Brooke Geery

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The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
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5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More

The 10 Best WordPress Plugins

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a fan of Wordpress. I can't really understand why anyone wouldn't be. Wait, yes I can. Because they are a flash designer who Wordpress is putting out of business. But for editorial/blogs sites like the ones I am either running or building, Wordpress is a dream come true. After spending years using Frontpage before eventually switching to hand writing HTML in a text editor, the ease of Wordpress for updating has made my life a million times easier. One of the best things about Wordpress though, is the plugins. Basically, if you want your site to do any web 2.0…
Read More

5 Things: October 24, 2009

Wow, it was a slow news week. The balloon boy turned out to be a hoax, and reports of "Michael Jackson ordering take out" were unfounded. I really had to scrounge around the internet to even find 5 things I found important/interesting this week. But I did it, because this is how I give my life meaning and purpose. Here goes: 1. Montana football coach can't take a joke the truth. In my line of work, I am well aware that some people have no sense of humor. Then Ian tuned me into this story about his alma matter. University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck is leading his team…
Read More

What I Learned in J School

My college years were mostly spent at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, (pictured above from my Polaroid phase), which was most importantly, in the shadow of Mt. Baker. I will be completely honestly, the proximity to epic shredding was way more a factor in my decision of where to go to college than the actual curriculum. It just so happened, however, that Western actually had a decent journalism program (at least, according to them.) But seriously, the program turned out an award-winning bi-weekly newspaper and even taught a know-it-all-like me a thing or two. Of course, that was before the print media started to crash, and back then the…
Read More

5 Interesting/Important Things: Oct 17, 2009

As the internet buzz wears off from the stupid Burton drama, I can't help but realize even further how unimportant action sports are. So I've decided in order to add meaning to my life as an extreme journalist, I am going to start recapping things in the world that actually mattered (or were at least interesting) every week. Here's what made the cut this week. 1. Balloon boy! Is he in the balloon? Is he dead? Was it a hoax? Was it the parent's fault? So many questions, so much wasted time. I too found myself transfixed, watching the live feed of young Falcon, allegedly careening over Colorado in a…
Read More

Things I am Good at Part 2: Money Management

someday, this could all be yours! I find it simply astounding that at no point in our lives as freedom-loving, all-consuming Americans, we are not taught how to manage money. Sure, some of us are, thanks to our parents, but in between phys ed and beginner French, schools don't bother to say hey: here's how to make a budget and manage your money. Luckily, I have a blog where I share my thoughts and happen to be pretty good at it, so for you, my huge readership, here's my take on it. Now first off you should know, being an extreme journalist is not as glamorous as it sounds. I…
Read More

5 Things This Week that were more Important/Interesting than Snowboarding

If there is one thing this week has proven to me, it's that people take snowboarding WAY too seriously. Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding. It is a fun way so spend time during the winter months, an amazing excuse to travel, a bond I share with some of my best friends, and also a major source of income for me over the past years. But let's be realistic. It's only snowboarding. We are riding toys down mountains. It's not exactly the most important thing in the world. So in light of that, here's my list of things that have happened just this week that are more interesting/important than…
Read More

Let’s Recap

- I went to Burton's annual employee/friends/industry party 'cause they invited me - I wrote a story, because that's what i do http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/jakes-fall-bash-recession-proof/ - Some kids at Burton didn't like it -Burton called demanding I take it down. My friend thought he was going to get fired, so i did. -Then i wrote this https://brookegeery.com/?p=687 -the same kids at Burton turned it into a Burton bash fest thanks to their stupid comments - so Jared wrote this http://www.jaredsouney.com/2009/10/burton-snowboards-control-denied/ -and a few other bloggers have written about it as well.. -Todd Richards even weighed in http://www.yobeat.com/2009/10/feelings-with-todd-richards/ -I talked to my friend, who had smoothed things out. So I put the story…
Read More

My First Snowboard: A True Story

For years I have maintained my first snowboard was a Burton Ouija board. Back then, there was no cooler snowboard than this, with its moon and sun twin tips and conflicting yes/no message. And sure, I was about 4”6’ and 80 pounds, and the board was a 158, but damn it, that’s what I wanted everyone to know I rode in those earliest of days. But I have a secret. I think only saw that Burton Ouija board sitting next to my actual first board: a hot pink Funky. The snowboards both belonged to the daughter of a friend of my father, who was under some sort of house arrest/rehab…
Read More

Why The Media is Failing

(And no, it's not the Internet's fault) I recently found myself in a little hot water. Without naming names, or going into specifics, I wrote a story that was deemed unacceptable by the parties involved. This is of course, not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last), as I run a website that pokes fun at just about everything. But this time, the offended party happened to owe us money. So upon a threat to withhold money owed, I initially removed the post. Screw it, I got bills to pay. After a bit of thought though I realized, the money in question wasn't nearly enough,…
Read More

Things I Am Good At Part 1: Airline Miles

Not to toot my own horn, but toot, toot! I possess a better ability to accrue and use airline miles than most. Admittedly, most people don't travel enough to really care about airline miles, but I know many who do, and are blowing it when to comes to making the airlines work for them. Luckily for you, I do like to toot my own horn and I am going to share my wealth of knowledge. In this day of crowded flights and baggage fees, airline status has become even more important to me. It's at the point where I will take a trip simply to keep my United Premiere status.…
Read More