tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33330492024-03-07T16:47:50.756-07:00every other orangeporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.comBlogger353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-3400508879426411232008-12-27T18:18:00.002-07:002008-12-27T18:29:02.220-07:00Top 10I think that the taking a break idea would be best. Thank you for the comments though, I am going to look into saving all of the thoughts on this blog. As far as a top 10 goes... here is a rough list. I'm still debating the order, but this is basically it.The Color of MagicAlcatraz Versus the Evil LibrariansEinstein's DreamsThe Fellowship of the Ring (I liked it much better the second time porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-88202145205722557702008-12-24T06:36:00.002-07:002008-12-24T06:56:04.402-07:00Read 30 BooksOne of my goals for 2008 had been to read 30 books. I kept track using 43 things, and was very surprised to see that I actually read 41. I wanted to keep the list, so here it is:1. The Hobbit 2. A Clockwork Orange3. Pride & Prejudice4. Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians5. The Bible: A Biography6. The Color of Magic7. Escape8. Einstein's Dreams9. Pyramids10. The Sweet Far Thing11. The porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-79901779269394389092008-11-02T09:37:00.003-07:002008-11-02T10:01:05.014-07:00Wonderful WeekendsLast Saturday, Josh and I went to the Moab Pumpkin Chuckin festival. The event is put on to raise money for the Youth Garden Project (an amazing garden that high schoolers keep with an amazing amount of plants and also some chickens) and featured a bunch of sling shots and trebuchets and catapults.There were some very large contraptions that threw the pumpkin very high and sometimes very far... porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-31796812111921816612008-10-26T11:58:00.001-06:002008-10-26T20:47:46.855-06:00But, that ones longer!Last weekend Josh and I went down to Indian Creek to meet up with some friends from Salt Lake for a costumed climbing weekend. Although I am very outspoken on my costume hate, we were told that costumes were "required" (read: high school rule book). We had a pretty hard time finding costumes in Moab, but we were able to put together something for both of us, on a small budget.I ended up wearingporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-42735645660297176922008-10-09T13:47:00.002-06:002008-10-09T14:05:07.400-06:00a circular motionJosh dragged me out to Long Canyon a couple weekends ago. I had been resisting the charms of this canyon for quite awhile. I had thought that I was tired of trad, and didn't want to do a long approach with a bunch of metal on my back... but those reasons seem silly now. It was one of the most gorgeous canyons that I had been in, and the one route that we got in before the rain was amazing! Iporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-30046196712412415842008-09-29T21:08:00.003-06:002008-09-29T21:20:05.626-06:00everyone gets scaredJosh and I have been visiting the local sport climbing crag more these days (meaning what exactly... I'm not sure). I got pretty tired of trad climbing all last spring and winter, so the sportness has made me happy. We even got to climb with a "climbing legend" for a while last weekend, and learned that even the pros get sketched out on the scary climbs. It definitely made me feel better porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-3746400109002221842008-09-21T10:15:00.007-06:002008-09-21T11:07:49.698-06:00WowsaIt has really been awhile, I know. Where's Karl was amazing. I managed to get no more than 5 hours of sleep every night, blog 3 times a day, plan the crew stops for the next day, get read and make all of the crew stops, get Karl out of the door, go grocery shopping, dump and fill the RV, make breakfast and some dinners, skip lunch (no time!) and go for a hike everyday. I was busy, but I met porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-75161074187679328402008-08-26T21:47:00.003-06:002008-08-26T21:54:03.250-06:00time to goThe summer has flown by! I can't believe that I am already about to meet up with Karl and the Where's Karl RV! I had planned on a few posts before leaving, but now only have time to show you this cute guy... he has very dreamy eyes!Look for my posts this week on the Where's Karl site, and feel free to enjoy the pictures that I loaded onto Flickr. Wish me luck.porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-78460382350143627122008-08-05T16:21:00.002-06:002008-08-05T16:53:28.039-06:00Where's Karl?Karl Meltzer, ultra runner extraordinaire, started his run of the Appalachian Trail today. The goal is to beat the current speed record of 47 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes. He is definitely well qualified for this attempt, as he has won 23 100 mile races and 49 ultra-marathons (yeah, I said that he won all those). I was lucky enough to be one of the few chosen to support his run as part of hisporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-76985511581721792152008-07-30T16:39:00.006-06:002008-07-30T17:09:52.546-06:00torrid zoneMoab is HOT! It has now been hovering at 100 for at least a month, and I am pretty tired of it. I would really like to be getting back in shape from all my after surgery nothingness, but it just isn't happening. Trail Running is pretty out of the question, but I have managed to go a couple times on the cloudy days. We thankfully, have 2 millcreeks very close and have been using them to the porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-68164440957659142842008-07-23T11:51:00.002-06:002008-07-23T12:11:13.986-06:00strange timesYesterday afternoon we had a wonderful storm with tons of rain! The streets outside my apartment flooded and I took a break from working to frolic in the stream. Most people were hunkered down under the awnings, but there were a few boys standing on the edge of the sidewalk, egging on the cars to drive faster and closer, so as to get a bigger splash. I joined in for awhile... it was tons of porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-37375172407708898962008-07-08T19:50:00.004-06:002008-07-09T15:57:47.863-06:00whiskey breakfastI had a great 4th of July weekend! Right after work, Josh, Beau and I drove up into the La Sal Mountains (a very short 45 minute drive) . A found a gorgeous camping spot next to the river. The plan was for a restful weekend, full of hikes and my first climbs since surgery.The first night we went for a hike around our camp site and saw a bunch of possible climbing spots (we have hopes to porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-54394573618045932222008-06-22T16:58:00.003-06:002008-06-22T22:37:56.801-06:00in with the newMy one blog life must have