I just happened to be nowhere near your neighborhood.

Can you name the movie from which that quote comes?

No?

Does the quote below help?

Club Interviewer: Talking here with Cliff Poncier. Cliff, any comments on the "Seattle Sound" and Citizen Dick's place in it?
Cliff Poncier: Well, I don't like to reduce us to just being part of the "Seattle Sound." I'd like to think of us as expanding more. Like, we're huge in Europe right now. I mean, we've got records... uh, a big record just broke in Belgium.
Club Interviewer: Now, a song like "Touch Me, I'm Dick" is about... what?
Cliff Poncier: Well, I think "Touch Me, I'm Dick," in essence, speaks for itself, you know. I think that, you know, that's basically what the song is, um... about... is about, you know... I-I think a lot of people might think it's actually about, you know,"My name is Dick, and, you know, you can touch me," but, I think, you know, it can be seen either way.

Still at a loss?

It's the movie Singles and it is one of my favourites. And it takes place in Seattle - which is where I sit today.

God, I love this city. It feels like home to me in a way that very few other places feel like home. I love the bustle of the city, I love the peeks of water you get as you walk block to block downtown, I love the unending supply of Devil Duckies, I love that one of the 3 most important people in my life (other than my parents) lives here and I love that I know my way around better than many people who live here. Running on Monday afternoon through downtown I was thinking to myself - why don't I just move here? I'd have a friend network as the aforementioned friend lives here and through him I've met a bunch of people. I know a lot of people in the recruiting world who could help me get a job -- I wouldn't be able to live in the size place I do now but I could make a great home here.

And then I think of all I'd leave behind if I lived here. I'd gain something wonderful but I'd lose a lot of wonderful things too. I'd miss out on spending time with my parents, with my closest friends, with their children. I'd miss Philadelphia and all it has to offer. I'd miss my home but god it is tempting.

I remember the first time I landed in Seattle in 1996 and the feeling I had of "home" even at icky SeaTac and I have been here at least 20 times and everytime I'm here, I fall more in love with the city. Maybe I just need to take comfort in the fact that for $300, I can be here anytime!

we're running with the shadows of the night....

So this is how my day began...sort of:




This has been an active week here in Seattle -- a LOT of hard work but a lot of exercise as well which for the most part has felt great. Now if only the scale would move! I'm anxious to weigh myself when I get home to see if I've moved at all -- I really hope so, I'm so sick of this plateau.