Blahg-ing

It’s been almost 6 months since my last post. Egads. But to be fair, I haven’t just withdrawn from my blog.  I pretty much withdrew from everything over the winter and I’ve been a hermit for most of the last 4 months. There have been lots of major life changes over the last year: kids moved in, kids moved out, no work, too much work.  Too many projects and not enough time. And of course the biggie – a grandbaby on the way.

It’s hard for me to even type that. Grand baby? I’m not even 40! I think I’m beyond the shock stage now and diving head first into excited panic.  But I dunno, they’re very similar emotions I think.  I can’t wait! I have so much to tell her, so much to share. I can’t wait to teach her to read! She’s expected to arrive on June 24th but I’m putting my money on July 2nd.  Whenever it is, if I think too long about it, I pee myself from smiling so hard.

But spring is sprung. My funk has fanked.  Veggies are sprouting, flowers are blooming…the ones I’ve started indoors, anyway. This year we have strawberries, asparagus, bush & pole green beans, romaine & butter lettuce,  New Boy tomatoes, broccoli and a variety of herbs.

I’ve yet to see a leaf or even a bud on a tree, but I know it’s just around the corner and all of Alaska will turn green seemingly overnight. The last few days have been in the 50’s and 60’s, even creeping close to 70 with bright, sunny skies and the seedlings are lovin’ it almost as much as I am. Life. It’s back. And just in time.

That’s what my life has become in the last two weeks since her VP nomination has been announced. All Sarah, all the time.

All.

the.

Time.

I’ve even put my ‘day job’ on hold so I can blog and take care of the website and store full-time, and it’s still hard to keep up.

See, I have another blog that I’ve run for a couple of years going back to since Sarah Palin was running for Governor, called Palintology.com.  I started it to blog about my first real hands-on campaign experience while working with Sarah and her team and trying to learn from a woman I admired and always knew would accomplish great, great things.

As one might imagine, things have kinda blown up over there with the recent announcement and there’s been lotsa traffic, lotsa comments (good and bad), tshirt sales (my only income at the moment) and the growing-infamous ‘Trademark Issue’ with Newsweek and their Sept. 15th issue with ‘Palin-tol-ogy’ on their cover.

That’s a whole other issue that I can’t really get into here for obvious legal reasons but let’s just say it’s eating a good chunk of my time. Which in turn pisses me off and then just makes me madder and press on harder.  Mainstream mass media is a thorny issue with me anyway, but now it’s personal and they’re diluting what I’ve worked really hard for the last 17 months. I will not go quietly.

But yeah, Sarah Palin now lives in my house. I can’t get away from her if I try. I’ve got boxes of Sarah Palin tshirts all over my living room, order invoices and legal documents cover my office.  And look, even now, I’m blogging about her while trying to unwind before bed. I tried watching t.v., but she’s there, too.  My phone rings and it’s either a supplier, a media agency looking for Sarah fodder, or even worse, friends that have seen the Newsweek cover congratulating me for something I was never credited for and ultimately does more harm than good. Is it some sort of strange and sadistic irony that the ‘Talking Heads’ come to mind?

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

And you may find yourself blogging for a Republican (wtf?!)

And you may find yourself talking to people from all over the world about a woman who once fed you cookies in her kitchen and is now running for Vice President of the United States of America

And you may find yourself confronting and facing down Newsweek Magazine

And you may ask yourself-well…how the F did I get here?

I’m still trying to figure that out.

Burn After Reading

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Appaloosa