Still spending

Last week's $80 budget

$8 Trader Joe's groceries
$14.75 Stumptown bulk coffee, strawberries and yogurt from New Seasons
$1.50 McDonald's small french fries
$3 split cost for tomato and zucchini plant starts
$2.50 Grand Central Bakery cheese danish
$.75 Can of coke
$17 Fred Meyer groceries
$4 two 16 ounce coffees
$12 chips and salsa for party
$1.98 two iTunes songs -- "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" and "Sabotage"

That leaves 14.50, unless you count the $50 I spent on Neko Case tickets :)

The sun sets late.

We made a friend at the bluffs, Destiny:

Had such a great late afternoon (evening, I guess) with Ryan and Dana Rae, playing around with photos at the bluffs.

Things I like:

1. The line to the "bathroom" (i.e. a kind of secluded hole)
2. The following songs: "Kiss Me Through the Phone" by Soulja Boy, "I Hate This Part" by the Pussycat Dolls and "I'm an Animal" by Neko Case. Oh yes.
3. Canned beer after 7 on a Sunday
4. Mochi
5. THE SUN

So what kind of motel is it really?

Teens

Aaron and I are working on a mini-documentary about these kids:

Anniversaries

May 11th has held so much. It was the birthday of my first girlfriend.

It was the day I first saw you. I had Tsing Tao waiting for you to arrive in Missouri. When you got there, I was slightly buzzed. My hair was still wet, too, because I had been so nervous I needed a second shower. It was also the date, two years later, that you left me. We cried on the street in front of my apartment and kissed like we hadn't in months. Afterwards, I bought pre-fab furniture, hoping to ease my broken heart or reclaim my living room somehow.

Today, it's just sunny. I'm writing stories and eating lunch with my new love. I'm biking in, against the wind.

West Coast Friendships

A photo from last weekend plus last week's $80 spent.




$25.50 groceries
$3.50 groceries
$3 tip for a lunch Rick B. bought me
$12 Damien Jurado ticket
$5 Mirror Pond beer + tip at concert
$2 bus ticket
$15 two tickets to see 17 Again
$4.50 one order of belgian fries with poutine
$3.75 Subway sandwich
$.75 can of coke


That leaves $5 still! I stayed in budget.