Dreams Wide Awake

currently on hiatus

Havana Social Club

I think the tag line pretty much says it all there. Great space on a Thursday night to chat/catch up with Yogini-girl. Very chill DJ spinning on Thursday nights from 6-9. He actually played 'Crimson & Clover' and with the first few strains we looked at each other and said at the same time: "I love this song!"

Love the layout, the colors and the beat-up wooden dance floor. Thursdays are slow and lazy -& just like Havana is supposed to be: things don't really start moving in there until around 11pm. 

Spring has Sprung!

isn't it amazing when the sun comes out in Seattle? when Spring really starts up? Everybody comes out of the woodwork, everyone is smiling at each other and saying hello...

...it's like a Disney musical!

went for such a lovely walk on Phinney Ridge this afternoon: people were working in their yards and everything is starting to bloom. The air was warm and soft with the smell of things finally blooming. 

Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!

Catching up on my news feeds and blogs today.

If you have not checked out Bob Cesca (who, by the by, has a column in the Huffington Post), I would highly advise it. He put a little snark and painful humor in my news, which is much like the spoonful of sugar one needs these days to choke down anything that is going on with much of America these days.

In this one - Flummoxing the Wingnuttery - he posts an email exchange he had over a (you guessed it) piece he recently posted on Huff. Link to the original post here: 'Sean Hannity's Ridiculous War Against Socialism', if you you want a little back ground on her response.

And Keith Olberman. I know some people find him a little too sarcastic and caustically anti-Republican, but even if it's a bitter laugh - I need a little levity when listening to the news these days. Michelle Bachmann. I mean, seriously? I don't claim to know everything but I also don't (or try not to) yammer on and on about half truths and SHIT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.



In closing, wander over to Kim Has Nothing Clever To Say and read her sobering post: 'Spoiled Little Brother Syndrome'.

Repost: 'Stimulus Package: If You Jump Halfway Across A Chasm You Fall Into the Abyss

Arianna Huffington from Huffington Post: 'Stimulus Package: If You Jump Halway Across a Chasm You Fall Into the Abyss' 

i know, i know. 

i don't return with fanfare and excitement. 

i return with a Huffington Post link and commentary. didn't see that coming, did'ja?

but, i really do find that HuffPost does (at least briefly) show me there are other thinking-type peeps out there who are able to write without seizing up with anger, confusion and irritation.

i think the key to survival right now (like, right at this second before i'm even halfway through my 'thank god, i made it through another day' drink) is that we are all simply waiting for it to get better. or worse. 

i try not to be angry. just kind of tiptoe around the irritation that though i was responsible through this whole economic meltdown (didn't buy a house i couldn't afford, didn't buy a car i couldn't afford, didn't run up my credit cards, or buy a herd of alpacas): i'm still going to have to bail out the reckless. if i don't spend too much time thinking about it and only listen to my NPR in little doses i can hopefully avoid that tightness in my throat (you know the feeling? like you're just about to cry but trying desperately not to?) and just repeat my little mantra: 'you have a job, you have a car, you have a place to live, you get to eat'.   

don't think i'm not grateful for, you know... not fucking living outside my means. thanks, Common Sense!

meanwhile, the price of food, fun and necessities continue to go up. where's my stimulus package? 

oh, there it is: i'll be paying for it for the next 30 years. it's like Christmas, all over again. 

Pretty Frakkin' Sweet

that 'frak' is for you, Adam.

Mr President!

New Year's Revelations

As cheesy as it sounds - I know almost everyone else also feels a sense of new beginnings and fresh starts when the New Year rolls in. Whether that lasts until your hangover wears off or until you fight with your significant other for the first time in the new year or you last until that dingbat cuts you off from the left lane: we all seem to relish the chance to 'start over'.

I'm not one for the ubiquitous 'resolutions' upon the new year - but it's a good chance to rededicate your life and thoughts and ambitions... to whatever is important in one's life right now.

T.S. Eliot said, "For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning."

Cheers and Happy New Year 2009!

I got yer Christmas cheer right here.....

so cease and desist with the Christmas carols - or Holiday ditties - whatever the hell you want to call them. Why must every holiday be crammed down our throats? Hello, ad executives? I'm looking at you.

but can I say I am really loving this snow? Right at this very moment, anyway. anyone can appreciate snow and ice and general mayhem from the safety of their own home in wool socks and a sweater sitting in front of the fireplace and watching the entire 2nd season of 'Lost' (yes, folks, i am that far behind on 'Lost'. don't tell me how good it gets later or how it totally gets even better later on). also there is a coffeeshop within walking distance, i have a stockpile of booze, firewood and tomato soup - so i've got that going for me too.

we'll see how i feel about snow when i have to go to work tomorrow.

favorite Seattle-ite line heard over and over and over...: "It's not me. I know how to drive in the snow. It's all those other drivers out there." Sure, Dude, you're the rockstar - they're just holding you back.

And.... it just started snowing again. I am so glad I am NOT going to the Seahawks game. My ass is cold just thinking about it.

Dear Dreams Wide Awake

my dear little blog,
how i've missed you.
and... it's not that i'm ignorning you. i know we've talked every few days or so for nearly a year and now - it's been well over a week.

is the affection waning?
have i grown bored with you
have i started a new blog?
no, no dear blog - it's me, not you.

no, really! it is!

actually work has been very busy and my own personal writing has picked up quite a bit after a year of doldrums and angst. i'm enjoying my 'day job' - not to mention that extra day off because of said 'day job'.

so - let's take a break. stay friends but give each other some breathing room. don't forget about me! i'll be back!

TTYL
KIT
BFF

Election Day 2008 - "45 degrees & steady rain"

ELECTION DAY!

I have no doubt that we will win.

Yes: I'm nervous - but it's more like the butterflies you get in your stomach when your plane starts to descend after a long flight and you know you will still have to wade through the landing.


the taxi-ing.


the deplaning.


and then baggage claim - in order to see the one you travelled all this way to see.


so - yeah, nervous.


but excited and nearly on fire with anticipation, anxiety and...maybe a healthy dab of fear.


one whole day to watch it roll in. i guess this means i will be eating lunch in the car while listening to NPR.