Addition to Jessi's post. Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

I took these pictures when I was driving from Bulgaria to Croatia and back in the summer of 2003. My wife, Anne, and I would drive for 17-20 hours straight through, because we were too scared to stop.
(above) This was the side of a working restaurant (the food was good). The marks on the side of the building were bullet holes and some larger caliber weapons as well! Every building in these countries was at least this damaged. Many building were in ruins.
One of the highlights of the drive was the UN escort we got through a particularly sketchy area! Most of the crazy stuff we saw we either couldn't take a pictures of, or were too scared to stop.
All the roads had speed limits for army trucks and tanks! In some places the bridges were still bombed out and we had to take detours. Notice the way the pollution hangs in the air. There were some pretty nasty industrial plants near by.
This was the entrance of an army base. Taking a picture like this was very illegal (probably would have gotten me arrested). But I had to get at least one.

Josh Garrels

hey y'all

my bro-in-law is a great musician. He'll be in town and playing at the Park Pub Tuesday April 10th, 8-10pm. I'll be there. Will I see you?

Check out Josh Garrels to hear some of his music.

cheers,
cris

Thurs March 29, 5-7pm

there is no limit to their passionate longing many waters cannot quench and mighty rivers cannot drown. - from "the same sea," by amos oz

round22

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365 Play...

So several theatre companies in town have committed to preform a play a day for a year. This week is my friend's company Absurd Reality is up and I am going to be acting in two of the productions the first will be Friday evening 6pm at The Northwest Actors Studio (1100 E. Pike St. the entrance is on 10th to the left of Barca Lounge) and Sunday at Pike's Market in the Cave (right next to the fish throwers) at 3pm. If any one wants to come by either time that would be great! Here is the offical posting

Upcoming Shows! www.absurdreality.com
ART is participating in the first annual 365 Plays in 365 Days. We will be performing the week of March 5-11. Catch us:

Monday, March 5: "9 Bars"
Directed by Amanda Stoddard
At the Northwest Actor’s Studio
6:00pm
Featuring Brandon Ryan and Justin
BONUS! Tuesday's show included!

Tuesday, March 6: "NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN NOR HEAT NOR GLOOM OF NIGHT STAYS THESE COURIERS FROM THE SWIFT COMPLETION OF THEIR APPOINTED ROUNDS"
Directed by Amanda Stoddard
At the Northwest Actor’s Studio
6:00pm
BONUS! Includes Monday's show!

Wednesday, March 7: "Cuckoo"
Directed by Maridee Slater
At Westlake Center
6:00pm

Thursday, March 8: "Holey"
Directed by Dorothy Lemoult
Location TBD
6:00pm

Friday, March 9: "Father Comes Home from the Wars (Part 5)"
Directed by Kaitlin Dresdner
Location TBD
6:00pm

Saturday, March 10: "The Leaving"
Directed by Dorothy Lemoult
Location TBD
3:00pm
Featuring Brandon Ryan and Amanda Stoddard

Sunday, March 11: "Dragon Keeper"
Directed by Maridee Slater
At The Pike Place Market (Cave area)
3:00pm

All shows are entirely free.

slash and burn...

tonight as i was listening to a special on architecture on npr i was struck by a the commants of an architect who specialized in housing for displaced people in disaster area (be it natural or human inflicted). as he spoke about the beginning of his work during the conflict in serbia i was struck and moved to tears. the habit of slaughtering a family or larger group and then utterly destroying the evidence of their existance was called (i think) slash and burn. the goal being to totally remove any sense of their presence in the world. this made me rememeber the command given to the israelites to utterly destroy the nations they conquored. it grieves my heart to realize that this horrible and evil practice could be traced back to and justified with bad theological understanding as a current command of God. Here is a link to the site of this organization. check them out they are incredible.