with a girl like you

good- march madness, duh. so far at least, knock on wood, fingers crossed!

bad- dreary day in Seatown.

ugly- my house, i need to clean this weekend!

pretty- my heart. and my face :) 

it's interesting trying to maintain a balance in life. I have a tendency to try to take my focus to extremes when it comes to work, life. i am really trying to balance that out right now. not sure how it is going yet, but my heart feels good, my head feels good and that's really the goal right? my soul is still out there, but it probably will be for most of my life, it likes to wander. so a month ahead with very little travel, should give me some time to reflect and build. I hope that the things that i want to build on hold the weight i want to place on them. 

oh man.

the state of my apartment building is steadily deteriorating. I'm not sure that this even helps deter people from using the stairs or if it makes them walk over to check out the crime scene... fix the damn stairs, Gaylene!



Saw this my first night back in Seattle from Austin. Made me wish I could say the same thing. I have to get out of this city.  until then, keep on.  my favorite part is the bottle that appears to have been turned into a bomb...

when you enter "girl" in your itunes library search you WILL get an amazing playlist.

kansas i miss you.



whimsy ain't cheap.

Tejas. i like you.

Even the sunburn you gave me. 'til next time. XOXO. 

moon towers = magic.

Moonlight Towers - 1895

In the Austin of the 1890's many areas were underdeveloped, hilly, and unpaved. This presented a problem when it came to lighting the streets. In place of normal street lights the City of Austin opted for 31 towers to provide artificial light to the rapidly growing city. Such light towers were already a common form of lighting in many U.S. cities in the late 19th century. The towers, erected in 1894-1895 by the Fort Wayne Electric Company of Indiana, were approximately 165 feet tall, weighed about 5,000 pounds and used a series of guy wires to keep them vertical. Over the years many of the original 31 towers were lost to construction, errant vehicles and other unfortunate circumstances. Today just 17 of the towers remain standing in Austin. These 17 towers are the last surviving examples of the once popular tower lighting system commonly used throughout the country. They are now designated as official state archeological landmarks and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

When the first moonlight towers were constructed residents feared that the lights would cause havoc with the forces of nature. They feared that the artificial light would cause their crops to grow 24 hours a day and that egg-laying hens would be driven to lay eggs 24 hours a day. Other than a few confused roosters who reportedly "never knew when to stop crowing" the lights produced no negative side effects. However, the towers were by no means trouble-free. Only weeks after the the towers began operating a workman, Gilbert Searight, fell to his death from the top of the tower at 9th and Guadalupe. At least one tower collapsed soon after it was erected. Despite these troubles and the towers themselves sometimes being referred to as "ugly". The glowing light they produced, commonly called "artificial moonlight" was reportedly quite beautiful.

In my experience (mexico, the caribbean and austin) Roosters NEVER know when to stop crowing. Thanks to Lauren for sharing the magic with me. 

awakening

Listening to Sufjan Stevens "Chicago"...this song always struck me as a good snow song. "all things know, all thing(snow)"

Paris, je t'aime