{"id":1027,"date":"2008-06-14T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T15:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2008-06-14T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2008-06-14T15:57:55","slug":"my-dc-looking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"my d.c.: looking up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to date a guy who liked me in part because I had a tendency to look up. He had a habit of hanging out on fire escapes, so for a while we were a good match. He said you could sit a couple stories up for an hour and watch crowds of people rush by and meander past you without having a single one notice you sitting just above their heads.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s too bad because sometimes looking up gives you such a different perspective on things:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2578155122\/\" title=\"Lines by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3083\/2578155122_8f8789eb79.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Lines\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2578154468\/\" title=\"Back and Forth by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3145\/2578154468_a3e0e014ea.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Back and Forth\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/2577320793\/\" title=\"Reflection by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3016\/2577320793_f71b215b5d.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Reflection\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>You can catch other My D.C. posts this week from <a href=\"http:\/\/knitting4shirley.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/my-dc-week-21.html\">Hillary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bomboniera.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/13\/mydc-monumental\/\">MsP<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomduck.com\/2008\/06\/13\/friday-mydc-callbox-memorial\/\">Rudi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to date a guy who liked me in part because I had a tendency to look up. 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