Having become enamoured of Sutro from Bex's contagious love, I decided to try to capture her image on film. (or, well, digital film.) I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure you can't see her from my house, so I decided that I would interpret "neck of the woods" to be where I spent most of my days, so home and school, and in between. It was too foggy when I left my house this morning to see ten feet in front of me, much less potentially across the bay to Sutro. The fog parted for a moment as I crossed the gg bridge, affording me a gorgeous view of Sutro, but I was not so certain that trying to drive and snap pics was a brilliant idea, and I was already on the bridge when the fog cleared and couldn't pull over. When I got to school, I stopped briefly to annotate Naked Man, then headed upstairs to english class. To my dismay, I couldn't see sutro from the windows of the classroom, but thought that maybe from the roof, or the tennis courts (on the roof of another building) I would be able to see her. I looked her exact location up online after class, to double check I was searching in the right direction. As it was still quite socked in, there was also the possibility that she was merely obscured. After assembly, I went back up to the second floor of upper campus to meet with my english teacher, and looking out the window, I spotted something that looked quite familiar, but it was hard to tell, due to the giant tree in the way. So as soon as we were done meeting, I hurried up to the tennis courts on the roof, where the tree would not block the view. As I climbed the steps, I was rewarded with a grand view. Sutro! Unfortunatly, there was a meshy fence all around the courts (sensible) which kept my camera from focusing properly on Sutro. But after sticking the. lens through the mesh, and tilting the camera, I arrived upon success!! The perfect picture. Standing proud above the rooftops and hills was Sutro! I was rather tired, so I headed to the library to take a nap, but everyone was really loud, so I picked up a copy of 1984 to read instead. I've never read it, and figured I should, its one of those books everyone should read. I hurried to my usual corner window seat, where the sunlight was streaming in nice and warmly. I got out Little Dog for comfort and a pillow, and as I glanced out the window, staring me right in the face was Sutro! I was delighted.
This one wasn't quite so perfect, there was only part of her showing, and there were wires cutting through the picture, but I decided that I liked it that way. I've never really seen the cities in travel pics, I see cities which are grungy and urban and beautiful not in spite of their wires and graphitii, but because of it. The spirit of the city, soaring above wires which were just as much a part of it. I decided I might like that picture better. Because this picture was more emotional in place, (its one of my favorite places in school) I decided I should show you the context. This is me in my usual spot, in my usual position lol: I'm holding onto Little Dog, thats what my right hand is holding and what is under my head. I decided I couldn't leave you wondering who Little Dog was, and snapped a picture of him too:
Little Dog used to be my boyfriends, he sent him to me along with a letter, one of his t-shirts, and some chocolate, when I was at acting camp the summer before last. Since he lives far away, its good to have a reminder of him to snuggle with sometimes, and I know its dorky to carry a stuffed animal everywhere, but hey, its not like I carry him in my arms, thats what backpacks and purses are for. lol. Its just good to always have a nice fluffy, snugglable reminder of my beloved. Anyways, portrait snapping done, I settled down to read, but my gaze kept returning to Sutro. My next class didn't have a view of her, she was blocked by buildings. I had a meeting with my college counselor on the other campus, and I know she would have had a glorious view of Sutro out her window, except that the fog had returned. An hour or so later, at fencing practice, I spotted a fairly decent view of Sutro through the trees, and took another picture. Its funny how cloudy skys are brighter than sunny ones on film. Its really hard to see Sutro in this picture with my monitor at certain angles, I hope you can see her.

By the time I spotted her from the library, I was completely in love with Sutro. Already, I turn to look for her often, and am disappointed when grey skys, buildings, trees, or hills block my view of her. I never really even thought about Sutro before I arrived here, and if it weren't for Bex's overwhelming love, I don't think I would have really paid that much attention, but she really is beautiful. Yay Sutro!!!