My wife told me this morning that she’d finally understood my waking up process. She said it was like the whole world outside was on fire, and I was sitting there, just saying to myself, “Fuck it.” This is it exactly. For the first half an hour I’m awake, if that half hour is before 10 in the morning, I wouldn’t care if the whole world burned if I could get a few more hours (minutes?) of sleep. There’s a little part of me, though, that is always thinging about looking for a fire extinguisher somewhere. Eventually that part wins out, and I go face the day as well as I can. Or sometimes it doesn’t, I go back to sleep, and have a mental health day. I need those, I suppose, to assure myself that the world isn’t actually burning. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/just_a_small_post/436/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/just_a_small_post/436/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/just_a_small_post/436/0003.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-05-02T07:16:40Z GMT
There’s a moment in every trip where I know it’s over, and the rest is just making my way home. I always wish the trip would last longer. No matter how long I’ve been on the road, it always seems that I’m just getting my footing, and then I have to leave. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/yosemite_coda/438/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/yosemite_coda/438/0002.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-04-28T04:31:22Z GMT
What can I say about this meal? It was a year from the date I proposed to Sophia, and we both wanted to do something special. We couldn’t have picked a better venue. The Ahwahnee is a magical place, where they roast ribeyes to perfection, and can tell you exactly the right wine to have with your meal. It may have been the several hours of hiking talking, but the food was nothing short of amazing. The space was huge and well laid out; a sort of classic hunting lodge turned fancypants restaurant. Of course, the best space and food on earth can be boring if you’re there alone; I was buoyed further by the good company of my wife, of course, and also our travelling companions, Demetrius and Christine. They were the ones who guided us around all day, and who’d thought of the dinner in the first place. A really special evening with great folks. If that’s not the highlight of the trip, I don’t know what is.
Posted by matt on 2014-04-24T05:28:13Z GMT
I know I’ve said scenery is boring, and maybe that’s true, but these 5 work well together. Boring, white skies, as if I were using ortho film, but you can’t change the weather. We drove and walked over some interesting ground durning the day that day. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/scenes_around_the_valley/440/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/scenes_around_the_valley/440/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/scenes_around_the_valley/440/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/scenes_around_the_valley/440/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/scenes_around_the_valley/440/0005.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-04-23T06:16:58Z GMT
