1. You know the state flower (mildew).
2. You feel guilty throwing aluminum cans or paper in the trash.
3. Use the statement ‘sun break’ and know what it means.
4. You know more than 10 ways to order coffee.
5. You know more people who own boats than air conditioners.
6. You feel overdressed wearing a suit to a nice restaurant.
7. You stand on a deserted corner in the rain waiting for the “walk” signal.
8. You consider that if has no snow or has not recently erupted, is not a real mountain.
9. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Seattle’s best, and Veneto’s.
10. You know the difference between Chinook, Coho, and sockeye salmon.
11. You know how to pronounce Sequim, Puyallup, Issaquah, Oregon, Yakima, and Willamette.
12. You consider swimming an indoor sport.
13. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese and Thai food.
14. In winter, you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark-while only working eight hour days.
15. You never go camping without waterproof matches and a poncho.
16. You are not fazed by “today forecast: showers followed by rain” and “tomorrow‘s forecast: rain followed by showers”.
17. You have no concept of humidity without precipitation.
18. You know that Boring is a town in Oregon and not just a state of mind.
19. You can point to at least two volcanoes, even if you cannot see through the cloud cover.
20. You announce, “The mountain is out” when it is a pretty day and you can actually see it.
21. You put on your shorts when the temperature gets above 50, but still wear you hiking boots and parka,
22. You switch to your sandals when it gets about 60, but keep the socks on.
23. You have actually used your mountain bike on a mountain.
24. You think people who use umbrellas are either wimps or tourists.
25. You buy new sunglasses every year, because you cannot find the old ones after such a long time.
26. You measure distance in hours.
27. You often switch from ‘heat’ to ‘a/c’ in the same day.
28. You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit under a raincoat.
29. You know all the important seasons: almost Winter, Winter, still raining (Spring), Road Construction (Summer), Deer & Elk Season (Fall).
30. You actually understood these jokes and will probably share them.
I am done for the term. My presentation was about 山梨県富士吉田市 and Mt. Fuji, I could have done better, oh well... I will pass the class!
The day has came and it is hard to say see you later. He was my Nihongo sensee and I hope to see him and his family soon in Nihon.
I will be saying "Ja Mata" to my bud, Taka-san. He and his families will be traveling back to Japan in about 10 days. I wish him all the best.
Interstate 5 crash kills Vancouver women, so tragic!
Then you have Richard, who is walking away from his 2 years R & D hand-on pipe connecting, valve opening engineer gag to pursuit an exciting world of supply chain management. Oh wait; there is Sean, whom is planning to leave Murphy's land soon to go for a belt-tightening ChE experience. 
Check out the dessert corner
BoringFish with Dinah, a French Bulldog
a very sensitve matter.
Tom is doing well with integrals and starting varsity soccer and paintball. It's all good.
German police dogs to wear shoes, now the doggies will tie their own shoes? Can they pick the color of shoes that would bring out their pretty eyes? Are they all gonna be stylish?
