I don't know why my twitter widget is no longer updating my LJ, that's rather irritating. BOOOOOOOO on you.

Lots of insanity going on. Got laid off from Forma, but got my old job back at the gym the same night. So once again I am grossly underemployed! Hooray! :-P Trying to stay positive, I'm going to meet with my recruiter sometime this week  to see how I'm doing and hopefully accelerate my entrance in the Air Force.  Yep. Six months on and I still want to go so, there's that. Russ is camping for Memorial Day and playing paintball, but I work, so I'm at home taking care of two dogs who now BOTH have diarreah for some reason.  My life is all boredom and shit right now, but it's ok. I have the intenets to keep me company, and good friends to make me laugh.  

Mind-set: resolute What are Tags?: air force, bad news, camping, dogs, my life, russ, work

Just fyi, it's out, it's awesome, and I'm in it... pick up your copy in many fine establishments in Reno/Sparks, OR go to the website and check out my article.

Check it out for me- comment, let me know what you think, and stay tuned for an awesome issue coming out in April!

Woot!

Mind-set: loved What are Tags?: awesomeness, my life, reno tahoe tonight, writing

This month a new magazine launched in Reno called Reno Tahoe Tonight, an arts and culture showcase full of local talent, including myself.  The website saw some issues/delays a first, but now is up and functioning well. So her I am, pimping out not just the new magazine and website, but myself, and the hard work I put in to this piece. My piece is very personal- not a feature about a movie, or a bar, or team- it's a different opportunity for me to write more creatively and see where things can take me.

Please check it out, read, comment??

Reno Tahoe Tonight: How Burning Man Changed My Life

Bearings: My couch What are Tags?: awesomeness, linky link, my life, only in nevada, reno tahoe tonight, victory!, writing

It's now no longer an open secret, it's out there and anyone interested is free to start calling my sanity into question.

Last night I finally told my PARENTS I'm planning on joining the USAF (Air Force, woo!). Things effectively went as planned- very serious and disapproving lecturing from my father questioning the rational of my desire, but ultimately acknowledging that it is *my* decision as an adult.  My mom  was much more unexpected.  There was no flailing or arguing, just initially quiet denial, and as a I prodded her to talk with me about it (more worried about how she'll take it than anyone), we were able to have a discussion, and when I told her how eager I was for it at the end of our conversation about the possibilities and things I can and will be able to do with my life, she said "I guess I'm actually eager about it for you to- but I'm not going to be excited, I always worry." God, I love my mom.  I'm sure there will still be more to this- further arguments or such as things get more real- as I move through the process.  I shocked them a little, and my father did something oddly similar when I decided to move out back when I was 18... randomly started getting pissed and fighting with me about totally asinine and obscure shit the closer we got to my move date.  We shall see, but there we have it.  Just have to break the news to my beloved in-laws now, and it's pretty much OUT there...

today I weighed myself for the first time in days: 150.5... 5.5 lbs to go.  

Mind-set: excited What are Tags?: air force, momma drama, my life, woot

So the business I work for is going to be closed the 20th-5th in order to cut cost since construction has been so non-existent.  Thankfully 4 of the 10 days I'm out of work (God please only let it be that long) are days when I get paid holidays.  2008 has not been a good year.  Don't try and tell me to look on the bright side, even looking on the bright side this year has been bad- I'm just waiting for it to be over.  

Mind-set: distressed What are Tags?: badness, my life, work

So, I'm a staffer/GOTV Organizer/Intern, WHATEVER for the Barack Obama campaign.  That might explain why I've been off of the grid for WEEKS.  Plus I'm going to the gym 5 days a week and suck, and still working at the gym on weekend nights.


Right now I'm just fucking stoked to see my bestfriend Dwayne, who's been gone for months.  He's coming home in some 40 days, and I think I might have a small heart attack before then.  People have been asking me what we're doing for his coming home party, rather than ask him, which irked him a lot, because it's not like I'm his fucking filter, they're just as capable as I am of sending him an email... But of course none of them did- so I'm now planning a big party at a part or restaurant for friends, family, buddies, and co-workers for the weekend before Christmas of all times. LoL Oh well, it's nice to be so important and loved, so shouldn't complain.


Um... got a new job which starts the day after the election, so I'm quitting the gym, and purchasing an actual membership, and should finally rejoin the ranks of the living and social! GO me!    I'm so excited, and it is nearly the same pay as I was making before.  Boreal is also opening soon, and I've been rehired, so I'm so stoked on that.  I'll have a regular 8-5 job, my evenings back, and then weekends I'll be tearing up the slopes (in between picking up fat tourists!)  I could not be more excited, considering the virtual raping I received by 2008 so far this year... I'm still a little gun-shy over it all.

