{"id":2196,"date":"2009-09-19T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/blog\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2009-09-19T04:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T11:30:00","slug":"2196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I took a walk in the rain and took pictures. Two terrifying sounds, but outside of that, it was amazingly desolate. Very happy I did it. It was purifying. Here&#8217;s what Seattle looks like at 4am in the first rain:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTCC2eqtBI\/AAAAAAAAAgE\/OsblYzhBBLk\/s1600-h\/IMG_3705.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTCC2eqtBI\/AAAAAAAAAgE\/OsblYzhBBLk\/s320\/IMG_3705.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383140808854254610\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTB43YiRrI\/AAAAAAAAAf8\/KgxX8j8Qch8\/s1600-h\/IMG_3699.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTB43YiRrI\/AAAAAAAAAf8\/KgxX8j8Qch8\/s320\/IMG_3699.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383140637298280114\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBvzk1XKI\/AAAAAAAAAf0\/aVcJ-leZMCE\/s1600-h\/IMG_3695.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBvzk1XKI\/AAAAAAAAAf0\/aVcJ-leZMCE\/s320\/IMG_3695.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383140481657298082\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>i was looking at this picture and thinking, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">it looks like a parade of ghosts who are really happy to be walking with each other<\/span>, when just behind my left shoulder, i heard an electrical cracking like a radio tuner dial turned quickly through the oblivion frequencies. i nearly jumped out of my skin. i turned around there was nothing there, just the falling rain in pale yellow light. that was probably the freakiest moment of the night. I had to catch my breath.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBoVHIYsI\/AAAAAAAAAfs\/rmAxOa9zAjs\/s1600-h\/IMG_3691.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBoVHIYsI\/AAAAAAAAAfs\/rmAxOa9zAjs\/s320\/IMG_3691.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383140353220567746\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBaxhe3pI\/AAAAAAAAAfk\/30Jx61FAwNw\/s1600-h\/IMG_3688.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBaxhe3pI\/AAAAAAAAAfk\/30Jx61FAwNw\/s320\/IMG_3688.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383140120329117330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBOWJeEHI\/AAAAAAAAAfc\/msFGzjMoXHM\/s1600-h\/IMG_3683.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_iCMEyfnxjU4\/SrTBOWJeEHI\/AAAAAAAAAfc\/msFGzjMoXHM\/s320\/IMG_3683.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383139906822213746\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I took a walk in the rain and took pictures. 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