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distantmantra
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Doesn't surprise me. I've heard it's about the same these days.
(You're 30s GAF too? It's so easy to feel alone.)
Yep. 31 and married with one child. Living the dream in Greenlake.
Aside from U-Village, I can't remember the last time I went to a mall.
luckyboyceo
Member
Yeah, I worked at the Northgate Mall for just a few months back in 2007 and it was hands down the worst place I've ever worked. Not a big fan of malls at all nowadays.
distantmantra
Member
Northgate was super shady my freshman year of college (1999/2000). I remember there being a couple shootouts in the parking lots.
I actually like U Village. Maybe it's because it's outside.
Worked at Northgate, Alderwood, and Everett. Ugh.
distantmantra
Member
Yeah, I don't really think of it as being a mall since it's outdoors.
WesternHeretic
Member
I got kicked out of Southcenter for wearing the color red once... It was during the 90's and I was in my teenage years.
And no I was not a gangster or pretending to be one. Literally just happened to wear the wrong color to the mall on a random ass summer day.
platypotamus
Member
It's the new hip trend in malls. When I was still down in southern california they were going up like this all over the place. Some indoor malls were getting outdoor extensions (like looks like happened at Alderwood up here). Some were getting remodeled into outdoor malls.
As an aside, I'm also part of 30s Seattle GAF (i.e. best GAF?)
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
Northgate suffered for years from nearby Lake City. A lot of people don't realize it but Lake City is one of the highest crime-rate areas of Seattle, and a center of drug/gang activity. Nearby Aurora doesn't help either.
The cops kicked the gangs out of Northgate though a few years back after a string of nearby armed robberies.
The cops kicked the gangs out of Northgate though a few years back after a string of nearby armed robberies.
40s GAF is ultimate GAF
It's not as scary as it sounds, man. Of course, I'm 32 so I've had a few years to adjust.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
Why don't we all semi-introduce ourselves?
A / S / L: 34, M, Shoreline
Born in: Seattle
Lived: Various Seattle hoods, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Factoria, Newcastle, and briefly in Tacoma
Hobbies: International man of mystery, in my own mind.. also, gaming.. good food.. good company
Work: Software Development.. mostly Microsoft techs (ASP.Net being my core specialty)
A / S / L: 34, M, Shoreline
Born in: Seattle
Lived: Various Seattle hoods, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Factoria, Newcastle, and briefly in Tacoma
Hobbies: International man of mystery, in my own mind.. also, gaming.. good food.. good company
Work: Software Development.. mostly Microsoft techs (ASP.Net being my core specialty)
distantmantra
Member
Born and raised in Auburn. Went to college at PLU in Tacoma, grad school at Central in Ellensburg and then moved to Seattle in 2005. Lived in Lower and Upper Queen Anne and Ballard before buying a house in Greenlake.
I'm a school psychologist for a local district.
I like baseball, hiking, music, movies, brewing beer and giant robots.
I'm a school psychologist for a local district.
I like baseball, hiking, music, movies, brewing beer and giant robots.
32/M/Wedgwood
Born/raised in central Illinois, came to Seattle to go to UW
Lived in U district, Maple Leaf and now Wedgwood
Work as an engineer in the aerospace industry
Hobbies: motorsports, autocross, working on the house/car, used to be gaming but don't have much time for that now although I'm about to fire up Tecmo Super Bowl 2013 for a game or two, maybe some NBA Live '95 and/or NHLPA Hockey '93 as well.
Born/raised in central Illinois, came to Seattle to go to UW
Lived in U district, Maple Leaf and now Wedgwood
Work as an engineer in the aerospace industry
Hobbies: motorsports, autocross, working on the house/car, used to be gaming but don't have much time for that now although I'm about to fire up Tecmo Super Bowl 2013 for a game or two, maybe some NBA Live '95 and/or NHLPA Hockey '93 as well.
32/M/Capitol Hill
I was born in North Bend and stayed there for my childhood until I moved to Seattle to go to college. After graduating, I started my career as a professional classical musician, mostly working with opera singers but also doing some teaching and taking every gig I can find. It's an occasionally stressful, never boring life. On my downtime, I enjoy video games, reading, television/movies and above all, music (which I can never seem to get away from but go figure).
