Brooke Geery

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Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
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It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
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Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
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Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
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Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
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Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
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Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
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Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
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Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More

Back from the South

I spent the past week or so of my life trekking through the south, listening to Bright Eyes or Country (that's it) and wakeskating a little bit. I was on a feature trip for Alliance and that means hanging out with 18 year old boys and riding around in boats. Not a bad deal over all. I made it back in one piece, although I've developed some nasty allergies (I blame the bayou) and my patterns of speech have gotten a lot less proper. I even caught myself saying y'all at one point.  Louisiana rules though. Nice people, good food, and warm sunny weather. We ate at this place Raising…
Read More

Dude Barn part-tay

The other night I went to my first dude barn party. Due to my hectic schedule (and general lameness) I missed all the prior festivities so this one had a lot to live up to. Rumor was these parties got out of hand -- cake in the ceiling fan, burning shoes and other debauchery. I even secured myself a designated driver in the hopes of getting "sketchy." I'll be honest. This Dude Barn fiasco was a little on the lame side. Granted I left at 11:30, but the promised rap act did not perform and instead there was a DJ. (And no one comes to a dude barn party to…
Read More

It’s snowing!

Across the street from my office there are a row of flowering trees. I think cherry, but I am not sure. Anyway, yesterday the wind was blowing just enough to scatter them all over the street, which made it look like snow, but pink. It was amazing. I entertained myself by exclaiming "it's snowing" every time I went downstairs, which didn't seem quite as hilarious to Aaron, the vegan bakery employee who was hard at work. Also, I made sure to get this shot below which NO ONE ELSE thought to do. So creative.
Read More

Blogging the shit out of things

I've taken to saying "I am going to blog this shit out of this" no matter what I am doing, because for some reason I now have like 15 blogs on different subjects going. There's this one, of course, and then Alliancewakeskate.com, Futuresnowboarding.com and Yobeat (which let's be honest, probably isn't getting updated anytime soon.) All this blogging makes me tired, although I do enjoy that I get to tell everyone my thoughts and sometimes I get paid for it. I just posted my first snowboard-related story in a few weeks on Future. Actually, yesterday I took Jared riding for the first time this season. The snow was sticky and…
Read More

Greetings from Florida!

In the midst of my first trip to Florida of the year. It happens to be for the kick off of the wakeskate tour. About this time of year I realize how pasty Portland makes my skin and feel self concious, but what can you do? I am down here to cover the event and promote the new site. Basically, I am killing it with real time results (thanks Jared!) and daily videos. It's hard to write, film and shoot so i've been delegating like crazy. I wrote a blog, but other than that, I've had help with the daily stories (day 1, day 2). I shoot some of the…
Read More

Life Update: New Site

It's always interesting too see how long it takes for the novelty to wear off of a new blog. Apparently for me it took abut 3 weeks. But I swear that's not the reason I have been so sporadic on the updates. Actually I have been very busy building out the new Alliance Wakeskate site. Since it's pretty much been a solo mission (except for some help making di cut stickers and Tshirts) it's taken up most of my time. But it finally launched last night at midnight! The message boards are abuzz with excitement and I have that new-blog excitement again. Other than that, it was super nice for…
Read More

Winter’s Over

I think it's official this time. Today it's well over sixty degrees and sunny, and I finally got my studded tires removed. Actually, funny story. Since this was my first time having studded tires (and I have been called a pussy and informed I should "jet get all season tires") I am not that well versed on the protocol. After my first treacherous drive to the mountain with them though, I was glad I dropped the money to get them. I even wrote a blog about that. But now it's April, and Portland has some silly law that you have to remove them by a certain date. That date, as…
Read More

Vegging Out

I went to my first Vegetate ever this weekend. Since I have no real perception of time and the passage of time, I don't remember the first time I heard about Vegetate, but I guess it must have been when I moved to the Northwest for college. I don't know, because I remember hearing about it and it being kind of a big deal, and it doesn't seem like I was in college THAT long ago. Sort of like Spring Loaded used to be when Terje and Brushie would show up. Well, it's not a big deal anymore. The only "name" there was Josh Dirksen and he didn't even compete.…
Read More

Super Sweet 27

Yesterday was my 27th birthday. Even an old lady like me knows that if your birthday is on a Friday, you best be going out. So I did. While my vision was blurred, most of these pictures are out of focus because my camera was set on Macro for the past four days. Now that I am 27, I am old and wise enough to figure that out. Whatever, you get the idea. This was my very wonderful birthday cake. The witty slogan was courtesy of Jared, but the baking and icing was all Lisa. Derek took me to Sagittarius for dinner. This time I went with the deep-fried Garden…
Read More