#pacific place

[thedaveandkimmershow]

Well.

That was one helluva last week.

Mostly it was the wind storm that dropped on us Tuesday evening. 

I actually caught a prediction of the storm ("Bomb Cyclone" as the news called it) by UW Atmospheric Scientist, Cliff Mass, a few days earlier... but my read of his prediction put the worst of the storm along the coast and all over the Cascade foothills.

Sucks for them.

Of course I never considered how bad the "normal" part of the storm would be and I got my first taste of it walking across UW's Red Square after dark starting my way home. A bit of rain... but a lot of wind that was starting to push against me in a meaningful way. Then later I'm on 196th in Lynnwood waiting for the crosswalk light when an east to west gust of wind forces me to lean into that wind because I wasn't sure if it would knock me over. Seriously. 

Of course by that time Kimmer'd already told me our neighborhood was without power. Driving home, though, I got a pretty good look at how far beyond our neighborhood the loss of power extended.

I arrived home to a neighborhood cloaked in darkness but with Kimmer already having set up candles all over the house. Every room. It was a very sweet look and I took a bunch o'pictures. ☺️

Thus was our home life transformed.

For example, with no power to the oven it's... salad time.

With no light or heat, the best play seems to be diving under the covers as quickly as possible and waking up the following morning with power restored.

That was the plan.

Unfortunately the next morning did not bring electricity with it so we drove to work an hour and a half maybe two hours early and scored breakfast sandwiches at a nearby Starbucks in town.

On the other end of the day, we delayed leaving town for as long as possible, hoping the power'd be back late in the evening but before we rolled into our driveway.

Nope.

That didn't work either.

This is Wednesday night, now, and since it's around 11 anyway, we go to bed after a little Resident Alien on my laptop, with my Bluetooth speaker, through Kimmer's WiFi hotspot named "Franklin".

Next morning, Thursday morning, there's still no power so we get outta bed, throw on some cold clothes then head out to Fred Meyer real quick for some light shopping then breakfast sandwiches in the Starbucks that's just inside the southwest entrance.

After shopping and breakfast, we head back home where, Hallelujah!, the power's back on.

Did I say Hallelujah?

Now Kimmer, especially, is back in business for online work from home. Unfortunately for me, the power back on doesn't mean instant hot water again. So I head out, second consecutive morning without a shower of any kind.

Returning home that evening, we're back to normal with a cherry on top, the cherry being the nut-free, made in a nut-free facility, deeply chocolate frosted cupcakes that're also injected with chocolate frosting.

Cuz I'm a great husband like that. 🥳

So then Friday's a regular day only it's not a regular day because it's Linzy's birthday! 

First thing in the morning, though, we look up and out the french doors to our bedroom when we spy Dinker the cat outside in front of the doors. Not a super unusual occurrence... only he's been gone missing a coupla weeks and we presumed him dead on account of raccoons.

So this is our cat. Back from the dead.

By the way, he's chunkier than when we saw him last two weeks before... and he smells of cigarette smoke. So either he took up smoking and then binge-eating mice and birds or...

Someone's been keeping our cat locked up in their home for the past two weeks.

Insane.

Pretty sure we know who it is 'cause, sadly, they're in a late stage of life with an ever looser hold on reality. 🤨🤔

Anyway, Dinker The Cat came home. 🥳

Back to Linzy's birthday, though, because early that afternoon we picked her up at her place and jetted off to Pacific Place in downtown to catch the newly-released "Wicked". Later, my second-cousin texts me 

"Did you like it ??"

And I say

Absolutely. But the experience for me went like this: They coulda lopped off the first five to ten minutes and started with Galinda arriving at school. I spent the first half of the movie HATING. GALINDA'S. GUTS. The middle of the movie was the most compelling, powerful part. Then fun until they meet oz. Then the end gets super intense until both linzy and I discovered this was part one of two movies and the second doesn't come out until this time next year. WHAAAAAAAAAAT???!!! 😡 But yeah. Great movie! ☺️

Yeah.

That was not. A fun surprise.

So now we're into the weekend and we're looking ahead at this coming Thursday: Thanksgiving.

Kimmer's doing a cooked potato trial run, testing out her recipe and cooking instructions for what will be, essentially, today's breakfast. Then she's on the phone with a dear friend whose family's joining us and the discussion gets well into the tall grass of food, drinks, desserts, and seating arrangement.

The missus 'n I talk about these things as well, trying to determine next steps so that the week goes smoothly.

