Jasonisms

 Recently, started working for a congressional campaign. I met the candidate through a veteran's issues forum and was soon hired on as a fundraiser to help the campaign reach it's fundraising goals.  During my first week I asked the candidate if he wanted me to reach out to my contacts - was there any sort of publicity (radio, podcasts, written articles) he was steering away from? He said he'd take anything. As the underdog running a grassroots campaign he's looking for all the name representation he can get out there. I also cleared this with the campaign manager. So, I reached out to various progressive and veterans organizations regarding meeting and/or interviewing the candidate. I just heard this was not welcomed by the "comms" team. Gabby, the comms director was upset that I had reached out to organizations she was courting - I'm not sure if she courted them before or after I reached out - but she apparently felt I was encroaching on her turf. I'...

Scrolling through my Google Discovery and noticed the preview image doesn't fit the title of the article at all. Seriously, I doubt the 70s mug shot and belings to the basketball team . Of course, I didn't read the article so I don't really know.  You decide:

It's been a while since I opened up Blogger and made any posts, but that has more to do with me not really having anything to say outside of the political spectrum and, well, that's what I use Twitter for these days.  But, I did take a couple of photos recently and edit them into a surreal eveningscape.  This first one is from a week or two ago: In the foreground we have a local skatepark where the kids hang out from sunrise until well past sunset. Looking south, this storm had just barely clipped us and the light shining through the clouds was truly surreal. I did boost things in Snapseed a tad, but yes, this it what it looked like. This second photo is also of the sunset. Last night I grabbed this with my cell phone while out walking. I treated the image a little more than the above one, but I was looking for a specific feel  to the image and I believe I obtained it.  I like both these images for very different reasons. 

I went for a walk yesterday. It was at a trail I hadn't been to since Superbowl Sunday (2020). Total walk was about 7/8 miles. I didn't GPS it as that hasn't worked well in the past, but according to the signage it was just under 8 miles (under four out and under four back). 

Didn't really do much today. I was asked to come down and get up and running for working on a campaign. It's down to the wire and it's all hands on deck. Which means I probably won't get a chance to go camping before it gets too cold.

Yeah, you read that right. I've had blisters on my feet. Some have been large and painful while others have been small and painful. I noticed I was receiving these larger ones Everytime I wore a new pair of sandals.  So, I'm not wearing the sandals anymore.  This isn't even the largest blister I've had over the past couple of weeks. 

For those of you who have been paying attention, my roommate has been wooing a woman for over a year. I use the term loosely, of course.  He was dating this woman when I met him and moved in and she broke up with him a couple months later citing he was "too nice". I have it on good authority that "too nice" means she has no respect for you when she uses it as a break up term. Naturally, I'm not a woman so I'm going by what a couple of women have told to me.  After about 6 months they began speaking again. First it was conversations on the phone and then it was him driving the hour or so to see her. He even helped her pack up and move out of state when she decided to move back to her parent's place. While she was in North Dakota they spoke almost every night and somehow she was suddenly staying here for a week. Or was it weeks? Not her dog - his First of all, I don't know how the subject was broached. Did he offer our place to her or did she suggest i...