[life] Seattle People

Hey, Seattle (and Seattle-ish) people, these are things I am thinking about doing this weekend:

+ The Seattle Tattoo Expo, which has live music in addition to the tattoo stuff. Specifically, it has Duff McKagan's Loaded on Sunday at noon.

Friday: Nevermore, Murdock, Point One, MOS Generator, Pleasure Elite, Zero Down, Witchburn
Saturday: Nashville Pussy, Throw Rag, Viva Hate, DragStrip Riot, Thee Sgt. Major III
Sunday: Tiger Army, Vince Mira, Duff McKagan's Loaded, Kane Hodder, James Hunnicutt

My goal is to go look at any ocean art and find someone to eventually do this wave tattoo I want, but mostly just to try to enjoy my penultimate weekend in Seattle.

+ Festival of the River, which ALSO has live music. Specifically, it has Smashmouth, who is awesome live. I haven't seen them since 1998, and can't imagine more fun than FREE LIVE SMASHMOUTH.

That's right, did I mention this was free?

Saturday: Billy Joe & The Dusty 45s, Le Roy Bell & His Only Friends, The Knack, The English Beat, Gin Blossoms, Smashmouth
Sunday: Queens Bluegrass, Blue County, Jessica Andrews, Darryl Worley, Kellie Pickler

I'd like to see one of the powwows, too, but mostly I'm in this for Smashmouth (and, okay, a little bit for the salmon bake). Oh, and they have buffalo burgers, so I definitely want one of those. Yum.

If the tattoo expo doesn't pan out, there's always Friday night instead, for less crowds and more just the music.

+ Duff McKagan's Loaded is at El Corazon Friday night at 9 p.m.

Anyone in for any of these? I'm willing to drive, since I'll be going anyway, and have a decent sized vehicle. Just let me know.

See, thestalkycop? I told you you should have moved to Seattle with me for the summer!

(Yes, I realize the icon is NOT DUFF. Unfortunately, Velvet Revolver isn't playing here, so I can't make it an appropriate icon.)

[fic recs] Narnia, Tortall, BSC

Chronicles of Narnia

+ "Queen of Morning"

Even afterwards, when she had returned home and much of her first-life as a queen had faded, she would always remember this: the bitter cold before morning, the heat of tears on her cheeks, Aslan's clipped fur beneath her hands.

And then the dawn.

This is an amazing story of Susan, and her bravery, and her heartbreak.

Tamora Pierce - Tortall series

+ "Letters From Rajmuat"

Message intercepted from Aly's pack Received at Pirate's Swoop May 16, 464 H.E.

Hi Da!

Ha, I guess your trainee picked the wrong message. Sorry about that. You didn't really want to read about our kitchen cutlery, though, did you? Better luck next time.

Love and kisses, Your Aly

This is a fun, funny story told in, well, letters, obviously. Aly isn't my favorite of the Tortall women, but she is quite interesting, and this is a nice continuation of her story, as well as a believable way for her to talk to her father.

Baby-Sitters Club

+ "Opening Night"

Janine takes a deep, shuddery breath that she lets out slowly. She once presented a complicated paper about her interpretation of fluid dynamics to an audience of tenured physics professors and she did it without sweating. She answered their questions and posed a few of her own, and received two job offers, valid whenever she graduated or even if she didn't. "It's obvious your creativity will only be stifled if you continue at school. Come work for us right away, and you'll have an experimental budget twice the size of your current scholarship." Nice to dream, but she had her heart set on the B.S. (now nicely framed in her office, so it was worth it), and her future -- and the future of the economy -- lay in computer science. Theoretical research grants go dry after a few years, but the internet is forever.

Oh, Janine. I love that last line there, and I love Janine here, so comfortable in her world, so uncomfortable in Claudia's.