Back after a while

Yeah its been a while.

There was so much to think about that nothing could be thought.

I remember an interview with Joan Didion on her book, The Year of Magical Thinking on NPR's Fresh Air. I never read the book, but it was about life after a member of the family passes away. I forget how I heard it, but it was probably when I was driving back from work. It just stuck with me.. there was a tremendous amount of sadness in her voice although she had probably thought about it on countless moments and even written a whole book about it.

One thing I realized though was how resilient we can be. Life does find a way to live on, but everything just feels more ephemeral.

retelling the wonder years with gmaps

Google released a new feature in its Maps, allowing users to create and share customized maps. At first, I did not realize its versatility,... then I saw some examples... route 66, googleplex, olympic host cities. I decided to take the leap and create my own. It took me a few hours, but I was actually proud of what I created by the end.

the bay bridge

Here's a interesting view from our car east-bound on the bay bridge. The east-bound I-80 runs beneath the west-bound, so one cannot really see the downtown receding; but in my opinion like this picture shows, it has its own charm. I think my digital camera had a relatively long exposure set, enough to give this illusion of speed, although I doubt whether we were traveling more than 50mph.

To the right is the bay bridge with the silhouettes of street-side art on the Embarcadero.

Both of these were captured by Sucheta,... I was merely the driver!