http://ranprieur.com/#9a417fe513f58988c3b5b1e84cfc57397194a79b 2022-07-04T16:20:37Z Ran Prieur http://ranprieur.com/ ranprieur@gmail.com http://ranprieur.com/#3413619f7a99aaaa6f285bb441bd48da0eadf643 2022-07-04T16:20:37Z July 4. So I'm settling into Seattle, and the main thing that strikes me about the city is how much deeper it is into the apocalypse than a college town. But another big thing is its variety.

There's variety in people, including quite a lot of the mentally ill. In Pullman, I was the weirdest person on the walking path. In Seattle, I'm the most normal person on 3rd Avenue.

There's variety in places. On one frequent trip, I walk past the Gates Foundation and then cross a vacant lot right out of the Fallout games.

And there's variety in sounds. One thing I like to do when I'm high is listen to ambient sounds as if they're music. In Spokane, it was all the same instrument: cars and trucks going 30mph on a nearby arterial. Here there are more kinds of vehicles, at more speeds, plus all kinds of hums and clanks and squeaks and voices. It's like going from drone rock to jazz.

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