Hello again peoples - here is your not so humble travel correspondant washing away his fatigue and frustrations the old fashioned away - 11.5% Trappist monk brewed beers are the finest in the world, I assure you. I'd show you more of the drinking pics, but its just me getting more redfaced and unable of making normal facial expressions as it goes along.



Downtown Seattle - as seen from the top of the Space Needle.



The famous Pike St. Market - very cool place.





The original Starbucks - from here it spread like a cancer.



And finally, the last thing I looked at in downtown Seattle - a night view of the Needle - sorry for the blurriness.

Good afternoon, from the confines of the newly reconfigured Larson living room!

I'm very tired... the entire flight from Seattle to New York I sat next to a couple with a crying baby. The father politely suggested that I move, and I was like, "Um, no... I have an aisle seat and if you want your crying ass baby to lay down he better pull up a piece of lap."

I have pictures from Seattle, my new most favorite place I've travelled to. I'm just too exhausted to resize any of it, so I'll share it with you all later.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think its time for the return of (e:jason) strictly to post his views, which are less conservative than mine but still has the sting and hatred that has become the scourge of all libs on this site. I still can't believe that the fucking liberals are crying bloody murder over Abramoff and trying to pass this off as a "Republican" scandal, when BOTH sides had their hands in the cookie jar. Jesus Christ, its like the Dems are pretending that lobbyists didn't exist before Abramoff came around. HOLY SHIT! YOU MEAN THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY GIVE MONEY TO OTHER PEOPLE FOR FAVORS IN POLITICS? GEE, WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE AROUND HERE! Yeah, I'm bringing Clinton up again, because its the gift that keeps on giving - there hasn't been a more corrupt politician in the USA since Nixon. You don't like it? Go play in traffic. Can you name me ONE politician outside of Clinton who has had a best friend commit suicide over criminal activity done on his behalf? Yeaaaahhh, didn't think so. How drunk on stupidity and naivity can people be? For the record, I want everybody involved who did wrong penalized. However, every single last one of you hypocrites out there who think that corruption is a one-way street are embarassing yourselves.

The Alito nomination. Once again the idiots on the left failed in trying to paint a decent man as a racist bigot sexist homophobe. Who the hell came up with the idea of Ted *hiccup* Kennedy as the Grand Wizard of Morality for the Democratic Party... do you have any idea about how hilarious that is? Here's a guy who is responsible for the death of a girl a few decades back, who can't keep his lips away from the bottle, who made a Sen. Kennedy/Sen. Dodd sandwich with some girl in a hotel, who belonged to the Owl Club at Harvard - you know... the very club that Grand Wizard Kennedy belonged to that was in reality what GWK was trying to allege the CAP was about? I'm 138% convinced that somebody on the inside is trying to sabotage the liberal cause from the inside out. Personally I'm grateful.

Last - todays Supreme Court ruling re: the Oregon assisted suicide law. Did anyone see the USA Today article on this? I've never seen so many people grinning eagerly from ear to ear about having the right to kill themselves - its pathetic. FREEDOM!!! No Euthanisation without Representation! Euthanasia for all! Give me euthanasia or give me... um.. er... wait. What the fuck, do we really want to be like the Netherlands? Then again, likely these are the same people who believe that theres a Constitutional right to privacy... you know.... somehow somewhere if you cross your eyes, drink a quart of scotch and throw up on the Constitution it surely is in the 4th Amendment somewhere. Doctors that help people kill themselves are breaking the Hippocratic Oath, PERIOD.

Anyhow, that political rant was for the enjoyment of the Ho sisters, because they are the coolest chicks that are both here (Sarah) and not here (Jessica). Happy New Year to you both! Clinkie clinkie! When I hear the call for controversy I can't help but chip in.

Lets change channels to topics non-political. I fly home tomorrow on Ye Olde JetBlue Redeye (or the browneye as I like to call it, since everybody on the overnight flights smell like shit and make strange noises). The problem with being gone for so long is that when you come home you feel like a stranger in your own house... thats one of the hardest things about having the job I have. I'll be getting pictures of Mt. Rainier and Seattle proper tomorrow, so when I come home I'll be sure to post them. Until then, I have a couple from our trip through the mountain pass from Cashmere to Seattle. Enjoy! A special thanks to (e:matt) - thank you for tipping me off on GIMP for Windows - it was EXACTLY what I was looking for, and now hopefully when I travel I'll be able to update my journal with pictures!










The red bins in that one picture are the bins that the apples arrive to the processing plants in. I'm just saying... Washington state is very beautiful. This trip has been long and hard, but I feel glad and fortunate to have been able to go. You'll be seeing my face again soon, neighbors. I'll be around, but I most definitely want to drink this weekend.

(e:jenks) and (e:ladycroft) - for you. Or whoever else wants to see my extremely girly hotel room I stayed in last night!

I thought some of you might get a kick out of this.



I've got a wicked cold so I'm going to relax in the hotel today!