Stress and Games

Machines are pretty. I want to climb them. How could you not? Look at that ladder, running right up the side. Teasing. Cajoling. Tempting me with a wonderful view at the top of an adrenaline-triggering climb. Why do they put ladders on things if you're not supposed to climb them!? Whose idea is that, anyway? I should write a strongly-worded letter to my representative.

I just played through Psy High, the Interactive Fiction game I wrote about, a second time. I'm feeling way anxious tonight and am trying to do some relaxing things. I'm thinking again about talking to a counselor at school about whether the levels of anxiety I feel are reasonable. I know, I keep saying it, then I don't do it. I should. I should.

And I should probably get some sleep.

Pictures and an Odd Things Blog

I posted more pictures from the Savanna area. Then I posted some from Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore. There's the Booth family plot, where Abraham Lincoln's assassin is buried and a strange iron and stone memorial that looks - dare I say it? - rather steampunk. I scattered them around Facebook; you can see them on Flickr page if you'd like. I was about to go to bed. Then I found this blog.

It's one of those cases where I can only react by thinking "That could be me doing that!" It makes me want to do more reliable and thorough write-ups of the things I see and do a blog or a book or something. But maybe I won't since this guy's already doing it. But anyway, this is great stuff here.

http://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church

Architectural photography is one of the things that really got me started into photography in the first place, though originally my interests were focused on abandoned buildings. It was also a seed for going back to school. I love photographing interesting buildings of all ages and styles wherever I end up.

Here's is the gothic revival Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Finished in 1872, the green stone that Wikipedia describes as "a unique metabasalt" gives the edifice an unusual and memorable appearance.





I like the way this angle on the steeple makes the structure into an imposing mountain-top. More pictures ( behind the cut. )

I could spand a long time photographing architecture in Baltimore. There were so many wonderful places!