this morning

unfortunately not enough to get work canceled. i dont know why but people here like to exaggerate and say that just a little bit of snow will shut the city down. stop lying people. why you need to get my hopes up like that?

rattlesnake ridge

this past sunday went another hike with will and colorado kyle. yes, there is yet another kyle in my life. went a hiked a sick place called rattlesnake ridge. it was about an hour uphill hike starting down at rattlesnake lake to the first lookout area and then another hour or so to the next. it was cool. heres some pics. overall a real fun hike.

clinton fearon

went to see the reggae legend himself clinton fearon (http://www.clintonfearon.com/) with a bunch of people friday night down at nectar (same place i saw nappy roots). it was pretty awesome, met a couple good new people again. some real amazing dancers too in front of us hahaha

being sick

stuck being ridiculously sick right now which sucks. i hope i'm better in time to enjoy this weekend. i would not be happy if i had to waste a weekend laying in bed.

trivia mondays

so mondays here have turned into bar trivia nights at a place called jj mahoneys that i got into through a friend of a friend from home. but yea i just wanted to update this quick as i realized i hadn't mention how we won this past monday. $25 gift certificate and over $90 cash were the winning. but the best part was that we beat the "uncomprimised virginity" team who is the team that just pretty much wins by default everytime. they were so pissed. it was hysterical.

Sasquatch Music Festival

i can't wait for this, should be an awesome time camping and listening to some good music over the memorial day weekend. line up was just announced. yesssssssssssssss

SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 LINE UP & ON SALE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT
Memorial Day Weekend May 23, 24, 25, 2009The Gorge Quincy, WA
On sale Saturday February 28 at 10AM
Music line-up includes Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, Of Montreal, Explosions In The Sky, Devotchka, Peter Bjorn & John, Gogol Bordello, M. Ward, The Avett Brothers, Doves, Calexico, Grizzly Bear, M83, Girl Talk, The Gaslight Anthem, The Walkmen, Chromeo (dj set), Deadmau5, Mugison, Sun Kil Moon, Airborne Toxic Event, Blitzen Trapper, Shearwater, BLK JKS, The Wrens, Tobacco, Monotonix, King Khan & The Shrines, St. Vincent, Passion Pit, John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen, Blind Pilot, AA Bondy, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, The Dodos, Beach House, Arthur & Yu, The Submarines, Owl City, Viva Voce, James Pants, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Builders & The Butchers, The Dutchess & The Duke, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Fences, School of Seven Bells, Death Vessel, Horse Feathers, Hockey, Point Juncture, WA, The Pica Beats, Loch Lomond, Vince Mira & more to come.
Comedy line up includes Zach Galifiankas, Demetri Martin, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Todd Barry, Jon Benjamin, God's Pottery, People's Republic of Komedy & more.

Partial day-by-day schedule:
Saturday, May 23th
Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & The Shrines / Ra Ra Riot / Shearwater / Passion Pit / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Vince Mira / Blind Pilot / Owl City / Arthur & Yu / Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Death Vessel / Hockey
Sunday, May 24th
Jane’s Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / Peter Bjorn and John / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / AA Bondy / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / Jon Benjamin
Monday, May 25th
Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah Badu / Silversun Pickups / Fleet Foxes / Gogol Bordello / Santigold / Grizzly Bear / Explosions In The Sky / Girl Talk / Blitzen Trapper / The Knux / Monotonix / Bishop Allen / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Beach House / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / BLK JKS

just got........

4 tickets to see the dead with the allman brothers and the doobie brothers at the gorge. sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

nappy roots, really im not kidding, i saw nappy roots

nah im serious dude, i saw nappy roots. haha and it was pretty sick. i noticed it in the morning and seeing as the tickets were 10 bucks and a few others said they would go, i figured why not. they played at an awesome venue called nectar, had a nice outdoor area too next to the stage. a couple good opening acts and overall a lot of fun. probably only my 2nd hip hop show? they were real good live and good at getting the crowd going. we were front and center so that was nice. the highlight of the show was without a doubt when they took about 5 or 10 minutes to pay tribute to artists whom has passed. they played biggie, aaliyah, tupac, another couple others and then it got crazy, after about 6 different rap artists they pulled out nirvana, smells like teen spirit, everyone went fuckin crazy, including me. everyone just started jumping and screaming the lyrics. they played almost the whole song and let me tell you, it was an expierence. you had nappy roots flowing to smells like teen spirit and the whole place losing their minds, real real cool. so yea i guess what im saying is..... see nappy roots if you get the chance? yea, that is what im saying. wow.

discovery park

on sunday i ended up going to discovery park which is a park right inside the city limits of seattle, pretty crazy to think that this place exists right in a major city. probably why i love this place so much so far. discovery park is a fairly large park with trails, a military base, and a beach area in northern seattle. hiked around there for a while but spent most the time chillin on the beach. it was pretty fun and got to see some pretty cool stuff. 

more importantly though, all day i was just dreaming about the mac n cheese i was going to get after doing my grocery shopping at pike place. by the time i got there, they were completely sold out :(

so that sucked but i did get my grocery shopping done and then headed home where i made some bomb pasta that i got from pike so that slightly made up for missing out on the mac n cheese. i still dont know how im going to wait a whole nother week for it though. i dont know what im going to do when i leave here. i dont think i can live without it. it is honestly the best mac n cheese in the world and thats no exaggeration.

its about damn time, my first hike

so finally i got to go on my first couple hikes since i've been out here which is a relief. the weather has been amazing the entire time i've been here and this past weekend i decided to say fuck it cause i couldn't resist any longer. i've done a lot of other things since i've been here to keep me away from it but sitting on my couch on saturday morning with another day of awesome weather i figured it was time, plus it wasn't like my physical therapist was there to tell me not too so im good to go right?

so everyday i drive to work, i pass a trailhead to couger mountain which is literally 2 minutes down the road from my house so i thought i'd go check that out. to make even cooler besides the fact that its basically my backyard, is that its pretty damn sweet. its a large area with over 36 miles of trails and some pretty cool stuff in it. it use to be a big area for coal mining. i spent a little over 4 hours exploring it, probably about 8 to 10 miles which happened because i really didn't want to stop, and i got to see some sweet stuff, a couple waterfalls, a huge clay pit, an old grated off coal mine entrance, some meadows, and two separate lookout points with amazing views. overall, all i have to say is its gotta be the best backyard i've ever had.

pictures from the weekend with the bro and friends

the fremont troll

puget sound

seals chillin with a view