running

Haven't posted in like 7 years or so, but I'm back. It looks like I made a half-hearted attempt to get back into posting here in 2018:

nice try

The main similarity between me back then and me right now is that I have a lot of time on my hands. So I'm back to blogging :)

Since the last time I've posted I graduated high school and also college and I am now living in Seattle. Yesterday I went for a run and took some pictures I wanted to document.

This was an interesting building I passed that looked very similar to a building in Chicago called Aqua

Left: Seattle towers that look like Aqua, Right: Chicago Aqua

I ran alongside the lakeside that cuts Seattle into two and took these photos:

This really grungy looking building reminds me of New England for some reason. I lived in Massachusetts as a kid and haven't returned since I left in like, 2005, but I seem to remember the vibes being similar as that picture.

Kind of close to the above pictures I found a bench with a pretty mosaic of sorts, and also a map of California on it (well, if you can call it a map)

We got all the major landmarks -- Napa Valley, SF, the Central Valley (?), Hollywood, and Cactusland

Seattle is incredibly hilly, which makes it a little hard to run. However, you do get some really great views every now and then. I found this sweet little spot with a tiny bench that overlooks Portage Bay, and it's a great place to relax. Here's the sidewalk leading into it:

Here's a bit of a different pace of photo, this beautiful stained glass in a Greek church I passed by while running home:

I enjoyed this banner since I watched the new Spiderman movie recently. Cute stuff Seattle :p

Last few pics I have here are a bit grodier: here's an actively decaying poster pulp puddle in Capitol Hill I passed by. It appears that the rain got onto all layers of the posters stapled to this wooden pole and eventually gravity took care of the rest.

This was a steep staircase I passed by while trying to find my way home that I decided against going up, as there was a no trespassing sign and also it looked super slippery. There are a lot of staircases here and there in between roads simply because of the weird geography of this place.

I'm noticing now that these pictures are all a little shaky. I'll keep in mind to stabilize a little better since for most of these I just whipped out my phone and snapped a photo before resuming running.

Hope to keep posting more!