Mike Thompson.. screenwriter,producer..

Mike Thompson.. the screenwriter i met last night..

-wrote many episodes for the tv miniseries "John Doe"

Dragonfly (he wrote this movie!)




Here he is also.. hanging out on the set of his movie, "Traveling"..written by Mike Thompson... wiht Jennifer Anniston, Aaron Eckhart, Martin Sheen, and Judy Greer..

Mike Thompson can be seen at 0:35 with his sunglasses and cup o coffee.. as well 2:20 tlaking to some old dude..
they shut down pike place market to do this shot here.. most of the filming was done in Vancouver BC.. tho there were some shots at Pike Place and some at the troll under the bridge here in Fremont.

(that youTube thing is not all that exciting.. no need to watch it really.. i just got excited)


He also played a role in the independant documentray, King of Kong.. cute little movie.. true story.. about my uncle's freinds from high school...


He also has a couple movies that are being filmed that he wrote and is also producing..

Night out..

What a beautiful city..
:)
slipping and sliding all the way to thebars..
LOUD music..
STRONG drinks..
Karl's friends came to meet us..
one was a screen writer.. who owns a HUGE house and has all kinds of stuff that you need.. any and all.. hot tub.. crazy fun parties.. on the water..
i told him about couch surfing. and he got inspired and started texting himself ideas and stories and mementos from our conversation so hed remember better tomorrow.. he had long hair and a long coat and drove a new Range Rover with his pipe right neXt to him..
i also met up with 2 other fellow couchsurfers..we 3 agreed that the bar was mch too loud, crowded and not all that exciting.. they moved on.. i stayed back.. tho i may play with them tomorrow

there supposed to be a crazy storm here tomorrow.. strong winds.. cold.. 4-6 inches of snow..something like that. i dont remember the exact numbers since numbers jumble after a night like this

i dont know
being here inspired me... makes me want to live here again.. sooo soo bad..
i just wish this stupid job werent part time and instead were full time.. with benefits.. then i would feel better about moving so far away..
its so pretty. so pure. so fresh. oceany. green. beautiful.

i just want a bar that has board games to play while you drink.
that would be just perfect

or just someone to experience all of this with me
i wanted to call a couple people tonight.. soo bad... but i remembered just in time of the 3 hour time difference and decided i didnt want to wake them at 2 or 3 in the morning..

ahhh oh wel..
goodnight

Fremont.. Seatle.. Cooooooool Uncle..

weeee O weeee
staying wit my uncle... in the beautiful Fremont.. "Center of the Universe"
seriously.. there is a sign here that says so..


I managed to get here after fun on the buses.. getting from Tacoma to Fremont.. only $3.00.. but had to stand out in the cold snowy with flip flops on.. there was a brawl in the back of the bus from 2 black ladies fighting over space for their purse.. they were kicked off the bus with bloody noses

Karl and his friend and i kicked it all afternoon.. splitting a bottle of wine.. chatting.. laughing.. soon to be going out to the bars.. hearing his stories about his travels.. hes got $$ and hes not afraid to use it.. Argentina.. Switzerland.. Rio DeJenaro.. Thailand.. Veitnam.. etc.

being here.. hearing about people talk about different places here in Washington.. makes me want to move here even more.. the crisp clean coldness.. the hazyness from the rain.. everyone bundled up with coffee in their hands with somewhere to go.. the people running around talking to themselves and the sky.. millions of coffee shops..
but Fremont..
Fremont is THE PLACE to be..
oi loves it here

buses are fun places to see people.. sometimes i talk to them.. sometimes i just dream in my head where hey came from.. where they are going.. make up stories in my head.. watching the couple with the girls head cradled in the mans shoulder with him occasionally kissing her on the forehead.. the old bag lady who occasionally pursed her lips and made that funny noise while rubbing her wig back and forth on her head.. the mother with her little son half curled up on her lap, their arms and fingers intertwined..

so interesting to see it all happen..

makes me wonder what people think when they see me..

anyway..
off to get ready to go out with my uncle :)

wrapped up in you..

It frustrates me so much that i miss people soo much that dont miss me in return.. or at least they dont seem to.. no signs point to it..
Here i am.. wishing i could be back in Hendersonville/Asheville with 2 people that dont seem to miss me.. no messages no nothing..
one did call at 11:45 at night the day after HE left ME.. even though that last night he was in town he pretty much didnt want to see me.. and i most likely wont see him again before i move to Everett.. if i move
the other, we were supposed to meet up the night before I left, but he had things to do... and wasnt online when he said he would because he was sick..

I get way too wrapped up in people..



