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.

Sunset from the Bridge

Caught a sunset from Aurora Avenue Bridge on the 4th of July. I did not have my camera so after work on Tuesday, I walked over to catch a sunset again. The walk was good. The shaken beer poured into a water bottle, not so much. But at least I had a beer on the bridge. The music on my MP3 player has been listened to and now it is time to put some new music on my player.

I guess I got there a little late for the whole sunset.

Short video of the sunset

One thing I have learned/remembered from the past two days of sunsets, sunsets are better when sharing with someone.

Midnight Run

Firecracker 5000 5K

July 3, 2011 in Seattle, WA

bib number: 72

age: 35

gender: M

location: Seattle, WA

overall place: 1196 out of 1352

division place: 139 out of 150

gender place: 516 out of 561

time: 41:23

pace: 13:21

gun time: 43:03

my Fremont 5K & Briefcase Relay - 5K results

bib number:	180
age:	35
gender:	M
location:	Seattle, WA
overall place:	532 out of 582
division place:	93 out of 98
gender place:	276 out of 290
time:	40:36
pace:	13:06
gun:	41:22

ST Patricks Day Dash Results

bib number:	7535
age:	35
gender:	M
location:	Seattle, WA
overall place:	6839 out of 7361
division place:	433 out of 449
gender place:	3127 out of 3269
time:	52:10
pace:	13:44

2011 Saint Patrick’s Parade

Double Decker BusSeafair Pirates seem to have acquired a fire truck. I wonder how. The firefighters have a pretty big drum and pipe squad. The uniforms are great. Well matched with different color kilts for different parts of the band.

The parade started while I was eating lunch at Blue Water Taco Grill across from the library. I stayed inside and took some pictures. As I was going back inside the library I decided to take a short video of the parade.

I should have stayed a little longer and gotten the wolfhounds. I had forgotten about the dogs though.

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.