C Note(s)

Now we've cleared Christmas, here are the top 15 non-traditional Christmas I like to watch. Starting with number #15...   #15. 12 Monkeys Instead of spreading holiday cheer, try watching the spread of a deadly virus for a change of Christmas pace! And even if transmitting diseases is an average Saturday night for you, director Terry Gillam has a few unexpected twists up his sleeve to please your insatiable Christmas spirit. Specifically, a time-traveling Bruce Willis as the hero, an institutionalized, bat-shit crazy Brad Pitt as the possible villain and escaped zoo animals that may or may not possess the disease that will end humanity. There's even an obligatory airport at Christmas scene! Only instead of a tearful embrace in the terminal, there is a shoot-out and bloody visions of future deaths dancing through Bruce Willis' head. Which, in my mind, is a welcome substitute to sugarplums. #14 A Black Christmas This holiday-themed slasher flick takes place in a...

Hi Mom! Can you believe it's been 16 years since you've been away? Actually you were sleeping when this day happen so I guess I was doing most of the talking . Imagine that, ha ha! I realize my past couple of open letters to you were not so positive. That said, in the years you've been gone I've learned that an unfiltered in genuine communication with everyone is a less stressful way of life. It’s not exactly honesty is the best policy type of vain but at least I’m getting in the ballpark. And for the most part it is got me out of trouble! I have decided that lake is one of those choose-your-own-adventure books that you and I would read together. Except the comparison stops for life once the choices made there’s no flipping back to the page to reread the other path. Each life choice I have made was based on the promise I made you on this day oh-so-long-ago. I'll do my utmost to be accepted into heaven and to do enough good work that you and I can ...

Well... I've always said life is like those old "choose-your-own-adventure" books for each chapter of your life. And tonight I started my TRD declaration of being a DJ. Granted it was a co-hosted karaoke night but this time around I wasn't singing! It's just the beginning, y'all. This is a watershed moment in my life, which I'm absolutely amp'd about!! Stay tuned for more! This has been MY C Note! 'los; out

I know that the latest FB tend, internet fad was to be thankful each day of November by posting on your FB Wall. Well, I am grateful every day, and hopefully I convey that personally each and every time. I was grateful to tired on my drive into work today. Yes, you read that correctly. The past two nights and events have been incredible. That said, I'd like to recognize those that without them would not be amazing events which have been attached to my moniker 'los with the most and/or the Bayne Beer Garden. Honestly, it's only the hard work, love and support that make these events, parties, and gatherings successful. Otherwise, I'd be alone, sitting in my living room with brew, no company, and no grub. Without further ado, here are my shout outs... WCP (Charrina Bayne) Thank you for your culinary creations as they are the best this side of the Mississippi to serve our guests, friends and family. They are always tasty, presentable and continuously change. Your e...

Since it's cold outside, and close enough to the anniversary date... "Home, Sweet, Home" November 27th 2006 For those of you in the emailed audience, you may have already been following along. Below is the excerpt from my journal regarding my almost 20 hour (19hrs 56mins) odyssey from Costco Travel (Issaquah) to my home (Bothell) and the 26 miles that separate it... [430p] Left work to start my commute home. Since it had rained/snowed earlier I knew my traffic would be delayed. I just didn't realize what the Gods of Lunacy had in store for me... [630p] Two hours into my usual 1.5 hour commute, I was near 160th St SW on I-405 NB. I sat there for 15 minutes w/ no movement. I made the fateful call to bail off the freeway and brave the surface streets to home. Now to fully appreciate the situation, you must know that accessing Bothell from the Woodinville is like connecting via Hong Kong on a Seattle-Los Angeles flight. It was dark, cold and starting to freeze the wat...

Dating. A necessary evil if you're seeking companionship. Completely optional if you're not. Being a single male in the Pacific Northwest, I am on the dating scene therefore seeking companionship. So evil. At times it gives you elation. Other times it's frustration. It can be humbling. It can be introspective if a lesson can be learned. All I've learned is that it's about much fun as brushing your teeth with steel wool.  Slightly amusing but mostly painful! And then... add in the Seattle Freeze . Before you nay-sayers start commenting how it's not real, and all in my head, ask yourself - have you ever looked for it or do you blithely ignore the observation? It's real, and defined. Don't believe me? Read the following - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Seattle%20Freeze Still think I'm full of bullshit? Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Freeze Here's the coup de grace... The Seattle Times Newspaper has a ma...

Hey Mom, You've dishing out some hard lessons learned lately. Patience, resourcefulness, gratefulness, and more. One of which I finally relented to. To forgive someone who (in my mind) doesn't deserve or earned an ounce of it. I truly mean forgive too! Not just saying it out loud, or intend to forgive. Truly forgive them in your heart, soul, and mind for the trespasses against you, without them offering an apology to you. While I can forgive, I will not forget. I'm so sorry, Mom. I know you were devoutly Catholic, but this is as pious as I can be. Can you please advance me to the next life lesson? Love you as always, Your Son