Trey Anastasio (from Phish) ~ "Ooooh Child"

such a beautiful song


Everything is still up in the air for the Seattle Trip..
plans are NOT set in stone and keep changing.. Im scared to commit because i dont know how to get to peoples houses.. and figure out how to lug my luggage..
i just need to suck it up
seriously

I did get pulled over by the PoPo the yesterday... they searched my car and everything.. did the pen test where i had to follow it with my eyes.. took out all my stuff and set it out on the side of the road and had their dog sniff through it and the dog almost ate my loaf of cheese bread
mostly it was because i was "swerving" (I was trying to get cds from the bottom of the car) and then busrt into tears to the point i couldnt talk when he came to my window...
apparantly one of my friends had weed in their pocket at one time when they were in my backseat.. and the dog found it.. along with my pipe..
the PoPo didnt get me on that though.. he let it slide (he said something about how South Carolinas not too harsh on that law)
but did get me for no license..
I was playing iwth my nerf gun in my car as i was waiting for my parents to arrive to take me home.,, i was anxious, nervous and upset and needed something to distract me and that was the closest thing.. the Popo came over took it from me and only returned it when he gave me my $285 ticket..

THE BIG MOVE!

Okay..
SO i finally had the interview with the children's museum in Everett
it went wonderfully.. i suppose i won her over.. wants me to visit to see the place where im going to work in January..

wow..

now i have a
BIG
decision to make..

Leave everything i know..

my job where i love everything and learn more and more about pottery and the kiln everyday.. have regulars that come visit... Carina takes good care of me and makes me german food and Orlando the kiddo is soo adorable
Harayz.. my inspiration,, the one i WANT soooooo badly to travel with.. soo mysterious and different than anyone i've ever known.. had such adventures.. i want to make some with him!
JP.. cant even put into words..
Asheville.. the vibes.. the atmosphere.. the hippies.. the fun.. the freedom...

Start over new..
new job (its part time.. weekends and evenings/special eventS) but at least i get my foot in the door
drive ALL across the country
figure out how to get stuff across the country since it wont fit in my bug
i already have a place to stay and a lovely fun roomate...



BUT
BIT
LAST NIGHT WAS AMAZING

Alysa and I went to Papas and Beer together after failed attempts at trying to get people to meet us there..
I had a margarita.. ((RASPBERRY)) .. bean dip (FREE!!..or rather COMPLIMENTARY with the chips) and scraped off the sauce from her burrito~ :) (low on money)
Then we went to Wal Mart, saw a bouncy ball.. a "sky ball" and were intrigued.. "I wonder if this really bounces.." and we tested it out... and it FLeW up nearly to the cieling and across 2 aisles!! that was the hardest i laughed in a LOOONGG time
We also bought Nerf Dart Guns...

the kind taht holds 5 at one time.. drove up and down main street here in Hendersonville.. and we sniped.. ha! drive by shooting~ :) soo much fun.. then i would drive back around and ask them for my darts back.. if they didnt give it back i would shoot them again! Alysa just sat in her seat and laughed the whole time callin me crazY..
Then we went to some random guys house.. for kicks.. a stop on the way home,... sniped them.. took a shot.. got a little freaked cuz one guy was gettinga little too close.. so we left..
i went home.. slept like wow.. i woke up about 6 hours later and felt as though i slept for a week..

now im about to leave.. trying to remove excess baggage from my place.. but its soo hard to part with things..
i know i will still use bubbles.. glitter.. rubber duckie collection.. markers.. crayons.. paint.. blankets/tapestries on the walls..
everything i have IS essential..

now.. off to get some 3 cheese bread and try not to eat the whole loaf on the way home.. say one last goodbye to my boss.. and then OFF to Augusta to renew my drivers licenses and fly out Thursday

fun times~ TRYY IT OUT!

yo should try
drizzling corn syrup on a peice of paper (has to be kinda thick-like cardstock or whatnot)
dropping a drop or 3 of food coloroing in the drizzles
oooh and aaah over the swirls of colors that slowly emerge and curl around
stick your finger in and help the process
lift up the paper and turn it from side to side..
let the colors slide around on the paper..

BEAUTIFUL MESSS
lovely fun
never dries... (well.. after about a 3 day period or so it might be totally dry.. but until then if i you puncture the thickness it will goo....)
(:

come January ill be gone..

so

i now have someone to take over my place in early January.

I just need to figure out where im going.. what im doing.. where im staying

It was his last night last night.
I was soo excited getting back from work.,, one last night... but he was drunk.. fell asleep.. I went back to my place made caramel corn and went back to check on him.. he was awake.. saying how some people were going to come over but he didnt want them to and he didnt want to go with them... I stayed with him for a bit.. telling him about things.. eventually saying that i was REALLY going to miss him.. that a whole month without him was NOT going to be fun or easy.. I hate it enough when he is at work for 4 days straight...
After about 10 minutes he hugged me and then said- "Im going to go lay down now Penny.."
My cue to leave
.....
all i wanted was one last night.. NOT necessarily bedtime fun.. but sleep.. with him..

but no

I went home drank half the thing.... cried myself to sleep on the floor of my living room..

and even today im sad.. empty.. p[issed off.. hate myself/..
thats the thing.. I cant hate him.. I only hate myself..

and im going to be gone in January.. . when he comes back.. I already have someone to take over my place...
The world is at my fingertips..