mount st. helens is erupting! check it out! very cool. not so good for the folks within ash or lava range, but it's really cool to see something like this. i was on a conference call earlier with coworkers in the portland office, and they had been put on volcano alert for the past day or so due to the impending eruption. the area had had about four dozen small earthquakes that usually preempt the blowing off of steam. ah, the phenomena of nature.

what is with the hotel strike? i don't know anything about it, but there have been (very very loud) protesters outside the palace hotel all day. the palace hotel is about two buildings away from mine, so i can hear the screaming and noisemakers loud and clear. i'm all about getting a message across, but please, i'm trying to work here!

also, i just have to say, divorces suck. it's so hard to see what they do to people. i hope i never have to go through one myself.