The Adventure Continues

So my interviews are over!! yippee! Jon and I traveled over to Corvallis on Monday for the second half of a 2 day interview process for the faculty position with OSU extension. IT was exhausting, preparing a lesson for the two days, putting together a portfolio, and talking to people about my skills-experience-programing etc...

Phew, I should find out soon, but I'm hopeful. This past weekend we got a bunch of friends together to volunteer to cut some firewood for a family that had run out. It took WAY longer than we anticipated but it was fun. Our friends took a bunch of photos and you will see them soon.

SO while Jamie was contributing to society, I was busy soaking up government spending. Thanks to the gov I bring home the big bucks on unemployment. There is rumor that last week could have been the last week Of unemployment. Time will show what happens however...

So Jamie aced her interview in academia, and I rambled here and there. My own two feet stood at the shore of the mighty pacific ocean where the renown James Cook made the first landfall in 1977 to the remote and ruggedly handsome coast we know as the Pacific North West. His voyage sparked Thomas Jefferson to become interested and later pursue the Louisiana Purchase and set Louis and Clark on there fated mission. (Yup, the same blood James Cook coddled will flow in the veins of our offspring [Jamie is related to James Cook] ).



Newport Oregon was where this all went down. Meanwhile... I came back to "reality" and plucked Jamie out of academia and drove her across the mountains back home to Bend. In the subsequent hours (on Thursday) I journeyed to the Rogue River and sought out monsters. Monsters you say? Say nay no longer! Monsters indeed. Steelhead Trout, the under-recognized and just as ominous a foe as their more famous cousin, the salmon.



Some people consider Steelhead the only true fish and everything else garbage. It is just what i hear... meanwhile I had in connection one of these ferocious monsters. very strong and large. unfortunately it lasted all of 10 or less seconds. enough time to see her jump and thrash the river to pieces. My buddy who I went with fought one for an honest 20 minutes or so before the line broke. I did hook into 3 fish but nuthin' to show for 'em but a smile.

Meanwhile... Valentines day was good. Happy belated V-day to our readers. speaking of readers, if you the reader made it through this one that my hats off to you. thank you thanks. be of good cheer, this is the end of the post. seriously the end

thanks one and all





sorry i couldn't get the sound to work - anyone have any ideas?

and by the way... meanwhile the vote came in:

People would rather eat gas station hot dogs then explode in 25 years than have a permafart or have the YMCA song suck in your head forever and ever.

interesting because one would think that if you ate only gas station hot dogs you might explode sooner that 25 years.... thought by Zac Fitch

interesting....

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