Off to the Emerald City


I'm leaving on a red eye to Seattle tomorrow morning for Bumbershoot. It's for work, which means I'll be really busy, but I hope I get to catch New Pornographers, CocoRosie, and p:ano while I'm there. I really want to see People Talking and Singing. But it's $30 bucks this year. I know it's a benefit, but I need to save my pennies for my upcoming baby leave. Too bad I can't drink this time while I'm in town because I would have liked to gotten a chi-chi at the Cha-Cha or a nice pint of fresh brewed something-something from McMenamin's. Seattle food has never really impressed me, well except for Cafe Flora and the grilled cheeses at Beecher's, but I do love the local watering holes. Sigh. Anyone want to be pregnant for me for a weekend? If only it were that easy.

30 weeks


Here's me at 30 weeks and everyone else in the same boat on the flickr stroll. In the womb, fetal Neon is opening and closing his eyes, demanding more and more cheese and kicking like a riverdancer. Outside of the womb, I think I'm getting a tiny stretchmark, my back hurts and braxton-hicks contractions are totally bugging.

It will be interersting to see how I hold up this weekend while I'm working in Seattle at Bumbershoot. I'm going to need the Crocs for sure.

What?! Mark S. Allen got arrested? From the Bee:
Fly away: Rough weekend for Channel 31 Good Day Sacramento star Mark S. Allen. The TV personality was stopped by Sacramento County sheriff's deputies while driving through Sacramento Intergalactic Airport. Deputies called the Highway Patrol to test Allen's sobriety, and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Allen can be wild and crazy on TV, but he behaved himself in custody, CHP Officer Lizz Dutton said. No comment from Mark. …

Tsk! Tsk! But how was his hair?

The boring saga of baby stuff


We need a crib for the baby's room. This one we found at Goore's (most expensively outrageous baby store ever) is still pricey for what it is and the style is only tolerable. Everything cool looking there is over $1000 bucks and while they have tons of floor models, they have barely anything in stock. Their ordering time is 6-8 weeks. That just won't cut it since baby will be here in about 8 weeks! Eff Goore's. So we've begun trolling craigslist and Once Upon a Child stores looking for a plain, white crib. We also need a glider chair, but every one we've seen so far is fugly. Pfft. I whine, I whine.

Ad dork


What the? Holy crap. I'm totally into branding commercials like this. It's like, "BMW taught me something and now I feel so cultured! I need a new car..."

More video of Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures can be found here.