While I am not a huge risk taker, I do have a high tendency to do things without really thinking. Obviously this is not a unique trait, America’s Funniest Home Videos and Youtube wouldn't exist if this was the case. It's just one of those things where after I've done a rather idiotic move, I have to question what is wrong with me. There are pictures of me from my Freshman year where I climbed and stood in the middle of some support beams of a bridge, many many feet above the ground. At no point in this action did I really think about the many ways I would probably die if I happened to slip or lose my balance, I thought it was just a bit of fun. Even my friend, whom I affectionately term the crazy one, stood to the side questioning my sanity. Or there was the night photography project from my Junior year, where I wandered the streets of Oakland typically around 2 o'clock in the morning by myself with headphones in. I did try to stay pretty close to the area I knew well during the project and didn't push my luck too much during these walks. I will admit I had a couple of awkward encounters during this time though, but it was generally just people concerned by the sight of a girl crouched on the street corner in the middle of the night. I still find it rather bizarre when people get panicked by the idea of me walking home by myself at 11 o'clock at night, although clearly I do not always have a good sense of judgement. And even though I really can't say I've done anything terribly dangerous with this blog, I am still questioning my common sense.
I think I've mentioned in a previous post that since the stickers I find tend to be on signs, they are more often than not close to the street. So while I do try to not do too many stupid things, I will step out into the street when I'm trying to find a decent angle to photograph the stickers I find. Tonight's stickers were definitely in that vein of a moment of not thinking. I had decided to try and capture some photos from Station Square to expand the areas I present on here, which meant that I ended up grabbing a few more photos downtown. I was crossing Fort Pitt Blvd to get onto the Smithfield Bridge, when I happened to notice the stickers on the barrier. So I stopped to focus my camera and take a photo, even though I was still in the process of crossing the street. While I was working on getting the image in focus and adjust the angle I was taking, the crossing signal had changed. Luckily I think it was just flashing but there was definitely a short moment of panic. I quickly snapped the photo and then made sure I was on the sidewalk. Happily, despite the fact that I got a little distracted by the soon to be oncoming traffic, I did manage to get a pretty clear photo in the end. The furthest sticker you can make out is clearly a bumper sticker for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, our local soccer team. And the closest sticker is an Obey the Giant, which I again will not be fully presenting tonight. Unfortunately the one in the middle is at just the wrong spot that the combination of the darkness and the curve of the barrier makes it really hard to figure out what it is exactly. In the end, while I think that my pausing in the middle of a crosswalk was more than a little stupid the end result was a fun image...so I can guarantee I'm probably going to keep doing these types of things.
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Maggie Ondrey
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