What a day, it was like CSI - Issaquah

Okay, so it wasn't really a crime scene, but today at my sister's place, we had a lot of cops, drama, an eviction, and a few other things going on.

The quick version of the story goes like this, my sister owns the house, she wants to sell it, but she can't sell it because there's a tenant in there. And unfortunately, that tenant was unable to make rent. Long story short, we evict her so that the new buyer can move in.

All of that sorta meshed together today.

10 AM was the cutoff time for the tenant to gather her items that were placed in the driveway. Since we drove by and everything was still on the property at 10 AM, my friend Mitch and I went to rent a U-Haul and my sister called a tow truck to remove 2 immobile cars. We had to get everything removed by 2 PM, which is when the new owner of the property would be coming for a visit.

Unfortunately, when we returned to the site, all heck broke loose with everyone showing up at once (the evicted party and their pickup trucks, tow truck, U-Haul, and my sister). Eventually about 4 Sheriffs and police officers showed up as well.

I think at one point, we had 14 vehicles at the location (3 pickup trucks, 4 Sheriffs, and many others).

I could understand the evicted parties position, it's hard to lose your home, and the contents of your home. But we wanted to get everything clean and ready for the new owner. I don't think they understood that fully. Also, they had 24 hours to remove it, not 26.

We allowed them some time to remove items (partly out of generosity and partly because we didn't want to clean it up), but it just took SO LONG, even though the Sheriffs kept reminding them they should hurry it up. 2 PM rolled by and the buyer showed up. It was embarrassing to say the least. But he was really understanding, so I felt pretty lucky to have a client like that.

I guess if I had to go back and do it differently, we should have just asked the Sheriff to have everyone leave, since they were all technically trespassing. That way, we could have taken 2 trips in the U-Haul and be done in about 30 minutes. But I don't think it would have been the most ethical, and they would have lost all their possessions.

Still, it was probably the weirdest day I've had in a long time (mainly due to smaller details that I won't go into here).

A grand for an Xbox 360?!@$#

Wow, I'm not a huge gamer, although I tend to go out and buy game systems when a good deal comes along. The new Xbox 360 has been tempting, especially after playing some of the demo games, and the fact that everything is in high definition (HD) quality. But, I wasn't willing to wait in line for it and I'm definitely not going to pay the $1,000 or so people are asking for on eBay and Craigslist. When did demand for it get so high? I thought I heard Microsoft release a press release that stated that each store will get more units each week.

Although it would have been cool to meet Bill Gates at the Bellevue Best Buy at midnight last night. Maybe just to slip him my resume and ask for a job in marketing. But it looks like they really don't need any help in the marketing deparment.

History of the K2 Enemy Twin Tip freestyle skis

I've been trying to sell my skis on eBay but it's been tough since it's hard to find information about them anywhere.

So I made this quick little website,

http://www.jinlee.us/k2enemy.html

It explains the 3 different graphics that were available for that model. Mine are the 2002-2003 K2 Enemy skis with the solid black base. I still don't know the specs, but it's a decent start.