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Monday, June 23, 2003
EQUINOX posted on 6/23/2003 12:01:20 AM by agentCB
GRINDIN' posted on 6/18/2003 11:20:56 PM by agentCB
TUSSIN posted on 6/13/2003 11:20:59 PM by agentCB
HIV & ME posted on 6/11/2003 12:00:04 AM by agentCB
LONG DAY posted on 6/05/2003 12:09:35 AM by agentCB
SMART ASS posted on 6/02/2003 10:47:39 AM by agentCB
spent the longest day of the summer (this past saturday) camping in lake almanor and lassen national park. i've always wanted to know what lassen volcanic park looks like. and now i can die in peace.
ok well not yet...
lassen was nice. clean air, kinda dirty, since the dirt is so fine that it flys around in the air. snow on the mountain, very nice scenic drive. we took this "shortcut" that luvbug's friend whodat said would save us time. it was shorter alright. but it took us way the hell up a mountain on a gravel road, no guard rails and room enough for one car lane. there were about 30 turns to go up this bad boy and then we ended in what looked like the ewok's forest from return of the jedi. at this point, we ran out of jokes about blair witch and jason and freddy. we wanted the ride up to end already. but everything looked so nice up there that it looked like a background from the sears portrait center.
i guess that's the payoff for risking our lives.
for anyone who's ever up near lake almanor, take caribou rd. off of highway 70. you'll have the rid of your life.
we finally hit pavement again. first thing we saw was "butt lake" not butte lake, BUTT lake. leave it to PG&E to come up with a nice name for a lake. i dunno why they named it butt lake. it doesn't even look like an ass. at the campground we discovered no showers, bad cell phone coverage and pit toilets.
mern. i guess it's better to get away from it all ya?
on the second day, we went hiking. my first real hike was 2 miles up and 2 miles back down this 700ft. small mountain, i guess u could call it a mountain. it was a nice hike, but steep. at the top was this little lake that was so blue. the crowning achievement was when everyone pulled out their cell phones and realized we had good signal up there on top of the mountain.
we drive 4 hours away from sac to get away from it all, and in our most moment of glory as we looked down on the rest of the world from out vantage point of 700 ft., what do we do?
we check our voicemail.
only in america.
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
i wish it was the kind of grindin' the clipse were talkin about, but alas, it's the 9 to 5 grind that i unfortunately refer to. after a few days in reno with the family, i came back to a desk full of paperwork and an agency full of carnival games we have no room for.
such is the life in a nonprofit.
love the work, hate the pay. no room for shit in the office. i couldn't ask for a more flexible and community based job. but the lack of resources i could do without. the whole budget shit is killing all agencies like ours. click here to see where i work.
i also double as webmaster, on top of my duty as anti-tobacco program director. i also am the resident carpenter, psuedo manager and grant researcher. and i redecorated our waiting room because it looked unwelcoming.
so back to the grind i go. i have to grind my way through all the junk in the office just to get to my desk. i guess i wouldn't have it any other way.
Friday, June 13, 2003
thought i had SARS for a hot second. was coughing so much my esophagus hurt. luvbug drove me to albertson's to pick up some tussin and oj. i've been taking robitussin ever since i can remember. sometimes i think it's more a psychological comfort more than anything else, but that tussin sure knows how to hold down my coughs.
i don't know about fixing a broken leg (a la chris rock) but it sure is good for loosening that phlegm up. i'm prone to chest colds and bronchitis because of my asthma and allergies. if i get a head cold, it usually travels down to my chest if i don't take care of myself. i've been so busy with this damn health fair that my own health was compromised.
what is up with the irony? anyway...
as soon as this health fair is over, i'm on some creative shit. one.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
i've been spending the last month planning our health fair carnival here at work. been putting in long hours and shit. not good. what is goog is that i'm reconnecting with members from pyc sacto. been training them on hiv knowledge and spending long hours with them.
i must say they have come a long way. these cats are really conscious and aware of things around them. very proud of them. it seems like only yesterday that i first met them all. they are one talented bunch. now we have dancers, beatboxers, singers and writers. amazing.
as soon as this health fair is over. i am so out of here for a hot sec.
Thursday, June 05, 2003
u know it was a long day for me when the high point of the day came when i was driving to work this morning. i was listening to a bootleg copy of 50 cent's new album (courtesy of verse) when i was listening to one song about ja rule. anyway, 50 cracked on ja rule hella hard with the line "when u sing to the girls, sound like the cookie monster"
i was laughin my ass off.
everything else was downhill from then on...
Monday, June 02, 2003
i recently came across this contest for avantgo. for those of you who don't know, avantgo is a web service for personal digital assistants (pda). anyway, they're having a contest on how we users take advantage of the avantgo service...
How do you use your AvantGo? Contest & Giveaway
Send us an email describing in 50 words or less how and where you find My AvantGo most valuable. Amusing, instructive, creative or merely bizarre anecdotes would be particularly appreciated. If we choose to share your story with fellow users, you will be rewarded with your choice of an My AvantGo T-shirt, stylus pen or cap! Send to youravantgo@avantgo.com
and of course, my response...
i use avantgo because it's easier to read on a handheld when i'm on the shitter. newspaper is too bulky to hold.
how's that for bizarre. i take an XL in t-shirts.
