Ways to beat the heat
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Monday, July 27, 2009
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Update
It's Optimus Prime! It's the first movie Legends edition, and the pride of my Transformers collection. He's very poseable, and fun to play with. As well, it's OPTIMUS PRIME!
Anyways, as you've probably noticed, there have been a few changes around here. First the ads you see in the page are ways to make some extra $$. Click on them and you give us money. Just that simple. If you wish for me to click ads on your blog, just let me know. We can make money together! Yay! Just click on them once a day please.
Anyways, as you've probably noticed, there have been a few changes around here. First the ads you see in the page are ways to make some extra $$. Click on them and you give us money. Just that simple. If you wish for me to click ads on your blog, just let me know. We can make money together! Yay! Just click on them once a day please.
As well you've noticed, no doubt, those new posts which you have to click a link to get to. Well let me tell you what that's about. I'm also a blogger for Examiner.com. A spiffy website you'll enjoy. And I'm the Seattle Evangelical blogger, so a lot of the Christian updates will be posted there. Why? Because again, I get paid for page views! Yay, money! Oh, and click on those ads for just a few more cents please.
Currently looking for a full time job. You know, one that will pay more than $6-7 a day? Unfortunately I'm just not finding much in this economy. Oh well, not like we're hurting.
Monday, July 20, 2009
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Monday, July 06, 2009
The Woodland Park Zoo
I've lived up in the Seattle area for quite some time now, and I can only blame poor timing for not venturing to the zoo before this. Also something coming up, and always busy, am I right? Well this weekend me and the missus had enough. We made up our minds, packed the car, subsequently forgot the sun screen, and went on a day trip that was extremely enjoyable.
Our goal was to get to the zoo as soon as it opened, around 9:30. Of course we left the house at 10 that morning, and didn't make it into the zoo until around 11:45. Forget the obvious sleeping in, apparently we weren't the only ones who figured a bright, warm July 3rd also seemed like a great time to go to the zoo. But despite roaming around for parking for a good 30 minutes, once inside it did not feel crowded at all. Perhaps it was because we are just used to really large crowds (Disney Land anyone?), but it was a pleasant surprise to spend the day at a relatively slow pace (minus the occasional child of course).
Being so close to lunch time anyways, our first stop was a very nice sandwich shop called Sabino's Specialties. Mine came with perhaps a bit too much olive oil poured on top, but a few dabs of the napkin and it still ranks as the best sub sandwich in the Northwest. Madam got a pretty good tuna salad sandwich which didn't upset her food allergies too much. All in all, a great start considering we almost got fast food before parking.
Of course the point of any zoo is not the food, but the animals. Sometimes the animal's food. Woodland Park has a pretty good variety of animals on hand. A rather lot of Asian animals, but the predominance of Asian influence in Seattle can easily explain that. The African plains exhibit was really nice, as it featured a really large paddock housing ostriches, giraffes, antelopes, and a few others. Overall we did notice that many of the animals seemed really tired, staying out of the sun in favor of resting in the cool shade. I would not have imagined that the heat would have made so many want to take mid-day naps, but I guess I would have been wrong.
So my favorite part was catching the raptor presentation. No, not the raptors from Jurassic Park (which qualify as the scariest animal ever). We only got to see 3 birds of prey, and we got there late. I didn't catch the first bird, but I believe it was a Harris' Hawk. Then out came a great Barn Owl, who was beautiful! Unfortunately its performance was cut short because a Turkey Buzzard had to steal the show. Don't get me wrong, it was awesome to see the Buzzard. It just would have been nice to see more of the owl.
This was a great experience, and I hope that people can make time to go to the Woodland Park Zoo in North Seattle. Make a day of it, and you'll not regret it. I only wished I had taken more photos really. Our next adventure, next weekend, is to the Aquarium. Perhaps I'll see you there!
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Seattle Pacific University
I'm taking a road trip to North Seattle today. I'm visiting the SPU library to gather some final resources for my Danielic Beastly Empires paper. I'm really excited to be able to visit a new university in the area. Being on the peninsula, I'm sure it will look extremely beautiful. It might become a great place just to hang out on campus, finding small crooks and crannies to enjoy nature and reflect upon God.
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