Break a Leg

Posted late due to Vlad's birthday blog to me, which, due to it being nice AND about me, I had to keep up a bit longer.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Jenday....

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I'm sorry to the three people that read my blog that I didn't get one up last week.  I have many fantastic excuses and even more really poor ones.  I'll address some of them now.

1.) The Thank You  Video: I got an email from Justin last Jenday while I was at work asking if we could shoot some stuff for the video that night, so I was preoccupied with that, as well as being busy at work.  And now you may ask yourself: "But Jennifer, shouldn't you write your blog the night before like Jimmy does so that it will be ready to go when I log on first thing in the morning to see new content?"  To which I answer: SOME people like to be prepared and plan ahead.  Personally, I prefer the organic experience of writing the Jenday blog ON Jenday.  It's like...when you read it, I've just written it, so you're closer to my mind state at the time.  Or I could say: I'll write it when I'm goddamn good and ready!  Or I could say: I was busy playing WoW and I forgot and now I'm bored at work so here's some tripe.  Anyway, the blog slipped my mind.

2.) WAR!!! I'm sure you're all bored of hearing the tales I spin of going camping in pirate garb.  Anyway, I'm going to another one of these events and I think we have the largest group of people going ever...which is about 30.  Usually it's about half that number.  With that many people we've been trying to get things organized well in advance so there will be as few logistical problems as possible when we get there.  As one of the crew veterans and one of the people that captain trusts (for some odd reason) I've had a bit more responsibility thrust upon me, which has distracted me from other things, like the blog.  Any way, the blog slipped my mind.

3.) Red Tape: I got a speeding ticket a couple months ago and about that time my registration was suspended because I didn't have proof of insurance when I got pulled over.  I HAVE insurance, I just didn't have the card with me.  So I've been spending a lot of mental energy and time on getting a hold of my insurance card, finding out how not to pay the Sonoma County Court $1000, getting my registration updated which required a Smog Check though I got the car from my grandfather and apparently there was something funky about the pipes and I had to take the car to this one guy that my aunt has known since high school to get the test done but he doesn't do that anymore so he gave me the number of the guy HE takes his car too and I had to take a half hour off work which changed into an hour because the test took longer than expected...Anyway, the blog slipped my mind.

By the way, did you know that if you get a speeding ticket and you opt to go to traffic school to keep the point off your record you can now do it online?  I signed up for this one course that I can work on whenever I want.  I just have to get 100% on each test, they mail me a thing, and I send it to the courthouse, and I'm done.  No fuss, no muss.  I just have to finish it before December 18th which is super easy, so less stress for me, which is good.

So, despite that whole thing I said earlier about the organic process and sharing a moment with you, my reader, I'm writing this on Monday because by Jenday I will be far, far from civilization.  That's right:  I'm going to Bakersfield.  Well, near Bakersfield.  Taft, actually.  It's still the middle of nowhere...or rather, just to the left of the middle of nowhere.  And I will be in pirate garb with a horn full of ale surrounded by women in corsets.  I tell you: it's a grand life.

So, enjoy the Thank You Video, which is one of the raddest things the BaL crew has ever done, and I'll see you all next week.

Happy Jenday!