Christo de Klerk » Seattle http://www.christodeklerk.com Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:46:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 For Recreation http://www.christodeklerk.com/2009/04/26/for-recreation/ http://www.christodeklerk.com/2009/04/26/for-recreation/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:46:01 +0000 Christo http://www.christodeklerk.com/?p=329

If the mountain I cannot see upon the stones. Then I must try again upon a wing.

]]> http://www.christodeklerk.com/2009/04/26/for-recreation/feed/ 1 A very confused man outside the new Kwik E Mart http://www.christodeklerk.com/2007/07/02/a-very-confused-man-outside-the-new-kwik-e-mart/ http://www.christodeklerk.com/2007/07/02/a-very-confused-man-outside-the-new-kwik-e-mart/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:36:30 +0000 Christo http://www.christodeklerk.com/2007/07/02/a-very-confused-man-outside-the-new-kwik-e-mart/ Kwik E Mart Seattle

If it sounds like a risky move to dress up 7-Eleven as the animated store that is frequently held up, sells expired hot dogs and once displayed a senior citizen in its freezer section, it is. – Adage.com

I applaud 7-Eleven for taking the risk. I could hardly believe it when I saw it here near Seattle Center.

If Jonathan was here, I’d go in with him and buy ourselves a squishee.

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November stole December’s record rainfall. December is jealous of November. December’s jealousy observed:

5pm, yesterday: drain water spews out of a manhole reaching a height of 4 feet. Pedestrians cross intersection, ankles well submerged in water.

1am, this morning: wind passing windows sound like seagulls moaning. There are a number of people riding by on bicycles. Leaves, plastic bags, and other loose items on the ground are sucked up into the sky. Something audible comes from somewhere in the storm. It sounds like a sonar. It is an unwelcome sound.

9am: Scaffolding surrounding the building next door hangs over the house next to it. It is held back by what tried to pull it apart, the plastic canvas that encompasses it. I pull away a branch from the car door. A strange white residue forms on the windshield the stronger I set defrost. A house on Nickerson has a tree resting on its caved in roof. A couple of buildings along 15th are immersed in mud, welcoming store owners to a fine sunny morning. Offices at Seattle University are closed due to wind damage.

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Do you flag the man down and return his property? Or do you let him go, uncomfortable with acknowledging those deadly sticks of tar as property?

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