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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  2400 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 27, 2017

Had a real long talk with a friend the other day. It was a good one, nice dive-ish bar in the south end that's been around since 1946. Those are the best third places to have conversations about how your lives are going.

Went on a real long hike this past weekend with some other friends. At one point we came across this incredible water flow going down a boulder field not too far off of the trail. The largest I have ever seen. I ended up running ahead of the group and scaling down the rocks as close I could get without being in a dangerous situation. Feeling the mist off of the rocks, six miles off the trailhead, felt like a baptism. Or at least as close to a baptism as I'm likely to get.

Met a girl out hiking who was with the group of us. The one out of all of us who jumped in the alpine lake for a swim, slept outside, things like that are naturally attractive to me at this point. Wouldn't mind seeing her again but have no idea what to do about it.





steve  ·  2400 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Those are the best third places to have conversations about how your lives are going.

not much beats a good friend in a good third place.

thenewgreen  ·  2396 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Wouldn't mind seeing her again but have no idea what to do about it.
you might start by telling her you'd like to see her again.
ButterflyEffect  ·  2395 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You have a point. I've developed a rather severe aversion to trying to date in Seattle, what with living 35 miles away.