the tundrah blog

hi all.

am back in the office, tired and spacey. last night the weather was crazy--the wind was screaming around my house at what seemed like epic speeds... i was lying in bed wondering what my plan of attack would be if the roof of the house suddenly blew off. my only conclusion was that i'd go over to the neighbors. they are my saviors, as i am helpless when it comes to certain matters. they've dug me out of snowbanks, fed the cats when i was cat-sitter-less, and are good about giving me general advice. for the most part, i'm pretty self-sufficient, but every once in a while, i need physical man-power or boy-type advice. that reminds me actually, i couldn't get the goddamned lawn mower started two weekends ago, might need to coerce someone of the male variety to help me with that dilemma too. shit. sometimes it gets old.

other than that, was in SD for a few days, it was tiring. i got pretty frustrated because i didn't really get to enjoy it... instead i was stuck doing work things while simultaneously being guilt tripped by family about not spending more time with them. it was tough. did get in the water though three times which was great, Pete and i had a good session at Suckouts which made me happy. also got the gray hairs under control thanks to my favorite hair stylist, ate lots of my favorite foods... so i guess i wasn't entirely unsuccessful in getting in some quality SD time....

so thats it for the moment, just catching up at work, have some of my mag buddies coming up this afternoon--we're supposed to go Steelhead fishing tomorrow! we'll see how that pans out with the weather and all...

hope y'all are well.
xoxo,
.l

this is from a few days ago, it'll work until i get some time...

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How’re things? I’m currently holed up at home, waiting til noon-thirty, upon which I will meet my coworker Tag at the Sun Valley airport (1mile from my home), get a rental car, then drive to the Boise airport (two plus hours away). We were supposed to be out of here at 9:30 this morning, but thanks to the joys of mountain weather and small airplanes, all of our flights are cancelled and we’re shit-outta-luck. I’m definitely very, very over this small town travel crap. Get me a freaking 757 and get me the hell out of here. Jesus Christ.

Anyway, we’re en route down to San Diego—yay!—for a week’s worth of Sales and Rep Meetings—boo. Can I even begin to explain how great it is to sit through two and a half days of carefully-selected sales rep criticism, then having to get up in front of the rest of the rep group over the weekend and sing about how everything is just merrily swimming along….? Who the hell’s idea was this anyways?

What else… I am stoked to be going home, but unfortunately wont really be getting to enjoy it. I’m hoping to squeeze in some family time, but am not sure exactly when that’s going to happen. I’m torn between the pleasing prospect of getting to actually stay put over the summer in ID at my house (since that’s works’ slow time), and going home for a few weeks again to enjoy the SoCal summertime. I’m not sure what the plan is yet. I’ve already put a lot of time and energy into the yard and it hasn’t even stopped snowing yet—I’m kinda thinking I might just stick around to enjoy it. Especially since next summer its quite likely I could be shacked up in a condo in SD, gardenless. Gasp!


Lataz. Now on the plane. Thankfully I had the wherewithal while at the airport to get the car to check in with the Delta peeps and coerce them into getting us on a better flight. It worked, kinda, and instead of having to drive a rental car to Boise, we only had to board a bus to Twin Falls… ehh. Anyway, whatever. We’re almost there. I love flying into San Diego. Looping in over Balboa Park and skimming downtown and seeing the bridge and the ocean always gives me chills and reminds me how much I love the place. Soon enough.

crep. sorry for the ugliness of the blog. i had to re-template it, and dont have the energy to fix it right now. sorry. it's readable i guess.

the reason i'm crabby is that i'm at work on a Sunday afternoon, i've been here for a hour, and have yet to really get anything done. i'm just feeling generally bleh.

