Hello, my name is Jhames

Last week, we went to see Jóhann Jóhannsson at The Triple Door. The show was his Seattle debut and I was excited to hear Jóhann perform with a string quartet. We were seated at a table toward the back of the theater where other folks had purchased “standing room only” tickets. I didn’t think anything of the folks standing near our tables since we were at The Triple Door and I’ve always enjoyed concerts with minimal distraction. That was until a group of people behind our table decided to hold a conversation as the opening artists were performing onstage. It wasn’t bad enough that people thought they were more important than the musicians, but other people around us decided to join in the sense of entitlement and talk amongst themselves. I had absolutely no problem turning around, looking at one of the women dead in the … Continue reading →

I enjoy playing the occasional puzzle game on my iPhone to pass the time (read: walking an 11-year-old dog that no longer desires the oft-visited blocks in our neighborhood). Back in July I downloaded the game epic pet wars as I waited in line to see Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince. The game was free and I wanted a larger challenge than the expert setting on Soduku. I was immediately hooked on this multiplayer online game and likened it to crack. Crack wasn’t the right word to choose to describe the game: it’s a quaalude that online Roman Polanskis can distribute.

My friend Phiam was good enough to promote The Goode Family on his Facebook profile (yay social media!), otherwise I would have missed what is the best animated series ever delivered by Mike Judge. I was never a fan of Beavis and Butt-head and I rarely watched King of the Hill, but I couldn’t get enough of The Goode Family which showed on ABC Family. If you never heard about this show, allow me to quickly bring you up to speed.

No one, and I mean no one, wants to hear your grunting. Ever.

Since I last posted my recent bout with pubic lice, I found myself getting nowhere fast with the club manager Chad. Not one to give up, I blindly tried two e-mail addresses at 24 Hour Fitness. Within an hour, I made contact. Dear Mr. Elliott: First of all thank you for the letter of concern and second I apologize for you having to experience a sub par condition of our DT Seattle club. I can assure you that we take our cleanliness and member concerns very serious. I am currently out of the office until next week but will address the situation as soon as I get back. There are never any excuses for our club to not be at the standard of excellence and obviously we have dropped the ball here. Once I do my due diligence and get this situation fixed, I … Continue reading →

I contracted pubic lice from the locker room at 24 Hour Fitness in Downtown Seattle. I want search engines to link their search results with this entry, thus I made a clear, concise statement about the gym. The club, to date, will not refund my entire prepaid membership and will not take any responsibility for its lack of hygiene in the locker rooms. I have no intention of taking a partial credit for my membership, 24 Hour Fitness is negligible for its unsanitary practices and placing their members at risk for exposure to pubic lice. I have already begun a widespread campaign to bring down the facility until my demand is met: online reviews of 24 Hour Fitness. Taking search engine optimization one step further, I am linking this entry to my review of 24 Hour Fitness in Downtown Seattle on Yelp. I also … Continue reading →