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doggies

And the reason why the police dog was outside my window, sniffing a tree, was because he was on his way to the Doggie Happy Hour held at the hotel down the road. Yes, that’s right, I live in the middle of a yuppy enclave. Everyone here owns a dog. You can’t wander outside morning or evening without fighting through swathes of residents out walking their dogs – during the day you’re more likely to come across the professional dog walkers. Shops have bowls of water out the front, the local jogging paths have water bowls built into their bubblers. Dogs of all shapes and sizes, heaven forbid you should have the same breed of dog as your neighbour.

Camera update: Sony H1 ordered and on it’s way apparently.

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more on my house

So, this is my house – well, an incredibly accurate, well-drawn, to-scale hand drawing of the floor plan (when I say hand drawn, I mean drawn on the trackpad of my laptop).

house plan

And some house snippets… the one in the middle is the bathroom mat thing, and it’s the best bathroom mat ever.

house textures

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my house

Spent my first night in the new house last night. Well, it’s actually an apartment in a townhouse. The townhouse was originally built in the 1870s – I’m not sure when they sliced it up into individual apartments. Actually, looking at the building from the outside, I have no idea how all of the apartments actually fit inside the townhouse. I suspect there is probably some sort of tardis effect going on. Pictures to come once I get my laptop online.

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it’s still snowing…

more snow

I’ve spent most of today staring out windows in amazement. I’m from Australia, we don’t have snow down there you know. The previous sentence was a lie – I think the main novelty is that I’ve never been in a city with snow before. And the only trees I’ve seen covered in snow are snow gums, and the whole effect is entirely different. Washington seems to close down when it snows. Everyone has either not gone to work, or come home early. The schools are closed, the malls are full, and there are constant updates on the TV about the weather situation, and where the crashes are interfering with traffic flow. I’m glad I’ve managed to catch at least one lot of snow before Spring kicks in properly.

Edit: Oh, but the climbing gym is closed because of the snow, so no climbing tonight :(

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inexplicable events

Actually, they’re not that inexplicable. Photos from the George Washington Birthday parade in Alexandria yesterday (well, some of them are still inexplicable). I would have included captions explaining them all, but you’ve probably got as much idea what’s going on as I did (there’s only one extra photo under the cut by the way).