What an odd morning. When I got to my classroom, there was one student sitting there. We eventually got up to about 10 (out of 25); must have been one heck of a weekend.
Otis and I went to see Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill yesterday. It was a fine little documentary, with some surprises, a few laughs, and a lot of bird stuff. Well worth the viewing.
I have had the sense lately that I haven't been going to the movies as much, so, of course, I went to the spreadsheets: this season I have averaged 10.62 days between movies, while last season it was 9.49 dbm. That only amounts to three fewer movies over almost nine months (25 v 28); can I really perceive that?
Speaking of movies: I think I may actually think about going to see Fantastic Four on its opening day which I think is July 4th, I think.
Speaking of Johnbai, Soapy, and Di: I am waiting with bated breath for the photos from yesterday's urban excursion.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Monday, May 30, 2005
Yes, You Can in Spokane
So, we visited the city made famous in song and story thirty-one years ago as the smallest-ever host city for a World's Fair. While we did not find the garbage-eating robotic goat, we did check out the remnants of the Great Northwest Midway, and it retains as much of its original charm and excitement as does the Seattle Center Fun Forest.
The trip to the Lilac City made me feel a little nostalgic for my grad school time, but mostly relieved that I am back in the other capital-ess Washington city, where things are a little hipper, a little blue-er, a little wetter, a little prettier, and a lot better all around.
That said, I have to admit that I think Boo Radley's actually beats Archie McPhee's in coolness per square foot. (Take out the industrial supply remainders and substitute weird books and comics and CDs).
Otis got a chance to visit some old haunts of her own -- all of her grandfolk are from Spokane, so she spent a lot of time there as a kid. (Her mom was a princess in what was the first racially-integrated Lilac Court in 1963.)
The rest of the trip was spent visiting with Mikey and Gweekers in their new house. Good times.
When we drove home yesterday, it seemed the temperature dropped 20 degrees as we crossed the pass. It looks like our early summer is over, judging by the gray outside my window, but I am still glad to be back.
I know some of the gang are going to be out shutterbugging today. I don't know exactly what we'll be up to, but we'll be in touch.
The trip to the Lilac City made me feel a little nostalgic for my grad school time, but mostly relieved that I am back in the other capital-ess Washington city, where things are a little hipper, a little blue-er, a little wetter, a little prettier, and a lot better all around.
That said, I have to admit that I think Boo Radley's actually beats Archie McPhee's in coolness per square foot. (Take out the industrial supply remainders and substitute weird books and comics and CDs).
Otis got a chance to visit some old haunts of her own -- all of her grandfolk are from Spokane, so she spent a lot of time there as a kid. (Her mom was a princess in what was the first racially-integrated Lilac Court in 1963.)
The rest of the trip was spent visiting with Mikey and Gweekers in their new house. Good times.
When we drove home yesterday, it seemed the temperature dropped 20 degrees as we crossed the pass. It looks like our early summer is over, judging by the gray outside my window, but I am still glad to be back.
I know some of the gang are going to be out shutterbugging today. I don't know exactly what we'll be up to, but we'll be in touch.
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