Today I made an excellent sandwich for lunch. It consisted of roast beef and cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce on a sub roll-- microwaved for a minute or two. Simple, yet delicious. This might have been the highlight of the day. Successfully completing my first independent electrical task would have been a close second had the bow light that I installed turned on when I was done. Which it didn't, of course. Although it is possible that it's not my fault and due instead to faulty wiring in the boat. (I'll keep you posted.) Can I say that I love how my job involves on a daily basis me pretending things like I've actually used wire strippers before Today I also got to go to the fuel dock for the first time (all the way to H dock. (we're on I dock.) It was kind of amazing. Ten pumps and a veritable mini-mart at the end of the dock with full coolers of beer. Definitely not as fun as ye olde Fuel Shed, but the attendant was not only not a middle-aged guy, she was actually kinda hot, so that would probably be highlight number three. Ha.
Wait. Cancel all of that. What am I saying? Nothing even comes close to topping the fact that today I enjoyed at least four hours of direct sunlight. I almost forgot because it was such an aberration.
Mid-day conversation with my co-worker:
Me: "Yeah, I just wanted to go do that project on Serenity before it starts raining.
Brian: "Is it going to rain?"
Me: "I don't know. But it's been sunny for over a half hour now, so I'm assuming it's going to start raining anytime."
I think I got a little color in my face. I can feel it, that post-sun feeling.
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KEXP is quickly becoming my new favorite radio station. It's very Pacific Northwest (PNW--in case you need to use an abbreviation) and more indie (less folky) than WXPN, my previous favorite. It took me a little while to warm up to it, but now I am mildly obsessed. Like I look forward to cleaning boats just so I can listen to the radio. And then I go home and look up the playlists (which they conveniently post online) and download all my new favorite songs. Or at least request the albums from the Seattle Public Library (ghetto iTunes) so when I get them in twelve weeks I can listen to the song again. Who needs friends when you have a reliable radio station to introduce you to new music?
Like XPN, KEXP is a public station and can be listened to live online. For all of you with office jobs, I highly recommend you check it out someday and listen for at least an hour.
Did you know that radio stations west of the Mississippi have call letters that start with "K" while east of the Mississippi they begin with "W"?
2 comments:
Why is that about the radio stations? Strange. If you find out, let me know.
that is interesting (the 'k' and 'w' thing), thank you for that tid-bit of knowledge.
also - i must report that randi and i are now seriously considering heading out to washington state and oregon this summer. randi has a friend getting her doctorate somewhere near portland...and you are in seattle. i want to visit both of these cities like whoa.
i'll keep you posted, obviously.
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