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At long last, more Portland pictures!
Yay for LJ's scrapbook option. I no longer have to save all of these to my website and link them. Heh. I took a 2-hour cruise on the Portland Spirit today as a sightseer only, not doing the lunch part. It was supposed to be mostly sunny, but that part didn't kick in until I got home. Still, with these pictures you can see what it's often like, and part of the reason why I moved here: the glorious overcast skies. What I hadn't realized was that there was some major thing hosted by Red Bull and the traffic was unbelievable. I took the bus and got off to walk across the bridge, which was fine. There were so many people there on the waterfront, and also in their boats, which you'll see.
The pictures are just that; what I saw from the boat as we cruised on the Willamette River. I'm so glad that I did this. I took several pictures with my fellow passengers in it so you can experience some of what I did; I was particularly intrigued by this very lovely couple, speaking Russian. I've lost so much of mine that I didn't dare say, "Are you speaking Russian?" in Russian, for fear that they'd speak back and I'd not really be able to respond. And I couldn't really understand what the guy was saying on his cell phone, which was when my ears pricked up to 'Russian!', and then I felt a wee bit guilty. I suspect they assumed that no-one could understand them, and they were mostly right. They were very affectionate, and it made me all melty inside. I don't know why; I'm so solitary by nature, but it was heartwarming to see them murmuring and nuzzling and being kissy-kissy and speaking in a language probably nobody else on the boat could understand.
Speaking of solitary: I did strike up a conversation with a couple of people, but I was struck, yet again, by the concept and gratitude for the book Party of One. They took our picture before boarding the boat and of course I was asked, "How many are in your party?" "Just me." My party of one. :)
I also took another wee movie with my camera: it's an AVI file found here via my website. It should just pop up in Quicktime; it did on my Mac, anyway. If you'd like to see it, I can probably convert it; it's just capturing a few moments on the boat with another boat going by and people waving.
So now I'm actually thinking about taking a nap, or maybe getting back to a Ron/Dean fic for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
callumjames. I saw a tasty African-American on the bus this morning that reminded me I should get back to that story. :) Or maybe more Ithiel-centric stuff, or something new I've found on youtube, "Shear Genius." LOL. I may not watch TV, but I just can't stay away from things like Project Runway and Britain's Next Top Model.
Hope that you're all doing well! And welcome home from your fun trip,veloona. I'm so glad that you like your Wraeththu fic; it doesn't seem to be garnering a whole lot of response from the Wraeththu crowd, but it was written for you with love, and that's enough for me. Oh! Guess I should hard-code it and put it on my website, too.
The pictures are just that; what I saw from the boat as we cruised on the Willamette River. I'm so glad that I did this. I took several pictures with my fellow passengers in it so you can experience some of what I did; I was particularly intrigued by this very lovely couple, speaking Russian. I've lost so much of mine that I didn't dare say, "Are you speaking Russian?" in Russian, for fear that they'd speak back and I'd not really be able to respond. And I couldn't really understand what the guy was saying on his cell phone, which was when my ears pricked up to 'Russian!', and then I felt a wee bit guilty. I suspect they assumed that no-one could understand them, and they were mostly right. They were very affectionate, and it made me all melty inside. I don't know why; I'm so solitary by nature, but it was heartwarming to see them murmuring and nuzzling and being kissy-kissy and speaking in a language probably nobody else on the boat could understand.
Speaking of solitary: I did strike up a conversation with a couple of people, but I was struck, yet again, by the concept and gratitude for the book Party of One. They took our picture before boarding the boat and of course I was asked, "How many are in your party?" "Just me." My party of one. :)
I also took another wee movie with my camera: it's an AVI file found here via my website. It should just pop up in Quicktime; it did on my Mac, anyway. If you'd like to see it, I can probably convert it; it's just capturing a few moments on the boat with another boat going by and people waving.
So now I'm actually thinking about taking a nap, or maybe getting back to a Ron/Dean fic for
callumjames. I saw a tasty African-American on the bus this morning that reminded me I should get back to that story. :) Or maybe more Ithiel-centric stuff, or something new I've found on youtube, "Shear Genius." LOL. I may not watch TV, but I just can't stay away from things like Project Runway and Britain's Next Top Model.Hope that you're all doing well! And welcome home from your fun trip,
veloona. I'm so glad that you like your Wraeththu fic; it doesn't seem to be garnering a whole lot of response from the Wraeththu crowd, but it was written for you with love, and that's enough for me. Oh! Guess I should hard-code it and put it on my website, too.
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hugs
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And OK, it looks chilly. That one woman looks really cute in her little black dress and heels, but ya know, I'm all about being warm and comfy these days. Glad I'm not THAT young anymore.
You look FAB. *HUGS*
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*waves*
glad to hear that you're settling in :)
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(((lots of hugs)))
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oh, and I also liked the story you've written for veloona. I must have missed to comment on it... sorry for that XD
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