Mystery of Broken Brake Lights

So I think I figured out the broken brake light problem.

Many cars here have 1-3 brake lights out. Every morning I drive behind someone with broken brake lights. It's dangerous. And reckless. And inconsiderate.

Back east, you are required to get your car inspected to get those stickers on your wind shield renewed. I think every two years?

But in WA the stickers are on your license plate. And they expire every year. Then you must renew and pay $227 to get new ones. No need to get your car inspected unless it's from before 2009. I'm going to guess that not having to inspect cars means more broken brake lights and people not knowing or caring? Can't get a ticket so who cares, right? 

This makes me wonder what the point is of paying over $200 every year just for shiny new stickers.

The Ground is on Fire

So the dirt is smoking. There is smoke coming from the dirt near my apartment. The ground looks black. There doesn't seem to be a fire. Do I call the fire department? Or is this no big deal?

Lax Lights

So apparently brake lights don't mean a thing to PNWers. Every day I see cars with 1, 2 or 3 broken brake lights. Maybe it's not illegal in WA or something? I really did almost rear-end this one car with NO brake lights at all:

Bumbershoot

So I decided to go to bumbershoot at the last minute yesterday because I found out Billy Idol was playing :)

Pretty much every girl was wearing too-short denim cut-offs and sneakers. It was like the bumbershoot uniform! Lots of young people, but some middle-age as well (omg I think that's me?). 

There were lots of little food stands and adequate beer&wine except when they ran out of rosé! For lunch I grabbed some poké. 

I ended up seeing a pretty fun range of bands...

The Pink Slips - kind of like no doubt meets nirvana. Raw energy and fun.

The Flavr Blue - from Seattle, kind of uptempo chill with vocals. They did a cover of nirvana that sounded awesome. 

Margo Price - I knew of her from country radio and it was a nice surprise to see her live. 

Maren Morris - Another country artist I recognized. She is unexpectedly petite! Like 4'11, super tiny, but big vocals. 

In retrospect, I should have been at the fisher green stage before third eye blind to secure a good spot for Billy Idol because most ppl ended up staying. I still got a good position close to the stage, maybe like seven rows of people in front of me. 

Billy Idol was electric. Seriously, this guy is an amazing performer. His guitarist, Steve Stevens, is pretty badass as well. 

I shouted out my fav song, Don't Need a Gun, early on in the show like a lunatic. Luckily for me, Idol ended up doing this song and I was ecstatic! Excellent show. People were still yelling at the end so Billy came back out and did two encores... Amazing! 

Spider Battle Part 2

Got some reinforcements in for my spider problems:

 Peppermint and eucalyptus reed scent diffusers!

Right Next to the Espresso Stand...

When I open my espresso stand in Jackpot, NV I am also going to open a franchise MOD pizza right next door :)

Two words: Pebble ice.