Excitement during dinner...

[glasseye]

ursule and I were having dinner in a Vietnamese place on the ave tonight. Sometime late in the meal we heard what sounded like a large firecracker going off outside. A few minutes later several cop cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck had completely shut down the ave...


"Man shot outside University District restaurant

10:16 PM PDT on Tuesday, May 16, 2006


SEATTLE – One person was gunned down outside a restaurant in Seattle's University District Tuesday night.

Shots rang out just before 9 p.m. on University Avenue outside a Mexican restaurant.

One man shot another man in the face. The victim suffered serious injuries.

The shooter ran off on foot and is still at large."

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[tejolote.livejournal.com]

Eep. A more exciting dinner than planned.

[thekat03.livejournal.com]

yikes. not my kind of excitement.

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

wow! a little Dinner theater....

[mattyc9.livejournal.com]

In my experience (twice), pistol-fire does sound exactly like firecrackers. They should publicize that information, because the first time I didn't do anything because that's what I thought it was, and the ghetto kids I lived next to always lit off firecrackers.

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was my experience while living in Cleveland too. Shootings were far more common there though.

[ursula]

http://www.thedaily.washington.edu/index.php?storyID=16458

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Yeah I saw that this morning. There's a story on king5.com as well.

[llamaontheloose.livejournal.com]

Damn.

[(Anonymous)]

O holy Crap buddy!

[kespernorth.livejournal.com]

Brian,

I was wondering if you and your truck might be willing to help me take a few large pieces of furniture to the Goodwill in downtown either tonight or tomorrow night -- I want to donate them but don't have a way of getting there. In exchange for your assistance, I'd give you cash equivalent to a full tank of gas at today's prices. :)

Let me know if you'd be willing to help. It would probably involve ~4 trips back and forth between Cap Hill and SoDo.

Thank you!
Bjorn

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Hey Bjorn,

I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but tonight obviously wont work - I had previous plans. The rest of this week is pretty much shot due to my final project being due on Friday, but I do have time this weekend. I will be building an antenna for my *other* final project this weekend, but should easily be able to squeeze in a couple of hours if you are free. If you're available, I'll let you know the inner details of my schedule once the weekend plans coalesce.

Next week, Monday night or Tuesday would also work; I'm mostly free until my finals on Wednesday and Thursday.

I'm more than willing to help when I can, but don't worry about the cash... Just buy me a beer sometime. :)

[kespernorth.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, since my lease is up tomorrow, these are the only two days that work.

Fortunately, the Salvation Army claims to be able to pick stuff up tomorrow, but they may not take all of my stuff, so I may have to find some way to take it to the dump on 3rd in SoDo. We shall see.

I appreciate your willingness, though. :)