Un.exploded.

How have I finished an entire bottle of Gewürztraminer on my own?

Oh, Portland, help me out, won’t you?

A Portland weekend

Things from the weekend that make me happy:

• Lemongrass, where the Thai food is delicious every time
• The full moon making a dramatic appearance at the Japanese Garden during the moonviewing on Saturday
• Moroccan oatmeal and tea for breakfast at Old Wives’ Tales
• hiking down to Bridal Veil Falls and having the trail and falls to ourselves
• Multnomah Falls, especially the stone bridge that crosses the lower falls
• biting into the raspberry belly of a Voodoo Donuts voodoo donut
• leaving the crummy Irish pub, where the service was nearly as bad as the drinks, but stopping for a moment to listen to a group of fiddlers playing traditional music together
• watching dumb movies and television shows
• being fortunate enough to have friends to share these things with

Tonight’s the night for the Moonviewing at the Japanese Garden.  It’s sold out now, so if you didn’t get your tickets, that’s sad.  If I remember I’ll take my camera, but I’ll likely forget I have it and fail to take any pictures.

September song

The month is drawing to a close.  Tomorrow is the day I go to the DMV to get my Oregon license and register the title of my car in this odd time Pacific time zone.

Strange to leave behind my industrial Midwestern roots before I’ve been able to establish a toe-hold here.

Whoever thought it was okay to mash Missy Elliot with Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart should be drawn and quartered.

Oh hi.

I bought a coat at Brooklyn Industries today.  For some reason when I moved from Michigan to Oregon I decided I didn’t need the cold weather coats except for the faux fur coat which is in inaccessible storage and really isn’t for everyday.

Now it’s time to get a job or I’m going to be homeless with a handsome coat.

O-Tsukimi

I just bought tickets to the October 3rd O-Tsukimi Moonviewing at the Portland Japanese Garden.

If you’re in Portland, you should come.  It’ll be an interesting evening, for sure.  And if you’ve never been to the Japanese Garden, then what in the world are you waiting for?

Hurry to me, new laptop.

Must get busy searching for a job soon.

Still on the hunt for a place to get my hair cut, but I may need to resort to random salon.