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susandennisToday is the first game of the Seahawks season. Living across the street from the stadium is a real mixed blessing on days like this especially since I am not a football fan.
When I left the house about 7:20 this morning, I discovered my block packed with 1/2 cops and 1/2 TV crews. I live on the south edge of downtown. My gym is about 4 miles south of here. Coming home about 9:30, there were about 3 miles of tailgate parties in full swing and more cops and now firefighters. There are some TV folks left but most have gone home.
I have never seen this many cops around here for anything ever. If you want to commit a crime elsewhere in Seattle, today's your day, man. Go for it. There are two gynormous tent/trailers labeled Seattle PD and two firetrucks just below my terrace. Oh and the police horse trailers are there, too.
I made it back home fairly easily considering and I'm not going anywhere until everyone leaves. So no crime committing for me today. And, so far, it's quiet up here. Kind of a low level, people milling about noise so far.
The pool was oddly crowded today. Odd in that I've never seen it that crowded ever and really not on Sundays. I felt like I'd missed a memo. The up side of always getting there early - before the doors open on weekends - is that I can easily claim my pool real estate before anyone else. Worked fine today, too.
The baseball game starts at the same time as the football game. If it gets too loud, I might just take my knitting to the bedroom and watch in there. It might have been a good idea to leave the a/c up one more day so I could close the sliding glass door to the outside. Oh well. If the sun stays behind the clouds, it may be cool enough to shut the door anyway.
Ok, even as I typed that last paragraph, the noise level took a turn as the drum corps started in very nearby. It's only 10 am. Shouldn't they pace themselves? By game's end they are going to be pretty spent if there's anything left at all.
I think maybe I'll go back and sew a bit - the sewing room is the farthest from outside.
When I left the house about 7:20 this morning, I discovered my block packed with 1/2 cops and 1/2 TV crews. I live on the south edge of downtown. My gym is about 4 miles south of here. Coming home about 9:30, there were about 3 miles of tailgate parties in full swing and more cops and now firefighters. There are some TV folks left but most have gone home.
I have never seen this many cops around here for anything ever. If you want to commit a crime elsewhere in Seattle, today's your day, man. Go for it. There are two gynormous tent/trailers labeled Seattle PD and two firetrucks just below my terrace. Oh and the police horse trailers are there, too.
I made it back home fairly easily considering and I'm not going anywhere until everyone leaves. So no crime committing for me today. And, so far, it's quiet up here. Kind of a low level, people milling about noise so far.
The pool was oddly crowded today. Odd in that I've never seen it that crowded ever and really not on Sundays. I felt like I'd missed a memo. The up side of always getting there early - before the doors open on weekends - is that I can easily claim my pool real estate before anyone else. Worked fine today, too.
The baseball game starts at the same time as the football game. If it gets too loud, I might just take my knitting to the bedroom and watch in there. It might have been a good idea to leave the a/c up one more day so I could close the sliding glass door to the outside. Oh well. If the sun stays behind the clouds, it may be cool enough to shut the door anyway.
Ok, even as I typed that last paragraph, the noise level took a turn as the drum corps started in very nearby. It's only 10 am. Shouldn't they pace themselves? By game's end they are going to be pretty spent if there's anything left at all.
I think maybe I'll go back and sew a bit - the sewing room is the farthest from outside.
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Date: 2016-09-11 05:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-09-11 05:44 pm (UTC)Then, they imploded the domed stadium (which was AMAZINGLY cool) and built a baseball stadium down a long block from here and the football stadium where the dome used to be.
The big difference is that a few years ago, the football team turned from suck to top drawer and everyone in town turned into a die hard football fan over night. Of course, they aren't. They only come to drink and yell and hang out but they all come.
I bitch and moan because really the football fans are obnoxious in every way possible BUT the reality is that I love living here. They actually only play fewer than a dozen games a year so it's really just an excuse to make sure my bitching chops stay toned.
And, yeah, you probably don't want to come visit me on game days :).
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Date: 2016-09-11 06:22 pm (UTC)