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Only one more week left in Portland... and I still haven't done quite a few of the list of things I meant to do at the beginning of the summer. I just ran out of weekends. I managed to get a few done Saturday though, such as getting some stuff from Powells (I'm really going to miss that bookstore) and finally seeing the Portland Rose Garden (which was amazingly beautiful, wow... pictures to come next update). And I drove quite a ways to get to the only Wienerschnitzel in Oregon today. I grew up on their hotdogs, and it's been four years since the last time I had one. Needless to say I ate a bunch and probably knocked a year off my life from all the fat and cholesterol in the chili and cheese, but it was worth it.
The weekend before was deep sea fishing (now with picture goodness). I caught three fish, and got to keep one of them (you can only keep certain one's). The intern right next to me though got 9. What the heck? The next few days were cooking/eating said fish. I don't like fish however so I gave mine to my roommate. I went swing dancing again on Thursday since there was no soccer/baseball game to go to, and yet again I'm quite impressed with the Portland swing scene. Had lots of fun and did a lot of dancing with a lot of cute girls. I also got an SUV for the weekend for only $10 a day, which is quite the upgrade from a Ford Focus. It's really nice, but dear lord does it suck down gas like no tomorrow. By playing Designated Driver Friday and Saturday night, and going to the Der today, I spent a small fortune on gas. I kind of like those tiny cars because their 8 gallon tank will last you the entire weekend. On the other hand, it's significantly cooler than a Kia Rio.
Peter Jennings died today from lung cancer. I used to watch ABC News as a kid, but eventually I noticed that everytime there was a story on something I knew a lot about (ie computers, videogames, the internet) they'd always get stuff wrong or be really biased in how they presented the story. And if they screw that up, who knows what else they screw up on topics I know nothing about. Hence why I get all my news on-line and in newspapers. And network news is at least somewhat trustworthy, compared to the horrendous local news scene.
Now to start packing. And to attempt to eat at least some of the food hanging out in my kitchen. Not sure how much I'll succeed on that one if this week is like any of the previous weeks.
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