Jenny Griffee

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Current air quality where I am: 156, rated as unhealthy. Again I say: bleh.
Old Saltimbanco flier, saying "Premieres July 6 under the Big Top. Take I-90 to 405 South, Exit 5 (Next to the Renton Boeing plant)"
Short version: the Pacific Northwest's on fire and everyone's air quality is dire. Rhymes unintentional, but hey: I'm freaking tired.
The air filter in my room, glowing approvingly green, and a small, cute ghost lamp from IKEA, arms upraised, glowing spookily.
Text: “Please do not feed animals. Be cougar and bear aware.” The silhouettes include the aforementioned cougar and bear, plus a deer, plus…Sasquatch.
A Starbucks Rewards notification that I have a grand total of one, count it, one star expiring on September first. The mail is clearly not equipped for this, since it goes on to say "you can use them [sic] soon, or take action to extend them for another month."
Little ghost lamp with arms upraised. The box is designed so that it tapers in at the top, and the little arms stick out.
Upphetta.
The aforementioned goat, by Douglas. Very fuzzy and super soft. Will probably try to headbutt you anyway.
Same view but better!
Looking down toward the Snoqualmie River.
A view of distant Mt. Baker across Lake Sammamish.
A smoke-hazed sky above the trees, and a distinct orange ring around the sun.
Me, Red Fraggle, and Karen Prell.
Spider-Man villain: "But I don't WANT to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs."
Silent film-style text card with elaborately decorated corners reading, simply, "Jorts!"
Wikipedia: Like other jays, Steller's jay has numerous and variable vocalizations. One common call is a harsh "SHACK-Sheck-sheck-sheck-sheck-sheck" series; another "skreeka! skreeka!" call sounds almost exactly like an old-fashioned pump handle; yet another is a soft, breathy "hoodle hoodle" whistle. Its alarm call is a harsh, nasal "wah". Some calls are sex-specific: females produce a rattling sound, while males make a high-pitched "gleep gleep".
Perfect score. Ta-da!
your post followed by another about a play that deserved a red card
Subsequent posts: "the giant norwegian cyborg is a problem" and "Blessings to the person who referred to Haaland as 'Norwegian megafauna.'"
Red firework popping off.
Fireworks go boom over (and safely behind) the trees. Ooooh.
From ESPN: "World Cup Daily live: Canada vs. Morocco updates, Cape Verde overshadow Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding"
A copy edited sign where someone added the missing O in “DO NOT PARK TO [sic] CLOSE TO THE FENCE.”
Too many funny bumper stickers to transcribe with my thumbs, but the “honk if you…” entry is “suffer from crippling depression and perpetual anxiety.”
Old-school card from the King County Library System.
Screencap from the USGS of recent earthquakes, including a 6.9 ENE of Kuji, Japan, a 7.5 23 km SE of Yumare, Venezuela, and a 7.2 24 km ENE of San Felipe, Venezuela, back to back.
Comic book panel of Spider-man exclaiming, "You can rewrite DNA on the fly, and you're using it to turn people into dinosaurs? But with tech like that, you could cure cancer!" His dinosaur-like opponent: "But I don't WANT to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs."
An Italian-language movie poster for The Two Towers, with Aragorn holding up a sword in the center, and Arwen and Eowyn peering out from either side.
A packet of organic ground cardamom for $38.99.
Wall of a disused and decayed building with an empty window cutout looking toward the sea. The effect is of stripes of white and blue framed by a neutral wall. Someone has painted on the wall, pointing to the window: "FREE ROTHKO"
Today's weather where I live: 27 degrees above the average daily high. It should be about 64F. It hit 91 instead. That just ain't right.
Illustration of Strawberry Shortcake carrying her cat, Custard, in a basket.
My Mac's menu bar today, with a little warning icon preceding the temperature. It's a triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle.
A Godfather poster on, presumably, the men’s room.
My hand spread out against a BIG FUCKING LEAF. The leaf wins.
Billing statement from my health care provider for my latest colonoscopy. The outstanding balance is...um...large.
Vintage internet memery. ("snake a snaaake ooo it's a snake")
Screencap of Apple's weather app, which lists Seattle's sunset at 9:02. Google claimed 9:03, so I guess we get to have a knock-down, drag-out fight now about who's the most right. (Still, near miss.)
"seattle sunset time" as a search string, and the exact response
The Martians from Sesame Street: one red, one blue, googly-eyed and staring at the camera.
Photo: a ROAD CLOSED sign in front of a flooded road. Caption: "If water here...and sign here...CAR DOES NOT GO THERE."
Headline: 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens Subhed: Catastrophe
Two stickers, actually: one reading “please be patient. I am 9 years old” and the one that caught my eye: “How am I driving? I’M NOT. This vehicle is being driven by 700 rats.”
Utility pole snapped off partway from the wind, with the top end of it dangling over the street. Whee!
Trees, trees, and more trees.
FAQ: Do Yarrow Point and Hunts Point residents have library privileges? No.
“Transcript (low confidence): Yeah.”
A two-page spread from Muppet Magazine's Spring 1984 issue, entitled "Great Moments (and neat stuff) in Computer History." A short bio of Ada Lovelace is its first entry.
Me with Rockapella on the Carmen Sandiego set, circa 1993. (oh god I should not have done the math)
Stats on Washington state's energy production, which is listed as 63.2% hydro, 15.8% natural gas, 8.32% wind, 7.52% nuclear, 3.07% coal (I'm surprised it's even that much), 1.10% biomass, 0.61% solar, 0.25% other gases, and 0.07% other.
2014 tweet from Sean Leahy: "The bond's Name. James Name" Pleased to...what? "Bond Name's the james" Are you alright? "Bames Nond's having a stronk, call a Bondulance"
Badly positioned coat/purse hooks in a restroom, right over a trash can.
Onion article called "My Work is Largely Unappreciated," by a pylon. It's a lot to type, but suffice it to say, the syntax is...special. Pull quote: "Close on road autos. Autos close hit. Me working to I almost auto hit."
Me as a little kid with big glasses, sitting at a table with an antique typewriter.