Random and Odd

ok. not good. probably bad.

  • yeah…it would happen to me…

    On my first jump out I had a parachute malfunction. I didn’t panic and kicked my way out of it.  Scared the shit out of me though. It was good it happened though, showed me how I do in an emergency situation, but when I saw all those lines crossed, I was like, “NO FUCKING…

  • Things I shouldn’t do before going through AFF…

    1. Call my mother. I talked to her this afternoon and asked her if she was going to come watch me. She went from a normal tone to nearly crying. 2. Get a craving for Captain Morgan. I posted on Facebook that I was going have to sail with the Captain on Saturday night. My…

  • Because you love to watch me run into walls!

    For those of you that don’t have me on Facebook, here is the link to the wind tunnel. My instructor’s favorite part was 1:07.  There is something about watching a friend and fellow sky diver forget he’s not wearing a weight belt and get whipped around the wind tunnel.  When we got out, we were…

  • Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror torn off I ain’t never lookin’ back!

    Spent another 15 minutes in the wind tunnel tonight. Hell of a drive getting there, but well worth it! For those of you counting, that’s the equivalent of 30 sky dives in a ‘learning’ environment. As bad as I felt when I left the first time is how AWESOME I felt walking out of there…

  • Wild at Heart…

    Kara went to each of my sky dives and she would watch the training video.  After the hour introduction she would say, “I want to do it!” You have to be 18 before you can sky dive and she was more than willing to wait. She’s an aries though…and aries want it now, if not…

  • I just do what the Monkey tells me to do…

    Not knowing exactly what to expect, but having actually jumped from a plane, I didn’t think the wind tunnel was going to be that difficult. Oh.How.Wrong.I.Was. Fifteen minutes doesn’t sound that long, but by the 4th round of 2 minute sessions I was nearly in tears.   I was frustrated that I didn’t ‘get it’ the…

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Why I Started My Personal Blog

I started Random and Odd back in 2002 or so because it was all the rage and my mom and sister were perpetually online either playing games or finding recipes.
I decided that I wanted to be able to write what I was going through as a parent and keep them updated on what the girls were saying or doing. It started out just a way for me to vent, rant or laugh about life.
It turned into more when other people outside of my mom and sister started reading it and through the years it was just a place for Stuff Portrait Fridays, meeting other people blogging and making those people friends. It was a place to put down a photo I took that I was proud of and then it was a place to talk about the traveling I was doing. Now it’s just a dumping ground of bullshit that is swirling in my head.

I want to get back to writing, taking photos and traveling and doing a complete redo of R & 0 was needed to document.
Enjoy the minimalist look.

Kristine

Photographer & Writer