Hello There Colorado

Wouldn't you know it, I'm not in Washington anymore! For two weeks now I've been in the great and mystical land of Colorado! I don't know what makes it mystical...but it certainly is great. I'm only one person mind you, but I'm really liking my stay here.

What I'm I doing in Colorado? Learning about publishing, of course! I'm part of this great program, and I'm learning a great deal. But even with all this learning, I still make time for adventure (Ah, adventure!).

This past weekend, I went up to the mountains with my friend Breanna. We stayed at her family cabin. Our activities included shopping, swimming, hiking, watching movies, taking footage for our latest video, and stuffing our faces will all sorts of goodness. We also made a random stop at Buffalo Bill's grave.

Through our fun times, we took tons of pictures. I believe my picture count was something like 247. I was in a picture taking mood. After all, I have to document my stay here, don't I? The correct answer is yes.

On the note of stuffing our faces, if you've never had a roasted starburst, you must try one! Sounds weird perhaps, but it is worth it. Breanna and I cooked them over the stove as we were too lazy to make a fire and we didn't want to smell like smoke. Yeah, I know we're lame.

You know what else was exciting? I saw some moosen in the woodsen! Well, first I couldn't resist getting a picture with this giant stuffed animal moose, and then I saw the real moose, but thought it was probably best that I didn't get to close and have a raging moose charge me. Plus, one of the moose we saw had some baby moosens, so definitely didn't want to get too close to her.

So my experience with Colorado has been a good one thus far, and I'm pretty sure it will stay that way. It's beautiful here. It's been really stormy in the evenings lately, so I've been able to enjoy lots of thunder and lightning. Pretty darn cool.

One last thing. Last Thursday, I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter. For those of you who haven't seen it yet, what is wrong with you? Get off your butt and go see it! It's the epic closing for crying out loud! Yes, I'm being a little dramatic. Only a little...

In all seriousness, I really enjoyed the movie. I was a little concerned at the beginning that I'd hyped myself up so much that I was going to be disappointed. But in the end, I was pleased with the outcome. May I just say props to Alan Rickman? His performance was amazing, as was everyone's, but man he was great during those memory sequences! I just loved that whole bit. That and the final epic one on one battle between Harry and Voldemort. Awesome! That's my two cents. I could go on and on about it, but I think I'll stop here for now. Go see it!