if any of you have a few bucks to spare, please consider donating for the climb-a-thon geoff & i are going to be doing on saturday, july 18, at planet granite sunnyvale. planet granite will be matching funds, which go towards replacing old unsafe bolts on climbing routes. no amount too small, and donations will be accepted until july 24. help keep us safe on the rock! :)

http://www.firstgiving.com/herbst

what have i been up to?

february
- bday in tahoe -- blizzard conditions -> no snowboarding achieved, but poker and hanging out with friends was nice

march
- knocked down by a prius in the netapp parking lot, not overly injured, but got an impressive bruise and some workers' comp physical therapy out of it
- last day at netapp on the 17th, next day started independent contract that fell in my lap

april
- went to yosemite (while geoff went to slo), climbed with awesome oldtimer -- bottom of arches, munginella, cs concerto on manure pile -- thrilled to get some multipitch experience, and of course very inspiring climbing in yosemite!

may
- much work, figuring out how to be effective on my own at home, enjoying my highly flexible schedule
- we were going to go to yosemite, but the forecast was for scorching heat, so we went up to lovers leap instead, where it was still scorching, even at almost 6k ft -- saturday afternoon i semi-trad led the 1st pitch of knapsack crack (guy we were with left his gear and i also placed some of my own), but we bailed on sunday due to heat wimpiness
- geoff decided we needed to be able to watch movies in the backyard, so we built a wooden frame with a sheet stretched over it and set up a projector for memorial day weekend bbq shindig
- did a pretty full day at castle rock with rob (guy i've been climbing with at the gym a lot), falls right side -- degeneration, slab up to roof on putrefaction, leading to death, lieback crack -- awesome names on this wall, no?

june
- had best of intentions to get wedding thankyou notes out before a year had passed, but obviously failed miserably
- spent extralong weekend in slo for our anniversary -- practiced gear placement on 60 seconds, clawed and hangdogged my way up camel, led garden wall (my first full honest-to-goodness lead of any difficulty, woo! and it was kinda scary; those bolts seem awfully far apart...)
- very little work, much jobhunting, a few phone interviews, applied for unemployment

• 15:26 full no-clothes weekend of toastiness #
• 15:27 also, wondering if anything is afoot for the upcoming holiday weekend, and if we should plan another bbq and backyard movie night #

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• 21:32 fuckity. wtf is up with so many awesome people i know getting cancer... #

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• 16:24 bacon craze has officially peaked -- grey goose now has a tv ad featuring a bacon martini #

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• 16:52 w/in 5 min, 2 ppl tried to change lanes into me on freeway, making me swerve to avoid. wtf, did my car suddenly acquire a cloaking shield? #

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• 11:55 heading out for long anniversary weekend in slo! #

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• 13:32 cannot help giggling whenever encountering the acronym CBT... #

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• 20:49 last 3 eps of pushing daisies finally airing. reminding me how enjoyable the show was and how bummed i am it was cancelled... #
• 20:56 also, glow-in-the-dark 7mm accessory cord! #

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• 00:48 @shacolby we did that once, except we were on the last train... you'd be surprised how much a cab costs from fremont to union city. #

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• 16:20 ooh! via @morleyroarly, the new hotness -- www.empowerthyself.com/tacticalcorsets/ #
• 16:36 @mzsa oh, poor kiddo! *hugs* to all. #

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• 17:18 The Vendor Client relationship -- bit.ly/H9zm6 #

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• 16:28 tell the governator we need to keep our parks open -- www.calparks.org/takeaction/ #

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• 14:46 oh semantics... court upheld prop 8 by saying gay couples can't have "marriage," but reaffirmed right to legal status exactly like marriage. #
• 14:48 bit.ly/TbjLt #

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• 16:46 @promomag twitpic.com/5sniv - where is this? i haven't seen a restaurant with such coloring opportunity in forever... #
• 16:47 letter written to t-mobile asking for proof of authorization #
• 17:29 had a plant that seemed dead, but when i went to toss it the root seemed viable, so i repotted, and it's growing again, woo! #
• 23:46 RT @djpiebob : kind of mesmerizing: bit.ly/EtDQm #

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• 11:36 self-employment results in $ lying around that needs to be saved for taxes... it should be having money babies! where would you put it? #
• 12:01 @bluegabs ha, i haven't thought about seanbaby in forever. wow, i'm still at the top of the reader mail... #
• 12:02 @exkclamation gosh, what a brilliant suggestion! and here i was thinking that my mattress would do... #
• 13:00 ok i am kind of freaked out by how vastly different the savings rates are. how can some places offer >2% while most are barely 1%? #
• 17:38 should i be worried that t-mobile accessed my credit report last year? i've never to my knowledge had any dealings with them... #
• 22:03 @promomag twitpic.com/5qy6v - das blinken lights! #
• 22:16 as a contract tech editor, it's helpful to have a list of terms ready for quick scanning of a new style guide. e.g. email/e-mail/E-mail? #

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• 23:31 huh, sure many ppl don't want to see replies to ppl they don't follow, but why on earth remove perfectly good functionality? *boggle* #

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• 20:26 had a nightmare last night and actually screamed and woke myself up. i never have nightmares; my dreams are usually just extremely weird. #

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• 12:15 i do hope #dollhouse gets a 2nd season. it's starting to get really good, and it has alan tudyk now! #

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• 20:16 @JhonenV technical writer/editor, cantankerous grammarian #
• 20:24 hm, i am acquiring more work. must crack the whip upon myself. #

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