So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
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So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
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Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
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Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
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Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
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Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
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I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
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Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
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Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
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Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
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So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
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Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
Read More

So You Want to Sue Me…

Every so often, I write something offensive. Something that's just mean, or uncalled for, or whatever. This was not one of those times. No, this time I wrote a review of a children's book about snowboarding formatted as a third-grade book report and purposely written to sound that way. Well, the publishers of said book apparently didn't like my review. Rather than just ignoring it, which would have been the appropriate response, they sent me the following email: Hello Brooke Geery, I am a legal representative for the Adventure Zoo Crew. Recently we found that you wrote a very dishonest article on one of our books "Sammy the Shredder". Not…
Read More

Why Facebook Likes (still) Don’t Matter

I recently did a little stint at a big corporation. For the sake of keeping it tight, I won't say who it was. Anyway, one of the big "initiatives" was gaining Facebook likes. Having a lot of fans, after all, greatly increases your ability to spam them with your messages. Anyway, all sorts of different methods were used, from advertising, to posting quality content, to actually responding to people. And it worked, they got lots of likes. But ever since last week's Kitchen Nightmares seemingly ruined any chance of Amy's Baking Company succeeding, the impending facebook melt down and ultimate social media faux pas has been quite entertaining. But you…
Read More

Nature’s Magesty: The Olympic Peninsula

It was my 3rd 29th birthday last week, and since it's the one holiday a year that's all about me, that means I get to do whatever I want! This year I wanted to drop everything and take an impromptu trip to the Olympic Peninsula. Even though I've almost lived in the Northwest long enough to be considered a Northwesterner, this is one corner of the country I was yet to explore. There was a sign that said "rustic retreat" but despite Jared's greatest fears, the Manitou lodge had both electricity and showers. We stayed two nights in Forks, where they filmed Twilight and had I actually seen the movie,…
Read More

Vote for ME!!!

If you hate reading, just go click here or the image above and vote! I've never actually participated in an Internet popularity contest. I've run plenty of them and promoted plenty of them, but this is a first. Me and my writing are up for an award and geez whiz, I really wanna win! Now I am fully aware that this sort of thing is considered SPAM and I've already been told, "I don't do Facebook contest stuff" once. I get it. I watch the local news too about how your social presence can RUIN YOUR LIFE FOREVER. But here's the truth. If you're sitting in front of a computer…
Read More

Brooke and Joey’s Epic Adventure

Rather than have my own children, I've decided to adopt. And rather than risk it with a baby that could turn out to be a total piece of shit, I'm just adopting Joey. He's 17, really good at skateboarding, and generally stoked. This video is the first stop on our Saturday skate tour (#holidayweekendsareforsuckers) and if you want to see pictures of the second stop at the Brooklyn Street Skate Spot, which turned out to be way cooler, check em out on Yobeat.
Read More

I’m Thankful for Mt. Hood Meadows Opening Day

I have a lot to be thankful for. Somehow, a little website my friend and I started as a joke now more or less pays my bills and gives me a creative outlet to do just about anything I want. I can get any equipment I can imagine, for free, and one of my biggest problems in life is that I want to go to the Burton European Open and the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but I can't, because they're on the same weekend. But if we're being 100% honest about what I'm really thankful for, it's snowboarding itself, and days like Mt Hood Meadows opening day this year. The…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 1 — Yosemite

Look how much fun I'm having! I've taken three trips to California this year. Two of them I took a car the whole way, and the most recent involved a quick flight and a not-so-quick drive. But more important than the destination is the journey, and on each of these trips I've hit a notable national park for the first time. First Crater Lake last June. Then Red Woods national park a few weeks back and today, Yosemite! I've been meaning to post all the pictures here, so I'm gonna work backwards and make it happen. I'm about to get all Ansel Adams on shit, but the fall colors on…
Read More

Thursdays at the Office: The Rejected Episode

Sarah Morrison came to visit a few months ago, and we were reminiscing fondly over time when we used to make content for fun, not just for others' enjoyment. From that came the idea for Thursdays at the Office, the hottest new series on Yobeat. The above episode was the first that we filmed, playing off an actual episode of The Office plot line, and making Sarah and I laugh hysterically. Unfortunately, the target audience of Yobeat not only doesn't pay close enough attention to TV to get the Office reference, but doesn't care about Sarah, or me, or anyone else in the episode. So it's being relegated to here…
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