2012 Valentine’s Day Love ‘Em or Leave ‘Em

Second time I have run this race. I was tempted not to run this race because I was not feeling very well. Once I got warmed up, I started to feel better. I did not run the whole race. I did run the first 2 miles though. This was not my best time since I started doing 5Ks but still pretty good since I have not been training.

Jason Lee Bowen

bib number: 1641

age: 36

gender: M

location: Seattle, WA

overall place: 2057 out of 2360

division place: 222 out of 236

gender place: 694 out of 754

time: 46:32

pace: 15:01

gun time: 49:28

Atheist Sign

This is supposed to be on a bus. I find it funny that the Atheist gets tampered with but the Mormon signs are left alone. Does this tell you that religious people are not very tolerant individuals or is that just what I pick up?

For a long time I would say I was Atheist because of the reasons that people turn to a higher power – Alcoholics Anonymous, personal irresponsibility, and other reasons. Then I realized that I was Agnostic not because I want to believe in the Jew Christian God but because I like comic books and want to believe in the Greek and Norse Gods. Thor, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Athena, and other gods from those Pantheons. I have liked Greek mythologies since I was a little and that made me realize that to believe in the possibility of those Gods, I would have to be Agnostic not Atheist.

Recently, I have learned of another movement as well, Skeptics. I have not done any research into Skepticism so I really do not know how that would fit in my beliefs. To my quick thoughts on the matter, I would believe that Skepticism is the movement for science to replace belief. That is probably not accurate but that is my quick thought on the matter.

The other reason that I find myself more drawn to Agnostic beliefs is the fact that I want to believe in Santa Clause and Satan. Santa brings presents. Goodwill and peace to man. I think Santa is an excellent reason to have a winter holiday.

Satan was kicked out of heaven for wanting equal treatment as humans. Angels were to be subservient to humans and Satan/Lucifer did not like that. He felt that humans and angels should be treated equally. To me that makes Lucifer/Satan the first person to fight for Equal rights. At least that is the perception on events as they were presented to me a long time ago.

Usually I keep these thoughts in my head but seeing this sign torn off a bus and put next to the trash cans, just got to me this evening.

Glass Canopy

On my way to work on Saturday, I was quite surprised at this change I saw at the bus stop under the Monorail the other day.

This is the old canopy that came out from the building. This went all the way to the corner of the building. The section was taken out along 5th Avenue.

 Here is the gap where the glass canopy used to be.

Here is the new ledge/overhang that was installed to replace the glass canopy. Not quite as nice looking as the glass. Probably a lot easier to maintain. Crews were always scrubbing the glass panels.

You can tell by looking at the pictures of the remaining glass panels that the panels are not very clean. I use this bus stop fairly frequently. I am surprised that I did not notice any work on the building. To have that much work go unnoticed is startling.

End of an Alcohol Streak

I did not realize it but Friday October 21, 2011 ended my streak of alcohol every day. At times I did not have more than a shot of Vodka but I had at least a shot of vodka every day since July 1, 2011. At least one beer or one shot of vodka was the goal every day. I had to break into my giant bottle of Grey Goose Vodka when my money got tight in September.

Thursday night I went straight to Summit Pub after work. I finished the book I was reading and went home. I fell asleep before midnight and just never got moving on Friday. By the time I realized it was midnight leading into Saturday, my streak was over.

I did end up having a shot around 01:30 Saturday. The shot did not help me sleep any but I restarted my drink a day plan.

Month	Days
July	31
August	31
September	30
October	20
Total	112

Midnight to Midnight

Friday passed by

Give me Back My ALCOHOL!

Free Symphony Day

Sunday I woke up and wanted a Bloody Mary. Being that it was noon by the time I started moving, I went over to the Summit Pub. I got my drink plus a PBR. I got to watch some football and enjoy drinking in the morning. After my second PBR, I received a text to meet someone at the Capitol Hill Farmer’s Market. I went to meet her and while I was waiting, I went and got a slice over at Z’s Pizza. They do a good slice plus a beer for an okay price. I got to watch the end of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Scary Movie 2. The station that was on was showing movies with Charlie Sheen. The person finally showed up. We left for Benaroya Hall in downtown. The Seattle Symphony was performing and putting on free events all day. I enjoyed seeing the symphony. Plus there was beer in the lobby.

The Symphony in very casual clothes.

Full crowd for free day

Seattle School of Rock

 

Seattle Symphony

 

At the end of the day, I bought two tickets for Friday October 14. Now I need to find a date.

 

http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/single/production.aspx?id=10608&src=t&dateid=10608

Listed as Sci-Fi at the Pops with Special Guest Jonathan Frakes.

Bush with Dead Sara at the Neptune Theater

I did not think I was going to go to the show after all. I had not bought tickets. I had not heard from my brother. Yet tickets were still available. I had a great time at the show.

Bush was one of the first concerts I went to as an adult. I was stoked that Bush was coming to Seattle for a show. Listening to them over the last couple of months on the radio was good. Getting to see them live was exciting.

I had a conversation with the Bush merchandise guy about a shirt I used to own. I wonder what happened to it. It was a green shirt that said Bush in the M*A*S*H style. I may have to update this post later if I find a picture of me in that shirt.

 

Restroom Stall Door

Pre- Show

Balcony

Mixing Boards

Place to get Alcohol – the Bar

Justin and Josh

Bush taking the stage

Gavin Rossdale

 

 

 

 

 

Getting personal with Gavin Rossdale

 

Dancing

Glen and some of his Navy buddies joined me for the show. I drank a lot of beer and had fun.  After the concert, we went over to Earl’s on University Avenue.

I passed out on the bus ride home and ended up downtown. I rode the bus back up the hill to get home.

07/31/2011

I finally woke up for good around 22:00. I got dressed in a shirt, tie, and slacks. I could not decide what to do all day so I ended up sleeping. I finally left the house a little before 23:00. I started walking around Broadway trying to figure out a good place to get some food.

I spent part of my night at the Garage drinking. Then I spent 56 minutes bowling 5 games. I find it hard to believe that I spent 11 minutes a game. And my best game was the 5th with a 149 score.

Game 1 – 96

Game 2 – 110

Game 3 – 109 –

Game 4 - 99 with 2 strikes in the 10th, thought I was only going to get a 90 if I struck out

Game 5 - 149 3 strikes

I ended that 4th game so well that I decided to bowl a 5th. The 5th started well and I did okay. I think I should have relaxed earlier in the night, I would have bowled higher games. Either the combination of relaxation and alcohol or just a little bit more concentration earlier in the night would have increased my scores. At $5 a lane for an hour, I think I should spend more time bowling.

My birthday cake with some candles. I thought I had a picture of the candles on fire but I can not seem to find it. It was quite a blaze.

After bowling I stopped at the Sun Liquor Distillery to get a screwdriver. Then I made my way home.