the darkness

i'm not really into this whole dark thing when i'm waking, the dark thing when i'm on my way to work, and the dark thing that stays because it's overcast and pouring.

i love portland and i love the rain, but today, i'm not happy about the darkness.

in which i don't participate in 24-hour comics day

i'm working the 8-2 shift for the 24-hour Comics Day. looks like there's some amazing stuff so far. (the participants are about to begin their 12th hour!) we had an injection of coffee from the awesome and asskicking backspace. hot, dark, and plenty.

we also picked up the 5-pizza donation from Hotlips. i think i have a sickness because I can eat pizza forever. if i didn't stop myself, i could eat those 5 large pizzas in the back room. even the one with corn on it.

however, i am getting sick, so i limited myself to only 3 slices. so far.

yesterday i celebrated the glorious sunshiney fall weather with jess, lara, and leah by taking a drive to sauvie island.

for those not-in-the-know, sauvie island is a strange little pocket of agriculture and beauty just north of portland. during the fall there are corn mazes and pumpkin patches! honestly, i'm so in love with sauvie island... to get there from my place one must drive over the spectacular st. john's bridge. it's a super tall and green suspension bridge with two gothic spires. when you get to the west end it's all forested and it seems like you're entering a new land.

i gotta go drink some more coffee. maybe post later.

soup sunday

it's soup time again and i'm a little sad and a lot excited. (love soup.)

the rains are finally here and jess, lara, and i inaugurated autumn with a trip to the southern oregon coast where lara grew up. it POURED. sometimes the sun would come out and we'd get excited because we'd be in the car on the way to the next destination. but inevitably, once we exited the car, the rains would come back. there's an amazing storm-watching spot near coos bay and thankfully a little shelter. but you can't take photos of the scariest stuff unless you have a waterproof camera.

oh yeah, soup.

i returned home this afternoon and lamented the need to go to the store. upon excavating my refrigerator, though, i found that i had some ingredients for a soup:
golden beets
russet potatoes
onion
garlic
celery
mushrooms

i've never made a soup with this combo before, but it looks nice. we'll see how it turns out in a bit.

i'm also not doing any laundry because THAT is a chore, but i have fresh undies, socks, trousers, and a funny grey suit i bought on the coast for 25-cents.

life, as they say, is good.