There are too many things that we’ve done that I keep forgetting to tell you about. My little sportsac has a little notepad for me to remind myself of these things when they happen. I wonder where it is…I should really start using it.
When DW was in town we headed off to the EMP and SFM. For the price of one admission, you get into the Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum. Everyone in Seattle had told us that EMP was a waste, so we had skipped it so far. We were going to check out the Sci Fi stuff. Which is something I initially had zero interest in doing, to be honest. And then, going through the Museum was neat. Paul Allen owns half of it as his personal collection, so we know who the real cool kids are, but that’s fine. When you can’t fit Space Invaders costumes in YOUR home anymore, I think you should build a museum.

I learned a lot, which led to me reading my first real science fiction novel. I was amazed to learn about the social commentary and expression the media provides. Very interesting. Makes me happy I branched out.

As for the EMP, well, there was a lot of Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Heart (did you know that one?), Pearl Jam, Disney stuff. I was really excited to see the original sheet of lyrics to Burden in my Hand. That’s Soundgarden. We did mess around in the sound lab and watch people fake perform on the real stage. If there weren’t so many kids, I would have done it.

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