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Attempting the Abstract

There is Nothing Bad Here (Lucy's Table/pdx)

7, way up

Sangria: This may be my favorite pic of 2006

4 Sisters

Meg's 30th: Flawless!

For Meg's 30th, I threw her a party at my house, then we all went out dancing! It was flawless - I don't believe we could've done better, Megs! :) Below are shots of the festivities (5 of the 170 I took throughout the evening).

Megan = 30 Tomorrow!

I recall the moment I found out Meg existed as follows:

Thursday, September 23, 1976.
Little Jenny Steff is, as usual, dawdling and is the last kid to leave her morning kindergarten class. The exit was in the back of the school, and the sidewalk formed a big square in order for me to get up a little hill the crosswalk leading up the big hill to get "home" to my Aunt Judy's house, who watched me.

About half-way to the crosswalk, I see my dad coming at me in his long black raincoat. He said, "How 'bout a Megan Elizabeth?" Being 5, I didn't get it. No names for the baby had been discussed, and I think, though I already had one sister, I didn't really grasp the whole baby thing entirely. He explained, "Mom had her baby this morning! Her name is Megan Elizabeth." Lightbulb! "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh...." I said, and followed with a total 5-year-old-it's-all-about-me response, "There's a Megan in my class. Can we go tell my teacher?" So we walked back into the classroom and told Mrs. Householder, my barbie-doll-looking kindergarten teacher. She was happy for me, I remember that. And, I was really happy too...still am.

Happy Birthday Meg!!

shoes up in the sky

::Good Luck Tomorrow::

You Could Be Happy :: Snow Patrol
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You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go

And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played on lips 'till it's madness in my head

Is it too late to remind you how we were
But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur

Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out the door

You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far

Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true

Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do

More than anything I want to see you go
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

Today's Long Lost Album

In an effort to perk me up, Jimbo suggested I give this a listen. It did help, actually....








1 London Calling
2 Brand New Cadillac
3 Jimmy Jazz
4 Hateful
5 Rudie Can't Fail
6 Spanish Bombs
7 The Right Profile
8 Lost In The Supermarket
9 Clampdown
10 The Guns Of Brixton
11 Wrong 'Em Boyo
12 Death Or Glory
13 Koka Kola
14 The Card Cheat
15 Lover's Rock
16 Four Horsemen
17 I'm Not Down
18 Revolution Rock
19 Train In Vain

The First of Many Wet Leaves

The Second...

Besalu::Thank God for Ginger Biscuits

She Gave Us Condoms

Asian with Knife

Johnny Angel

Float On

Ominous

Secret Separation

Could it be that I'm finally here?I think, and I will work my ass off to stay here now. It's been a long time coming, and hard to do. Whoa.

Came upon this long-lost song yesterday, and the lyrics seemed to fit.

SECRET SEPARATION::The Fixx

We are passengers in time
Lost in motion, locked together
Day and night by trick of light
But I must take another journey
We must meet with other names

You touched my heart so deeply
You rescued me now free me
Don't watch me cry just see me go
I'll take away the strongest feelings
You will ever know

There will be no more isolation in our secret separation
You touched my heart so deeply you rescued me
Now free me
We are passengers in time
Lost in motion, locked together
Day and night, by trick of light
But I must take another journey
We must meet with other names

If you hold me you will hurt me, Be brave
There will be no more isolation in our secret separation
You touched my heart so deeply you rescued me Now free me
We are matching spark and flame
Caught in endless repetition

Life for life we'll be the same I must leave before you burn me
I am the stranger who deserts you only to love you In another life
There will be no more isolation in our secret separation
You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me
Now free me
I'll bear one precious scar that only you will know

I lost my charger.

Which is why there have been no photos in a while.

I found it though, yesterday, under the passenger seat of my car (???).

Look for me to be back in action. I missed it.

You Want This

The most fun link I've found in a while, here you will find DIY Japanese Hot Dog Art. Like the hot dog pony? Click on it for step-by-step DIY instructions in both graphical format and in Japanese. Have fun!

13 today

13 years ago today I arrived in Seattle, took the Olive Way exit under the convention center, headed up Olive to John to stay with a pal at 17th & John on Capitol Hill. I found home on the first attempt after finishing college at 22... nice work, no?

Glad for all I have here, but mostly for all of you who i have here.