Blogs from U-District, Seattle, Washington, United States, North America - page 4

After a horrible exam at the Lasik guy up in Seattle (they mistook me for another person once, asked me why I wanted to maybe get lasik twice (already got lasik suckers), and tried to get me too early for my eye dilation) I came to really appreciate Dr. Assil’s office in LA. What would have taken them 10mins at Assil’s, took a good 2 hours at the place in Seattle. Out of that 2 hours I would guess I was in the waiting room 1.5 hours, and saw the actual doctor for 5mins. Can’t wait to get that bill! Drew got out of Lab early today and we went for a voyage around Lake Washington in a canoe we rented from U of W. There were many adventures on the water in the 2 hrs ... read more

Tim: Everything is sweeter when you are relaxed, you taste the air you breathe, you hear the words clearly of the music you are listening too and conversations are easier to hold. Well that is how I feel today. We have been here for 3 nights and spent 3 days here in Seattle. I have not gone crazy on you so dont worry! This place is just amazing, yeah tall buildings are all very well and nice enough to look at, I know that It must have taken a lot of effort to make them etc...but..nothing compares to what mother nature has created here..Sea..Sand..Sun..Surf and Snow capped mountains! It has been hot here as well, we must have had the temp in the 30's yesterday and in the high 20's today. I have not caught the ... read more

Tim: We awoke today at 7am for our 14 hour trip from Chicago to Seattle. We booked with US Airways, now we could have paid lots of money for a 4 hour direct flight but your talking $800 each, we paid $400 for both of us to get here so thats 100 quid each to cover many thousand miles. The first flight was slightly spoiled by a drunken redneck idiot who was sat in the row behind us, he had opinions on all sorts and was going to make sure that the whole aircraft knew about it. He eventually run out of gas and shut up. Short lay over in Phoenix in Arizona. WoW! Middle of the desert big red rocks all over the place, on the plane this changed from desert to desert with snow ... read more

Voila! Aprsè avoir quitté ma chère Cécilia, je rejoinds la nouvelle maison début Février. Située à 5 min de UW (luniversité), j'ai eu l'immense chance de trouver une maison parfaite: des colloc géniaux, une grande chambre, salon, ping pong et jacuzzi! bref vous voyez tt sur les photos. en plus la place permet d'organiser un nombre de soirée plutot conséquents....sympa ca! Alors petit profil des occupants: Brett : Américain de Spokane (ville a une centaine de km de Seattle), est un numéro: le bonhomme a 21 ans, il a quitté l'université l'année derniere pour monter sa boite de vente en ligne sur internet qui a marché plutot pas mal du tout, il lache son associé qui parait il est mauvais et se lance dans la campagne de Obama. Il monte une autre boite sur le net ... read more

Comment aurais je osé vous présenter ma vie et les fetes avant de vous présenter l'endroit ou je passe la plupart de mon temps ne nous le cachons pas: L'université de Washington de Seattle ou UW (a prononcer youdeub pour les non anglophones)? Allez, je vous fais une petite description en attendant d'autres photos plus belles encore: University of Washington Seattle: Créee en 1861, cette université s'étendant sur 3km² accueille aujourd'hui près de 42000 etudiants avec 4000 professeurs, et dispense des cours dans de nombreux domaines en passant par le business, la médecine, droit, ingé, histoire, architecture....Comme chaque université aux states, elle possède un animal mascotte qui ici est le Husky (voir photo) et un dicton:"lux sit" ou "let there be light". Les moyens de cette université (et d autres d'ailleurs) sont collossaux: le budget de ... read more