.

You can't see it, but in his hand that is higher in the front is actually holding a car. A VW Bug.

Well, they had face painting, expensive food, jewelry, and a couple of bands at two stages I think. That day turned out to be very cold. We saw some cool stuff. We also wished that we had some money to buy a few things, but soon Tanzi's shoes were hurting her feet for some reason and she sat down while I went to get us some thing to eat.

I said the food was expensive right? I keep forgetting that they are. Anyway. The cheaper stuff that I went back to get was gone, so asked for an elephant ear with little sugar on it. It was nothing more than elongated fried dough with sugar tossed over it. Rip off for $5.

We were cold and didn't get a guy to kiss me even though I thought he was drunk enough to do it. So we left and Tanzi got a burger from PCC and I got some milk.

At first I was upset that I didn't get one, but I didn't want to spend the money on a soup to begin with. Besides, I needed that money for the stuff I got today. We have some spinach in the fridge going dry on us, so I thought of making those puff  things that my mom makes for church before they are too far gone. But she only has like a cup or two of floor, no spices, and I almost finished all the sugar just to sweeten my tea. So I got most of that stuff just now. I was also hoping to get some more milk at the bargain place, but they didn't have any, as well as the floor, so I had to get the floor at QFC. 

First I was walking with some weight tacked on to my laptop when I went to hand in my application for Trader Joe, and then to the library to drop off those books. They didn't feel that heavy by themselves, but add them up and they hurt my back and shoulder.

Now I've traded the books for over 10lbs of food stuff. The floor is 5lbs and the sugar is 5lbs, then the other little things...I don't feel guilty for taking the bus everywhere today.

I think I'll cook up the corn beef for myself when I get home today. I got a corned beef myself like the third day I was here I think. I needed some meat, or at least something I knew would fill me up. I got it with some turkey hotdogs that I thought we could share, but it had something in it she couldn't eat. Not didn't want it, but really couldn't eat.

I've been wearing a wing for like three days now. This is the first day since Friday that I haven't worn it. Tanzi and the friend says that it suits me. I just have a slightly hard time thinking that it really mates my hair that well, but so far, a few people have acted like it was. I have a pic of that too. That is my last pic, and I'm done. :)

 

She has a big kitchen. They have closest space that a NY're would pay blood for. Walk in rooms.

Ok.

See ya. :)

Nika would be happy. She likes paying for herself.

Job Hunt

Yep even in Seattle. Well I do need some money, but that aside, I've gone to two food banks in two days. Yesterday I was early, and today I was late.

This second one today was walk able, but I didn't know that and gave myself a longer trip than it needed. I even ran to catch the bus that I didn't need. The place I was going to was on 18th and E Cherry. I live on 14th and another street. I should have asked Tanzi again how far E Cherry was from where we were and I could have saved the bus fare. It was like 4 or 5 blocks to the right of the corner we lived on.

I took my ID with me, along with two bags, some music and my cam. Speaking of my cam. It tried to kill itself yesterday, twice. I went and found the Capital Hill Library and it wasn't bad. A nice modern building and open and extra rooms that the other place didn't have that I normally go, but the books and such were only on the first floor. I'm starting to understand why most of these libraries are so small.

You see, they have this hold thing going. You look up what you want, and if you find it you place it on and hold and no matter were it is in all of the Seattle library system, it's sent to the library that you want it go to and it waits there for you. Also, you can drop of your library books and things at any branch. It doesn't have to go back where to where you get it from.

Either way, I was getting ready to leave and I placed the plastic bag on the table and the cam slides out, off the table and hits the floor. I pick it up and turn it on and it seems fine. I then finish getting my things together and go to look for the bathroom and find it upstairs. I see these 'hooks' on the walls and they look like they could move, so I pull on on not very hard, and it stayed in place, so I put on the plastic then the back with the laptop, and what happens? It moves and my bag with my cam falls to the hard ground. There was no carpet this time. I could have sworn that I hurt a crack. I put the laptop on the floor and look for my cam. I turn it on and it still seems to work.

