It's about 75, breezy, cloudy, and light showers on and off. Mhmm I am doing laundry, making, coffee, listening to You Can Play These Songs With Chords, and digging Kerouac. 


My roommate has been gone since I removed myself from the bathtub only to put on dirty Ninja Turtle PJ bottoms and a t-shirt which I am not sure on when the last time it was washed or worn, but it still smells pretty fresh. 

I decided to do some laundry seeing as it was taking over my floor. I cleaned up the kitchen, I made a mess with eggs last night, and ran a dishwasher.  Then I decided I didn't get enough Baz It's about 75, breezy, cloudy, and light showers on and off. Mhmm I am doing laundry, making, coffee, listening to You Can Play These Songs With Chords, and digging Kerouac. 


My roommate has been gone since I removed myself from the bathtub only to put on dirty Ninja Turtle PJ bottoms and a t-shirt which I am not sure on when the last time it was washed or worn, but it still smells pretty fresh. 

I decided to do some laundry seeing as it was taking over my floor. I cleaned up the kitchen, I made a mess with eggs last night, and ran a dishwasher.  Then I decided I didn't get enough Baz Luhrmann yesterday when I watched Romeo & Juliet, so I proceeded to watch all the special features. I really do adore that movie and am debating watching it all over again. However I think I'm going to continue the reading I recently dove into. 

Mexico City Blues is currently blowing my mind I'm barely on the 21st Chorus. I've been reading 13-18 over and over because I love it so much. It's like when you first start listening to a new cd and there those few tracks you can't get enough of until you finally find a way to move on to the rest of the album. 


Excited to go to Mirah tonight, but iffy about how the rest of the week is going to pan out. 
My horoscope has told me to be more cynical the next couple of days. I’m going to keep doing my thing and see where it takes me. Seems to be working thus far at least I’m pretty happy with where I am and the roads ahead of me.

Peace & Love Happy Sunday.

I just saw an amazing show for free at easy street records. They were selling the record after the show, but I'm just going to keep listening to it for free online and pick it up when it's released. I did not want to mess with the line at the counter after the show. Plus by the time the show was over my heart was ready to explode (in the best ways possible… Conor ended the set with Milk Thistle which gives me this warm fuzzy feeling… similar to when I hear Talking Bird) and I wanted to smash people's faces in. 

I'm not a violent person by any means, but I am so sick and tired of going to see people I absolutely adore when all I get are people blocking my view, getting in the way of my dancing, and they look as if it's paining them to be there. I've never understood why people go see artists perform and not enjoy themselves or feel they're too cool to show their appreciation. 

These boys in front of me made a comment on how you'd hope there is some comradeship at these events, but everyone just gives each other dirty looks. I completely agree with that however these boys couldn't even applaud when the set was over and look just as bored as everyone else.

I dig music and will always want to rock n roll mother fuckers! So if you ain't down with that get outta my way when I start to groove. Seriously I'm going to clap, scream, shake, rattle, and roll and hope to hell I’m annoying you enough that you get out of my way.

Thank you to the blonde girl next to me who was the only other person in the building dancing! 
"Isn't it lame how nobody dances at shows anymore?"
"I know I wanted to hug you for that, that was awesome!"

Three months ago I trecked up the west coast and rooted myself in the Seattle WA area. 
My life has been getting crazier and crazier by the day. Things were already getting hectic before I left, but being here just emphisizes how insane this whole living thing is.

I  really want to write it all out.  I find myself constantly learning. I feel that I've learned more in my three months here then I have in any classroom.  I need to get myself a journal that I can toss in my purse and drag around with me so I can keep track of everything. 
I'm finding people more fascinating then ever, I find the simplest conversations so magnificent. I don't even know where to begin with the zany adventures I've been having. I wish I could find somebody willing to sit and listen to me gab on for hours about the events I can recollect so far. 

Maybe I'm just in love with everything and that's why I'm so enthralled with the world around me.

I'm out of my mind in the best ways possible! 

It's like my heart can't be tamed
And I fall in love every day
And I feel like a fool 
-Death Cab For Cutie

Don't know if I can do the whole call center thing... as in enviornment being on the phone corporate stuff all day. not like i'm incappable of doing it. i'm going to stick with it and see where it takes me, but very on the fence. i have to think of another name to go by since there is another girl named erin.... wtf? 