I was born in North Bend and stayed there for my childhood until I moved to Seattle to go to college. After graduating, I started my career as a professional classical musician, mostly working with opera singers but also doing some teaching and taking every gig I can find. It's an occasionally stressful, never boring life. On my downtime, I enjoy video games, reading, television/movies and above all, music (which I can never seem to get away from but go figure).
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
distantmantra: Know quite a few PLU graduates maybe a few years older than you. My brother was a Senior on the 1999 National Championship football team.
kickpuncher
Member
Seattle Gaf is oooooooold.
A/S/L: 22, M, livin' in the U district
Grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri metro area and moved to Seattle for graduate school. (Immunology at UW)
I spend most my time doing science ...but when I'm not doing that I play video games, board games, and hang out with folks mostly.
A/S/L: 22, M, livin' in the U district
Grew up in the Kansas City, Missouri metro area and moved to Seattle for graduate school. (Immunology at UW)
I spend most my time doing science ...but when I'm not doing that I play video games, board games, and hang out with folks mostly.
nVidiot_Whore
Banned
I am pretty old. I still pass for being in my mid-twenties though, so that must count for something.
32 M Living in Greenlake
Born in Atlanta, met my wife (from Seattle) at college in Athens Ga. We moved to Seattle in Sept 2012 and had a kid in December.
Hobbies: Games and movies and occasional biking and trying to run again...but with the new job and kid I hardly have time for hobbies anymore. Edit: forgot Hiking...we've done alot since we've moved here but like the rest of the hobbies, I havent been since the kid was born.
Job: IT in Redmond
iAmMaximus
Member
I feel so young.
20/M/Capitol Hill
Born in Chicago but raised in Mukilteo. Currently a student at Seattle U.
Hobbies: weightlifting, sports, movies, donuts
Car was broken into at the parking lot there in December. Never again.
20/M/Capitol Hill
Born in Chicago but raised in Mukilteo. Currently a student at Seattle U.
Hobbies: weightlifting, sports, movies, donuts
Car was broken into at the parking lot there in December. Never again.
distantmantra
Member
Greenlake dads unite! My daughter turns one on Monday.
Perfect time for gaming is after wife and kiddo have gone to bed. I actually get 5-6 hours a week that way.
haha...ya, I usually try to get gaming time in during feedings...an hour to an hour and a half a few times on the weekends.
Cant wait until our kid is near one year...the past few weeks have been pretty rough, but at a month and a half now she is starting to show some personality and smiling...which is great.
distantmantra
Member
The first year is crazy in terms of developmental milestones, and it doesn't stop after that.
I want you to stand in the corner silently and think about what you just said, sonny.
platypotamus
Member
I'm 31, and a dude. Live halfway between Northgate Mall and Elliot Bay Brewery on Lake City Way.
Grew up in Southern CA. I sketchily started dating a coworker's sister-in-law after meeting her at a company board game night, moved to Vegas about a year and a half later because she was stuck in school there (never again!) then we moved up here when she graduated and got married while she started her nursing career over at UWMC. I work in the game industry. We have a 3 week old daughter who is still staying at Swedish because she decided to show up 7 weeks early, but she's doing well and will hopefully be home in a week or two. We plan on moving to Ballard sometime within the next 5-10 years, sooner if we can swing it
Hobbies: Soccer (playing and going to Sounders games), Board Games, Magic, Vidya Games, I'm a "foodie", love KEXP and going to shows, whiskey, and porters/stouts, and love our freaking seattle libraries.