Which is all.

We really.

Want.

🙂

[keferon]

Question, is jazz controlling his mech from the chest or is he like, located in the head? Chest would make sense I think if you compare it to gundam and such but head is sorta like a brain replacement? Plus there is the huge visor he could potentially look through?

I think it needs to be chest because. Hear me out

Normal reason - the thickest armor - the best possible protection for pilot

My honest reason - JUST IMAGINE how freaky it would be for Prowl to see Jazz get FUCKING DECAPITATED and keep fighting after it. Just imagine

[orofeaiel]

Boardwalk Overlook | Cape Flattery, WA

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Stewart, British Columbia

Taken September 2023

[library--fairy]

Revisiting the Drift -- This is a remake of my old piece from 2013! Happy Pacific Rim Day!

[rockpaperscissuhs]

UNDERAPPRECIATED SHOTS - The Pacific: Episode 9

[sweetreveriee]

ATTENTION!!!!!!

for those affected by the LA fires, various Planet Fitness locations have offered access to locker rooms, showers, charging outlets, and Wi-Fi for free. The offer extends until January 15th so please take advantage of it if you find yourself in need.

The following locations are participating (alphabetical order):

Anaheim (West Katella Avenue)

Beaumont

Bellflower

Buena Park

Camarillo

Carson (Lomita Boulevard)

Carson (Town Center)

Cerritos

Chino

Compton

Corona (Grand Oaks)

Corona

Costa Mesa

Covina

Diamond Bar

Downey

Encino

Fontana (Summit Avenue)

Fontana

Foothill Ranch

Fountain Valley

Fullerton

Garden Grove

Granada Hills

Hawaiian Gardens

Hawthorne

Hemet

Hesperia (Bear Valley Road)

Hesperia

Huntington Beach (Goldenwest Street)

Huntington Park

Inglewood (both locations on Imperial Highway and Manchester Boulevard)

Laguna Niguel

Lake Elsinore

Lake Forest

Lancaster

Long Beach (locations at Cherry Avenue, Ximeno Avenue, and downtown Long Beach)

Downtown Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Mid City – W Washington)

Los Angeles (Washington Street & Hoover Avenue)

Los Angeles (Washington Boulevard)

Los Angeles (Wilmington Avenue)

Moreno Valley

Murrieta

Norwalk

Northridge

Ontario (E 4th Street)

Orange

Oxnard

Palmdale

Paramount

Perris

Pomona

Rancho Cucamonga (Alta Loma)

Rialto (S Riverside Avenue)

Rialto

Riverside (Tyler)

Riverside

San Bernardino (E Highland and Sterling avenues)

San Bernardino (S. Mt. Vernon)

San Bernardino

San Dimas

Santa Ana (E Edinger Aveune)

Santa Ana

Santa Clarita

Santa Fe Springs (Telegraph Road)

Simi Valley

South Gate

Studio City

Temecula (Winchester Road)

Thousand Oaks (Westlake)

Torrance

Tustin

Upland

Van Nuys

Ventura

Victorville

Whittier (Washington Boulevard)

[kbsd]

shoutout to absolute maniac mary phillips née houston for

dating gay little eugene sledge in high school ("we did everything together [...] he dated my wife" @00:05:26)

then marrying his best friend--who wooed her in eugene's car!!! (from sid's book, h/t meg @ww2yaoi; X)

putting up with eugene wearing white to the wedding like an absolute diva (fig. 1)

letting eugene hang at their house every night until 2am ("alright, miss mary, i'll leave" @00:05:49)

clearly remaining very good friends with eugene in her own right (fig. 2)

the more i learn about how much of a package deal the three of them were, especially in the years immediately after the war, the more i have to respect mary for being soo hilarious for this (and patient for putting up with pathetic gay sledge <3)

fig. 1: from sid's book, h/t jen @crowthis

fig. 2: h/t @leckiestrikes; X

[biowho]

There is at least one dev still following you, don't worry you're doing great :)

[ladyy--lazarus]

La Jolla, California🌸

[woodsdyke]

some oregon coast (and one washington) highlights: ecola state park x2, cannon beach x2, cape disappointment, hug point rec area x2

[orofeaiel]

👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

The final 20 miles of Dalton Highway—to Deadhorse, AK

Taken June 2023

[eopederson2]

Pike Place Market, Seattle, 2024.

[macphoto]

Seattle 12.2.23

[jojo-oliver]

paintings i did 🌅