Well I’ve been quiet as of late and I can say that for once I have a good reason.  Her name is Kristin, and at (wait let me check the receipts… see it’s the only time in the past year I’ve been to that bar and I charged it so I would be able to always nail the day) almost 4 months I figure this has some staying power.  Her name is Kristin, she is effectively a native, and in school for psychology.  When she is not caring for the developmentally disabled she is evaluating convicts to see if they are particularly overly likely to become prison rapists or the victims of prison rape.  In short, her stories are better than mine.  We are still in the joyous early stages where we do obnoxious cutesy things like go to pumpkin patches and carve pumpkins with hot cider.

  In other news… damn their sweet sweet lies.  http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPJEUo1HE0HoG6fMlzlxW012DBMQ  Perhaps we should have caught wind when Bob Seger sang “That’s why I’m going to Kathmandu.”  I hear he and the abominable are like this (cross fingers for the visual).

  As promised I did attend the Packers @ Seahawks game two weeks ago.  I found face value tickets on the lower level which, as I bought them from a season ticket holder, included passes to the Wells Fargo Club.  Not only can you buy over priced beer but you can also buy overpriced BOOZE!  Next to us was a couple in their mid 30s.  She was obviously pro Seahawks; cheering as loudly as someone who doesn’t quite want to admit it by say BUYING A PIECE OF LOGOED GEAR possibly can.  I mean come on; if you’re kicking down for tickets you can at least get a logo hat.  Her boyfriend was simply drunk.  After the Seahawks score he asked me why Dad and I weren’t dancing.  I informed him that he had apparently missed the fact that we were Packer fans.  Other than Packer Zubas and face paint I don’t know what more green and gold I could have worn.  He then informed me that he hates the Seahawks and is a Denver fan.  He quieted down for a series but then leaned over to share his opinion of the Bellevue housewife in front of us.  “She’s scary.” he said in a loud whisper.  On this point I had to agree.  Take the cast of Desperate Housewives and make them all divorcees in their 50’s.  Now remember that they don’t actually know the rules of the sport they’re watching but they do know that getting the season tickets in the divorce was the only knife they had and damn it they are going to stab as best they can.

   Anyway the girlfriend of said drunk man caught his obnoxiousness and switched places with him during a cheering session so that he was on the end of the aisle.  He sulked.  A few minutes later she said “Jeremy, don’t ruin this for me.”  2 minutes later they left.  There were 50 minutes left to play.  How not to enjoy a football game… lesson 1:  The first way to not enjoy a football game is to not watch it.  Thus concludes lesson 1.

   I will admit that I got emotional at the Packer game.  There is nothing like being 2000 miles from home turf and hearing the scattered masses rallying our cry. “Ba Ba Ba da da da! Go Pack Go!”

   I try not to be confrontational but I feel I need to share my thoughts on the upcoming vote.  Here are the guidelines I use; may they help you in your decisions.  First, if they are running unopposed, vote for them.  It’s obviously a shite job and thank God someone’s willing to do it.  Secondly, if you are uninformed about the candidates for obscure local offices don’t going messing up the fight by choosing strictly on party lines.  Do what I do.  Write in the name of a friend. Think of the self-esteem boost they’ll have!

   That seems to be the news from here.  The only other thing I would mention is that when Kristin met my dad and stepmother she decided it would be wise to catch the stomach flu first.  I would tell you how she sat at the table using all her focus to avoid recreating the scene from Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life.”  I would tell you that she was successful in avoiding that recreation, but we did have to leave early.  She was incredibly embarrassed and feels terrible about it so for those reasons I’m not going to mention it.

   Lest I make it one message with out geeking out, here’s what you can get me for Christmas… I’ll even “throw you the whip.”

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Jason “Dan Wilde for Water District 32 council member in 2008!” Newquist