The Outdoor Type

Last weekend at Trial Lake was wonderful. Here are the highlights in pictures:-Lemonheads-

Summer In the City: Revisited

Back in June I wrote this post enumerating my lofty plans for the summer... Well It's almost Labor Day and a good time to check in and see how I did.

did it!
still planning on it
didn't (and probably won't) happen

- Alpine Slide
- Bike Wasatch Crest Trail
- Camp in the Unitas
- Visit Bryce Canyon National Park
- Rock Climbing
- Dance Classes at RDT
- Friday Night Flicks
- Swimming & BBQing
- Outlets in Park City
- Deseret News 10K
- Bike up Emigration Canyon to Ruth's Diner for breakfast
- Hike Lake Blanche/Sundial Peak
- Brunch at Emigration Market
- Arts Festival
- Visit the Spiral Jetty
- Hobble Creek Half Marathon
- Raft the Colorado River
- Run Through the Lavendar 5K
- Ryan Adams Concert at Red Butte Garden

When They Really Get To Know You They Will Run

This month I've learned that I have low tolerance for:
poor spelling
yelling
nickelback
lies
gps-dependent individuals

And there will always be room in my life for:
backrubs
flowers
camping
inflatables+water
ray lamontagne

-Pedro the Lion-

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

I finally finished my chairs! I only wish I had taken some before pictures...-Marius, Les Miserables-

Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

It's August and as the Indigo Girls would say, "summer's beginning to give up her fight." The days are slowly fading into earlier sunsets and watercolor memories, but not without hope for the upcoming autumn. Fall is absolutely my favorite season, and with good reason! Even though it's the beginning of an end it's also the beginning of a beginning. Maybe school starts in the fall just to help us forget that the season cycle is hastening to its bitter, cold, gloomy end. (I won't get into my thoughts about schools that start in August... really, summer should last for as long as the pool is open, don't you think?)

Even though I'm working full-time now, I can't seem to escape the structure and excitement that come with a new school year. I don't have to buy notebooks and pencils, but I've decided that I will buy a Holga whether or not I end up taking a class on Toy Cameras. More than likely I'll also be scouring DI for some cool furniture for my upholstery class, and rummaging through local art stores for cheap blocks of clay for my wheel-thrown pottery class. Of course, I might have to miss a class now and then for a BYU football game or an out of town excursion -- San Francisco, New York, Vermont, Southern Utah and Portland are all looking like very likely options.

And everyone had me thinking that grown-up life wasn't going to be as fun...

-Semisonic-

What We Don't Know

People have recently stumbled into my blog by searching for the following terms:
I kinda don't know what to think.
-Aaron Schroeder-

Bad Day

How to make a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day better.-Daniel Powter-

Away and Anywhere

The good news: I spent the weekend in Moab kayaking down a lazy section of the Colorado River.

The bad news: My camera isn't waterproof, so this is the only evidence I have of my trip.-John Frusciante-