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So as an addendum to my last post, when I brought my PC back home and plugged it in, the problem started happening again.  Neither hard drive was accessible.  I opened up the box and plugged in only the primary (boot) drive, and although I still get an error when I boot up, I can read from the drive and run Windows.  I wish I could get at the files on the other drive, though! The DVD burner burns CDs like a charm, so I spent some time this morning backing up my latest photos. These include photos from three Flickr Meetup events and Sasquatch, so it took a few disks.

Last night, I went to another Flickr Meetup event at Victrola's new roastery cafe. I didn't stay super long because Elizabeth arrived after her movie for a ride home, but it was fun. I took a bunch of photos, too.

Hole in the head

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Tonight starts the six-movie weekend with La Vie En Rose. I get the feeling this weekend's going to busy, especially if I try to fit in a trip to Fry's to buy a new power supply or IDE cables.

Not much happened this weekend. We had a full weekend.

Saturday was Sasquatch. It was both hot and then quite chilly, depending on the time of the day. The drive home was pretty tough because while I was wired a bit on caffeine, my body still would rather be sleeping. But we made it back in one piece.  I took some photos, almost none of which turned out that great. That's par for the course, though. The music was pretty darn good. The artists I saw:

• Mix Master Mike - He started things out with a short DJ set that was pretty good.  We probably didn't have to get there as early as we did, but it was cool to see him do a set.
• Saturday Knights - A local hip-hop/rock type group, they were actually better than I thought they would be based on their description. The mainstage acts need to fill the space, and they seemed to deliver.
• The Hold Steady - I have heard a lot of their songs hear and there, but I haven't sought them out. They put on a solid set and I was entertained.
• Two Gallants - I only caught about half of their set, but I liked what I heard for the most part. Not necessarily my thing, but they are definitely a talented duo (with a talented friend joining them for the set).
• Mirah - The sound mix wasn't very good, and I could hardly hear her vocals. From what I understand, it's the vocals that are a major reason to hear her, so I gave up after a handful of songs.
• Neko Case - Hey, I love to see Neko perform. Unfortunately, her setlist doesn't seem to vary anymore. I've seen her three or four times in the last three years, and every time she's done pretty much the same songs. This lack of surprise in her act is really disappointing; I could just watch her Austin City Limits DVD over and over again if I didn't want variety.
• Visqueen - I've never taken the time to look into this band, and now I'm a little bummed I didn't discover them earlier. Luckily, they're apparently working on a new album and still performing, so I should get more chances to hear them play.
• The Long Winters - I was looking forward to hearing the MIA M.I.A., but I do like the Long Winters so they were a welcome substitution as far as I was concerned.
• Manu Chao - is a big fan and I'm somewhat less so, but he was pretty darn good live. He had the crowd really into it, too. The unfortunate thing was that he played way past the proper end of his set, saying "Thank you, Sasquatch" about 5 times before finally leaving the stage.
• The Arcade Fire - This performance was incredible. They have so much damned energy and passion when they perform. Maybe the emotions are a bit manufactured, I dunno, but the music was great as always.
• Björk - This was pretty late when she finally took the stage, so we ended up staying for only about five or six songs. She wore a dress that resembled a mop (observed Elizabeth) and had a brass band dressed in brightly colored mu'umu'us. She played "Earth Intruders" and played "All Is Full of Love" right before we took off. Apparently, the set got even better later once the brass band really started being used in the songs. However, I was very glad to be back on the road sooner rather than later.

Gorge Amphitheatre panorama

On Sunday, SIFF started for us. I saw probably two of my favorite movies of the festival on Sunday: In the Shadow of the Moon and King of Kong. Both were good for different reasons. When King of Kong comes out in theatres, you really need to see it. It has some of the best documentary characters (the best villain, especially) that I've seen.  Today, we saw Doubletime, an excellent documentary about competitive jump-roping and double-dutch teams, and Battle of Wits, an epic about generals and kingdoms in ancient China. This last film was a bit hard for me to follow in parts, but that may have been the fatigue finally setting in.

This week, I go into the office to do some training, and I take a few days' break from SIFF. Starting Friday, it begins again. 

I forgot to note here that I took a few photos at the Norwegian Constitution Day parade in Ballard last Thursday. Although I think most of my photos weren't all that great, I do like this one, which I pretty much caught by accident:

Band

Also, talk about the Circle of Life:

Silly lions. (Be patient. Once the action starts it pretty much doesn't let up.) 

On Saturday, I did another Flickr photostroll with the Seattle Flickr Meetup.com group, and it was a pretty good time. This time, I stayed a little (OK, a lot) later, and I got a few OK night shots as a result. See the photoset here.

Escape

On Saturday, I did another Flickr photostroll with the Seattle Flickr Meetup.com group, and it was a pretty good time. This time, I stayed a little (OK, a lot) later, and I got a few OK night shots as a result. See the photoset here.

Other than that, it was a pretty forgettable weekend. Coming up is SIFF (we need to buy some tickets before I can post our line-up) and the Sasquatch Music Festival on Saturday (Björk, The Arcade Fire, Neko Case, a bunch of other folks). 

Stuff's been happening, I guess. On Saturday, I went on an impromptu "photostroll" with some Seattle Flickrites. We went to a graveyard in Discovery Park.

Mom

Yesterday, we looked at an apartment on Queen Anne and brought my mom flowers.

Today? I've been working. 

We likely have our officiant, which is just great to get done. I was a little wary because she's worked at an "Evangelical Lutheran" church (the "evangelical" part made me think she was very fundamentalist and nothing like me or Elizabeth). So that's done.

We still have a lot to do (I need to check the checklist), and we're going to have to finish up a few key things soon before we can relax again.

In other news, the other day, I found that a guy took one of the photos from my Flickr photostream and posted it in his own. He also did it with someone else's photo, which I noticed and commented about. I'm sort of hoping for a contrite reply, at least. The thing is, the photo he stole is sort of blurry and not that great!

Something else on Flickr that is mildly annoying, but mostly fun, to watch is one admin's power trip in the Flower Close-ups pool. She sets up all these rules for posting (good) and for discussion threads (uh), and then she uses a discussion thread ("Admins discussions") as a personal blog (what?). Or at least she used to do the latter. I guess maybe she's figured out that no one cares. None of the other admins post in the thread.

The funny thing is that most of her photos, er, aren't that exciting. I guess I should be one to talk.

I had a pretty good weekend. Friday night, we saw Blades of Glory, which was tons of fun. Afterward, we had drinks at the new, cocktail-lounge version of the old Ballard dive bar Coppergate. I had a pretty good drink that included some rhubarb juice, but negihama's cherry cocktail was a little too Champagne-y for our tastes.

On Saturday, I went to the UW to meet up with some Flickr folks (the Seattle Flickrite Meetup Group) to do a "photostroll." We wandered around campus, the camera geeks with their huge lenses mixing with a couple of us with point-and-shoots. Everyone was very nice, and I got a few nice shots (click here for the set):

Kane

Afterward, we first went out for coffee and then beer. It was a lot of fun, and I'm definitely going to try to come out to their events in the future.

Today, we had breakfast at Hi-Life and I worked in the yard. I think the lawn looks a lot better than it did last year, and I hope I can keep up with the weeds until we have to move.