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Clutch Carlos

Mood: Noble Listening to: Mark III [my iPod] Reading: Napkin Nights Volume 5 Watching: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 3 Eating: Everything I found at Fort Briggs Drinking: Milk A few days ago my friend, Matt aka General Briggs, text'd asking for help. Honestly, he rarely contacts me in any way, shape or forms since I moved out of his crib and into my current crib. I thought he was jailed in Tijuana, divorced, broke, missing a limb. The text requested I call ASAP so that was within 2 minutes of receiving the text. Dude, if you know me, you know I'm sitting on my mobile - the one device I use to communicate with the outside world. Apparently, he made travel plans to fly his wife and newborn daughter, Rily to Phoenix so his 'rents can see her. The original house / dog sitter bailed on them days before departure. They requested I do it from 12/23 (Wed) to 12/28 (Mon) Yes, over Christmas Eve and Christmas. I've always wanted to be clutch for a family that took me i

THEE Seattle Freeze

Mood: Rant Listening to: iTunes - entire library on random Reading: Girl Genius Omnibus #1 Drinking: Java Another Fridance, another night to post up in the nightclub scene... I constantly wonder why bother with this bullshit. Here's a blog post that found: "Ok, so I've heard for some time about this mysterious force called "The Seattle Freeze". More than a few folks have mentioned this, and apparently it's perceived to be quite real. What is it? It's the notion that it's hard to meet people in this town, that Seattleites are "friendly but cold", and that compared to other large cities, people like to mind their own business and not go out of their way to make friends." And here's a response to it that I agree to: "I have found most people to be sincerely polite, but not as quick and easy to get to know as I have in the past in other cities. I'm also realizing that you need to have one group of friends for certain activ