Photography

St. Patrick’s Day Sunrise

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! March 17 is also the day my Flickr account expires, and every year I waffle about whether or not to renew it. And every year, I eventually decide it’s worth it. So that’s what my subconscious spent the day mulling over. Exciting stuff, I know.

Actually, there was excitement today!

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The fire alarm at work went off at 3:30. And it was not a drill. Apparently the motor in one of the elevators caught on fire. (Spring break is this week, otherwise there would have been hundreds of people on the lawn.)

Photography

Ablaze and Muted

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Southeastern Sky Ablaze

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Southern Sky Muted

I went to game night at a friend’s last night and didn’t get home until almost midnight. It was a lot of fun, but by the time I got to bed and finally fell asleep, it was almost 1am, which meant that 4am–when I normally get up–came painfully early. I was seriously tempted to call in sick and go back to bed. I’m glad I toughed it out though, because if I hadn’t, I would have missed this glorious sunrise.

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Sunrise

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I took this from the staff lounge on the 3rd floor of the library. Once again, I couldn’t get any coworkers to get up off their lazy asses to go look at the sky. What the hell is wrong with people?!

And speaking of “What the hell is wrong with people?!” On my way home this evening, I was stopped by a flagger at 10th street and the bypass. There’s a big construction project on one corner of the intersection, and they were moving materials around, which held up traffic. So, I sat there while a flagger stood in front of my car, keeping the intersection clear. Which OF COURSE meant that every car behind me started honking its horn as soon as our light turned green. Apparently they all expected me to run over the flagger so that everyone could get home on time??? WTFBBQ?!