Would you love me if my name was "Vaginal Ooze"? ([info]queenkatieett) wrote,
2005-07-16 21:44:00
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A Really Disjointed Story Written Solely for the Purpose of Posting Pictures


Location: Mt. Vernon, Illinois


I saw Colorado for the first time in my life on Thursday, and my first impression of it was that it's dead.

Seriously. The only thing that seems to be growing there is corn, and even that has to be irrigated to keep it alive.

But then we got to Colorado Springs, and I saw this:

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Okay, so what if you can totally tell that I combined a bunch of pictures to make that.
It was my first time doing a manual panorama, and I had no idea that my camera would adjust its color between every shot.


Way better than any of those puny Appalachians, right?

While Lin dropped a load of cabinets off with a customer, I walked down the street to take a better look at the mountains and saw this along the curb:

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"So apparently Colorado isn't completely dead," I told myself. But as I stepped up on the curb to take a picture of the flower, a million pieces of dead grass crunched beneath my flip-flops.

Still, right next to the flower was this:

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I mean, it's not a pretty cactus or anything. But I'm from Ohio; I'm not picky about my cacti.

And you'd never see ANYthing like this in Ohio:

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Anyone know what the hell it is? ([info]venus2034?)


Not that you'd really want to see anything like that in Ohio.

But I would like to see this:

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So death or no death, between the mountains and the sweetass speed limit, Colorado gets two thumbs up from me.

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[info]welfy

July 17 2005, 01:43:50 UTC 6 years ago

All the speed limit signs look like that to me in PA. I don't know how to count though. All I know is that I have to drive at least 80mph for my "air conditioning" to kick in. We don't want Welfy to die of heatstroke now, do we?

[info]mr_skhizein

July 17 2005, 04:19:37 UTC 6 years ago

They all look like they say 55 in PA to me.


But I go 80.


I'm playing Rusian Ruelette with a ticket.


And just to conclude - your pictures look great. Have you tried using a photo editing program to make the pan-view pic more color matched?

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[info]anne_jumps

July 17 2005, 01:45:33 UTC 6 years ago

75, damn. The highest I've seen is 70.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:43:26 UTC 6 years ago

Me, too, up until this week.

Time for you to head West.

[info]soopageek

July 17 2005, 01:50:39 UTC 6 years ago

i only wish we could've gone over them and beyond... :(

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:44:29 UTC 6 years ago

Don't worry, papa. When I get my CDL and we start driving together, to Oregon we'll go.

[info]tradeqt

July 17 2005, 01:52:57 UTC 6 years ago

I saw 110 last week.
Oh wait, that's km.
Yeah, we Canadians are wimps.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:45:25 UTC 6 years ago

I don't know the conversion from kilometres to miles, so it still seems impressive to me.

That's my reward for being a dumb American.

[info]cassiacat

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[info]mrsvina

July 17 2005, 01:56:40 UTC 6 years ago

That looong picture is bitchin' and that cactus looks a little phallic. Yes, I am a dirty girl, and if you were a hot boy I would let you spank me.

BTW, I am glad you are proud of me for making OSU posts... I'm a little proud myself.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:46:05 UTC 6 years ago

Uhh . . . if you don't mind, I'd like to spank you anyway.

[info]acowinabox

July 17 2005, 02:34:10 UTC 6 years ago

i sleep on the couch, not the closet.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:47:38 UTC 6 years ago

There are no couches in Colorado.

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[info]saraide

July 17 2005, 02:38:16 UTC 6 years ago

Wow... 75 mph... It's 60 here, until you head towards New Orleans. However, people pretty much only drive 60 in the left lane, and 45-55 elsewhere.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:50:19 UTC 6 years ago

That's charming.

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[info]electricsun

July 17 2005, 02:59:51 UTC 6 years ago

I lovelovelove the picture of the flower. And the pan shot...nice! I'm jealous of your road trip!

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:52:24 UTC 6 years ago

You're too kind.

But yeah, you wouldn't be jealous if you could smell me after three days without a shower.

[info]ripper82

July 17 2005, 03:12:43 UTC 6 years ago

The panorama is amazing. If you figure out how to make the camera not do the weird color-correction deal, let me in on the secret.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 03:55:14 UTC 6 years ago

I feel like maybe setting everything manually would help. Like, if I had controlled the shutter speed, it seems like the photos would've matched up a little more closely in terms of color.

Or maybe not.

But thank you.

[info]ripper82

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[info]imperfectionist

July 17 2005, 04:04:09 UTC 6 years ago

Kilometres are awesome cos the same speeds just look that much faster on a sign. Here in Australia, the freeway limit is 110. :P

And oh yeah, I've added you. :) Hi!

[info]welfy

July 17 2005, 07:21:22 UTC 6 years ago

Fancy seeing you over here. :^P

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[info]mr_skhizein

July 17 2005, 04:57:01 UTC 6 years ago

While I don't know your itinerary, shouldn't you be West Coast, not Mt. Vernon, Illinois? Wouldn't that be backtracking? In fact, I happen to know that Illlinois is East of Colorado.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 04:03:46 UTC 6 years ago

Yep, my trip officially ended today, so once we got to Denver, we started heading back.

I never made it to the coast, but it turns out that just being in the truck was enough of an experience for me.

[info]corks1181

July 17 2005, 05:09:45 UTC 6 years ago

You make cacti look expressive.
That's amazing.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 04:06:15 UTC 6 years ago

Expressive, huh?

It still just looks sort of dead to me.

But, uh, thanks.

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[info]cassiacat

July 18 2005, 02:21:10 UTC 6 years ago

If you had gone westerer (yes, it's a word, Katie Ett, even if it is a neologism) in Colorado, you would've seen some of the most beautiful mountain-scenery your little eyes could ever take in. Maroon Bells is my favorite. But for rad cacti, you're going to have to go to Arizona.

Now that I'm thinking about it, pretty much everyone has SOMETHING awesome to offer.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 04:09:55 UTC 6 years ago

Hey, I'm perfectly fine with you and your made-up words.

Someday, I'll come visit you and you can show me these rad cacti yourself. In the meantime, you need to come TO ME.

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[info]suzified

July 18 2005, 03:09:19 UTC 6 years ago

Yay! Your entries are my favorite!

I want to see those mountains so badly.

And I kinda like the multicolored version.

[info]queenkatieett

July 18 2005, 04:15:28 UTC 6 years ago

The multicolored version would at least appear art-y instead of just ridiculous if the panels had the decency to be the same size. Oh, well.

I'm pretty pumped about your journal, too. Especially the entries that include mention of your "nads".

[info]mr_skhizein

July 20 2005, 19:38:41 UTC 6 years ago

You set your next entry as no comments, so I'm commenting here.
I could've assumed you didn't want a comment, but I'm dense like that.

Have you thought of taking a greyhound? I mean, it's very movie-esque if you arrive in New York on a bus.

[info]queenkatieett

July 20 2005, 23:06:27 UTC 6 years ago

Cheater!

I would take a Greyhound, but airports are more glamourous in terms of making pretty movie scenes. And this will obviously be one of the major moments in the movie of my life.
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