Today was a beautiful day for a motorcycle ride so Diana & I decided to make some progress on our latest undertaking, which we refer to as The Neighborhood Project. This is our attempt to visit every single neighborhood in Seattle. There are a lot of neighborhoods in Seattle, and it's hard to find a comprehensive list. The best we've found is the official City Clerk neighborhood map here. But that doesn't even include the lesser-known sub-neighborhoods, like Puget Ridge and Pigeon Point, which we passed today on our quick drive-through of most of the Delridge area. Anyway, we're about halfway done and it just occurred to me it would have been a good thing to blog about. I haven't yet gotten around to writing up the highlights of the day. (Most neighbhooding days include cupcakes & trying new drinks at Asian markets. Sometimes these drinks include white fungus, sometimes they look delicious but prove too complicated to open.)
But I did start a Google map of our stops this afternoon (and I do plan, of course, to update it with past adventures). Check it out the new Neighborhood Project Map.
And, while we're at it, here are some more updates:
1) I got into UW's fiction MFA (Master of Fine Arts) program. I'm excited to be able to stay in Seattle and get to go back to school.
2) April will not be the best month for me to renew my dedication to blogging since I will be taking a course to get my 50 Ton Masters license (a Coast Guard license that is better than my current limited masters which only allows me to drive launches and duck boats). This means I'll be working from 9am-6pm then in class from 6pm-10pm every weekday for 5 weeks.
3) I am almost 28.
4) Did I mention I am going back to school this fall? Crazy.
5) I am currently working on a chapbook of recent writing. It has the same name as a mix CD I made a few years ago. I will post details when I am done.
Thanks for reading!
2 comments:
a) since when do you ride a motorcycle? apparently i'm not the only non-motorcycle rider in my family. they make fun of my scooter. i don't care.
b) some of us will always be older than you. like, almost 30. take solace in that.
c) i suppose the ability to drive a duck boat only comes in handy in limited situations huh? but when you need to, thank god for that license.
d) of course the most important. congratulations congratulations! can fiction still be based on your fabulous real-life adventures? i sure hope so. can't wait to hear more!
How's the chapbook coming? Shaw and I would love to read it!
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