{ Rampenfest }

Rampenfest from jeff schultz on Vimeo.


Oh my funniness! If you have a minute (or 30 if you want to watch the whole thing) check out this short, documentary-style movie. I was seriously silently laughing so hard at my desk at work that I almost keeled over. If you watch it, ask me about it and we'll chat. Enjoy!

{ Chastity Pants }

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After my mentioning that I liked my new jeans (as pictured above) because, among many other reasons, they are so high I don't need to worry about staying modest, one of the owners at my work deemed these my "chastity pants." Silly. Chastity pants... I think I will call them my "too cool for American school" pants. Or my "nod to the high-waisted jeans of the 40s, 70s and 80s" pants. Either way, they are the newest addition to my closet and I am loving them.

{ Havasupai -- BAM! }

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Havasupai is like a big outdoor waterpark only way more awesome and completely, breathtakingly beautiful. My good friend Mr. Matt Nelson had a permit for last week and lucky for me he had an extra spot :) It is seriously like a big outdoor playground down there. You start in Arizona and backpack into the Grand Canyon about 11 miles (at least I think it's 11 miles. It's either 11 or 9) and you find yourself in a red-rock oasis speckled with three grand waterfalls and several series of smaller falls. The week included swimming in crystal clear blue water, rock jumping, basking in the sun, attacking rope swings, hiking through greened-out valleys and exploring waterfall floored, tree-canopied jungles. Man, does it get better than that? I submit it does not! And to top it off, I totally packed out my backpack up the 2-mile switchbacks from the bottom the the canyon to the top when we hiked out. So tough right now. Needless to say, it was a good week.

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The group right before we started our hike in. We began at about 10 pm -- taking the hike in the day changes the nice little walk into a searing-sun death march, so hiking in the dark was a far better idea. We hiked in for about three hours then slept on the side of the trail before hiking the rest of the way in the next morning From left: Matt, Nicki, Cassie, Paul, Rachel, Ryan

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Matt and Cassie crossing the bridge into the village to grab our permit passes in the morning on our final hike in

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First view of Havasu Falls.

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Me and Matt playing around in Havasu Falls after we set up camp and went out to play for the day

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Oh my gosh it was so pretty!

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Rock jumping at Navajo Falls (the second falls we visited)

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Mooney Falls -- it was the most majestic of the falls.

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This is what the decent to Mooney Falls looks like. You wouldn't know it from Cassie's smiling face in the picture above, but it's this super treacherous path that requires you to hang on to safety chains so you don't fall off. We made our way up and down this twice during our adventuring.

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Hiking to Beaver Falls -- me and Cassie split ways from the rest of the group on the hike back through this valley, but I guess the other part of the group saw a rattle snake during their hike. Glad I missed out on that one.

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Beaver Falls from above

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The rest of the group had their packs packed out by mules, so we chilled in the shade after we hiked out waiting for their packs to arrive via mules.

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During the wait for the packs we eventually took refuge in the shade of some cars (we got kicked out of our shady spot on the rock) and I got creative during the 3+ hour wait.

{ Chalk Art Festival }

The other day I was driving in Salt Lake (going to check in on the condo which I am no longer buying, FYI) and I saw a billboard for a chalk art festival at the Gateway mall. "A chalk art festival?!" I said to myself. "Say it aint so!" But it was so. And I enjoyed it last week with Annie. I think there is something to be said for little promenade festivals in outdoor shopping places. They might just be one of my favorite things to do. They're just so quaint and enjoyable to be at. Especially when they involve artists and non-permanent mediums.

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Some cool Andy Warhol copies...

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Me and Indiana Jones

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I loved the black and white dominance in this one with the yellow splash in the background

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Annie and a girl with great detail

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I'm pretty sure this woman was copying a photo of herself. Self-portrait chalk art. Fun.

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My favorite of the selections of the day

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The festivities ended with Annie and I running into and subsequently petting and loving the cutest wiener-dog puppy I have ever seen.

{ Voice Talent }

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Looks like I have a new roll at work. Along with being a graphic designer, I am now the stand in voice talent for CDs we produce when the actual, hired talent doesn't show up. Today I recorded the disclaimer for a CD we are producing. The session included two takes on recording the text, about 7 mess ups, and the studio director informing me that I have a dry mouth (after which he got me some water -- thanks edgar).

{ Skirted muffins -- so cute! }

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Oh my cuteness. Alright -- I was looking at a stock photo site today, and I came across this adorable little idea. Skirted muffin papers! Who thinks of such cute things? So simple, but it adds just the right touch of lovely. I can only imagine how cute they would be on cupcakes. Yellow cake cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles. Or, even better...lemon cumcakes with lemon frosting and large-crystal, yellow sugar on top.