May 5th Belated

So we went to a belated may 5th get together last night. It's was at a friends house in Queen Village, it's an old school house, and from what i can tell, one of the most amazing outdoor spaces I have ever been to. The outdoor area on the ground floor is slate with tons of green stuff, candles, fishpond, bamboo....very very cool. But the most amazing thing is this spiral staircase that goes up basically three stories high. It is so frickin cool. I love it so much. I had a purty picture taken on it, so i will post it when i get a chance.
The party itself was really fun, innocent and a nice time to catch up with people. So new faces and some old ones, all the same, really nice to see everyone, and can't wait to do that again. That's what i love about this time of year, more things to do and more people to see.


As I was at said party i did not get to watch the finale of The Amazing Race, but mother fucker, i signed on to aol and on one of their flash news things it showed Rob and Amber, that they did not win, which really pissed me off. I have it tivo'ed and plan to watch it tonight. Can't wait.

The other day I came out of the gym and two of our friends Mike and Steve were basically holding some guy up who was shaking and wimpering. He was really scarey, i almost thought that maybe he had a diabetic "shelby" moment or passed out and hit his head. But that was not the case. I asked if they needed help, but they said just space, that he had just seen a terrible accident.
I didn't know what it was till the next morning, but this man apparently lost control of his car when his brakes failed, or his gas pedal got stuck.....either way he was going down our most populated street in Philly - Walnut Street......he ended up flying off the street onto the sidewallk and flipped his car. The most awful thing is that he hit a pedistrian and killed her.
Apparently this guy that i saw was two steps in front of her when it happened. Can you imagine.
Anyway - it reallyl brought home how vulnerable we all are. She was just walking down the fucking street and bam......it really kinda shook me up for the last couple days. It also brings new perspective for me, as a therapist....who occasionally treats trauma clients. Very scary. and very altering on so many levels.