mission accomplished?

I rarely ever blog about current events/politics but as I am polishing my SwoonSunday post, my stream of consciousness was just interrupted with Breaking News: Osama bin Laden has been killed! Just as much as I will never forget where I was when the world stopped turning {homeroom in the medical academy my sophomore year of high school two weeks before my fifteenth birthday!} & first heard the news: A plane has flown in to the World Trade Center... I'm just as certain as I will never forget today, either {playing Yahtzee with Kara}... for it marks the ending of a decade-long era!

So close to the ten year reunion of 9/11, I've reflected on the moment the towers fell so often recently as it marks the anniversary of the day my own little world was turned upside down, too... & while it is hard to believe an entire decade has gone by, I feel like I have made incredible progress in putting my trials behind me! It gives me giant goose bumps to think just how remarkable hearing this news is & I sincerely hope it helps the 3,000+ families who lost loved ones on that September Day get closure with their own tribulations as the global war on terrorism may finally be over! =)

Having that been said....

To keep this post lighthearted & concurrent with my usual connotation, here is the hilarious conversations that took place moments before Obama made his speech tonight!

{Reading on my FB news feed (Thanks, Tasha!)...}
JK: Obama is supposed to making a speech regarding our nation's security. Should we turn on the news?
KW: Naah... {as she decides to go for a full house or 4-of-a-kind} ... I'm watching this {random show}.
JK: ......
Brian Williams: We interrupt your regular programming for breaking news!!!
KW: Hmph. Looks like we're watching it.

{I will probably be contacted by Federal Agents for writing this typo... but it's not my fault our fearless leader's name is so similar to the #1 wanted terrorist in the world...}

...Discussing nursery themes via text:
JK: I don't know which one I like better!
JK: Did you hear?? Obamas dead!!!
JC: WHATT???
JK: Oh.my.word. I mean o*S*ama!!
JK: bin Laden.
JC: Haaaaaa. ooooo Thats crazy!
JK: Turn on the news! The global war on terrorism could be over!!
JC: Wow. That could be awesome. But we are kind of watching liar liar... and Jim Carey is kind of my fave...

P.S. Keep my brother-in-law in your thoughts as he is currently working on a base in Afghanistan!

eat, drink & meet Murray!!

Seattle Day 2: Happy Hour & a Flirt Failure.
After a little shopping in downtown Seattle, Carly & I decided to head up to Capitol Hill to see what all the hype was about! My camera died doing a *certain filming* in the bars so I don't have pictures to accompany our night but it went a little something like this...
Bar #1: Grim's Butterfly Lounge
Well, we kinda got there at oh, i don't know... 4:30 so the butterflies were still sleeping lounge itself wasn't lit up yet but we did enjoy our purple cocktails coupled with a gourmet grilled cheese appetizer... and vino!

Bar #2: From there, we walked a couple of blocks to a Mexican restaurant named Barrio where we opted to sit at the bar, drink a few mojitos, margaritas, and micheladas and flirt with the bartender while we ate our guacamole & quesadillas!

Flirt Failure {again}:
JK: You went to Cornell?
Bartender: Ya, I played soccer there.
CH: Did you know M.C.?
Bartender: Not personally, knew he was damn good hockey player though.
JK: What about D.M.?
Bartender: Goal tender? From Texas? Ya, they always towered over me in the locker rooms...
JK & CH: Check please!

... and that was when we hailed a cab & headed back down to the Downtown District. We asked our cabbie to take us safely back to our hotel but he said "It's 10:30. Too early to go home!" so we said "Fine, take us where we should go then!" He proceeded to drive past our hotel & drop us off at the top of a staircase near the waterfront.

Bar #3: He said "Go down those stairs. You'll see ZigZag Cafe." Walking a little zigzaggy ourselves, we were a bit concerned where we were headed...

 {we retraced our steps the next day and took these lovely pictures in the alleyways along our way! Oddly enough, these walls looks waaay less creepy in daylight.}

We didn't realize where our cute, little cabbie dropped us off was actually a big deal...

Murray was voted "Best Bartender in America" last year and came out from the bar when we walked in & personally invited us to take two seats at his coveted bar. He asked us what we wanted and when we said "something sweet but not too sweet" in true typical-tipsy-girl-ordering-a-drink-at-the-bar fashion..."Clear or dark liquor?" "CLEAR!" ... he came up with the perfect concoction: A Cryin' Bryan!

The night ended with two annoying guys drinking a cocktail that tasted like yoga water who claimed that we "stole the seats they've been waiting for all night" buying our drinks and us making a mad dash out the back door {& apparently, I took this picture I just found on my phone to prove it!}... Good night!

The following morning, I got up early and headed to the University of Washington's campus to meet the program coordinator... can you guess where I decided to go to school?? Stay tuned to find out...

Mango: 1. Healthy Diet: 0.

JK: Do I just cut into it?
MD: I don't know; I've never seen a mango.
JK: How do I know if I'm allergic? Don't people have severe allergic reactions to mangoes?
MD: Try it.
JK: Why is it so sour?
MD: Maybe it's not ripe.
JK: Well, how do you know if it's ripe?
MD: I don't know. That's why I'm eating a brownie.
JK: (longingly gazes in to her bowl}
MD: ...With ice cream.
JK: I'm not eating a brownie until I eat something of sustenance first.
MD: Like a mango?
JK: Maybe! It almost tastes spicy. Is it supposed to?
MD: Well, Mexicans like them... so maybe?
JK: ugghh... is there a pit in the middle that I can't see? Why won't it cut?
MD: Google "how to cut a mango". Honestly, have you ever seen someone eating a mango?
JK: I don't think so.
MD: Well, maybe it's not something you're supposed to eat outright. Like they're only meant to be blended in smoothies.
JK: F*ck it. I'm eating a brownie.
JK:... with ice cream.