Random Portland Musings, ed 2
picture by me
Portlanders … have you been outside lately? Did you get outside this weekend? No, really?! Did you? I spent the majority of Saturday outside in the sunshine and freezing cold wind with one of my best friends, Cav.
After two Halloween house parties on Friday night (where I showed up as a time traveler from the 60’s and was stalked by an Arnold Schwarzenegger and a drunken cowgirl) I woke up to the prettiest Saturday I’ve seen in a long time. Rather than nursing my slight hangover, I dressed in my finest Ohio State and Oregon State gear (I’m such an OSU fan!) and headed to meet my friend. We were both starving so I had my very first slice of Escape From New York pizza. I’m not normally a huge pizza fan, but this slice was utter perfection. The perfect proportion of pepperoni (try to say that ten times fast!) to the crust & sauce. I enjoyed the entire slice.
Continuing the wander, Cav and I stopped outside of Exit Real World where Cav bought snowboarding gloves that were 50% off! They were having a great sale and besides waiting in line for a really long time to pay, service was good.
Right after buying gloves, I decided it was the perfect time to let Robot Piercing shove a huge needle and then a stainless steel ring through my upper cartilage in my right ear. I had been thinking about it for months and had the perfect chance to do it. Jo, at Robot Piercing was the best and now my right ear throbs randomly. It’ll take a while to heal, but I love it already! I absolutely recommend Robot Piercing on NW 23rd (near Burnside).
After the stabbing, Cav and I made our way to Powell’s (which deserves a whole different post) to pick up No Plot, No Problem by Chris Baty for National Novel Writing Month. Streetcar to the library, then home again to watch the Ohio State football game and cheer the fact that both my Oregon State Beavers and those damned University of Oregon Ducks won their games this weekend, too!
Get outside. It’s good for you … and who knows, you may decide randomly to stab a hole through a body part!
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:24 pm
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