JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

(this is a bit long but I’m going to post these notes now for their timeliness…I may return to edit later…)
Last night a friend and I went to see U2 at Seattle’s Key Arena. I’d been looking forward to this concert for a while. It was fun to get out and get together with a [...]

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[written April 11]
Through the month, I’ve started to explore anger within my life, seeing the result of rage in new angles and aspects.
Coincidentally, a friend asked me if I’d like to go see The Upside of Anger with her on Saturday night [April 9]. For weeks we’d been trying to get out to the [...]

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Last month, Robert Scoble commented on a post and encouraged me to share my Northern Voice slides using PhotoStory. I’d never considered creating a photo story until I read his comment. Since his suggestion, I’ve started planning a couple potential pieces and researching software. I can’t use PhotoStory itself because my machine doesn’t run [...]

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Girl Scout cookies appear everywhere this time of year, as ubiquitous as the narcissus now blooming. Sometimes it seems that every girl in my community is eager to sell me Tagalongs or Do-Si-Dos. Whenever I enter the grocery store I am greeted by girls wearing sashes of badges asking me to buy a box.
I did [...]

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Monday night I wasn’t able to attend Malcolm Gladwell’s reading at Eagle Harbor Bookstore on Bainbridge Island, but Chris Holmes provided a number of posts and pictures for others to enjoy. My apologies for my delay: Chris posted his reports that same night.
I had heard beforehand that it might be crowded .
Malcolm Gladwell [...]

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From U2 LOG.COM:

U2.com members have received an e-mail to inform them of Monday’s official announcement of U2’s Fall tour of North America.
So everyone who couldn’t get tickets for the spring dates…

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Annie will be happy to hear that I now have two U2 tickets to the Seattle show on Monday April 25th. I’ve never before battled Ticketmaster or attended a concert in such a large venue. I don’t often go to concerts, and when I do, it is in a more intimate setting. I [...]

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Both Liz Lawley and DrBacchus on the same day this week posted about memories that came to mind while listening to music. Liz commented:

Very strange, how a song can do that. Send you tumbling backwards in time, back to a place that you didn’t know you even remembered.
I confess I don’t often listen to [...]

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Lisa Williams wrote two posts, on privacy, linking to a New York Times article: The Secret Lives of Just About Everybody. To prepare for my upcoming talk at Northern Voice, I’ve been consciously thinking about privacy, or the lack thereof. Reading Lisa’s posts and the article stimulated more thoughts.
The article seemed to put the [...]

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Last Friday night while driving off the ferry dock and onto the freeway, I turned on the car stereo knob, as is my habit. But then I turned it off to listen to something else. Abigail was singing. She was singing her own song: a gentle melody with lyrics of gratitude. Radio tunes can’t compare [...]

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