say what you mean

Last night we ate at The Jones in Maple Leaf and it was excellent.  Everything was made from scratch in their kitchen, and you could taste it in the quality of the food.  We ended up spending a lot, but only because we got an appetizer, two meals, and four drinks.  That adds up anywhere.  I am excited to have finally tried this place that is less than five minutes away from our apartment, and that I drive by almost daily.  I can't wait to go back for happy hour!

Furminator

Over the weekend Gerritt's mom showed us this brush, the furminator, claiming it's the best one she's ever used. 

It doesn't look like anything special, but we brushed our cat for five minutes with it and I couldn't believe the amount of hair it got.  By the end there was enough fur in the garbage to look like we had shaved a tiny animal. 

Somehow it gets the hair in their undercoat, and it is amazing.  She doesn't shed as much already, and it's only been twice that we've used it on her.

It's pretty expensive, the largest size goes for $60, but we got ours for about $40, and I figure it's a lifetime investment and worth not stepping out of the house only to realize you are covered in white kitty fur.

Makes my heart happy. :D

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Makes my heart happy. :D

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It's 11pm here, 1am Seattle time and I'm on my 11th hour of a 12 hour work day. I'm having fun! The store is amazingly beautiful. Today we had lunch at alan wong's restaurant where I had the most amazing burger with avocado salsa. I still haven't made it to the beach, but there's hope of a short(er) work day tomorrow.

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jennifer
> Date: March 4, 2008 10:05:36 PM HST
> To: Vox <0efeee851b495301@moblog.vox.com>
> Subject: I made it
>

> It was a really long flight, but so far Hawaii is amazing. It's > warm, it's beautiful, and sitting on the beach drinking mai tais as > the sun set was lovely. If only my friends were here and I didn't > have to work 10+ hours a day starting tomorrow...regardless, I am > lucky and grateful. More soon!

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jennifer
> Date: March 4, 2008 10:05:36 PM HST
> To: Vox <0efeee851b495301@moblog.vox.com>
> Subject: I made it
>

> It was a really long flight, but so far Hawaii is amazing. It's > warm, it's beautiful, and sitting on the beach drinking mai tais as > the sun set was lovely. If only my friends were here and I didn't > have to work 10+ hours a day starting tomorrow...regardless, I am > lucky and grateful. More soon!

I just found out the Swell Season (which is band name the two artists from the movie Once use) are coming to Seattle at the end of April!  Thus I will be attending a concert, something I rarely do.  I was watching some of their performances on youtube last night, and I got really excited.  Not only are they super talented, but they're also dating in real life, which is beyond adorable.  They have to avoid eye contact or they break into smiles and they steal kisses throughout the show.  I just imagine what it would be like to be on tour singing the songs your wrote next to the person you're crazy in love with, and having an audience love every minute of it.  That's amazing.  Or maybe I'm just projecting my dreams of being able to sing onto it.  Regardless, they just won an Oscar!  Check it out.

The Swell Season-You Ain't Goin' Nowhere-Wiltern 11/10/07

The Swell Season: Live from the Artists Den

Am I the only person left in the universe, aside from third graders, who still writes in cursive?  I write faster in cursive.  It is fun and swirly, and looks fancy!  Whenever someone sees me write in cursive though, they make a big deal out of it.  They tell me they forgot how to years ago.  They act like I am some sort of Victorian era authenticist (that's probably not a word).  Anyways, I don't find my preference for cursive all that strange. /end