Listomania

I'm a list-maker.  Half of the fun in this trip was making lists in preperation for it.  Packing Lists, To Do Before Washington Lists, Itinerary Lists, etc.  

I'm only half-kidding.

Following are a few new lists of potential interest to you.

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Things I'm Really Glad I Brought with Me to Washington

• Rain boots
• Rain jacket
• Rain pants
• Rain fly for my tent
• Many pairs of socks
• Woven blanket from Mexico
  
  All of these things, directly or not, relate to the wet weather in Washington.  Thankfully I came prepared.

 Very cozy

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Things I Really Wish I Had Brought To Washington That I Didn't

•  Hair conditioner
  
  I brought with me this bar shampoo, JR Liggett's.  On the label it says most people don't need conditioner, so I threw caution to the wind and didn't pack any.  Mistake!  While I find that bar shampoo works surprisingly well to clean my hair, it does not work to detangle it at all.  Major bummer pulling out hair by the clump for two weeks before I crumpled under the pressure of it all and bought some conditioner at the Port Townsend Co-Op.
  
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 Things I Miss

• Showers (the hot kind, in stall or tub form found in many common bathrooms)
• Mexican Food
• My pets
• You!*
  
  *Possibly.  Depending on who you are.

 Oh my god.  I miss Mexcian food so much.  Don't get me wrong -- the food up here is awesome. Jennie, the WWOOF coordinator at Finney Farm is like a gourmet vegan chef.  It's ridiculous.  One night she made gluten-free, vegan thanksgiving dinner and I was nearly in tears over it's deliciousness.  I can't even describe how fantastic it was.
But sometimes all a girl wants are some 99 cent hot carrots from Ortizes, you know?  Or a Rancho's burrito.  Or fajitas from Pokez. Ok I'm stopping now.  But you get the picture.

Shameless Self-Promotion

Last semester I made a short film, Environmental Identity, for my fall senior project. In my film, I interviewed an ex-coworker, Elin Ljung, who shared with me how the environment influenced her identity.  Elin works as the communication coordinator at the Mono Lake Committee, a small, non-profit environmental organization in the Eastern Sierra where I volunteered during the summer of 2008.


After I completed my project I sent Elin and the MLC a copy and they wrote a short article about it on their blog, the Mono-logue (which I highly reccomend for anyone interested in the going-ons in the Eastern Sierra and water politics and usage in California).

Anyways, I'm posting this here because they mention my future plans - including my upcoming WWOOF volunteer experience - in the article.  It was during my volunteer time at the MLC that I first learned about WWOOF from a co-worker and was instantly hooked.

Check out the article on my film here!