Happy Halloween

School

This is the randomness that is my life at present.

We've just wrapped up midterms - and now the push toward November and the election.

Frankly, I'll be delighted when it is all over.

Fall = coffee, corn mazes, and Halloween

I'm a staff photographer now.

Hold the excitement - it is a part-time position for the University of Washington Tacoma bi-monthly student newspaper.

But, at least I'm out shooting assignments on a regular basis.

The latest issue is Halloween-centric.

Here are photos from around town.

Joe's surgery

I don't usually post personal stuff on this blog - but today I went with Joe to the hospital for his disk replacement surgery (fusion) and thought writing about it would be O.K.

He injured his neck while shooting an assignment for The News Tribune earlier this year.

I didn't get to sit in on the procedure, but I did spend several hours waiting with him in our private pre-op room.

We just got word that the surgery was successful. Now the four-month recovery will begin.

Ashley Hanson came to town

I feel like it has been forever since I didn't have a packed agenda driving me from one place to the next.

The agenda - for the most part - is like a wicked step sister that you can't rid yourself of.

A good friend, and former roommate, visited over the weekend and helped me throw the ever-driving schedule to the wind. Instead of pouring over textbooks for hours, we painted the town - T-town - and made sure everyone knew we weren't letting the time of day spoil our plans.

Not even the blow-out side tracked us.

Have I ever mentioned I love being a tourist and finding the weird and wacky in my own town?