The "Do you Like it here/Are you a fit for Seattle?" Quiz

I've felt for sometime, that as a resident of this city, I don't really fit the mold. So just for fun, I've created this "handy" quiz for you to find out--Should I pack up my Birks, with my tail between my legs and find a new city?? That's a picture of a Sasquatch by the way, perhaps you already knew that...

1) Do you like the Dave Mathews Band?

2) Do you own a light therapy lamp for the treatment of SAD or dysthymia?

3) Do you like Starbucks?

4) Do you own a pair of Uggs—and not the fake ones (I'd say the unofficial Birkenstock of the 00’s)?

5) Are you likely to experience orgasm when you hear the latest ski conditions?

6) Do you like hiking?

7) If any of these teams--Seattle Seahawks, Supersonics, Mariners--has a less-than stellar season, do you drop off a 1/4 of the way through it?

8) Would you buy those Uggs at Nordstrom? Or possess a Nordstrom charge card?

9) Do you shop amazon.com over any other retail bookstore?

10) Does living without sunshine for over 75% of the year bother you?

11) Rep or Dem?

12) Are you an REI co-op member?

13) You want to pick up an Odwalla, do you buy it at Whole Foods?

Now for the scoring!! Are you excited?!
Questions 1-7, 9, 12, 13: Give yourself 2 pts if you answered Yes; 0 pts if No
Question 8: Two pts if Yes to either question
Question 10: No, 2pts—and you’re lying by the way!
Question 11: Democrat, 2pts

The Short, 0-5 = You fit in to the Seattle mold, like Paris Hilton in a turtleneck and full-length pants. Time to move!

The Tall, 6-12 = You're about $60 short on those Uggs. Maybe you should apply for a job with Microsoft.

The Grande, 13-19 = Dave Mathews is in town for a special last-minute show at the Paramount on the same day as: your wedding, birth of your child, a full 16 hours of sun-breaks! And you pass it up?? You'll never make it to Venti status.

The Venti, 20-26 = Zip up your Columbia and dash out to your Subaru Impreza with Starbucks Americano in hand. It’s time to release that pent-up dry season called Summer, on the slopes at Stevens!

I scored a 6 by the way. But I'll have know that I've practically retired the Nordstrom card and REI membership usage. Oh, and that last factor in my score? You can probably guess.

A tribute to Heath Leger

As many of you know, Heath Leger passed last Tuesday. He was only 28. I always enjoyed his movies and was glad that the first one I saw was filmed in my hometown.
He was a great actor, and I could never imagine his death being self-inflicted and in relation to illegal drugs.
I'll never think of the American cowboy quite the same. Click on the title's link and see for yourself ;)
I wish we could quit you Heath.

If George Bush is going to give me $600...

....I'm still going to count down the days till he's out of office :)

(intro) Didn't We Almost Have it All

Two years ago, I had the most amazing apartment, met an amazing guy, and well…not such an amazing job, however life was good. And in the blink of an eye it was all gone. No. Seriously.

Soon that amazing apartment notified me via roommate, "oh, our building is building renovated for new condos, starting...in 2 months". That amazing guy told me a week following our first meeting that he didn't want to date anyone at the time (uh huh, riiiiiight). And the not so amazing job gave me the pink slip.

Life certainly hands you lemons at the right time, huh? With that, I decided to make my own blank slate, start over and that is how I landed in Japan for 5 months last year.

Before leaving I thought I'd made a solid plan--I was going to stay for an entire year and after that, relocate from the home I'd known for 25 years, to a city that offered more job opportunities in the industries I was interested in. And of course, it didn't exactly happen that way.

Which brings me to my current state of affairs. It's January 2008, what are you going to do with your life?

I've certainly grown tired of the rollercoaster of good and bad news in my life since 2006. I'm ready to make the relocation I've wanted for so long and actually DO something about my career. I want to know that whoever reads this, it serves as motivation if you're in a similar situation--you've had your ups and downs, do something that you know will make you happy and give you a good outlook on the new year. Find that job, take that vacation, fall in love, get married, throw out your clothes from 1985--just do it now (come on, I'm not completely ripping off Nike's slogan!). And along the way, you can read about what happens next :)