tuesday, may 18, 2004
dividing line ran through
looking through a big old window on the 20th floor of a minor skyscraper in downtown los angeles is naturally rather interesting. you can see the shiny brown-gold sun set over the hills. the sunset! it’s usually hidden by a zillion buildings (unless i’m standing on a specific scrubby hill in pasadena). i guess you can see the sunset at the beach too, but mister kyle and i tend to be there when it’s already dark.
yeah. there’s the endless cars crawling along the freeway as if they were boxy grains of triclosan in some transparent hand lotion poured down the asphalt. below my skyscraper, a brick building has trees and canvas umbrellas on the roof — somebody said it’s the jonathan club. the smaller roof next to it has a tiny basketball court. i attempt to spy, but i can’t see anyone there.
at this altitude, the other skyscrapers are even more impressive. i like those giant clunky obelisks, covered in all their tricksy reflective glass. i imagine they’d make super-great mirrorproject shots, except that the reflective surfaces are thousands of feet away.
volunteer at kusc and you too can stuff envelopes for two hours and then, on your way out, stare through a lovely window.
i took photographs but they need to be developed.
update 5/31/04: a photo.
it is strange to take photos with my old film camera. first of all, i have to buy film. weird! you mean photos cost money? that’s like saying i have to pay $7 for a small pile of new text files. wait, that’s a notebook. anyway, the camera makes a noise when you snap a picture. i wish i could switch that off; i like to take pictures inconspicuously. then, there’s no little lcd preview screen, so i have no idea what i’m doing. not to mention that i have to pay more money before i can see the results, and then i have to scan them.
mister kyle and i visited the central library this weekend. afterwards, we walked around downtown, but i forgot to bring my camera.
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Hehe.. I went to the tallest building in San Francisco (the B 'o A building.. yess.. that's the tallest) in hopes to get some good photos of the city since I can't afford a helicopter.. but they ended up not allowing cameras : ( dam dam (I did remember seeing some attached to the ceiling though) , the view is nice though : )
well.. .. My camera costed near 2 thousand dollars, memory cards costed 5 hundred.. a decent external lith battery costed 75 dollars.. tripod was 50.. len's costed a few hundred.. filters costed like 50.. One could take comperable analog photos for ~150 dollars if you got an old SLR at a garage sale.
The central library closes too early.. i imagine if there was an evil civilization growing in the East.. and I needed to research on some ring.. I guess man would be doomed if I don't get there before 6pm.
: )
– Mister Kyle on 5/19/2004 18:15:38
ooh, both los angeles' & san francisco's tallest buildings are bank ones (must mean something). helicopter tours of sf are only like $200, mister big spender ;). i don't know if this skyscraper allowed pictures...i mean, nobody yelled at me. anyway, that's what camera phones are for! subvert!
yeah, the central library does close too early. what if some teenagers wanted to study all night on a weekend? they'd be doomed! dooooomed! but if it was open all night and had that coffee shop you were talking about, it would probably be the best place ever.
– britta on 5/19/2004 20:50:57
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