more about crackbook, er…I mean facebook

Well, I’ve been sold. I tried to not do it but it is so easy! I have loved keeping in touch with people, people that I had forgotten about completely, and it is so nice to get caught up – even if it is on the impersonal side. I mean, who wants to plan, make time, and actually meet at a certain time and place? Really, you just want to have a 10 minute conversation with (if that). Then, on the other hand, there are the people that you genuinely want to chat with and eventually make plans to meet up and spend some time together – and that has been fantastic.

I am still having storage issues which is why there are not climbing picture updates. But, hopefully now that I’m not working (and officially abandoned my ethnographic efforts for the time being) I might be able to make more time to do more of this.

Not Completely Sold

One friend insists that Facebook is better than a blog.  She says it’s easier, more user friendly, less work, etc..  Perhaps true – but it’s so different that I’m not entirely sure I would compare the two.  First of all, a blog is about exactly what I want it to be about.  I have total control over it, what is said, what is in it, what pictures are available.  Facebook appears to be a race of how many “friends” you have, how they know each other, who’s been tagged, and who has “hooked up” with whom.  Part of my problem is that there are certain people I do not want to know about – I don’t want to know how they know someone, if/when they’ve “hooked up” with someone…it’s just too much information out there – for everyone to see.  Like a car crash - you can’t stop looking. 

Most people I know are on Facebook, of course, everyone seems to be.  Finally I joined.  Yesterday.  What everyone said would happen did indeed happen - I have been reacquainted with a couple of long lost friends that I am truly very happy to touch base with.  As well, I am enjoying looking at some of their pictures to see what they’ve been up to (without having to make an effort to get together – sounds sad – but it’s true).  There are some cool features that I have not tried out yet – like joining the VIRG climbing network, and I’m a little bit shy about requesting to be “friends” with certain people – because we aren’t really friends – but I am curious.

So, yeah, I’m not entirely sold on Facebook as a replacement for a blog.  For now, it is nice to see people and chat with people – and for that it is brilliant. 

Green buds are here

It’s hard to see the color but the buds on many of the trees in the river valley are green!  Finally!

 

(sunrise today)

  

More Pictures of Skaha

Here are more pictures and there are still lots more to come…

Skaha Bluffs, Penticton, BC.

Skaha Climbing Pics

Here are some pictures of our trip. 

April 6 – 10. Skaha Bluffs. Penticton

 If I EVER get the pictures from last weeekend I can post them!!

 Skaha was beautiful and sunny, plus 20.  Awesome climbing group, tons of fun, lots of laughing, a plethora of debriefing, and no injuries… more to come when I get pictures…

  

Climbing Season Begins

It’s finally happening! Climbing season is here! And, we are headed to a new destination – Penticton - Skaha Bluffs.  There can finally be more blogging about what really matters – climbing - especially when mixed with a little bit of a packing challenge, a road trip, good music and climbers.

The Beauty of Technology

Sitting at the bar, it’s dark, people are dancing, stumbling, drinking, laughing, talking…and at every table there is at least one person slouched back in their chair, wide-eyes staring into the bright screen of their cell phone.

It has happened slowly enough to not notice it happening, but the whole world is captured by it.

I remember the first time my cell phone rang in public – at Ikea, I was horrified. I lowered my head and whispered “I’ll call you back” into my bulky hand-phone.

Movin’ On

More and more my blog has become a little too journal-like for my liking. But for now it will just be like that.

First, there was some truely sad news. Then, there was some news that I thought was equally as sad, but it turns out it is more disappointing than sad. This sad and disappointing news led to a couple of dark days. Thankfully, that’s all done

So, on the bright side:

And just like that…

your luck can change.