inner city pressure

thought this brilliant song from
my new fave band/show/way of life
flight of the conchords was the only way
to properly sum up the last week...

things have been a little mentally unsteady
since last tuesday when i discovered that
my entire department at work has been laid off
as a result of the city paper being bought out
still have to stay at work who knows how long
until me & my awesome coworkers are phased out...

i haven't quite figured out the proper way
to wrap my mind around this turn of events
and begin to figure out where or what is next

until then i delight in the song stylings
and general antics of the flight of the conchords,
a two-man rock band from new zealand
trying to make it big in new york city

sometimes they make me think of
another comedy song duo who make
my life better, the amazing sifl & olly

let's get celestial

still staring at the sky this week...
firework residue lingers above,
afterburn images play across retinas
until the sky appears alive, gives itself up,
unfolds its deepest black hole secrets...

zooming into the pelican nebula!

droppin' bombs

as of last night, i have officially decided that
the fourth of july is my new favorite holiday!!

it wasn't until last year when i climbed up
onto the roof of my building and discovered
the magic 360 degrees of firework madness
that my life was forever changed...

from the roof of my building
you have a pretty good view of the national fireworks
but i am telling you... they are just a fraction
of the total insanity that is to be seen

my neighborhood is totally firework headquarters
with massive amounts of illegal explosives
going off all around & above your head
but from the rooftop vantage point
you can see them eveywhere you look
all the way to silver spring & virginia...

so when the official fireworks finally finish
you almost don't even notice cause there
are hundreds more going off all around you
the hissing and squealing sounds are only
out-louded by what i can only describe
as straight-up, no-joke BOMBS!!


i tried to capture the insanity on video
but i was too overwhelmed to get good footage
but half the magic is just the sounds
(check out my other fireworks video)

rusty-eyed susan