Russ is going out of town on Sunday-Friday, so I have to be home to do all the shit he's been taking care of during my time with the campaign- taking the dogs out, taking the trash out, cleaning the cat boxes, etc.  Things I normally have no problem taking over, but with how everything is ramping up for the final week, it feels a little overwhelming.  Plus, I'm going to have a staffer from Chicago living in my house the 31-5, PLUS my house/living room will be a staging area for the finals days of the campaign, so I have to clean house MAJORLY and get the room ready, etc.  Oh yeah, I'm working at 4:30am on Monday at the gym to cover a shift too. I kick ass.  Because I will get it all done.  I always do.  That's why people come to me, because I make shit happen. 

Yeah- probably not all and not adequate after MONTHS of not updating, but seriously, I can't even wrap my brains around the internet right now.  Oh yeah...

my article came out in the October issue of the Reno Passport www.renopassport.com, and I'll have another feature in the November issue.  Consider myself PIMPED!

Mind-set: exhausted What are Tags?: activism, awesomeness, barack obama, boreal, dorkiness, dwayne, dwayne/iraq, friends, good news, irony, my life, only in nevada, politics, russ, skiing, weightloss, work, writing

Still at Pre-Playa Party although since we've relocated to Pearl, I suppose I'm now at the after party. Wish I could describe the people and armosphere to you dear flist! It's impossible to capture with words. Everything is so fluid & organic. Been fondled, caressed, and propositioned by many lovely women & a few men, very amused & flattered. Never imagined I would react that way- normally I'm weirded out by attention. Can't wait to go home & unleash the sensual vibes on my amazing husband! This must be what Georgette meant by bliss.

Mind-set: Blissful What are Tags?: awesomeness, my life, only in nevada

Once again this summer I couldn't take the summer classes I'd been so excited about for years, which really crushed me a little bit for a while.  Instead I focused on my first graduate class that I would be taking this fall.  Now that's out the window as well- the bill came and Russ' response was " don't forget to cancel that soon, the due date is next week."  I know he's right, I'm not blind to our financial situation, but it still really bothers me.  It feels like we both just lied to me about the possibility of me going back to school for all these months, and there was never any ability for me to take this class.  When you're using unemployment to make your bills, $780 is hard to come up with.  To top it all off, I am being changed $75 for one of the sumer classes I didn't take, for not dropping or not dropping on time or something, and I can't drop my fall class until I pay the past fee, and if I don't drop my fall class by next Friday, I'll be assessed another $75 that I don't have to pay for an opportunity I don't get to take advantage of.  When I called to complain/inquire about it all, I was told they do it because they can.  Honest open, and forthright.  I could use something good coming my way.  Thank god we're going camping next week.  I miss my husband.

Mind-set: depressed What are Tags?: badness, my life, school, woe

At the beginning of this week my mom called (I had a migraine so my details were very fuzzy) about my sister having to move out because her lease was up before they closed on the house and such and something and something and she and her boyfriend were moving in with me.  I was not *excited* about this idea, but I wasn't like NO! Also, I was totally confused... so when I told my friend Matt this he was like "wtf, seriously, do you run a halfway house or something" because last fall we had Angie living here while she was between houses too.  Turns out my sister and her boyfriend are moving in with the parentals until they can get into the house, but they needed to see if we could help with anything, or storage or whatever, I don't know I had a migraine.   So that's all taken care of.

This morning my mom called to ask a favor of me, "well, actually more of your husband".  I was dubious.  She then asked if we could take on Jenna's red snapping turtle until they get into the house...  In case you don't know, Barley came to live with us because mom wanted to know if we could take care of a homeless rabbit, and Blue (Angie's cat) is 'temporarily' been living with us since she left in February because his other option was being taken to a shelter.  Lava came from the SPCA, Soot was an abandoned kitten from a littler that a friend of mine was fostering, Terra was at the pound because she was an escape artist, and Nova was surrendered because the owners moved and couldn't take her with. 
It's like the Island of Misfit Pets or something here.  When my mom asked, I laughed so hard I cried.  Then she laughed, because I think she knew was I was laughing at.  When I told Matt all he could say was "Way to go Noah."


So about that Ark...?

Mind-set: giggly What are Tags?: family, house, my life, pets, weirdness

Let me tell you about my garden- we have six varieties of tomato plants, two varieties of bell pepper, two varieties of hot pepper, carrots, radishes, zucchini, cucumbers, and watermelon.  I also have three more tomato plants in pots on the deck, and BASIL! yummy...  I put in the garden for the first time this year (since we only moved in last summer) and did the rows, and weeding, and careful fertilization, and watering, etc.  I have been spending lot of time in my garden, and I think it's evident-

Mind-set: pleased What are Tags?: awesomeness, garden, my life, pics, russ

ELjay! how I have missed thee... I am (I think) officially returning to the universe from my self-imposed isolation.  I'll be trying to catch up on over 2 months of F-list posts, but I won't see it all I'm sure.  If I"ve missed something important in my friend's lives, I'm very sorry, I've been living too much in my own head lately, and I think I'm ready to move forward again!

Tomorrow I have a job interview that I'm pretty excited about.  Anywho! HUZZAH FOR I HAVE RETURNED, lo the prodigal son daughter us upon you... or something... :-P

Mind-set: pensive What are Tags?: geekdom, my life