I blew off most responsibility today. Met up with my pal Jack on Hawthorne for some drinks in the delicious spring weather. Met up with a few other friends and eventually made our way over to the Moon and Sixpence to listen to some bluegrass music. They provided a really great ambiance for the evening.
It’s true, she loves the NELA center. This is one of the few students that I tutor from time to time. I’m not so sure she’s going to be thrilled with being plastered on interwebs.
I attended the NELA volunteer appreciation party tonight where we watched Grosse Pointe Blank via netflix streaming. This photo really has nothing to do with that except for being outside the NELA center. More fun with flash, despite the subject matter. This is probably my favorite photograph I’ve ever taken. I’m just in love with the results.
Admittedly I’m hard pressed to remember exactly what it was that Kathryn and I did tonight. Really, all I can recall is that we were searching for some late night eats and ended up at the Aalto lounge. She drew this happy picture on my hand, it was cute. The end.
<a href=”http://myspace.com/bruxingbruxing”>Bruxing</a> played a show tonight at "The Space" in Salem, Oregon. We played with 3 other bands including Justin’s brothers (Harvest the Rabbit). Cool to see them with a bass player in the lineup now. Justin and I played our new song, "Moist Ointment" for the first time in front of a crowd today. The whole show went very well. I was excited enough to break two sticks in our last two songs. Pictured above are some people standing outside the space between bands.
This is a glimpse of what I believe to be the highest concentration of polyester and other synthetic fabrics in Portland on this day. Katie received an invitation to go to a porno-themed brunch on this Valentine’s day. Everyone was encouraged to wear their interpretation of a 70s porno film actor or actress. I think the best accessory of the day goes to the girl wearing anal beads as a necklace. Walking around in our ridiculous outfits to buy champagne in Fred Meyer’s for the party was pretty fun. As were the penis and breast pancakes, gay porn and high waisted pants.
More seriously, this was probably the best valentine’s day. I don’t normally celebrate such events but Katie and I decided to have a little fun with it this year. I was speechless at the end of the day, due in part to KLL making me a fantastic dinner from scratch, presenting me with a new straighrazor and writing me a very sweet and heartfelt note. Awesome in the literal sense.
There are moments when I think we’ve all privy to a certain level of prescience. For no particular reason I was feeling like this when I cam home today. I later went and met some friends at this club called Holocene to see a DJ spin (Drop the Lime). These aforementioned moments of introspection are often met by the most unexpected challenges. I felt elated and confident that my decisions were right, that everything is exactly where it is supposed to be, at least for tonight.
My friend Ashley and I had the laziest and most indulgent evening I’ve had in a while. Our evening included (but was not limited to): essentially eating fried cheese for dinner, drinking beer, gluing ourselves to the reclining couch in front of a oversized plasma HDTV and eating a seriously unhealthy amount of ice cream treats fashioned from dairy queen. All of this, of course, by design. I haven’t had a slumber party like that in a while. This night was also subject to getting a fat lip from an exuberant dog and discovering one of the prettiest views in Portland.
Pictured above is my roommate DJ and one of the puppies that his dog Opie had late last year. The new owner brings Louie (aka, Chewy Louie) from time to time for visits. I was doing my best to take some photographs but Louie was moving way too fast, I’ve never had trouble photographing anything like that. I really like this picture because prior to it being taken, Louie was going crazy, licking DJ’s face, being a little bundle of energy. Snap the photo and here come the puppy dog eyes, acting all cute and calm. Such an imposter.
My friend Katie invited me to a "Black and White" themed New Year’s party up in north Portland. You could dress however you choose – classy, punk, pedestrian, so long as you were wearing black and white. We both opted for the classy route. It was an amazing evening – the party and the people in attendance were both fantastic. People in Portland approach these events very seriously which is what tends to make them so fun. The space was a former church which they decorated for the event. Amazing space. I couldn’t think of a better way or better person with which to bring in the new year.