{"id":5281,"date":"2011-10-14T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T00:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2011-12-24T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T00:38:02","slug":"administrivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/administrivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrivia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Chameleon by Nerd's Eye View, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nerdseyeview\/6245130752\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5620\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6221\/6245130752_004b9255b9_z.jpg\" alt=\"Chameleon\" width=\"560\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s still a little bit of Africa in my luggage and the shoes I wore for most of that trip are stained red from the Serengeti. I sacrificed two shirts, long sleeved numbers that I&#8217;d bought in Cambodia. I&#8217;ve switched to sweaters and rain boots here in Seattle, even while I&#8217;m looking forward to repacking my summer wardrobe for a trip back to warmer climates in November. And I&#8217;ve been writing, a lot, most of it for other publications. Here&#8217;s a round up of what I&#8217;ve been up to since that long trip back from Zanzibar.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m a regular contributor to Gadling; most recently I wrote a piece about the joys of the <a title=\"Hawaiian Plate Lunch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gadling.com\/2011\/10\/12\/an-ode-to-the-hawaiian-plate-lunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaiian plate lunch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I published a piece on Lonely Planet. It was really fun to write &#8212; it&#8217;s a <a title=\"Twighlight Tourism\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/usa\/pacific-northwest\/washington\/travel-tips-and-articles\/76835\" target=\"_blank\">weird little story where not much happens<\/a>. I loved working with the editor there and I&#8217;m penciled in to do a bit more work later this year. It&#8217;s all on spec for now, but I feel good about how it went and optimistic about future work.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m in edits with a fancy print magazine. I pretty much can&#8217;t wait to tell you about this piece, and yet, I&#8217;m going to have to. It&#8217;s just one story, but what a thrill to get to write it.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve signed a contract with a new website, another one I can&#8217;t wait to tell you about. I get to do something super excellent for them and while yes, there&#8217;s editorial oversight, there&#8217;s also a lot of me getting to do my thing, whatever that is. Stand by.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m still writing gear reviews weekly at <a title=\"Practical Travel Gear\" href=\"http:\/\/practicaltravelgear.com\/author\/pam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Practical Travel Gear<\/a>. I field test everything, I wear it, wash it, get it dirty, drag it around the planet, you know the drill. I have opinions on gear now, that&#8217;s for sure.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m wrapping up the details on a trip to the islands. I&#8217;ll be attending <a title=\"Music Camp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.konaweb.com\/keoki\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keoki Kahumoku&#8217;s Hawaiian music camp<\/a> in Pahala on the Big Island. All uke, all the time, for one week. Then, if it all comes together, J will join me for a few days of R&amp;R on Maui.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m hard at work on<a title=\"Passports with Purpose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.passportswithpurpose.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Passports with Purpose<\/a> for 2011. This year we&#8217;re funding the literacy program Room to Read with a goal of building a couple of libraries. You want to be a part of this, it&#8217;s an amazing thing. We&#8217;re in our fourth year and we&#8217;re currently wading through the application process to make PwP a non-profit organization.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m writing pitch letters to travel publications. Having that one fancy print piece fall into my lap was nice (thanks, <a title=\"Where's Andrew\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/wheres-andrew\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew<\/a>, you&#8217;re the <em>best<\/em>) but it&#8217;s not always going to happen that way. My writing doesn&#8217;t suck, I should try to get more of it out there.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m <em>not<\/em> posting for <a title=\"TravelWild\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelwild.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">TravelWild<\/a> anymore, but actually, this delights me. The reason I&#8217;m not posting there is that they&#8217;ve taken it over themselves. This was my hope for this project, that I would revive the blog and then, they&#8217;d give it the love it deserves in house. My goal was to make myself pretty much obsolete, and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened. It&#8217;s good news, really good news.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m looking for tech projects. I have plenty of writing work, as you can see, but it&#8217;s not bringing in the kind of bank I need to pay the bills. I&#8217;m on the hunt for a part time tech gig, 20 hours a week would suit me just fine. My favorite client is in a contractor hiring freeze, so I&#8217;m casting my net a bit wider. Send leads.<\/li>\n<li>I went to Tahoe, California for one of my best friends&#8217; wedding. I&#8217;m not a big fan of weddings, read into that what you will. But I loved being there, even though I was still kind of jet-lagged and just plain worn out from my trip. Congrats, you two, I adore you both.<\/li>\n<li>The Eugene parental unit paid us a visit and we toured Seattle&#8217;s International District. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve spent time poking around that part of the city; I&#8217;d forgotten how much I enjoyed it. We took the tour at the <a title=\"Pictures from Wing Luke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/seattles-international-district-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wing Luke Museum<\/a>; that was great, I recommend it.<\/li>\n<li>On deck? Trying to coordinate with the brothers on a visit to see my dad in Tucson. An off season trip to British Columbia, perhaps. An overnight at <a title=\"Skamania Lodge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skamania.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skamania Lodge<\/a> down near Hood River, Oregon. And an audition with a ukulele based 80s cover band. Yeah, you read that right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Life is good. And that picture?\u00a0 I&#8217;m holding a chameleon in Lushoto, Tanzania. Because that&#8217;s how I roll. Chameleons? SO CUTE! And so CRABBY! I love that!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;padding: 2px\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8%2F9hAAAB30lEQVQ4EZVTSy8DURT%2BZjpm6GhL0pKQphYeCZF4hIVEWLDowsaCxMJC8AP8AMI%2FsBQWFhKPxMpGbIgFK6vWe0WoRVOPPihth3vmTm%2FTUuEs7r3zzfnO950zdySw6Nz6%2FKT9v3EyIknSX8idHiZSBRzcA1fP%2BTK%2FFiDiXBdQo%2BdI%2Fp00wklFALI4FRxm2oCl%2FnwypXS7E8gYGZH9YwFSHWvgOUehd0zsPYJ2CqcqI5lK8pdszXmxICIP1fGHueMXLAcS0BQNTW4bemqAu1gGhmElsy2vAKkWkl12F3RNR2UpJwUjKSisYDZEC44SYKqFw2SXlLNkQvuZ%2Bn3cwFkkzYppkCWeKwqQMhWhWAly26RMQV%2BhsQLYvXmHqqgwIMOwbo5ooa%2FWzDUXFxuUXmp5ZgjNhWLjIg67Wo50sRnwNGC%2Bx4mnwxQ%2BmMp0M7tEHjY8Zv%2BU9V%2FtUmG5N9OFg1CCJxJKn2p1IDcowm6jbHiygnaPzXRw%2FgRQF2IG69dAlCSLhNehYKpVx2Iv4PcBUuEQ6Y5P7mdMm1Qj%2BmFg8%2BoVg9thE%2FM6bBiu1zC%2B94a1ixSyv5%2B0cDmaJxtP6jh%2FaADtii0Nt%2BMR3sqQwJxlMXT4AswBp5lGCosU6eIbPNu0KX0BMmqe8Db%2Bbr8AAAAASUVORK5CYII%3D\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s still a little bit of Africa in my luggage and the shoes I wore for most of that trip are stained red from the Serengeti. I sacrificed two shirts, long sleeved numbers that I&#8217;d bought in Cambodia. I&#8217;ve switched to sweaters and rain boots here in Seattle, even while I&#8217;m looking forward to repacking &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Administrivia\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/14\/administrivia\/#more-5281\" aria-label=\"Read more about Administrivia\"><br \/>&#8230;read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administrivia","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5621,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions\/5621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}