Trigger: pulled

I have been hemming and hawing for months about buying new recording and production hardware - I have been out of business since moving out of the Alki House. I finally pulled the trigger and $2,200 later I have the basics for a new home recording setup. I settled on:

• M Audio 49-Key Axiom

• MOTU Traveler

• Macbook 2.4ghz/2MB
  

I'm going to get a site set up and post some of my old stuff and put up some new stuff as soon as it emerges.

Birthday Weekend

Jaime bought 14.5 pounds of various meats for my birthday. At the time, I think we had 13 RSVPs. That exemplified a theme of this year's celebration - excess. She prepared everything herself (except the excellent carrot cake) - lamb souvlaki, shrimp and chorizo skewers, skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, grilled chipotle hot wings, potatoes with goat cheese...

Other features of the evening included RW trivia, hosted by Dawn. Trivia included my first car and which year I took my earrings out. We ended the night by walking over to the tiki bar across the street for some karaoke.

So cool...

This is a huge deal.

Wedding Photos

I got some wedding photographs from Mackenzie's wedding. Here are a couple.

Seafair

Seafair is a combination of water-going NASCAR and a massive military recruiting drive. It is not seemingly compatible with Seattle. That said, people love it. I love it. Fast boats and fast planes are cool in an enduring way. It is as close as adults can come to equivalence with a childhood fascination with firetrucks or bulldozers or something.



Jaime applying sunscreen, Adam applying sandwich.

The weather was fine, but cool with the wind and the lake was very choppy. Last year we spent most of the day on a boat, but this year was the year for dry land.

The girls, most likely talking about what good boyfriends we are.

Adam and Jordan like to cuddle.

Adam, probably suffering acute gout.

After a year, she still pretends to like me in public.

I like this one because Jaime had to bend down to hide her towering 5'5" height.

The Dude abides.

Jaime's Birthday

We went out for Jaime's birthday last night, which is on August 5th. Yesterday was also our one-year anniversary. Along to celebrate were Steve (Jaime's older brother), Amber (Steve's gf), Sarah, Adam, Dahlia, Ameer and Jess. We went to the Pampas Room for drinks, then dinner at the Black Bottle and finally to Twist.






Jaime was pulling at my cardigan with her teeth. It made a certain kind of sense at the time.

Stuff White People Like

I first came across this blog a while ago, but I have decided I love it now. How much do you know about Stuff White People Like? How much do you want to?