Cheep story-time EARTH
[Prologue: So this is the story I wanted to tell tonight at Story Story Night. I left a few crucial things out in the live telling, but that's the nature of the beast. But, from what I've learned, the journey is the destination, anyway. So spin it however you want. I have abbreviated names to … Read more
The epic Rockies’ dress + lightsaber duel
My industry, which is advertising (I am an independent copywriter), holds one epic, no-holds-barred awards show every year. Called the Rockies, the event serves as Idaho’s first stage in the national Addy competition, and also as a forum for the 350+ ad peeps in the state to get completely blotto en masse in as little … Read more
Story-time: Cezanne in Russia
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I’m a story addict. Seriously. I dope myself up on the stuff until I just can’t take anymore and then I take some more. I especially like when people read stories aloud. I listen to David Sedaris and Anthony Bourdain (my current out-loud favorites) books on tape over and over and over again until their … Read more
Cheep relaunch
Welcome back to a new Cheep. I decided to start fresh, for a few reasons. First, the short and realistic one: This blog is now on WordPress, because my former Cheep site, hosted by Typepad, was beginning to show some fugly cracks. I will migrate the best posts over from the old hag, but this … Read more
Cheep backgrounder
Starting a public-facing blog begs self-examination. I think things like, “Seriously, who do you think you are? What do you know about any of this stuff? You think you’re a simulacrum of Tim Gunn and Padma Lakshmi and Anthony Bourdain and those Brits from Changing Rooms (the much better BBC precursor to Trading Spaces. And … Read more
