Shannon Laughing

Well… Just WELL!

OK… I drove out there.  The drive was boring, but not as bad as I thought it was going to be.  I even got to listen to the Mexican radio stations!  (We do not have any in Spokane!) As soon as I hit Seattle I found TRAFFIC. Oh how I DO NOT miss traffic.  I only got lost a little (Thank the Universe that I had my mom’s car with the GPS thingy).  I got to the Hotel… some really big expensive one downtown.  I was wearing a white t-shirt, black bra, YELLOW sarong and my sandals.  Oh ya, I totally fit in there.  (I am such a fucking Hippie!)  My sister had to come down to the lobby to get me.

It is always a shock when I see my sister.  We don’t look like we fit together the way we do.  We never really have, but it works well for us.  And the more time I spend with her and Brad the more I like him for her… a lot.  She seems so content and happy with life now. (((HUG))) sis you rock!

Then we went to meet up with some of Brads friends… They were AWESOME.  There were 7 of us at dinner, 3 of them make video games and Sarah knows everything about that business because she lives with Brad.  There was a lot of gaming business talk, but I didn’t mind.  Jason was Hilarious with the way he talks and tells stories.  After dinner we went bar hopping down town.. no really, it went like this.

“You guys totally have to try Unicorn Jizz, it is like happy in a glass”

“Uh, ok lets go” one drink later…

“Let’s go down the way to get Skittles Shots”

“Uh, ok lets go” one shot later…

“Lets go to the Lezzy bar” “Uh, ok lets go” Then we get to the bar and no one wants to go in.  Not that I blame them, the chicks out front were NOT cute… like almost the opposite of cute.  So we went to another bar thing and had Fries and another drink… Then back to the Hotel with plans to meet around 8 so we could get good seats for the parade.

The Parade was the best thing I have ever seen!  Loads of naked people riding bikes on a city street.  How could I NOT fall in LOVE with that city.  Seattle seems to breed (or attract) a special kind of freak, and I love it!  After the naked people there was the Hula Hooping people and the Flying Spaghetti Monster who was converting people by touching them with his noodley appendages.

After the parade we walked around the Fair for a big… I got 2 new Sarongs, and yes one of them is ORANGE!  We saw these art cars.  I can’t wait to show Pics of the Bugs to my baby brother.  I think he will get a kick out of them.  When we left the Fair we had to stop by the Bungie offices and drop someone off to go to work for a bit.  Then we got a tour of Kirkland and the Valve offices (AMAZING!).  After that we went to an Irish pub thing for dinner and drinks and to meet more friends.  After dinner we decided that it would be best to hang out and play a game… Yes, we played Quelf.  This is quite possible THE BEST GAME EVER!  Even if it did take us a bazillion years to drive all over creation to get the game and booze and get to the house.

So, ya… This was the best weekend ever.

Things like this sometimes make me feel like I am missing out on a part of life.  I am single, a mom, and unemployed… not that the unemployed part matters at the moment because I have plenty of income without working.  There is just something about hanging out with kidless couples that makes me feel a bit like an outsider.  They tell stories and when I tell mine they all involve Rashell… I don’t think people without kids understand the funny at that point.

There was also the talk about DragonCon and ComicCon… I so want to go and play and party, but that is not in the cards for my life at the moment.  Though I may very well make it to OryCon if my mom is not in Hawaii!  Maybe I can have my cake and eat it too.  *grin*