New York was great. fun times, crazy times, the whole nine yards. got to spend some quality time with the little sister as well as ex-garage-mate Bry, hung out with hipsters, went "trending" (AKA shopping) and all the good eating and lots of drinking, etc. for sure the more time i spend in the city, the more i like it. but again, it grates on me a bit. getting flattened by a cab and having it be entirely my fault, will never sit well with me.

like Dr. Stup's blog, there are sordid (and humorous) details from the trip which i would love to discuss, but alas, this probably isnt the most appropriate forum. lets just say (again, like someone else's blog), that it involved too much alcohol and bad decisions.... entertaining stuff, at least.

anyway, i should really get to my Powerpoint Presentation. or maybe i can gouge my eyes out with a paperclip instead. or drink whiteout. i could go on, but i better stop....

oh yeah, one more thing, today was the last day on the hill--boo! i've been skiing a lot more than snowboarding this spring--dont tell!!! i'm sad the seasons over, but also ready to be outside in the sun. maybe even get up to the lakes sooner than later.

hope y'all are happy and healthy.
xoxo,
.l

ehh.

i somehow f'ed up the format of this thing while messing with my template. and i'm really not in the mood to fix it.

so, sorry til further notice.

i'm leaving for the NYC shortly.

will write more later--hopefully.

all of a sudden i am ti-red. ugh. gonna be a long one.

xoxo,
.l

at this exact moment, Condi Rice is getting her ass handed to her by the 9/11 commitee. i will be extremely interested in how this all pans out. i am currently streaming Air America, but i will probably wait til my drive home for the NPR report to get a bit more even-sided evaluation... i had a great conversation with one of my designers/friends last night at dinner. he is so frustrated with politics that he doesn't want to vote. his evaluation of our current presidential candidates was "well, basically all you have is two piles of shit. one's just a little smaller than the other." which, i definitely agree with to a certain extent. Kerry is not whom i would ideally have running for office, and the whole "lesser of two evils" theory doesn't exactly sit well with me either.... but, what're you gonna do? hopefully we'll get someone to take over the reins who has a much more worldy and much less reactionary agenda. this is the first time in my life that i've been at all interested in politics--and the more i learn, the more freakin' pissed off i get. it amazes me the crap that flows so easily out of the conservative right's mouths. they just make shit up. and no one questions it!!!!!! unbelievable. anyway, i am definitely paying attention to whats going down.

other than that, work. crazy. so much happening--both in what i have to get done, but also a lot of politics swirling around. change going down--which for a company thats pretty much been doing things the same way for 40 years, is a big deal. a month ago, i was worried, but now that i have my master plan dialed, i'm pretty content. whatever happens, happens, and i'm cool cause i have a game plan! woo hoo.

anyways, probably should get somethign done here. i am going to NYC next week for our twice-yearly PR event. should be good times. hope all is well with y'all....

.l

ummm hi. its been a while. here's a quick briefing in what i've been up to.

- experienced some sort of brutal virus/cold/flu thing that was relentless in going away. finally killed it.
- my first acupuncture trip, inspired by above problems. i was scared, but think it worked out quite well
- all the snow has melted out of my yard, and things that i would have sworn were dead are magically resprouting, growing
- my first adult-life trip to Colorado for a Snow Conference. sat thru meetings on retail buying habits, the marketing of Nissan autos, and women-specific snow equipment. snow sucked though, funnily enough.
- saw some friends i miss from home, and others i don't get to see enough as well
- saw the Unicorns in SLC with my pal Koji--awesome!!! i felt so old--it was very reminiscent of my high school/college experience--seeing bands play in random places surrounded by cool kids.
- transplanting seedlings--i'm gonna have a kick-ass garden this year if it kills me. already well en route with lots of herbs, last night repotted snap peas and beans. also have lettuce growing uncontrollably--i'd like to be somewhat sustainable in the food department
- think thats it. am leaving again for New York next week....

oh. and i guess the biggest thing is that i came to a conclusion while spending some solo time walking around downtown SLC. i have decided, that unless an opportunity presents itself beforehand, that i'm sticking it out up here until March 1, 2005. that will be exactly 2 years in my home, and almost 2 and a half years at this job. at that date, if i'm still here, the house is officially on the market, and i'm heading back south-and-westward. maybe even to start my own biz. i'll keep y'all updated.

xoxo.
.l

ps. here's one of my newest causes--go here and check out how much your car is contributing to global warming. i'm also looking at getting a hybrid Toyota Highlander late this year, early next. 600 miles to the tank. werd.