really been boring me ever since SheSends failed to officially launch, because I agreed to start another one. This time it is a blog somewhat sponsored by work. I thought about importing all the data on this blog to that one, but I thought better of it. I really didn't want to do that because I was annoyed with the lack of editing that you could do to a free wordpressporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-40252686096056013982008-06-06T23:20:00.002-06:002008-06-06T23:25:28.355-06:00learning patienceThis is how I feel about my progress, and it is frustrating. Also, this guy was huge! and pretty cute in a weird way.I just want to climb and run, and not be gaining weight!porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-12988635073608852212008-06-03T21:13:00.002-06:002008-06-03T21:56:24.595-06:00dreams of forgotten euphoriaWell, I am healing... It's been two weeks since surgery and I've been able to walk 8 blocks, stand for about 30 minutes, stop the narcotic pain killers, stop tylenol during the day and stop the sleeping pills. Those seem like pretty damn small accomplishments to me, but at least I had some things to list. Tomorrow I'm going to the doctor to get my stitches taken out and afterwards I'll be porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-52187859572341087632008-05-22T15:55:00.002-06:002008-05-22T16:03:33.586-06:00pharmacological virginThe surgery was a success - at least as far as getting it out goes! I spent the first night in the hospital, but am now back "home" for the 2 week recovery. My doctor put me on Lortab for the pain, but I can't stand for very long without getting extremely dizzy and feeling like throwing up, so I am now waiting for some less crazy pills. I'm not feeling particularly up to posting, but I wanted porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-5801505087976961462008-05-12T15:15:00.002-06:002008-05-12T15:30:29.413-06:00pain is weakness leaving your bodyI will be leaving for Salt Lake in about 1 hour now, and I have some pretty mixed feelings about the surgery. I have been having so much fun in the last week/2 with trail running, hiking and climbing that I really don't want to leave Moab. Definitely not for 3 weeks either! I'll miss Josh, I'll miss Beau and I'll definitely miss being mobile, at home and with my own things. It is a major porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-20271341783840306662008-05-07T08:49:00.003-06:002008-05-07T09:07:18.233-06:00fueling the competitionMy friend Pierre stayed with us last week, and we spent a good amount of time climbing and exploring Moab. We stopped by Arches again and checked out a new area (near the windows). This place is amazingly gorgeous and I don't think that we would ever be able to explore it well. It takes a lot of will power to not visit one spot too much :)porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-28826790961342215582008-04-29T13:54:00.003-06:002008-04-29T14:27:05.814-06:00heaven's net is wide, but it's mesh is fineGood news! I decided that since my camera was broken anyways, I mays well try to fix it on my own. And, what do you know, I fixed it. I'll have pictures, and probably regular updates again! As for now... a picture from a weekend in Joe's and a survey from Ahren.The pic is from Lauren (thanks!) and I did actually get this one. It was pretty easy. Joe's is awesome!4 Jobs I have had in my lifeporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-71524481972623287612008-04-10T20:27:00.002-06:002008-04-10T20:38:58.230-06:00BrokenWhat can I say? My camera broke... I've had some pictures for awhile now, but it kind of hurt posting them, knowing that I won't have anything else. I even said once, "is it worth going to all these beautiful places, if I can't take pictures of them?" Anyways... I went up to SLC a little while ago to meet with my surgeon. I happened to time the visit perfectly with St. Patty's and my old porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-83526409145575326722008-03-02T17:11:00.003-07:002008-03-02T17:27:01.244-07:00crying with dry eyesThe last couple of weeks have been pretty interesting. I went to the dentist to get some cavities filled, 4 of them on the right side of my mount. I always have cavities, no matter how well I takes care of my teeth - it seems that my teeth are pretty week. My dentist had me take pill before the visit so that I would be more relaxed for the shots. I was all for the idea initially, because it porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-58000058304220265912008-02-18T12:34:00.002-07:002008-02-18T12:48:33.838-07:00We again went to the Ice Cream Parlor to climb this Sunday. It started out being nicely quiet.. but a bunch more people did show up near the end of the day. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as last Sunday though! I also lead the first 2 trad climbs! Only 2 5.8s, but it felt pretty damn good to lead again.We stopped at the birthing stone on our way home. It is a square stone just a few feet porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-1572010438232420762008-02-10T19:33:00.001-07:002008-02-10T19:51:25.388-07:00the song with the kissWe finally had a gorgeous weekend in Moab and we were able to spend both Saturday and Sunday climbing! On saturday we drove down Cane Creek and found the most gorgeous bouldering problem! We found some good warm ups and then attacked this highball. I actually only got to about where Josh is now - but he topped out the problem a couple times (I hope to be back while the problem is actually in porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-77914212628941999502008-02-08T19:04:00.000-07:002008-02-08T19:26:59.247-07:00Left normal, climbed rocks, found myself.There was a pretty great show on NPR today (really yesterday - I podcast) about these 6 word memoirs. The idea started when Hemingway was challenged to write a story in 6 words. His story was: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” From there it evolved into 6 word memoirs - there was a book of them, and there are tons more everyday on the Smith Magazine site. I even wrote one - it was fun - youporschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333049.post-28546322997227267472008-01-28T20:44:00.000-07:002008-01-28T20:56:17.812-07:00Mayhem, Madness & MarblesWe finally had a gorgeous weekend day down here in Moab and Josh and I used it too the fullest! We actually managed to fit 3 climbs in on Saturday... I know that sounds like a pitiful, small amount. But when the sun only warms up the area a few hours before it goes away for good, you have to take what you can get. It is supposed to be crappy again this week, so hopefully it clears up in time porschahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02379878092718341050noreply@blogger.com1