Brooke Geery

General

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More

Under Construction

If you've been reading this blog then you have probably deduced the things that I am interested in: cats, food and extreme sports. But there is one more great passion in my life, home improvement! It's not just that I watch HGTV constantly, but since I got my house almost two years ago I have delighted in painting, digging, destroying and refurbishing things. While I have a very useful boyfriend who has done things like put in a sky light and wood floors, sometimes I just like to get my hands dirty myself. That, and my spazziness gets things done much more quickly than his need for perfection. He left…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Worth the trip

If you know me, you know I am highly opposed to leaving the quadrant of South East Portland.  I don't live far out, the rest of you do, and the only thing I find across the bridge is trouble parking. But a few weeks ago my friend Jason invited me to meet up with them for lunch at Sagittarius, located really deep, in North Portland. I have often felt that I needed to be more social, so I went to check it out, even though I wasn't that hungry. Turns out Jason knew the waitress so my Mimosas were on super special and the menu looked pretty awesome. I figured…
Read More

21: A Review

So I went to see 21 last night. I know, I know, opening night. I must have been really excited! Actually, now that I have a DVR, I find that I have no idea what movies come out or when they do, so this one I probably wouldn't have known was opening if not for Jared talking about it for a week prior and making me get there a half hour early "so we could get good seats." Well the theater didn't fill up, but I did see about 15 Lexus ads and one for Skittles that was pretty funny. I think the most notable thing of my pre-movie experience…
Read More

Losing it

The first few days back from a trip are always weird. Maybe it's the jet lag (but seriously, it was only three hours of time difference) or the fact that I almost have to get re-accustomed to sleeping in the insane comfort that is my own bed. Maybe I just get out of the habit of getting up, going into the office, and working. Whatever it is, it taking longer than usual this time. When I am out of town for awhile I forget about what I have to do. I always have several projects going at once, and since I am usually traveling for one at a time that…
Read More

Early Retirement

  I was doing so good with the blogging for awhile there. I guess I was busier, which generally leads to increased productivity. Not that I haven't been busy. In fact I was on the road, so I had no free time. Of course my trip turned out to be less than productive, thanks to crummy weather, and some unmotivated riders. Actually, it inspired me to retire from snowboard photography. Well, I'm not going to entirely retire, but I think I'll stick to trips where I am getting paid and mostly responsible for the story, not making medicore shredding look good. Reality is so much more subjective in written words.…
Read More

Time for a new airline?

Flying sucks. I do it enough to be well aware that it is really no fun. Sure, if you need to go cross country and don't want to spend three days in a car, it's probably the best option, but man, layovers, delays, economy seating, lack of airplane food, etc are all major bummers of domestic travel. Tomorrow I head back east for, well, no real purpose other than I had a free ticket and there's a snowboard contest going on so I can write the rest of the trip off my taxes and maybe make a couple dollars. You know that feeling you get when you have to go…
Read More

Act Like You Know

My friend Sarah Morrison is funny. We went to college together but we were informed we "would not get along" so I don't think we ever spoke. Then one fateful day we were both visiting the same mutual friends in Portland, she had nothing to do and I was going up to Mt. Hood. I asked her if she'd like to come. Our friends all gasped as if the car might explode should we drive in it together. But as it turned out, Sarah and I got along swimmingly. We have since been BFF's over a short stint in Burlington, VT, driven cross country together 3 times, and she's lived…
Read More

Kitty Soccer (the reedit)

I am still learning to use iMovie. Now that am into this making movies thing, I figure I should learn all the tricks. If I was really serious, I would get a real program to edit with, but for now, iMovie will suffice. Anyway, I was whining about having the reimport clips over and over if you want to use multiple pieces of them, and a very wise man informed me that you could actually split the clips right in iMovie. Who knew! Anyway, I looked it up and decided I could make Kitty Soccer way more funny with this new found skill, so I did a reedit. Since only…
Read More

Kitten War

Awhile back one of my friends told me about the best site ever, Kitten War, which pits two adorably cute kittens against each other, and you have to decide which is cuter. Being an avid kitten photographer, I immediately went home and posted a picture of Tyra on the site. After awhile I checked her progress and found she'd won only a few of her battles. The "all of our kittens are winners really..." slogan at the bottom of the page didn't really make me feel any better. I decided that the photo I chose, one of her looking curiously into the camera lense with flowers in the background just…
Read More