Hebe Amy

Finally!!!!!

i heart death cab

new album tomorrow! yippee!

The Last Supper

Waiting for the Montlake bridge

doggies in window

sundown too early

mt. rainier, camera on loan/photo by michelle

just when you thought they were all done...

sippy susan

making a new home

regression

blog renamed...well, returned to its former name. for now.

up

purple

pdx street lamps

renaissance man

coldplay

another title attempt

it simply is what is says it is.

autumn soon...

i got nothin'...

it's my intention to take some better photos soon...i swear.

i have an east coast soul

last night i saw bruce springsteen in an acoustic show. not being terribly familiar with his music, and really, not even being the biggest fan (i mean, i've got a few of his tunes i really like...), this show was stunning. he has an amazing voice, and had a very cool presence overall.

what i found most interesting is how much listening to the Boss, this blue-collar kinda guy who sings about America in the way that he does, is that i felt incredibly nostalgic toward where i grew up, the people who surrounded me then and my life in general as a kid/teen. there's just something so east coast about him - though he wasn't singing about steel mills or anything like that, i just felt so incredibly at home in an odd way listening to him. it was a great show...i had a much more moving experience than i'd have ever expected.

mom got the job! she's moving to seattle!

hollow

ghost bikes

these are in and around seattle to show where bikers have been hit by cars. the irony is that because they are in places where bikers frequent, many are crashing into these. funny.

speckled

hurricane ridge

tom did good.

there's always something more...

so i've been wanting a different name for my blog for a long time - when i created it, it was a whim, and i couldn't think quickly of the perfect title - so i opted for an unusual tidbit about myself. i've always just loved thursdays for a variety of reasons, so i went with "i heart thursdays."

however, two things yesterday led me to the new name. first, i showed up to work to find someone had jumped off of the aurora bridge. i saw them putting him in the ambulance - this is the third time i've had an experience with a jumper. one i saw hit the water, one i saw pacing/contemplating jumping and i called 911 - the police got to him before he jumped (phew) - and then today, where i saw him on the gurney after they pulled him out of the lake...



this kind of thing ruins your day, and also makes you think all of the standard thoughts one has when suicides happen, which for me includes "there's always something more for you in the world - if only you could've moved through this rough time..."

last night, i watched a film i really loved, A Home at the End of the World - one of those movies that just make you feel a lot of feelings: good, bad, painful, fun, happy, loving, sad, nostalgic. One line in the film was "don't worry man, there's always more" - it came at a time when one of the characters (a 9-yr-old) was sad to have to leave a party on his mother's orders, and his older brother said this to him to help him accept the decision. my interpretation is that he wanted him to know that it's ok to let go of things, people, places, and moments - because you'll get up tomorrow to find something else that will fulfill you or help you to grow in some way. the only thing constant is change...

the subtitle, btw, is 1) my new motto which i'm trying to live a little better by and 2) rough copy of a similar sentiment seen as a bumper sticker on some hippie's old green diesel volvo this week.

hence, my new title - i knew it would just hit me one day, and it did. i'll try it on for size for a bit, it may change again - but i think i like it a lot.

steel blue

chocolate cosmos

women pam knows in their underwear

seafair

The Pittsburghese

i don't know how it happens, but i often find people from PA & OH - just randomly. So at Zoka last night, I'm sitting in relatively close quarters with this guy and we exchange small talk. he says he just moved here.

from where?
Pennsylvania
really? where'bouts?
Pittsburgh
shut up! i'm from near Erie
oh, i worked in Erie for a while...
actually, i'm from a small town called Albion
no way! i used to deliver dog food to the Albion Mill, do you know where that is?
um, yeah, i could see it from my driveway...
wow, it's a small world
hey, you a Steelers fan?
the biggest!!!
training camp started yesterday...

and the beat goes on.