http://beyondmetamora.net Cross your fingers. Let's go. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:55:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know that moment when you're playing Jenga, when the tower is getting kind of tilty, and you just placed another brick on the top of the stack, and you think it was a solid play, but now you're holding your breath to see if the tower will collapse and ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/599.html Still finding it rather tough to focus on writing anything right now. Work is tough but doable, so long as I shut out everything else on the days that I'm working and focus entirely on getting through the day. On my days off, I have a hard time being sociable. ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/592.html The latest, briefly: I accepted a temp position at Nature's Path, an organic cereal factory up in Blaine WA. They work 12-hour shifts at that company (one of the reasons I decided not to apply towards an open permanent position; I'll write more on that soon). Consequently, this upcoming weekend ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/590.html (quick update: I'm now back in Bellingham, by the way. [That] did happen.) The best part about turning 30 in a couple weeks is that I get to make a new, only-second-ever Five-Year Plan. It also means I can officially end my first 5-year plan, finally-- made on the 15th of December ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/577.html The first real gusts of winter blew into Southern Oregon on Thursday afternoon. On Friday I bundled up in four layers of wool & astronaut fabric, dusted the snow off my bike, and wheeled down the valley into town. Still no van. The interview at Mountain Rose Herbs in Eugene ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/570.html Wow, hey, so. I try to post an update here every month. I didn't have much of a proper update in August, nothing in September, and now I seem to be running out of October. The last couple months have been very work-in-progress. Generally I dislike talking about works-in-progress; rather, I've ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/552.html Hi folks, There was still a bit too much snow up in the Mt Baker National Forest, so a couple days ago I took the Amtrak over Stevens Pass to Leavenworth WA, where it's hot and dry. I'm at the Leavenworth Library right now, but right after I post this I'll ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/549.html I think later I'm going to be kicking myself for not writing more entries this month. I'm now D+26-- with D+0 being July 1st, the day I moved out of Bellingham and began living out of my backpack-- and the memorable things are already piling up. Spent a weekend touring ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/543.html Hey all, just a very quick update on what's goin' on: Our final move-out inspection from our house ("the Satellite of Love" on Maryland St) is set for Wednesday of this week. My backpacking trip officially begins in four days(!), on Friday. I'm ready for it all, but my housemates aren't ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/532.html Unexpected benefit of putting together your own hiking gear list: You will learn the metric system. Because trying to add up a column of Imperial weights or volumes will make any rational person want to stab all of Britain. For instance: I have a 1L Nalgene water bottle and a 3L ... http://beyondmetamora.net/blog/496.html