The other night it rained. This isn't typical Seattle high-summer weather and it wasn't typical Seattle misty rain. It fell long and hard through the night, but before it did, we were treated to an even rarer treat-- a good, ol' fashioned thunderstorm. Granted, this storm paled in comparison to the regular midwestern weather patterns I grew up with, but it was still pretty. The two of us positioned ourselves atop sundial hill at Gasworks Park and watched the lightning as it passed.
I brought my camera to see what I could capture, but the storm didn't cooperate-- none of the lightning dropped below the clouds. The only picture where I managed to catch any lightning is the one above. Unfortunate, but still a nice evening and I'm sure the plants were very happy.
I also took a series of photos of our kitty-niece, Phoebe. Rupert's afraid of the 20D's massive "eye" and shutter noise, but Phoebe isn't. She posed very nicely.
Last night, Justin and I went down to Fremont for a few drinks to celebrate because I got a pay raise at work. (Yahoo!) We were originally going to meet some folks from the gym at Nectar, but the reggae show that was playing had a $10 cover, and I didn't need $20 worth of reggae. I mean, shit, don't they make enough of a profit margin off of drinks? So we chilled at Tost, which had a series of DJs emceeing, several of whom were very good. The bartender, Aleko, makes fabulous drinks, and I think he was pleased that we were asking for something other than vodka and redbull or jaeger bombs.
After we'd drank enough that we loved the world, Justin and I made complete fools of ourselves on the dance floor. I say this only because we were the first ones out and I wanted to see if we could manage to get other people to join us. Surprisingly, it worked. If it didn't cost so much to drink outside of the house, I'd say we'd have to do it more often-- we had a great time and met some interesting people.
Posted on September 08, 2007 @ 7:42 PM | 4 comments
Comments:
Kitty poses! Awwww.
Thunderstorms are so cool. We get them a lot here. I missed them while I was living in the west (but it's a small price to pay).
Also yay for raises and being dancing fools!
By 
LazyLightning, at
6:48 AM, September 09, 2007
the back-to-school family consumerism (buy your backpacks now!) bullshit pisses me off: just because your fat ass is back in the minivan driving kids around (not YOU, i mean the proverbial you) doesn't mean it's fall. summer isn't over until september 23! it's fucking almost 100 degrees out today here! labor day may be over, but summer isn't.
By 
, at
4:00 PM, September 10, 2007
Nice night photo, BigK. We enjoyed the storm too, and it’s lengthy approach.
The best part of summer does roll in (laboriously) AFTER Labor Day, after the your relatives and the tourists have gone home from your favorite places- when the Lake has finally reached the prefect temperature for body surfing, when it’s war and clear at night.
When there’s a newly imposed routine that makes us ambivalent about our lives, and makes us wonder how we could have gotten bored with sunshine and nothing to do. This is the New Year for me and mine. And perhaps the chance for one more, long bike ride on my day off without feeling like I should be in two places at once.
So- I’ll take the new pencils AND the hiatus between seasons, the material and the ephemeral. New schedule, new priorities, new stuff to learn. Messenger bag instead of that old backpack- check- jeans that fit (for now!)- check- new haircut- check. An ending and a beginning- remember?
By amomynous, at
10:06 PM, September 10, 2007
I miss my kitty :(
By Titania, at
9:27 AM, September 16, 2007
