We're Not in California Anymore

What can I say about Seattle? It's North.

Beyond that and the rain, I didn't really have any expectations for the city. Which made it really easy to be as impressed as I was.

And I took a TON of pictures.

So in short, I had a really good time and enjoyed the trip very much. The city was great and quite beautiful. Qwest is awesome and damn loud. Lisa is an excellent travelling companion. She even went so far as accompanying me through the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (which had to be real fun for her!). And we toured the city and Lake Union on a duck!

No, really!

If you want a longer version, you can get in in a kind of storybook form here.

Seattle by Drew is now up and running! Hope you enjoy it, if you decide to check it out.

And sorry 'bout the ads to the right. I need to settle on a real host for this kind of stuff in the future.

My Sleeping Problems Solved (if there were any)

I might start using Rozerem.

It's a drug advertised on TV to help with sleeping disorders and insomnia.

Not that I have any of these problems. I'd sleep all day if it weren't for things like work or hockey.

Nope. I just like the commercial.

Abe Lincoln, a guy in a diver's suit, and a gopher with a fork who seems to be eating bacon and eggs. The visuals alone made me stop fast-forawarding through Studio 60. Then I watched it, and the gopher accuses Abe of cheating at chess, pointing his little fork at him. That pretty much sealed the deal.

So, in true Drewby tradition, Rozerem is now my sleep aid of choice.

Oh, and since Old Navy scrapped those really bad ads, I'm also planning on going there 'cause I need a pair of jeans.

I'm still undecided about Campbell's Chunky Soup, though. I love their Chunky Clam Chowder, and winter is coming. But I don't care much for Ben Roethlisberger's mom.

I'm Booked!

Thursday, 10/5
-- 7pm -- Meet cousins at Red Lobster
Do our part to help quell the dangerously high shrimp population by partaking in Endless Shrimp
Outwit server who will try to bring premature end to shrimp
Note: 3 breads, salad, and then scampi, scampi, scampi

Friday, 10/6
-- 5:30pm -- LGK at King's Fish House
Enjoy tasty burger and really large salmon ngiri
Socialize with LGKers
-- 7:30pm -- Anaheim Ponda
Cheer for Kings in season opener vs. Ducks
Avoid using profanity in front of 8-year-olds
Note: Avoid smacking 8-year-olds when they taunt you
-- 10:30pm -- 5 North
Drive home dissapoined

Saturday, 10/7
-- Sleep late; Wash tears from pillow case
-- Catch up on BSG season premier, Dr. Who and Numb3rs
-- 6:00pm -- Leave for Staples Center; stop at bank
-- 6:45pm -- Sandwich from Whistle Stop Cafe (roast beef or turkey?)
Note: Get mashed potatoes
-- 7:00pm -- Pre-game warm up
Pictures of '06-'07 Kings
Avoid getting mashed potatoes on brand new jersey
-- 7:30pm -- Kings Home Opener vs. Blues
-- 8:15pm -- Team LA
Socialize with LGKers
-- 9:00pm -- Upper Concourse
More socializing with LGKers
Oreo McFlurry
-- 10:00pm -- 5 South
Drive home (happy?)

Sunday, 10/8
-- 9:45am -- Set fantasy roster
-- 9:50am -- Try to forget I have a fantasy team
-- 10am thru 8:30pm -- FOOTBALL
Enjoy games and fact that cousin is lost on one game in pick 6
-- 9pm thru 11pm -- Watch TV
-- 11pm -- Sleep
It's been a long weekend