the good news i have coincides with why i haven’t been blogging as much in the past week. for one, my red-ringed xbox has returned from it’s vacation to service-land, looking healthy and green-ringed once more. this has mostly resulted in nightly sessions of good old worms, a classic i used to play in high school and am really enjoying again in its sexy HD version.

also, i’ve been busy on some really fun stuff at work, so with longer hours and lots to do, i’ve had less time to troll around for interesting things to talk about or too spent to have adventures at the end of the day. i’m really happy about work (and got my first promotion-loaded paycheck last week… SCORE), so that’s only bad news if your eyes are glued to this blog for updates. i’ll be better, honest.

most importantly, we returned safely from a weekend camping trip to joshua tree without anyone getting killed on the giant rocks we scrambled to the top of over two days in the desert. the weather was beautifully mild springtime desert perfection, and getting out of LA to gorgeous nature places really made it feel like a long break from the work week. so now i’m back happy, suntanned, and only mildly sore and scratched up from the climbing.

i really wish i had pictures to show the cool rock formations we made it to the top of — not just to scare my mother into saying ‘you went all the way up there? — but alas, all cameras were left back at camp to avoid getting smashed. this girl’s flickr photo should give you some idea of how badass we are though. not ‘ropes and handholds up a vertical face’ badass, but ‘hopping and climbing up the longer, less steep way’ badass at least, which i bet is still more badass than what you did this weekend, so just shut up why don’t you.