Seattle

What to say about Seattle? I've been here for a month and a half and I've been putting off writing this post. Even as I sit here, I'm having trouble thinking about what to write. The past two cities I've lived, London and Boston, have both evoked a response. Boston I liked almost immediately, most of that revolving around the Red Sox and the baseball passion in the city. That is, until I realized how many douchebag sports fans there are there. Still, I liked Boston and enjoyed my time there, for the most part. And London... well, it was London.

So, what shall I write about? I guess, very basically, I should list some likes and dislikes. I like the hills, the views of mountains in the distance, how it's still light out after 10pm... aah screw it, we all know I'm a pessimist at heart.

Here's what sucks. Stage curfew of 12:30 for shows. No drinking on stage. How the hell can you not let bands drink and rock? The public transportation. While the bus system is decent, I loathe buses. Give me light rail or subway any day. A light rail is opening soon, but it's the third or fourth such rail based transportation in the city. Maybe... I don't know, connect them all? The Space Needle blows, the Monorail is stupid. The guy at hot dog stand royally fucked up my Chicago style dog. There also seems to be an air of douchebaggery/snobbery/hypocrisy from a lot of people. On the Pacific Science Center they have an estimation of the tons of emissions from Washington state... Yet almost everyone owns a car, and as I've mentioned, light rail transportation is non-existent.

But I don't hate it. I'm meh about it. I've enjoyed the handful of bars and eateries I've been to. There seem to be decent people here, yet it's hard to tell for sure, due to my unemployment and the Seattle Freeze.

A lackluster first post, and that's being polite. I'll start putting up restaurant/bar reviews, since that's where I spend most of my time anyway. Several places have already made a regular out of me.

PS I've added a link to my mediocre photo album of Seattle. YOU CAN SEE WHERE I SLEEP.