"But how we survive is what makes us who we are..."
So the fairy-tale story isn't completely done, Part I isn't even completely written down, but most of it is sketched out enough that I felt comfortable starting to post it. I think the story itself is more effective if it is heard rather than read, but I'll live with it for now. It's sort of an exercise in my story-telling skills.
I took another hike today, this one with the primary objective of getting a couple pictures I had thought of last week. I did make it all the way up Cave Mountain this time. It's a short hike, but incredibly steep, and it gets steeper every month. When I first hiked it a couple years ago, the path was wearing away. Now, there are alternate paths being created, but the main ones to the large caves are falling away at an alarming rate. The rock is just crumbling away, the dirt is sliding down, and it gets a little bit harder every time to make it down without falling and sliding. Before I leave this summer, I'm going to make one more trip up and be sure to document the caves and the trail. It will be something I want to remember from this place, especially the sense of vertigo when looking up at the large cave overhead while trying to stay forward enough not to fall 50 feet back down the trail, and the amazing view of the valley from the top. I did get a good picture of the view, but I didn't have time to do the caves, because I wanted to make it further up into the dry river wilderness and take pictures of some small statues I have in trees. It's sort of cliche-artsy, but a few of them turned out nice. Plus, I fooled around with the manual camera settings and now know alot more of what my camera is capable of doing.
If you want to see the pictures.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8029794@N02/
Apartment seeing was good, the people were nice, but the space was a little cluttered. And... I don't know how to explain it exactly... I dont' really want to feel like a tenant. I'm moving because I'm still searching for who I am and where I belong. I want to be living with people who understand that because they're doing it too. In this particular apartment, I'd be living in a place with people, but we'd all have separate lives. I think I need a bit more comraderie than that. I know I can't be picky, living on a budget and needing a place to live and all, but I think I can afford to be a little more selective this time.
Spring concert is in 11 days!!! Oh.... shit.......... May 24th, 7 pm, if you can come visit for it, please do. It's probably my last concert as a high school teacher :)
I took another hike today, this one with the primary objective of getting a couple pictures I had thought of last week. I did make it all the way up Cave Mountain this time. It's a short hike, but incredibly steep, and it gets steeper every month. When I first hiked it a couple years ago, the path was wearing away. Now, there are alternate paths being created, but the main ones to the large caves are falling away at an alarming rate. The rock is just crumbling away, the dirt is sliding down, and it gets a little bit harder every time to make it down without falling and sliding. Before I leave this summer, I'm going to make one more trip up and be sure to document the caves and the trail. It will be something I want to remember from this place, especially the sense of vertigo when looking up at the large cave overhead while trying to stay forward enough not to fall 50 feet back down the trail, and the amazing view of the valley from the top. I did get a good picture of the view, but I didn't have time to do the caves, because I wanted to make it further up into the dry river wilderness and take pictures of some small statues I have in trees. It's sort of cliche-artsy, but a few of them turned out nice. Plus, I fooled around with the manual camera settings and now know alot more of what my camera is capable of doing.
If you want to see the pictures.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/8029794@N02/
Apartment seeing was good, the people were nice, but the space was a little cluttered. And... I don't know how to explain it exactly... I dont' really want to feel like a tenant. I'm moving because I'm still searching for who I am and where I belong. I want to be living with people who understand that because they're doing it too. In this particular apartment, I'd be living in a place with people, but we'd all have separate lives. I think I need a bit more comraderie than that. I know I can't be picky, living on a budget and needing a place to live and all, but I think I can afford to be a little more selective this time.
Spring concert is in 11 days!!! Oh.... shit.......... May 24th, 7 pm, if you can come visit for it, please do. It's probably my last concert as a high school teacher :)