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[msandromeda]

I think the sidewalks in Seattle are really sad. When I'm walking, I imagine some long-ago city fathers laying out the streets, envisioning generations of citizens strolling down the sidewalks. Now they're all busted up, overgrown, and littered with clothes - jackets, sweatshirts, solitary shoes - as if some natural disaster had come and the

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[alitria]

This just made me remember how sick I was this summer for the first few weeks from all the being in the car and exhaust and fumes and noise and just the whole thing. Corey was witness to one unusually spectacular meltdown curtesey of I-5.

Even with the 4-wheelers and snowmachines people here walk. Alot. And when they're on the 4-wheelers they sort of cruise along and people will stop and chat or you can jump on the back and get and ride and even then, you're out in the air and seeing people and talking. It just made me really understand how unnatural car culture is, and how hard it is to get away from it, even if you want to. I spent a hell of a lot of time in my car this summer, just getting from place to place because of the distances I was going.

I love to drive, and I love having a car when I'm in WA, but I love that my current lifestyle doesn't involve a car on a daily basis. When I move back downstates, I just hope I can find a way to keep that going or to at least not have to spend hours every day trapped in my tiny pod.

[msandromeda]

I got the MOST exciting book today. And yes, Sunday, talking.

I really missed you during the flooding. We could have gone and looked at the falls at Snoqualmie! Wah!