I'm going to stop by Green Peace on my next day off with a resume so I could hopefully set up another interview since I scheduled one today, but then got a job at a fancy salon. Man I'd so much rather work for Green Peace the same rate or more an hour and I'd just talk to people about joing the cause. GREEN PEACE PLEASE DON'T HATE ME I LOST YOUR DIGITS AND COULDN'T CANCEL MY INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I started re-reading, really reading On The Road I absolutly adore it, I don't know if it's the North West or that I'm older now then when I first tried to grasp it. Actually I know it's both, traveling up the West coast mixed with the me being who I am now and not fifteen makes the novel absolutly fantastic! 

It amazes me how much I have changed and grown in my few years on this earth, but I am very thankful for what I have become and looking forward to whatelse lies ahead of me.

There's something about waking up to a fresh powder of snow on everything even if it is the middle of April!
We brought in our flower boxes last night and blewdry  the snow that had nesseled in amongst our little babies. Then we sat infront of our window and just watched the endless powder fall from the sky.

I've been reading Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass and I'm absolutly in love with it. 

I can't belive how fast time really does go bye. This day last year we were all saying goodbye to a friendly face who was taken much too soon. I know now that he's part of a larger thing maybe slumbering in the grass or soaring in the clouds. Nothing but peace and love for him now.
 All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and
luckier.-Walt Whitman

Life has been so much better since I started working in the market.
It can be sensory overload at times, but it's absolutly wonderful! I get to do the flower thing, but mostly people watch all day. I get to chitchat and watch from front row. I have met so many people in the past week and a half it is intenese.

I can only name and remeber a few of the characters I have been encountering.
First is Cowboy. I love this man he is the sweest little guy. He delivers for one of the resturants down the way he stops into the shop mutlitple times a day just to say hello, give hugs, and see how everyone is doing.  He is known as Cowboy because he always wears a Cowboy hat upon his head.  He turned 82 last week and is still so young at heart you would think he was in his late sixties.

Then there is this homeless man Jackson. I can tell that he's got some health issues mental and physical, but he doesn't use drugs and he is a genuine nice man. He offers to get us coffee while we work and is polite and kind in his conversation.

The best story I have so far is this man who passed the shop a few days ago. He said "hello" to my co-worker and I and proceeded to tell us "see this hat (points to head) it used to be roadkill, but then I turned it into a hat!" I could still see the bones in the legs that had now become this man's ear flaps. I also noticed the animal on his shoulder I thought it was a cute ferrett until I took a closer look and realized his cute little ferret was in fact an opposum.

Seattle truly is the biggest small town. People on the street homeless or not will greet you with smiles and ask how your day is even if they have never seen you before and never will again. I love the environment out here it still amazes me how comfortable I am here.

Lindsay and I have been waking up early and going on runs/jogs in the morning I can already feel the boost of energy I have throughout the day. It's easier to exercise here, maybe it's the sincery or the fresh mountain air either way I'm enjoying it and hope I can keep up on it. 

I had last weekend off so I went to see a band play in Fremont with my friend Hank. His buddy is the drummer for the group and he thought I'd like their sound. Good thing he was right, they were super funky in the best ways I wish I could remeber their name. I guess they have another gig in a couple more weeks I'm thinking I might have to check 'em out agian.

Finally got a hair cut and I love, love, love it! I'll post pictures once I get some batteries for my camera.  I also want to take some pics around town soon, seeing all the people with their cameras in the market has given me the photogrpahy itch!

Not much more to report then work and simple living. 

Got caught in the rain yesterday when I went dowtown and I couldn't keep from grinning. It was absolutly fabulous! 
I find myself doing that a lot lately smiling always walking around with a big SMILE! 

"the place that exsist in the pages of scripts and the songs that we sing"

The local pub was a bust! Although we did manage to get very drunk and not pay for a single drink, the benifits of being a girl. 
I'm looking into other things and places to go aside from the bar to meet people. I just don't want to play therapist for strangers and I'm not interested in any of the skeeze bags in the bars either. Granted yes there's probably a lot of nice people who go to bars, but they're the ones that just chat with the friends they came with and don't bother the "fresh meat". People are going to be the same no matter where you go.

