Time to Open Tortilla Boxes

 I made the decision last week to get some stuff out of my storage unit. I work a short day on Friday and have the weekend off. It took me until Sunday afternoon to leave my apartment. The empty bookcases called to me. I have a couple of things on the shelves but it is time to unbox some older stuff. These tortilla boxes dated May of 1994 have been unopened since I moved out of my mother's house. That was at the end of May in 1994. I put my toys into these taped up boxes and shuffled them between my mother's garage and my room at my father's apartment for years. Up until I moved to Seattle in October of 2001. 

10.5" Heat Pressed Flour Tortillas boxes from Taco Bell

According to the label, I shipped this in September of 2001. That sounds right. The 18 of 18 may be off. I have 7 of these boxes left in my possession. Did there used to be 11 more? Or were there 18 total and 7 of them were the tortilla boxes? I do think there were more of these at one time. I moved some stuff into the blue totes. Other stuff may have been in different type of boxes. I may have the old labels still. The slips are probably in some box somewhere in storage. I have kept the weirdest things over the years. 

The box waiting to be opened. Some of these boxes have labels and I should open up according to the label but I am just going to open at random. 

I do have to say, I have not had my toys displayed since Loma Prieta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake

in October of 1989. I was cleaning my room that month. My toys on this rickety white bookcase were out in the garage. I spent that quake on Marina Vista Soccer Field.  https://marinavista.mpusd.net/

Watching the grass wave was quite exciting to my 14 year old brain. 
I do not think I ever put the toys back up on the wall in my bedroom.  I was a teenager. I was trying to grow up but growing up did not mean I got rid of my toys. The five years between the earthquake and getting kicked out of my mother's does not bring any recollections to my mind about my collection. I think I was buying stuff still but nothing stands out for where I was putting the toys. 

There was one more blue tote in storage. Covered in greasy dust, I decided to throw it out. 

But what was inside it? It was the remaining stuffed toys that I own. 

I took them out of the bin and put them in the oven. AT a low heat, 170 degrees. 

I own a lot of Gorillas. I am not sure where these are going right now. 

I may do different posts for each box. OR just one post for the 7 boxes. I am not sure yet. It depends on how much writing I can get done. 

Rose City Comic-Con 2013

I saw that the people that run Emerald City Comic-Con were going to be running a Comic-Con in Portland. I thought it would be fun to volunteer at another convention and get me out of town for a couple days.

At the last minute I posted that I could take someone with me in my truck. Someone from the message boards did respond. So I was able to pick up someone on my way down to Portland. Being that the person was in Kent, I was able to pick up some Jamba Juice and oatmeal on my way.

 

The way back from Portland to Seattle was fraught with rain and a tired driver. Some adrenaline from bad weather kept me going for a ways but then I had to pull off the road for some sleep. It took longer to get home than I was hoping but I still made it to work the next day

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.

Bandolier at the Sunset

I went to the Sunset Tavern in Ballard for a show on Thursday night. The sister of my friend was performing and I wanted to watch her sing.

The first band was pretty fun. They did a little group huddle jump before they took the stage. I was surprised to see someone using a French Horn on stage. It had been a while since I saw a French Horn.

Some pictures below of the people I knew at the show.

This was the crowd for the last band of the night, American Girls. They are a Tom Petty Cover band. The crowd was pretty excited for this band. They are pretty good.

Even managed a pleasant conversation with a friend of my friend. She has intimidated me in the past but I finally got over that, I guess.