Missoula Multi-Gun Match

UPDATE: Bill won second place out of 34 shooters.

I spent yesterday at a shooting range in Missoula, Montana watching Lisa’s uncle Bill compete. The match had five different stages and required skill with the pistol, rifle and shotgun. Though I’ve spent some time at ranges, I’ve never been to a shooting competition before. It made [...]

My first Hoopfest

I went to Hoopfest this morning. I wanted to see what all the hoopla was about. I stayed just long enough to watch one of Lisa’s cousins in his first game and for a quick walk around Riverpoint park. Then the crowds and heat began intensifying and it was time to go.
More pictures and details below.

It’s the small triumphs with technology that sustain me.

I struggle with technology, though I’m sure this comes as little surprise. This lack of skill and experience is why I accidentally hung up on several people today while on the job. There are just too many buttons on phones. I kept forgetting to put people on hold, so I dropped the line when I [...]

Belated Father’s Day post

I talk too much, especially when I finally become comfortable around people. More disturbing to me, however, is how more specifically, I talk about my father too much. I’m not exactly sure why I seem to talk about  my parent so much more than others talk about their parents, but so it has been since [...]

Not my usual roommates

Since I blogged about last summer, I guess it makes sense to say a little bit more about this summer. There was no way I was going to be able to afford summer rent because my internship is unpaid, so I’m doing what any reasonable college student would do. I’m mooching off friends who hooked [...]

A brief return to last summer

I’m slightly concerned about my return to blogging. It’s been hardly half a week and I’m already drawing blanks. I would like to blog about the first day of my internship, but I’m not entirely sure that’s a wise decision. I’ll ask about it tomorrow.
Until then, I did find the following little gem in my [...]

Tweet Tweet

It looks like my internship in a congresswoman’s district office this summer will consist largely of office work. Luckily, I take a strange kind of enjoyment in answering calls and connecting people with information they seek. I hope a summer of doing just that won’t strip the joy away. I just had orientation today. I [...]

Kitties!*

I arrived in Spokane today. For the first time in more than a month, I have a decent internet connection. I know, whine, whine, whine. But it really does make a big difference. While I was home without internet, one very pregnant cat gave birth to seven kittens. Minnie is one of our two indoor cats [...]

To Going Places

My car Francis hit 250,000 miles when I was driving back from Olympia with Emily today. I’ve been staying at home for the past month or so, but I am leaving for Spokane tomorrow. I’ve been watching the numbers on my dashboard get closer and closer to this milestone for a while now. No real [...]