01/16/2011

Summit Public House opened early this morning for the Seahawks playoff game.
Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears
Been sitting at the Summit Public House since a little before 10 am watching the Seahawks losing to the Chicago Bears. The game has been fun to watch but very disappointing at times. A lot of dropped passes by the Seahawks.
Drank a Screwdriver, ate a breakfast burrito, then a Bloody Mary. Water after each drink. Been working on a Guinness since the start of the second quarter. I started fast and early, now time to take it slow. Halftime show is giving me time to write.
I want to go over to Top Pot and see if the line is small enough for me to get a donut. A donut sounds good after the burrito and the drinks.
The end of the game was exciting. The Seahawks started to make a comeback. A little too late to win the game though.
New York Jets at New England Patriots
Less people in the bar but so much noisier. Still early in the game so the excitement is still here for the game. Crowd is starting to filter back into the bar. The Jets are up 14-3 at 7:35 left in the third quarter. Jets are making Brady and the Patriots look not so good. Up until the last 2 minutes of the third quarter. What are the Jets doing?
14-11 at the end of the 3rd.
21-11 with the Patriots making some strong moves down the field. Jets got the ball back.
Game has been good until the 3:42 mark. But Patriots got it back and moving down the field.
I have been in the bar since 10:00. Time now 16:24. Heavy drinking to start the day. Since the second quarter of the first game, I have only had 3 drinks though. I have been taking my time with the beers. I have made sure I have been drinking water all day too.
2 minute warning and the Patriots get within 7. 21-14
Onside kick went in the Jets favor. Great end of game. Jets win 28-21.
I need to get downtown. I want to pick up my holds at the library before Tuesday. If I get down there before 18:00, I can watch some new movie tonight.
Made it down to the Library. Now to go back to the hill. Do I go to the bar since it is so early or go home and watch some movies. I should probably do some cleaning since my brother is coming to town tomorrow.

Cell Phone #3

I managed to damage the glass on my cell phone today. The phone is still working so I do not have to get a replacement yet. I wonder how long it will be until I do need a new phone.
Phone 1 – dropped it getting out of my truck on January 4
Phone 2 – in my pocket when I slipped off a sand bag into the ocean when I was  in Mexico
Phone 3 – in my left front pocket that hit the edge of a table at work
These were all the same models of phone.
The new Windows Phone 7 is coming out on the 8th of November. I have been thinking of getting one. This provides a nice excuse to get a new phone.

Questions and Decisions Time

I am on a 23 day vacation from The Seattle Public Library. One goal I had before this vacation started was to get my apartment empty. I was going to put everything into storage. As the time approached to start moving things into storage, that idea just did not seem right. I no longer want any of these things in my life. I should not own more stuff than what will fit in the back of my truck. And I do not mean a full load either. One tote of clothes, one tote of equipment, and one tote of personal items. That should be more than enough stuff in my life.

Tote of Clothes	Tote of Personal Items	Tote of Equipment	Backpack
Suit jacket/pants	Sword	Scanner/printer	computer
white dress shirt, undershirt	Snake-Eyes action figure(s)	Tool case	camera
blue dress shirt, undershirt	Snake-Eyes skateboard	surge protector	computer power cord
polo shirt	Chess Board	extension cord	camera power cord
pair of black pants		PS3	passport
pair of jeans		speakers	cell phone power cord
2 pairs of cargo shorts		phone modem	cell phone
pair of sport shorts		alarm clock	extra camera batteries (AA)
5 pairs of underwear and socks		camera printer dock/recharge station	sunglasses
blanket, pillow			MP3 player and cord
grooming items			extra AAA batteries
			journal
			pens

As this year came into existence, I knew I wanted to spend this time answering some big questions in my life.
1. Do I stay in Seattle?
2. Do I stay at the Library?
3. Where do I go?
4. Why?
5. What am I doing with my life?
One thing I learned in the last year is that my siblings consider me stable. Even my mother agrees with that statement. And I find myself not arguing with  the thought of me being stable. My soul yearns for that label to be wrong. This stability that others see is the act that I put on to hide. I am so worried about going crazy that I do nothing with my life.
As the past year unfolded, a wrinkle entered my life. A ‘wrinkle’ is not an adequate term. Something I had not counted on, entered my life. I fell in love, fell in lust, fell into an old pattern of obsession. Whatever the proper term or expression, this period of time that I requested off last year for reflection on my life has different priorities. Those things that I thought I would take this time off to think about, no longer has the same meaning that it did last year.
One major thing that I did not realize would change is the collection of toys. I am no longer interested in adding to or keeping my GI Joe collection. So I have been trying to sell them on the www.forums.yojoe.com I have been taking a lot of pictures of the collection. I have not opened the old boxes yet. I have been concentrating on the loose items I have bought since moving to Seattle.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jlbowen/GIJoe
Someone put the idea in my head of getting rid of books. Before I could change my mind, I took the books to Half-Price with this person. And I am thinking about getting rid of the rest of my books. I did not make any money on the books but at least the books are gone. The counter person pointed me towards the books that the store could not take. I went towards the box of books, reached towards them to see what was rejected, and said out loud, “No, Jason, RUN!”



  I have been trying to sell off my comic book collection. A couple issues here and there over the last couple of years but no major sales. I have been looking for a big dealer and I thought I had one lined up but that did not work out as hoped. Mostly, I messed up the automatic process of selling the collection. Trying to enter 4,000 comic books from one online program into another online program was not easy. I got maybe 100 books entered before I gave up.
This is where I am right now. I need to find some perspective on my life or something. I have been vaguely planning this vacation for years. Now the time is upon me.

Time spent in June 2010

Days in Month: 30
Days at Work: June 2, 3, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 26, 27
Vacation Days: June 5, 6, 23, 24, 29, 30
Sick Days: June 1, 10, 11, 21
Days off: June 4, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 28
Work days: 12
Days off: 18
For some reason, I thought I had taken a lot more days off this month. Still 3:2 ratio is high. Next month is going to be about the same.
Netflix Instant Streaming Recently Watched is close to 100. This is a combination of movies and television shows. That much movie watching is not good. I took maybe 2 walks this month. Most of this month has been spent in bed.
I did work on the three projects I have been putting off. Toys are being photographed and put online. Paperwork has been scanned and shredded. Comic books are slowly being offered for sale.
Time spent on my days off when I was not lying in bed. I should have gotten a lot more done than I did.

Union Meeting at DTH

Sitting at DTH at a Union Meeting.

I did make brownies this morning for work. Brought the leftovers to the meeting. I am hoping someone takes them off my hands. I do not need to eat any brownies.

Three slices of pizza filled me up.

Need to decide what to do after the meeting tonight.