Grew up in Southern CA. I sketchily started dating a coworker's sister-in-law after meeting her at a company board game night, moved to Vegas about a year and a half later because she was stuck in school there (never again!) then we moved up here when she graduated and got married while she started her nursing career over at UWMC. I work in the game industry. We have a 3 week old daughter who is still staying at Swedish because she decided to show up 7 weeks early, but she's doing well and will hopefully be home in a week or two. We plan on moving to Ballard sometime within the next 5-10 years, sooner if we can swing it
Hobbies: Soccer (playing and going to Sounders games), Board Games, Magic, Vidya Games, I'm a "foodie", love KEXP and going to shows, whiskey, and porters/stouts, and love our freaking seattle libraries.
distantmantra
Member
It's nice being able to afford things. ;-)
42, live in Wallingford, born and raised in Scotland, lived in LA, SF and now Seattle. Four year old daughter and New Jersey-born wife. Work for video game studio in Redmond. Cycle when it's warm and otherwise I stay inside to keep dry with odd excursions to eat the amazing food and drink the amazing dranks this city has.
22/M/South Holly
I was born in Vietnam but moved here in 1997. Currently working as a waiter at a retirement home and going to school to get a certificate in Computer Networking. I will be going back to school after I get the certificate since I don't feel like I'm wholly prepared for the real job.
Hobbies: Watching movies, playing video games, biking, hiking, weight lifting and soccer. Ever since I pulled my hamstring I haven't been able to do any active activities for the past few months. I'm hopeful it will completely heal soon.
I was born in Vietnam but moved here in 1997. Currently working as a waiter at a retirement home and going to school to get a certificate in Computer Networking. I will be going back to school after I get the certificate since I don't feel like I'm wholly prepared for the real job.
Hobbies: Watching movies, playing video games, biking, hiking, weight lifting and soccer. Ever since I pulled my hamstring I haven't been able to do any active activities for the past few months. I'm hopeful it will completely heal soon.
platypotamus
Member
You guys were right about that Layover episode btw, really good. Nice to see La Carta get a shout out too, but it deserved more of a feature says I.
distantmantra
Member
Drinky, MAF, White Man and I are gonna go drink somewhere in a couple weeks.
GhastlyGaseous
Member
18/M/Issaquah.
Born in New York, lived around the U.S. growing up. I currently work at the Issaquah Best Buy, and am going to school at BC. I spend a lot of my time working, studying, watching soccer, and playing videogames.
Born in New York, lived around the U.S. growing up. I currently work at the Issaquah Best Buy, and am going to school at BC. I spend a lot of my time working, studying, watching soccer, and playing videogames.
Rodney McKay
Member
Holy crap iPic Theater in Redmond is amazing!
I was trying to find a theater still showing Django (I'd already seen it but it is so good i didn't mind seeing it again!) and iPic was the closest. I didn't even realize it was one of those 21+ theaters where you get food and drink service like the Cinebarre in Moutlake Terrace, but this one is much nicer.
If you pay a little extra (+$5 or something) you get to pick reclining seats with foot rests and you get a blanket and a pillow. It's a good thing I went to get tickets online first because you actually pick the exact seat locations you want when you buy them.
I will definitely be back there again, probably next week for Die Hard!
I was trying to find a theater still showing Django (I'd already seen it but it is so good i didn't mind seeing it again!) and iPic was the closest. I didn't even realize it was one of those 21+ theaters where you get food and drink service like the Cinebarre in Moutlake Terrace, but this one is much nicer.
If you pay a little extra (+$5 or something) you get to pick reclining seats with foot rests and you get a blanket and a pillow. It's a good thing I went to get tickets online first because you actually pick the exact seat locations you want when you buy them.
I will definitely be back there again, probably next week for Die Hard!
That place ruined the normal movie theater experience for me--been going since before the iPic buyout. I'm hoping iPic is doing better financially than Gold Class Cinemas was, since they added the bar and all. I still almost never see anybody actually in the 'cheap' section, since if you're going to pay the inflated ticket price you might as well go all-out and get the seat-side service.
It's expensive, but is my preferred way to see anything just-released and likely to be crowded or Pixar. I just wish I lived closer to Redmond so I could go on Tuesdays when food's discounted.
Valerie Cherish
Member
So kinda true
(hopefully moving to CapHill this summer)A / S / L: 29 M Kirkland
Moved out here a couple of years ago from North Dakota. As with a few others here, also work in the game industry (starting with a new company in a week!). Just realized my main hobby has been gaming when I haven't been living at work the past few months... I should really come up with some new ones. (Oh, writing and going out to eat too
)29/M/Redmond (Eastside can be boring)
If only it wasn't so damned rainy out here. I moved up here from San Jose, California and I miss the sun and warmth almost every day. Luckily, I have a great group of friends so it's all good I was a student at DigiPen but now I go to FuturePoly and I'm putting together a portfolio to apply to game studios. I'm also working on 2 indie games on the side.
