Summer @ Washington

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This clown looks happy on the outside... but inside he is overcome by a meloncholy which permeates his soul.

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Luckily Stephanie was there to cheer him up.

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Mickey, looks so sad by himself...

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Chris from the beginning insisted this was a great opportunity to socialize with other interns. Looks like he did just that. :)

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This guy made it to the top.

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Rock climbing wall.

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Another kind of racing..

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Close-up of the action.

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And RC Car racing too.

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There was much volleyball to be played.

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Our team group picture. Go Mobile Explorers!

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Another nice view.

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DJ mixing it up.

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They had a casino tent.

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Donald was hanging out...

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They were giving away a couple of cars in a raffle, that would be a nice prize.

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Animal train.

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We saw on our map there was a place for paddle boats. So we walked around a bit and found this... not what we were expecting, but looked fun nontheless.

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Another picture of the lake.

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Very nice day and scenery.

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Lots of booths and people.

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At the picnic, great view of Mount Si.

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At the picnic site, Chris and Stephanie walking in.

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Today we went to the Microsoft Company Picnic. We took tour busses from the main campus.

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Another shot of ferry ships on the water.

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One of the ferry ships.

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Nice buildings.

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The waterfront at night.

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Friday night in Seattle's downtown.

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At the top there are some spectacular views of downtown.

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It was a challenge to hold the camera still for these night shots.

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Tonight after work we went to visit the Seattle Space Needle.

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Another shot, will have to come back here sometime and try Kayaking.

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Nice sky and water.

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Waves..

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Didn't expect to find the Statue of Liberty here, pretty cool.

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Ferry boat.

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What are you lookin' at?

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There were alot of people out since it was such a nice day.

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Nice rocks.

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Another shot of Seattle.

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This weekend I went to Alki beach to ride my bike and take some pictures. It was a really nice day and great views of Seattle and the water.

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Time to relax after a long day of Puzzling.

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It's like a big park out here.

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More..

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There were lots of cool places on campus so I had to get some random pictures.

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Nice fountain.

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It was a nice day out. Pirates with water guns?

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Maybe I was just being paranoid..... or was I?....

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I wonder if we're being watched...

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Now if we could only figure out the combination...

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And finally, the treasure!

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They even had Pizza.

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And a bunch of other happy people...

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I kinda wondered off on my own and found the big X.

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The campus is pretty incredible, with basketball courts and all.

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And off we went, through the Microsoft campus.

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Here's the start of our maze leading to the treasure.

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A small group of us went out into the field to try to find the treasure chest.

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James thinking hard.

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We setup some computers, routers, and got ready to solve some puzzles. This makes for alot of power cables.

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Here's a shot of our puzzle solving group.

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As we prepared to embark on our Puzzle voyage..

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Look!, A Pirate Parrot!

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Here we are at Puzzle Day "Orientation". My roommates are sitting in front. Alfonso, being the bold independent thinker, decided to make a fasion statement that morning by wearing his t-shirt backwards. I couldn't pull something like that off, he's too cool. :)

Puzzle Day!

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So this past weekend we participated in a Microsoft intern event, Puzzle Day. I won't say too much about it other than it had to do with Pirates, Puzzles, and a hidden Treasure Chest. It was alot of fun, and alot of ARrrrrs being said throughout the day.

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Last one, ran out of battery. It was a nice fireworks show.

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Nice color!

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Boom!

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The fireworks begin!

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We had some Tostitos chips and cheese... The bag looks cool at night.. :)

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Stephanie taking a picture, caught the flash going off.

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James and Stephanie waiting for the fireworks.

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Chris watching James getting himself into trouble...

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James saying, "It wasn't me." or something like that..

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James was shuffling blindingly fast.

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So we played card games, I learned a few new ones.

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Luckily Chris brought some playing cards...

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So we did alot of sitting, this is what it looked like from my view.

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James and Stephanie went and got themselves some balloons. They didn't bring Chris and I any back, but that's okay. :)

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More people, more balloons.

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It was a pretty big event, and the park was very nice. Overall a perfect day, clear blue sky and all.

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Here we found a place to sit. Everyone had chairs, blankets, all kinds of picnic stuff.. we just kinda brought ourselves and some snacks. Some of these chairs people had were pretty fancy looking, cupholders, reclining, etc. looked pretty funny.

4th of July

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So here are some pics from 4th of July. We went to one of the parks in Bellevue where they had a fireworks show, live music, food, etc. We all had a good time.

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Back near the Seattle Center we found a huge fountain. There were kids jumping in and out of it and having fun. It looked a little overcast and cool to be doing that for me, but I guess that's summer in Seattle.

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We walked around outside for a bit, this is a cool looking building.

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Here's the inside of the Westlake Center.

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Here's where we got off, the Westlake Center.

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Stephanie and I on the other side.

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Here's Chris and James in the train, having a good time.

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Here's the train coming in, it looked like a big toy when I first saw it.

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Here is where we got on the monorail, at the Seattle Center.

Exploring Downtown Seattle

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The next part of our trip was exploring downtown some more which was fun. We rode the monorail from the Sci-Fi museum which reminded us of the new Batman movie a little. The ride ended at the Westlake Center which was a nice place to eat and look around.

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Here's the second part, it's a giant cone of guitars extending up to the ceiling which was I think 3 floors.

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This is a large collections of guitars, couldn't fit them all in this picture...

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The entrance to the Experience Music Project.

Experience Music Project

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The other thing to see besides the Sci-Fi museum is the EMP which we also checked out. They have alot of historical exhibits on all music genres. They also have interactive music stations where you can play with various instruments and pretty much have a good time creating your own sounds.

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Lastly, the embryo pod from Alien, top view.