Bumbershoot and the Calm Before the Storm

This past weekend was for many people a three-day weekend since Labor Day allieviated work on Monday. Though, for me, the weekend was not so long. I work in a critical position at my office and the first week or two of each month is rather busy. On top of that, I'm still new and ramping up into the post. Oh, yes, and my manager is out this week so that means I'm more or less on my own to get things done and meetings held and information disseminated. I was in on Saturday to get things ready for the week and take a bit of pressure off the otherwise stressful week.

And then I went to meet some friends at Bumbershoot, in Seattle.

SATURDAY

I had a hard time focusing at work on Saturday (who wouldn't?) and ended up leaving around 3pm. One of my best friends called up to ask for help in moving... at the last minute. But with plans already made, I couldn't do it. So, I went over to his place and hung out for an hour or two before hitting the highway up north.

I got to Seattle around 9:30pm and all was well. I went to hang with Andy, who was kind enough to let me crash at his place. After some deliberation on where to go and with whom we would meet up, we went downtown to Belltown and to a bar called Ohana's. It's supposed to be a Japanese bar, I think, but I'm pretty sure the owners are Hawaiian or something. So, we hung out and drank some hot sake. Ah, that brought back memories... A couple of Andy's friends brought some Korean girl with them. I'm not sure which guy she was dating, but they both seemed to be clustered around this girl. I forget her name, but she told everyone to call her "Kee". Anyway, she drank way too much and kept falling down. Then she lost her jacket at some bar somewhere, I guess and cried and nearly threw up in Andy's car. Not fun. And at some point she got all pissed off that I had lived in Japan. The topic came up after we were at the Japanese bar that I'd been there. She was so uncool. I wish my Cici were there to slap her around. Hei hei hei... Afterwards, Andy and I went to hang out at Mario's place and didn't leave until 5am. Oh, yes, I was a tired Dawei.

SUNDAY

After I woke up at around noon, I went off to get some breakfast. Andy, of course, was still asleep and not even up by the time I'd returned to his place after breakfast. So, I waited for him to get moving and then we headed out to Bumbershoot. Sometime later that afternoon, we arrived at the Seattle Center and met with some other folks I know up there. We listened to the music and went to the beer gardens and just floated around while waiting for the mainstage show to begin at 8pm. I played one of the carnival games and won a couple of stuffed animals for my Cici. My friends made fun of me for carrying around the dolls, but I did it for my Ci. Eventually, I put them in Andy's car and thought about how much Cici will like them. Hei hei hei...

Later on, we saw Kanye West, which was pretty good then went back to Andy's place and crashed. Dawei was a tired Dawei once again. Andy and I stayed up, though, about an hour before crashing to watch TV. Then Dawei slept for the next 10 1/2 hours. Zzzzzz....

MONDAY

Another late day getting moving. I woke up pretty late, around 12 or so and headed out to meet with James for a bit before making the drive back to Portland. See, James likes Everclear (the liquor) and Everclear is illegal in Washington. It is not, however, illegal in Oregon. You get the idea.

After a nice 3 hour drive back to Portland, I really missed my Cici but was so tired that I just went to bed because I knew that this week would be rather full at work.

TUESDAY

I'm here in my cubicle, typing this journal for my Ci and thinking it's about time for me to get back to work. So, to my Ci: I'll talk to you on Wed (your Thurs).

Jiayou, and me too!