2009

As always, I love the color red. This photo is interesting, I love how the sky is reflected in the window. Ivy always makes for good photos, there is a photography tip for you.

Wow I just found this poem I wrote in eighth grade. Kind of interesting. I open my eyes and see you Your soul so happy and filled with joy Two peas in a pod always together Arm in arm right by my side Sun shinning on your soft face Wind tousling your brown hair Silence, laughing Hiding in prickly bushes away from the world Our little hideout made out of blackberries One so sweet, one so sour No one can touch us Our world of dreams and fantasies ...

Of course going to Seattle entitles the Space Needle. Very impressive from the outside but it wasn’t really so amazing from the inside. This may partly be contributed to the fact that I don’t do well in elevators (not because I am claustrophobic, but because I get really dizzy). But really, it wasn’t that great. You go up, say oh, ah at the view, and then go back down and leave. Frankly the monorail ride over was just as exciting if not more. ...

So on our tour of Seattle we took a stop at the Fremont Troll which is a giant sculpture of a troll underneath a bridge. Creative and weird. I enjoyed it very much.

So today is my birthday and I am seventeen years of age. This is a shout out to all of my friends who gave me things, hugged me, and said happy birthday. I love all of you! Basically two of my best friends gave me a boat load of balloons, literally. I think there was like fifteen. They swallowed me and everyone who was brave enough to come within a five meter diameter of me. (yes I said meter because I think American measurements are stupid). ...

Here are a few of my favorite Halloween costumes I saw while in Seattle.

Empty store A TV. On mute It feels so empty In a corner A high chair sits Covered in dust Long forgotten I wonder Was it ever used Did a child So loved Once sit in it Now gone Blue with colorful Cotton candy designs Where is the baby Did tragedy strike To steal it away From it’s loving parents Plucked like a flower Cut down before its prime Feathers floating Softly to the ground Did an angel take it away Or perhaps The child just Grew up The chair Just unneeded and unnecessary As a child Grows to big For it’s former joy Growing apart From all it Ever knew and loved The child was taken Away from it’s chair Because it no longer needed A baby’s chair So now So empty A blue high chair sits With cotton candy designs In a corner Forgotten Gathering dust

I had the pleasure of meeting an extremely talented African Gray Parrot at Pike’s Place Market. On a street corner a man was performing with his bird. It was amazing. He could play dead, be thrown up into the air and do a 360, meow, and do flips on your hand. Truly incredible. I even got to hold him. Just one of many weird things we encountered in Pike’s Place Market. Here is a little video I took.

My little brother, Gabe, is the shout out of the day mainly because of his amazing costume for Halloween as a playboy bunny. Yes this horrifies me, and yes I fell off my chair laughing. So here you go.

In University of Washington I found a gigantic leaf. Yes, that leaf is as big as my torso. I loved that leaf for 48 hours but sadly I had to let it go when I got on the airport to leave. We had some good times walking around on campus and everyone on the tour commenting on it. Good times, good times. I wish it could have come with me, but I couldn’t put it in my bag. ...