Hilton Garden Inn Beaverton

A slight modification on the first noble truth.

As I prepare for my journey, an important shout out to this virtual world that the perfectionist in me will be letting go. On the path to my true Self I will be letting go of (hopefully) the noise pollution ...

... unattached for the most part to any real drama, and enjoyed the simpler things in life that mostly children had to offer.

So, anyway.  As much as I tried to convince myself or her that there was more between us, it slowly ended as soon as it had begun.  The sad part, we're talking and we're not talking, and she is merely a memory.  Every conversation we have had may as well be unreal or unimportant, and we haven't talked face to face since April/May ...

I'm heading out today at 5:30pm. I get to fly from Portland to Salt Lake City to LA and then spend the night at LAX before flying to Seoul tomorrow. From there I'll fly into Bangkok, arriving at 12:10am on 12/8/07. Lots of flying and airport time but it's worth it. Stracco left last night and will get in tomorrow around 11am. Katy left this morning and will get in tomorrow night around 10pm. Hopefully, we'll all be able to find each other.

... of this, Portland has put a restraint on building height within the city as to not block the view of Mt. Hood. There are other symbolic statues or places downtown that represent a lot of what portland is about. 1. Portlandia. There are a lot of statues downtown, particularly near the park blocks. Statues of old founders, modern art, or even an elk that splits the road way leading to city hall. But none is more important than Portlandia. True, most Oregonians can't ...

... as there are lots of micro brewries. sunday we took a short ride up to Timberline Lodge at 6,000 feet on MT. Hood which is 11,245 feet. Timberline Lodge was used for the outside shots for the film shining. I was still in my shorts even in the snow as the sun was out as you can see by the photos. thats in from me for now as my fingers hurt from typing so much!

... then drive over to Washington & follow the river back on that side. The scenery was stunning, with lots of waterfalls .



One of the most beautiful was Multnomah Falls. It rises to a height of 189m & is the country's second tallest waterfall. Even with being in Winter & the leaves still off the trees this area was ...

... art: it wasn't expensive and I thought it could be a good reference/basis. Alright, time to start packing and... read :-D Tomorrow I plan on visiting the Chinese Gardens, doing the "Walk Through Time" walking tour, and, if I have time since they are a little outside the city, visit the Japanese Gardens, before meeting with James at 6 for supper (and he kindly proposed to give me a lift to the airport so I'll save on taxi fees! Awesome!). Then bye bye Portland :( ~*Joe*~ Portland, Oregon (USA)

... of Thailand. Now for the not so happy part... At this time, unfortunately, none of my extended family members here in Portland have been offered a position in the "Core Cast" for the production, though I know for a fact it's not due to lack of talent. It's due to the need of the production to have visible ethnic diversity represented onstage. In this case, all of them are your basic Anglo-Saxon American females...the category in which the competition ...

... we will travel to Bangkok, Thailand where we will do a series of benefit performances and do community service projects to assist the children who were victims of the 2004 tsunami, as well as work in local schools, orphanages, etc. Now...this might be the world's shortest travel blog, since it's possible that come Friday, when the casting decisions are announced, I ...