ATC2011 (All Trails Challenge) in Support of Portland's Forest Park Conservancy

Following the lead of delerium3 (from whom I found out about it), I've decided to take this challenge. I'm gonna walk/hike/bike all 80 miles of Forest Park's trails over the next 6 months to support the Forest Park Conservatory. If you'd care to and can support this worthy cause, just click here & do your thing. If not, that's totally cool, too. (No pressure/no obligation :-)

There's info available at the links above, but here's a bit more if you're interested.

Heh. I've been seeking a way to light a fire under my feet and get out and walk more. Guess I've found one!

Today delerium3 & I went on a pre-ATC hike out at Powell Butte Park since it was near the DEQ where I needed to smog 'n' register my car. Tomorrow we'll start the ATC in earnest, hitting Forest Park in the a.m. and starting from the beginning. I don't imagine I (or we) will do it all in order, but it's a nice way to start anyway. :-)

Rainbow Carnage & Cherry Poppin' Fun

This evening I dabbled in some of my all-time favorite hobbies: pushing envelopes, stirring pots, exposing people to new things aka cherry popping, and watching reactions. I took LJ-free James to experience the Bagdad Theatre's Annual Hedwig & The Angry InchSing-A-Long.

He'd not seen it before and knew nada about it. Although he had seen Rocky Horror twice before, he neither appreciate nor liked it. He's a somewhat straight-laced local (WA) boy with longings for sophistication. Furthermore, he generally doesn't like musicals.

I said I'd buy his ticket and he/we could leave whenever. It unnerved him, even as it yet intrigued him. I spent much of the film watching his reactions (and singing along). Afterward, he declared it a far better film than Rocky Horror. His take on it was...interesting. He missed (as in didn't quite "get") chunks of it, but we were in the 3rd row, it was his first time, folks were singing along, and the film started after a costume contest which made little sense to him since he knew nothing 'bout the film/concept/conceit. I had a GREAT time!

I am pleased.