If only it wasn't so damned rainy out here. I moved up here from San Jose, California and I miss the sun and warmth almost every day. Luckily, I have a great group of friends so it's all good
I was a student at DigiPen but now I go to FuturePoly and I'm putting together a portfolio to apply to game studios. I'm also working on 2 indie games on the side.29/M/Redmond (Eastside can be boring)
If only it wasn't so damned rainy out here. I moved up here from San Jose, California and I miss the sun and warmth almost every day. Luckily, I have a great group of friends so it's all good
I moved here from South Florida. The cold and rain suck, and I slipped and fell walking outside on one of those icy days.
31/M/Bothell
I moved to Redmond back in 2000 to attend DigiPen. I'm originally from the metro Detroit area. Graduated in 03 (did 1 year of programming, hated it, switched to their 2 year 3D Animation program). Worked for 8 years as an artist at a game studio in Redmond, now work for a different studio as a designer in Bellevue.
I actually like the East Side more than Seattle. Can't stand the traffic and terrible parking down there. Plus, all my friends live in Redmond/Bellevue/Kirkland anyways.
I moved to Redmond back in 2000 to attend DigiPen. I'm originally from the metro Detroit area. Graduated in 03 (did 1 year of programming, hated it, switched to their 2 year 3D Animation program). Worked for 8 years as an artist at a game studio in Redmond, now work for a different studio as a designer in Bellevue.
I actually like the East Side more than Seattle. Can't stand the traffic and terrible parking down there. Plus, all my friends live in Redmond/Bellevue/Kirkland anyways.
luckyboyceo
Member
Yep! Hopefully working on getting one together sometime next month or early April.
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34/m/lower Queen Anne
Moved out here from upstate NY (not Buffalo upstate; sitting-on-the-Canadian-border upstate) for school and because to needed to take a chance on someone. I'm a pastry chef who works two jobs in addition to full-time classes. I don't have much of a life.
I'm old, bust my ass all day every day, and still can't afford things. :\
Moved out here from upstate NY (not Buffalo upstate; sitting-on-the-Canadian-border upstate) for school and because to needed to take a chance on someone. I'm a pastry chef who works two jobs in addition to full-time classes. I don't have much of a life.
I'm old, bust my ass all day every day, and still can't afford things. :\
MisterNugNug
Member
28/M Shoreline
Born and raised in Seattle, bounced around the Northgate area as a kid living with my parents, after the split lived for a while in Lake City till Shoreline.
Hobbies: Reading, Gaming, Movies, Mariners, Board Games,
Occupation: Currently a cook, I work in a Japanese Izakaya on Wallingford.
Born and raised in Seattle, bounced around the Northgate area as a kid living with my parents, after the split lived for a while in Lake City till Shoreline.
Hobbies: Reading, Gaming, Movies, Mariners, Board Games,
Occupation: Currently a cook, I work in a Japanese Izakaya on Wallingford.
kickpuncher
Member
Donuts as a hobby? Explain good sir.
He's Golden Tate
Ditto but I don't do what I do for the money. As long as I can meet my base needs, I'm happy.
(I do kinda miss vacations though...)
patrickthehedgehog
Member
28 / M / Queen Anne
I moved here from Texas two years ago so I can live in a state I don't have to be embarrassed of. Right now I'm bouncing between contracting gigs and trying to figure out what I wanna do.
I like 80s anime, arcade games, comics and I'm dying to do some camping this summer. I've been on GAF for a long time, but I don't post a lot.
I moved here from Texas two years ago so I can live in a state I don't have to be embarrassed of. Right now I'm bouncing between contracting gigs and trying to figure out what I wanna do.
I like 80s anime, arcade games, comics and I'm dying to do some camping this summer. I've been on GAF for a long time, but I don't post a lot.
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