wellturned

for now anyway.

i promise this is the last willow.

there was quite a drought that year.

i’m a fan of how the bridge echoes the bunker hill monument. said echoing is pretty evident here.

yes, it is the obligatory train shot.

me without coffee.

and then, really, i’m calling it a night.

so — i really like weeping willows.

this attractive piece of property is right next to the science museum. odd.

apparently none of the big dig money made its way up in this piece.

at the risk of sounding repetitive…has anyone noticed the good ol’ salt & pepper bridge looks horrible when you’re up close? seriously, people. let’s get some money on that — stat.

it’s part deux, folks. a part or two more to come — i took about a gazillion photos this weekend in between jogs around the esplanade. i am tired, but in a good way. also, i do not have to feel guilty for all the food i had at brunch today.

i just had to get one of the citgo sign in there somewhere. i think i might need a real camera with a telephoto lens. but that sounds expensive and if it involves me reading a manual, i am not that interested.

i have about a million photos of the skyline. most of them look like everybody else’s photos of the skyline. and i guess this one does too. but i liked the cloud formations, so i am posting this one anyway.

apparently i stumbled upon a bench at hogwarts.

i really have nothing to say about fiedler’s gigantic noggin here.

you shall know us by our H.

hi, i am the wise warrior goddess. beneath me sits a culinary school. apparently somebody got me mixed up with hestia.

if this sign were more clearly written, i wouldn’t have been momentarily thrown by the thought that whoever posted it apparently flunked american presidential history.

just in case you didn’t know what boathouse this was.

attention to detail.

symmetry works for me.

weeping willows. they’re like tree hippies.

i am easily distracted by shiny things.

hi, i am a forlorn and forgotten little boat.

this weird cloud looked ready to pounce on the hancock building.

not sure what i was going for there, but i didn’t quite get it.

okay, ‘essay’ may be the wrong word. because there is no thesis here. just a chick mucking around with a camera.

i like it when patriotism is subtle.

and here i thought paris had a monopoly on the overwrought (wrought…get it?) light fixtures.

i defy any non-polish person to spell my name correctly.

if you catch the light at the right moment, it’s kind of like indy in raiders when he’s down there with the snakes trying to get the sun to hit the amulet…okay, maybe not.

it’s my lucky number.

1. on days like today, it’s best to wear the sunglasses *and* the baseball cap.
2. make sure you take in both the landscape and the manscape.
3. you will never get tired of looking at the sailboats.
4. it’s funny to watch the lines of ducks, but the lines of duckboats are even more amusing.
5. from the cambridge side, stop just a moment to take in the lights at fenway and the reflection of the setting sun on the hancock tower.

1. san francisco
2. new orleans
3. maine’s midcoast
4. yosemite
5. grand canyon

you realize there will be 5 parts to this, right?

1. homicide: life on the streets. bayliss and pembleton are still one of television’s best duos. this show didn’t always have all the best actors, and it went downhill its last couple of seasons, but it was based on the classic book by david simon and it showed that cops, while so often admirable, are like everyone else far from perfect.
2. the wire. since we’re talking about david simon, this more nuanced, more mature baltimore cop show is also one of the few shows to humanize the underclass of urban america.
3. freaks and geeks. this brilliant show was one of the most realistic depictions of high school ever on american television. which is probably why it didn’t survive long.
4. sports night. this smart “dramedy” featured a great cast and aaron sorkin’s writing before its brilliance was clouded with self-importance. also, josh charles and peter krause are hot.
5. deadwood. al swearengen, shattered myths of american frontier history, and the most brilliant writing ever on television. swear words aside, it was downright shakespearean.

1. staycation — staying home for vacation. as in, “since gas is so high we’re having a staycation this year.” argh. if the real word were “gocation” then this might be less irritating. but the media probably made it up, and they love to use words that they made up.
2. net net, as in “what was the net net of this meeting? it was that we need to have another meeting.” say “result.” how about that? this one is so dumb it makes my ears burn.
3. fully baked — as in “when this idea is fully baked, we’ll hire somebody.” this one has been in the corporate jargon book for years and still seems to be going strong in some places. how about “finished” or “complete”?
4. irregardless — as in, “regardless.” but people probably mean to say “irrespective” so they use this one instead. technically it’s a word, but only because enough people have wrongly used it. just say “regardless.”
5. at the end of the day — this overused phrase pops up in basically every meeting i attend. people, just say “ultimately” or “finally” or “eventually” or, really, anything but “at the end of the day.” i’m surprised this phrase wasn’t used in office space. or maybe it was.

(let’s limit it to those from the past 5 years):

1. seven nation army, the white stripes
2. times like these, foo fighters
3. helena, my chemical romance
4. feel good inc., gorillaz
5. narc, interpol