A City Deflated (still working through the 5 stages)

The Seahawk's loss was taken hard out here in the emerald city. From that Friday on, it seemed everyone was wearing the colors. The people at the bank, the dentist, the grocery store. Maybe we did care!? Perhaps we all thought that with a Superbowl win we could take a break from having to explain to outsiders that no it does not rain here all the time, and we could say something else like, yes, the Seahawks are really good! It would have been at least something else.

During my drive to work this morning, I listened to the local sports radio station for the first time ever. They were going over Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' 5 stages of grief. I had to laugh! I remember studying this at Seattle U! And I remember it from the chart the TI counsellors showed as well. I remember back in 1998 thinking - No thanks lady, I don't need to see the grief chart; I'm from Seattle. Got it memorized!

But it's time to move on. Back to our quaint provincialism. Back to the cute little things like puzzling over expanding the monorail, preventing the Space Needle from being blown up by terrorists, or doing a mock terrorist speed boat attack against a Washington State ferry. And of course there is the usual tsunami, volcanic event, and earthquake all poised to smite the whole wine and cheese party out here.

Anyway, lemme get back to my camera. As Mike asked me to do when I moved out here, I'm supposed to be taking lots of before pictures. Keeps me busy. ;-)