It's back to work on Monday and I'm working the entire week so that will be keeping me busy.

I've already got a few things planned for my next day off I really want to check out EMP. Experience Music Project, it's this music museum downtown. There's a few other art galleries and music stores I want to check out. Mainly I want to get back to Sonic Boom Records they're a dream come true! A music store that actually sells the music I listen to and would want to listen to! It almost brought tears to my eyes the first time I want there. So at least that's promising. 

Took a walk down to Martha Lake today. It was nice just a few docks, some jungle gyms, and lots of waterfowl. I'm looking forward to finding more city parks and trails I love being outdoors here. The air is crisp and clean and the scenery is to die for.

Tomorrow I'm finally getting real internet so I can stop "stealing" it from my neighbors. I'll also have cable, but since I don't watch tv I'm not too concerned about that. I need to figure out how to get my dvd player working, apparently there's a connector thingamagig that I forgot to pack and I've been wanting to watch some movies.. we'll have to see how it all pans out.

First thank you yahoo for having wonderful treats on my homepage. This little guy is so adorable

Okay now for a weekly update. After three days on the road I finally arrived in Seattle and moved into my place. It is shaping up rather nicely! Linz and I are having a blast decorating and what not.  Wednesday started training at Ballard Blossom. I'm not really sure how I feel about it as of right now, I feel I'll get a better feel for the shop and co-workers once I'm actually doing it and not just the new little trainee. I just hope these people realize I know what I'm doing and I fucking rock it because I am THE SHIT!


Today we bought some flower boxes, soil, and seeds! I'm so excited we have some Poppies, Marigolds, Cosmos, Morning Glories and other little darlings expected to blossom in the upcoming weeks. I smile just thinking about them.

Luckily for us we have the weekend off so we might actually leave our apartment and explore our surrounding areas. Tonight the plan is cooking some dinner and walking over to the local pub later. Katey (girl at work who is also a trainee w/ Linz and me) knows of this pub and said it's not very exciting, but they do have pool tables so we can at least have some brews and shoot some pool. 

Not too much other than that, I'll post some pictures once I get 'em all uploaded.

Last night was dinner with my parents, Lindsey, and her parent.s.  We have ten days till our slated move date and we still have not secured a place to live. Fortunatley Lindsey's brother Doug lives in West Seattle and is more than happy to let us crash there for a little bit, seeing as he already let us stay one week in January what's a few more. The thing is though we would have no place for any of our shit and would have to move that at a later date once we have a place. Basically it'd be a hell of a lot easier if we had a place to move into and settle down asap. We've been corresponding through emails with people on Craig's List and other rental sites we have a few that look promising.  However if nothing is secured by Friday my dad has decided that him and I will be flying out for the weekend to check things out.  I appreciate him wanting to help and all, but I honestly don't want to spend my last free weekend in AZ stressing out over where the hell am I going to sleep at night. In addition to this he really doesn't have a clue about the neighborhoods and locations of things in Seattle. I just picture us going out there getting lost, lost, and more lost, stressed as hell and me still ending up homeless in Seattle. 
Please for the love of Buddah and for my own fucking sainity will one of these property managers throw me a fucking bone and let me secure a place!!!!!


In other news
I can barley walk thanks to the beautiful dog of mine I love so much. She happens to take after me and is a GRADE A SPAZ. I take her out for a run today and everything is great she's keeping up with me fine and I'm really happy about my pace fast, steady, strong, until... this girl and her dog Max pass us in the bikelane going the opposite direction. I'm in mid run when my poochie Rylee decides she's going to cut me off and try to sniff out Max. Well  I go flying over her landing face first in the pavement. My face is fine however my left knee is not!! I thought I could at least finish our walk but damn the slightest faux pas would send a shooting pain through my knee cap.  I was just happy to get back to my house and sit down with an ice pack.  I'm hoping it's just severly bruised and will be fine by the end of the day. The last thing I need to worry about right now is a gimp knee.


Finally the silverlining.
I get paid on Friday and due to the hellashis Valentine's week I had over 80 hours on my time card last week, which means bookoo over time para me!!!!!  Hells yeah baybee.

 I would absolutly adore spending a day just lounging around these fellas, they're so dreamy!!!