Right, to bring you up to speed (was a busy week):

Went to see the Gorillaz earlier in the week. They were pretty awesome, but equally I must have lots touch with their music as I only recognised their encores. I went to a random underground music venue to see KT Tunstall which was really odd; there were 20 people at most in the room and it was like an open mic night. It was weird to think that she's actually successful in the UK.

That engine explosion caused some interesting events over here, and we've been told just to be careful and that everything is on a need to know basis at the moment. Unfortunately cause of the nature of our work, we need to know everything that's happening and the Boeing guys know this.

Anyway . . .

Had to arrange a DJ rental today as there's the RAeS Annual Dinner in a few weeks and RR are going in force; got a complete set for $49. Re-visited my favourite coffee shop in Seattle, which I struggled to find at first. I then went to the "Huskies" shop to get tickets to the next football match. College football is massive in the US, and all matches are televised . Since the Seattle sport teams are useless, they all follow college sports instead. The football season is coming to an end, so I struggled to find a fixture I could actually make. I also visited a record store which claimed to stock "good music from bands you've never heard of". I guess Lily Allen and Amy MacDonald have made it across the Atlantic. Though apparently my music taste can be summarised as "aggressive easy listening".

I then went to Ballard, which is a district in the north of Seattle. Its how I pictured colonial Massachusetts to look. They also have a Salmon ladder, which wasn't as impressive as I thought it would be. It was like watching fish in an aquarium.