By bluerasberry on 2009-09-27
I enrolled in a two month weekly improv acting class and had the first session Wednesday September 23. It is organized by Jet City, who I sometimes go see perform at the Historic University Theater at 55th and University Way. I have been watching these folks since about 2003 when I remember seeing them do […]
Posted in non-profit, research, Seattle | Tagged Lifelong AIDS Alliance, prevention education, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2009-08-22
Today I went to a Rick Steves travel workshop. Rick Steves is, I think, the single most prominent travel adviser in the English speaking world. He hosts an excellent European travel documentary series that is available on dvd and shown on public television channels, and he supervises the writing of travel guides for all areas […]
Posted in education, Seattle | Tagged pedagogy, travel
By bluerasberry on 2009-08-02
On Saturday, August 1 I participated as a contestant in a doughnut-eating contest at Top Pot Doughnuts in downtown Seattle. The event was hosted by El Vez and some lady in a doughnut bikini. I and my eating companion Adam from Barsuk Records won second place. The format was that a random selection from audience […]
Posted in art, encounter, Seattle | Tagged competitive eating, contest, doughnut
By bluerasberry on 2009-07-02
I got a lot of emails and calls about the Craigslist ad and flyers that I posted about the lost rat that I found. Over two weeks eighteen people wrote to me; if anyone is interested in seeing what kind of attention this kind of story gets in Seattle, then read their letters here. More […]
Posted in animal, Seattle | Tagged rodent
By bluerasberry on 2009-06-29
I spent Gay Pride this year at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center booth recruiting for people who might be interested in receiving an experimental HIV vaccine. The general criteria is that we are looking for people of all genders and sexual orientations who are between the ages of 18-50 and who are willing to […]
Posted in drug, education, festival, health, HIV, non-profit, presentation, research, Seattle | Tagged Gay Pride, HIV, vaccine
By bluerasberry on 2009-06-25
I was at Greenlake last Sunday, June 21, as I often go there to jog and see people and pets. Northeast of the lake there is a park and a community center, then outside the park there is this hang-out neighborhood with coffeeshops, restaurants, fitness stores, and other social places. I was leaving the park […]
Posted in animal, Seattle | Tagged rescue, rodent
By bluerasberry on 2009-04-20
I went to the Friends of Seattle Public Library Book Sale this last weekend. This is a fundraising book sale that happens twice a year at the Hangar in Magnuson Park on Sand Point Way in Seattle. They sell books donated to the library and also library books which are being removed from the library’s […]
Posted in education, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged book
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-13
I went to a meeting organized by the Washington Department of Health (DoH) to talk about proposed changes to the Washington Administrative Code (WAC). In Washington State (America) there is the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) which is a compilation of all the state laws in force. These laws were set in place at the […]
Posted in HIV, rights, Seattle | Tagged public health
By bluerasberry on 2009-01-01
In my previous post I showed a picture of the view of Seattle to the south of where I live. Immediately north of where I live is what used to be a house where a lot of kids met until about three months ago, when this house was closed by the landlord and all the […]
Posted in health, presentation, Seattle | Tagged homeless, police, protest, youth
By bluerasberry on 2008-12-20
I live at 7th and 45th in u-district and this picture was taken from the 10th floor of the apartments at the northwest of that intersection. I could not go to work today because of the snow. In the top right of the picture is Queen Anne hill; just to the right of the top […]
Posted in Seattle | Tagged landscape