teiresias | Venomous vacation, or something. (Reply)

Wonder of wonders and miracle of miracles, Seattle just got itself an addition to its nightclub scene: Venom. The website seems to be having some problems, but it's supposed to be a "Vegas-style" place in which "The futuristic interior draws from 'The Matrix,' a gray-colored world with concrete surfaces, steel bars and chain mail." according to Friday's Seattle Times. This is good, but the playlists apparently include "Top 40s," which is, to put it mildly, bad. Still, I think I'll at least check it out; this city, despite being so cosmopolitan, lacks a vibrant nightlife. I don't dare to hope that that's actually changing, but maybe the situation is improving, however slightly.

Also, a very cognitive-dissonance inducing moment when I looked at some of our received xmas cards and discovered that one of my cousins has grown up. This wouldn't be a problem, really, except that I saw the photo, said to myself, "who's that hot little-- oh my CHRIST that's [Cousin X]!" I remember this kid being like knee-high and annoying, and now... well, let's just say it's a good (or very, very bad) thing that he's 18. When I was like 12 and crushing on my now-other hot cousin from Oregon, it was fine, because he was at least 5 years older and more distantly related. It just... it squicks me to no end that I find someone whom I remember as being pre-pubescent, at least in person, hot. Reconciling the two images is... difficult.

Oh well. We hardly ever see that part of the family, so I guess it doesn't really matter. Still. Yeek.

Party tonight on the Hill. Should be interesting. Also,