Portland

I was down in Portland the last two weekends. Last weekend there was an ice storm which made it a little interesting. Here's Coop standing on a frozen pond.

This weekend there was no ice, but there was plenty to do. Here is the rundown of what I did.

Thursday night:
Drove down to Portland, thought about linked list implementations and BST sorting algorithms in anticipation for the next day's interview. Arrived at my parents' house, got a haircut from my mom. Started feeling sick. (cold/flu) Went to bed.

Friday:
Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Drove downtown and interviewed with e***. Billy was in the room while I was interviewed. I thought it was going to be awkward, but it turned out alright. I think the interview went pretty well, supposed to hear back sometime this week. Ate lunch at Bush Garden with the e*** crew; Tomo took a picture of where we ate and put it on his blog. After lunch, I was feeling tired because I was definitely coming down with some illness. Went back to parents' house and slept from 1:30-6:30pm. Got up, hung out with parents and Chloe, played piano. Went to Billy's, hung out, talked to Dave J., listened to Belle & Sebastian, drank beer, and talked 'til we fell asleep around 1:30am.

Saturday:
Woke up bright and early since I slept on the floor and Kalin got up to watch cartoons. Got ready for the day and met Dave L., Micah, & Karin at Elmers for breakfast (I got the country biscuit breakfast). After breakfast, Dave and I went to his place where we played DOAU for an hour or so. Then we went to see House of Flying Daggers... We both liked the movie, but I thought it was a little slow in parts. Went back to Dave's, he taught me backgammon, I aced him 3 games in a row and let him win the 4th one to give him a little of his dignity back. Went back to Billy's, ate bratwursts & beer with him and Dave J. We left to go bowling but the lanes were booked, so we went to a house party. There were only dudes there, so we all went to a bar called Buddy's. Played darts & a thing like table shuffleboard mixed with crokinole mixed with curling. I lost. Went back to Billy's; talked and finished our half played game of Rummikub. I lost. Went to bed.

Sunday:
Got up, drank coffee, played another game of Rummikub (I lost) and talked for a few hours. Went over to Ryan & Heidi's to visit Kylee (who is thankfully doing well after the surgery). Set up R&H's wireless router, got 2 frozen burritos and a coke in return. Went to Video Only to help Billy pick out a receiver (his stereo broke on Friday night while we were listening to music). Went over to Dave L.'s house to meet him and Micah for some Halo 2 action (I was late because I stopped at Music Warehouse to buy a Belle & Sebastian and two Radiohead albums). Played Halo 2, did good for a while, then started sucking. Left Dave's house to drive back to Seattle. Watched Arrested Development & season premiere of Stargate:SG1 (yay). Played piano, and wrote my first song ever. Even though I wrote it, I still can't play it perfectly... how does that make sense? Typed about my weekend, and coughed like crazy (yes, still sick). Haven't gone to bed yet, it's after 3am...