It might be able to see purple and take bad night or dark shots, but it keeps going after a fall or two.

Well I got to the food bank at like 8 past 12. I almost didn't see it. It was in Firehouse. I only know to go in there because got close enough when some people came out with stuff.

I walked in and was shown to the room and filled out a paper that would get me into their system it seems. That is how they keep track to make sure that each person doesn't come more than once a week I think. The first three or so boxes I don't think that I took anything. Cottage cheese, some very sweet thing and hot dogs with pork in it. If it was a better grade of hot dog I would have gotten it for Tanzi.

I took a small box of white rice, some eggs, onions, another can of apple sauce. I already had one from the place yesterday. I got a can of crushed tomato and a small box of bran that looks like grapenuts. I hope it's taste close to that. I like grapenuts. :) They had bread there, but I had so much home that I didn't even walk in their direction.

So I slowly walked back and took pics along the way until Tanzi called. I didn't really start walking up until I was like two blocks from the house, but I got some good pics.

I felt like it has been raining on me all day. I ran through wet grass to get to the first bus. I was under trees that shook rain drops on me when I walked past. I was happy that it didn't really rain. I got home and Tanzi left and she came back with another friend.

So I'm going now.

I'm impressed. Almost wish I could go. :(

I like this place.

What Can I Say?

I've put a slight hold on my main story. I got slightly caught up in rewriting something else. (check other blog for details) 

I got a book for main story (check other blog)

As you can I made it home alive from the bar. It wasn't that... anything. It was really a benefit party for a girl who lost her home to a fire. Tanzi and Sarah ran into her when they went to see a guy's bad that they met at the gala. 

We got a cd from the second to last person who performed. I think he was the best, but by the the time the very last group played, we could hear them better than some of the earlier bands and I liked one of their songs too. But I had already spent $10 on that other guy's cd and I'm not even keeping it. 

I ripped myself a copy and I'm leaving it here with Tanzi. We both liked him. But I think she said that he liked the live version better. I kinda agree. 

Yesterday I walked up and down a few hills and 13 blocks to get to the library yesterday so I could upload some pics to deviantart and check my mail and such, and of course read some new yaoi. 

I finished up the one that I was reading from yesterday earlier, but then I was looking for the next one to read I realized that here I was, trying to find the downloadable version of Nana's manga when I could just read it on the same site. So I've been reading that for the past... maybe 2 hours. At first I was just trying to find where I left off, but I ended up reading from like 4 chapters back and seeing a few small details that they didn't include in the anime. 

I heard that session two should be coming out this year really soon. I hope to get when I get back to New York if it's started by then. I know I'm sure I would have read well into the new session, but It would be nice to see them moving again.

Oh, I found out that Paradise Kiss, is from the same people even though I read about the girl bad mouthing it and recommending Nana to those that didn't like ParaKiss. I liked it, but I felt like it ended sadly even though it doesn't really come out that way on the surface. 

Well today I'm out and about because I had and orientation at this place where I'm hoping to get some math classes while I'm here. Because it's all staffed and ran by volunteers who have real lives outside of this, it's moving a bit slowly before I actually get to sign up for a class and get that going. When it's all said and done, I fell like I'll only get like 4 classes under my belt before I'll be on my way back to NY. :( 

I'm across the street from there in another library. I forgot what this one is called. But it's down the hill from the Troll. :) So if you know Seattle, you be able to guess from that. 

I may go around the corner and fill out and application for pcc and leave my resume with them too. 

Today was a cold day in Seattle and wore flip flops. It warmed up just slightly, but then it went back down to under 70. So don't feel any heat unless you stand in the sun and the wind isn't blowing. 

I'm leaving in about an hour so my transfer will still work. Here they give you paper transfers that say how long you can use it till and you get to keep it and until the time runs out. :) 

Well back to my manga. :) 

I'll try and get those other entries up on my other blog about my stories. :)  

Night. 

Still here. Still sober. :)

I got carded. At 32 I've entered a bar. But I'm not drinking. See ya.