Friday, March 16, 2007
ooooooooooooooooooklahoma!
i leave tomorrow to catch a 730am plane to oklahoma.i am visiting my sister who goes to school in oklahoma city. we are using her spring break to help my grandma go back to her house in colorado from where she stayed with my uncle in kansas all winter after my grandpa died (many of you may remember that from my blogs).
after we spend some time helping her around the house (she is planning to pack up and either move back to kansas or back out here to the west coast) we are going to arizona to visit a few old friends and see some desert.
then it's back to oklahoma city for the little sister and on a plane back to pdx for me.
sweet spring break trip. and i am wwaaaaayyyyy done with college.
peace.
T
say it don't spray it 12:13 AM
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
embarassing story #998
so. i went hiking yesterday with my best friend j. we went up to the columbia river gorge and hiked to triple falls and back down. for the last part of the hike, you get to hike behind this waterfall. it was gorgeous. the water levels are pretty high right now and the waterfalls have so much power. every thing was wet and muddy and mossy and green and the sound of water (and traffic) was all you could hear.we saw a few other hikers occasionally, but for the most part, the hike was ours.
so, going behind this last waterfall, there were three people on the path with their dog. an older couple and their teenageearlytwentysomthing son. they were standing on the path behind the waterfall just looking at the water coming down. we came up the path and said the usual hiker's hello to others on the path and petted their dog. then we went to go around them since they were just standing on the path. where we were was sort of muddy and slippery but also very smooth and worn down by the water. the path was sort of in this crevice that had been slowly worn in the side of the cliff that the water was coming down from and it sloped down moderately toward the water.
so, as we were going around our fellow hikers and saying hello, i wasn't paying enough attention to where i was putting my feet.
did i mention that my legs are sort of different lengths? this coupled with the fact that i am a natural clutz leads to all sorts of fun. especially during outside activities!
so, i am not paying attention to my feet and WHAM!! my inside leg slips out from under me and i gracefully slide down the side of the path into the mud. in front of strangers.
perfect.
so, my left side was facing the waterfall and my right side was facing the inner wall behind the waterfall. my right foot had hit a slipper slope in the path and slide toward the water under my left leg. i had tried to catch myself and j had tried to save me. she said later that i looked strangely graceful. but this is no consolation for having mud up the entire side of my leg, but, back, arm, in my hair, in my ear, on my face. i had a huge handful of mud too. oregon mud. grainy, earthy, dark, black, rich, mud. in my fingernails. and wait a second. my leg hurts alot. mmmmmmm nice a big bruise.
i showered off a bit in a gentle part of the waterfall. rinsed the mud from my hand and arm. j got it out of my hair and ear and we finished the hike.
she said i looked hardcore.
i just felt silly.
when i got home and looked at my leg (and took a ton of arnica!) i was pretty impressed. this is going to be a good one. i can't really sit without leaning to the left at the moment.
and that is my story.
say it don't spray it 11:06 AM
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Friday, March 09, 2007
um.
guess who bought the LAST presale ticket to the ben gibbard / david bazan solo show at the roseland?that's right: ME.
presale is SOLD. OUT. and i did it.
booyah.
say it don't spray it 4:19 PM
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Travel Survey
1. How many US states have you been to? 12 (and maybe more) --Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Georgia, Tennessee, Montana, Arizona, (and i have ridden in a car through all the states from Oregon to Tennessee before I think, but I was very young) . . . and later this month I will visit Oklahoma and Texas . . . and I was in the Airport in Ohio once and will be again next week.2. How many other countries have you been to? 6 -- Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, England, Canada (yes, Canada counts)
3. If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go? I want to take a trip around the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea. and I want to travel through all the british isles (england, scotland, whales, ireland, etc). and i REALLY want to go to Thailand
4. What is your favorite airport? my hometown airport . . . Portland Oregon. I at least know my way around it.
5. What is your favorite airline? meh. not too impressed with silly airlines. I did have fun on Southwest though. I got to choose my seat and stuff :)
6. Why do you usually travel? To see friends or family (for fun or for serious events) or to learn and expand my horizons.
7. What was your longest road trip? i guess it would be the witness tour when we did all the states on the western side of colorado for the summer. stopping and singing and going to lots of boring malls. bleh
8. Where have you traveled the most times? i don't rightly know. california maybe. or washington i guess. we go to visit my best friends sister in olympia a lot. or eugene oregon where the MIL lives.
9. What was your longest non-stop flight? Frankfurt Germany to Portland Oregone. Something like 12 hours one time.
10. What was your most recent trip? day trip: to the oregon coast on sunday. Overnight trip: to see my mom in salem last weekend (the one before that was to go to seattle to see a bunch of bands and then crash with a bunch of friends in a hotel room). flight: to europe for 5 weeks.
11. Do you have a passport? two actually. one is no longer valid.
12. What's the best way to pass time on a long flight? ipod + book or crossword puzzles. or sleeping. and then there is the in flight movie and the meals. those are nice too.
13. Window or aisle seat? window. then i can look out of it and ignore the person next to me if they are creepy. and it makes for awesome photos!
14. Local eateries or national chains? local all the way. when i travel i want to experience the true place that i am visiting.
15. Rent a car or use public transportation? public transportation. expecially in europe. it rocks. or if we are staying with friends we can usually work out rides. but this next trip i am taking we have to rent :(
16. Travel with friends or solo? i LOVE sharing my travel experience with friends. it is just more enjoyable to share common memories. :)
17. Favorite cruise? never took a cruise. i might do the mediterranean sea as a cruise (like mark twain) but i do get seasick
18. Favorite state to visit? washington state. cause it is still in the northwest and i am spoiled. i LOVE the northwest!
19. What's the number one thing you have to do when visiting a city for the first time? look at a map. and get some local coffee.
20. Favorite trip? the roadtrip from portland to san diego last spring break pretty much rocked. we got to meet a pirate. end of story. no. not end of story. i fricken went to europe for 5 weeks this winter! :)
21. Least favorite trip? the train ride to italy. the view was nice. but the train was so crowded and this woman smoked IN our compartment right in my face while i was sleeping. blech.
22. Ever taken a long train ride? 12 hours to get to italy. it was supposed to take only 9. i was STARVING!
23. Favorite foreign country to visit? i really like germany and austria. i also liked london a lot for some reason.
say it don't spray it 10:27 AM
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
what i did this morning
i sort of shaved my legs for the first time since september.by "sort of" i mean there are still a lot of hairs there . . . but i knew it would be a multiple day task. there is still a lot of mowing to be done.
i quit shaving because the last time i shaved i got the WORST razor burn ever. my legs itched uncontrollably for 5 hours! and i was trying to enjoy the roller derby. instead i was insanely scratching all the skin of my legs.
there you have it. i was brave enough to give it another try today.
who knows? maybe i will finish the job tomorrow!
say it don't spray it 12:37 PM
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Monday, March 05, 2007
grah.
some people in the church frustrate the hell out of me.say it don't spray it 10:57 PM
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