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Real Name:

Chuck Groom      

Age: 28    Gender: M

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cgroom

Homepage:

http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/00/ceg


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Make-a-wish Tree, 11 January 2004 (Modified 15 Jan 2004 10:55 pm) ; 4 comments


The saddest Christmas tree (ficus) I've ever seen.

The Fremont Rocket, 07 December 2003 (Modified 19 Dec 2003 12:36 pm) ; 4 comments


I like the Fremont Rocket. It's, er, a rocket. Attached to a building. Just because.

This car was made for glory, 18 August 2003 (Modified 06 Oct 2003 7:10 pm) ; 1 comment


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Nick isn't here, 15 September 2003 (Modified 26 Sep 2003 9:36 pm) ; 6 comments


My best recollection of a phone call that happened about three weeks back.

Space Needle on EMP, 04 September 2003 (Modified 06 Sep 2003 9:51 am) ; 5 comments


While obviously a cheap shot that's irresistable to anyone who comes to the Seattle Center, I do so like the effect of the Space Needle as reflected off the shiny, curved walls of the Experience Music Project.

Kids draw the darnest globalization commentaries!, 18 August 2003 (Modified 25 Aug 2003 5:04 am) ; 1 comment


This mural graces the steel girder of the pedestrian bridge to route 51, passing under route 99, in Seattle. I'm pretty much speechless; the more you look at it, the wackier it becomes. The world bank! Coke chased by the police! Kids in wheelchairs! Wow.

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Migrate to the Bay, 26 May 2003 (Modified 02 Jun 2003 4:23 am) ; 5 comments


I wanted to see a documentary about the homeless claiming the rights to use wasted land and to express their creativity, but the police wouldn't let me for the same reason it wouldn't let them.

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W, 17 April 2003 (Modified 26 Apr 2003 3:35 pm) ; 11 comments


A smattering of impressions from a recent stay in a fancy hotel.

Twisted Tajar, 26 July 2002 (Modified 14 Aug 2002 3:19 pm) ; 3 comments


While trying to burn film, I snapped this picture of my cat which really captures her true essence.

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Mango, 26 June 2002 (Modified 10 Aug 2002 2:58 pm) ; 10 comments


Just a summertime trifle about the fruit. Explicitly not about sex, though the word 'sex' does appear four times!

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The Definitive Subjective Guide to Bay Area Life, 09 July 2002 (Modified 03 Aug 2002 8:32 pm) ; 24 comments


Everything you ever needed to know about life in the SF Bay Area.

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Zion Musings, 09 May 2002 (Modified 29 May 2002 5:40 am) ; 22 comments


My version of the trip Chris and I took to Zion last week. A collection of vague impressions, tangents, and photos.

Rainbow Over Death Valley, 02 May 2002 (Modified 14 May 2002 10:30 am) ; 8 comments


Last week, I took a picture of a rainbow over Death Valley. I tweaked the image to match the surreality of the situation.

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750 Theory, 07 May 2002 (Modified 09 May 2002 7:23 am) ; 5 comments


A long-held theory of mine (very short)

Eyes I (Self-portrait), 11 February 2002 (Modified 09 Mar 2002 11:14 am) ; 4 comments


A self-portrait in a rearview mirror taken using a macro lens.

Eyes II (Catseye), 11 February 2002 (Modified 09 Mar 2002 11:10 am) ; 4 comments


More fun with a macro lens; I think the depth of field is about 3mm. (BTW, the subject is my cat, Tajar).

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Halloween Dummy, 14 October 2001 (Modified 13 Feb 2002 9:56 am) ; 14 comments


One Halloween when I was 9 and out trick-or-treating, I stumbled into an amazingly great haunted yard. The next year, my friend and I were inspired to create our own haunted yard.

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Clubbers, 19 December 2001 (Modified 16 Jan 2002 1:29 am) ; 8 comments


Sketches of various kinds of people I've seen at clubs. While I normally dislike the contrived effect of loosely structured prose, I use it here because (a) it's what I started with and (b) I think it suits the subject matter. This is a rough rough draft

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Joon (2nd draft), 16 December 2001 (Modified 15 Jan 2002 7:07 pm) ; 10 comments


A character portrait of Joon (2nd draft; thanks for comments on first draft!)

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Joon, 04 December 2001 (Modified 12 Dec 2001 7:26 pm) ; 9 comments


A brief character sketch of a friend from Pendle Hill; his manner of speech, washing pots, how he endured prison, and a remarkable message.

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French Hotel, 03 November 2001 (Modified 12 Dec 2001 9:12 am) ; 12 comments


Last November, on election night, I was deeply depressed and wandered over to a coffee shop. I had a conversation with a crazy, almost child-like woman about friendship and religion that that stripped raw my certainties about either.

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The Closet Litmus Test, 30 August 2001 (Modified 11 Nov 2001 10:31 pm) ; 3 comments


I live in a closet and spend my days surrounded by padded walls. And I love it.

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Shotgun, 24 September 2001 (Modified 05 Nov 2001 11:45 pm) ; 12 comments


Camping is fun. Being woken up at 3am by a guy ready to shoot big guns in your general direction is not.

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Defer, 24 September 2001 (Modified 08 Oct 2001 1:31 pm) ; 5 comments


I picked a blade of grass to remember elementary school...