%title Window View
%date 2007-01-30 04:19:27
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<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranna/374100198/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/374100198_f0a8a91f83_m.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;"/></a> <br/> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranna/374100198/">Window View</a> <br/>  Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ranna/">Ranna Fox</a>. </span></div>The full story behind my icon.<br/><br/>I lived in Braiden Hall my freshman year because I was a biochem major, and the Chemistry building was right next door.  Despite loving my major, I was terrible at chemistry, and even worse at keeping plants alive - these little things barely made it.  Sitting on top of the heater like this was an invitation to knock them over, it seemed.<br/><br/>I noticed the stalks of bamboo looked like they were echoing the chimneys of the chemistry building in the background, so I snapped a quick picture. Now, though, I see the bare tree in the background interacting with the leaves in the foreground more than any thing to do with the smoke stacks.<br clear="all"/>