{"id":2882,"date":"2004-10-15T13:02:52","date_gmt":"2004-10-16T03:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/15\/seattle-storm-victory-rally\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:36:52","slug":"seattle-storm-victory-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/15\/seattle-storm-victory-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Storm victory rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10037,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/sets\\\/22962&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311001125\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/sets\\\/22962&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/sets\\\/22962&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10038,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wnba.com\\\/storm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20150511041512\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.wnba.com:80\\\/storm\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/storm.wnba.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 13:34:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 13:34:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10039,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wnba.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311001125\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.wnba.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wnba.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10040,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hitexplosion.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hitexplosion.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10041,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00000JKPE\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311005347\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00000JKPE\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00000JKPE\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/sets\/22962\/\" title=\"Seattle Storm victory rally, Westlake Plaza, Seattle, WA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1\/891745_aeb8041945_n.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Storm victory rally, Westlake Plaza, Seattle, WA\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>As I walked out of the building for lunch today, I heard some sort of big ruckus going on down towards Westlake Center. Being fond of ruckuses (ruckusi?) in general, I made a quick run back to the apartment to grab my camera, and then went back towards Westlake.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that there was a rally going on celebrating the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnba.com\/storm\/\" title=\"Seattle Storm\">Seattle Storm<\/a>&#8216;s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnba.com\/\" title=\"Women's National Basketball Association\">WNBA<\/a> championship win.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m no big fan of sports in general, but it was fun to wander around the rally for a while. Local cover band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitexplosion.com\/\" title=\"The Hit Explosion\">The Hit Explosion<\/a> was playing a surprisingly good set of 70&#8217;s disco and funk (amusingly, I think they played just about the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/asin\/B00000JKPE\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Muppets From Space\"><em>Muppets From Space<\/em> soundtrack<\/a>), so the background music was quite bearable, and it was a fairly welcome break from the usual day-to-day routine.<\/p>\n<p>Some photos from the day are in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/sets\/22962\/\" title=\"Seattle Storm victory rally, Westlake Plaza, Seattle, WA\">this flickr photoset<\/a>, as usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I walked out of the building for lunch today, I heard some sort of big ruckus going on down towards Westlake Center. 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