my soul is parched; is every day a new existential crisis?

This is the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho. It is the only man-made structure in the US where BASE jumping is allowed year-round without a permit. I cross this bridge every time I go to visit my boyfriend. It crosses over the Snake River Canyon, which is really quite incredible to look at, especially as the sun is setting. Many people commit suicide off of this bridge, and also fall to their deaths when their BASE jumps go awry. Sometimes, it is even seen as a practical way to dispose of the occasional inconvenient dead body. So I have a somewhat morbid fascination with the bridge, since it represents something beautiful and something sinister at the same time. Also, Evil Kneivel attempted to jump across the Snake River Canyon in his Rocket Cycle, but ultimately failed. The ramp off of which he jumped is still visible today, not far from my boyfriend's house. Last weekend, the weather was warm and the boyfriend was working, so Rocky and I took a pleasant stroll along the edge of the canyon.

This sculpture was there, and it reminded me a lot of a little story I wrote about what it would feel like to jump off of this very bridge, to feel yourself falling, and then to suddenly feel yourself rising and to begin flying. I'll have to see if I can track that down. To me, it looks like these ladies are dancing in the wind. I think it's a nice sculpture.

Spring Makes Sculptures

Found outside my local post office.

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Help, I'm totally stuck! Medication is not working today :(

An awesome idea executed expertly

This is absolutely fabulous: When Superheroes turn baaaaad!
I want this girl to photograph my next event. No, I want her to HOST my next event (because I have so many events, lol)! She seriously has the best ideas, from homemade superheroes to arranging a camping trip in her own living room to celebrate her anniversary with her husband.

Train of thought with an ADD brain:

I wanted to look up photos for inspiration for a tattoo that I want, and I want to possibly incorporate some kind of cowgirl pinup/wild west idea, so I googled cowgirl pinups,













and then I remembered this really cute picture of Elizabeth Taylor twirling a lasso, so I googled that,













and then I found out that it was taken on the set of a movie called "Giant," so I googled that,









(it also has Rock Hudson and James Dean!)
and then in the process of looking at photos from Giant I found another picture that was taken of Elizabeth Taylor on the set with a cute little doggy,













so I googled Elizabeth Taylor and dogs, and I found that there are many photos of her with dogs and that she seeems to be quite the dog lover, so I decided to amass a collection of these photos of her and dogs. I also decided that I've got to see the movie, Giant, because it looks like quite an epic with some attractive actors and old-westy scenery.

Pictures of Elizabeth Taylor with dogs:

I was really touched by these photos, because you can see that she has had a love for animals her whole life (there were also pictures of her with a cat, a horse, and a chipmunk). Though some of them may be posed, I believe that at least some of the dogs are her pets and I feel like you can really see her affinity for them in the photos. I love the fact that she's got a doggy in her lap, even when she's in a wheel chair.

Here are images from Giant:

And I will leave you with some final cuteness before I end my Elizabeth Taylor obsession for the day. Is she not freaking adorable?!

P.S. I pulled all of these images off of Google images search. None of them were taken by me.

Note to self: Don't pick up full coffee cup with freshly-lotioned hands.

Houston, TX

I went to Houston for a training for my job. I really didn't get to see much of the city except for what was outside my hotel room window:
(click to enlarge for bird detail)