Me...Famous!?

Look, there's me in the Washington Trails magazine!

For being so camera shy I am definitely getting my share of stardom lately!

A couple weeks ago I was approached by our marketing department at work and asked if I would be willing to make a short commercial talking about one of our products. I was so nervous, I’ve never been in a video before! Knowing it would be short and on our website I decided to take the plunge and try something outside of my comfort zone. I came in early and 2 of our great marketing guys made me feel like a star with all the lights and cameras. Unfortunately the audio didn’t work correctly (probably because I kept messing with the microphone and unplugged it a few times…I was nervous!) so we had to reshoot it later that day. The video is now edited and up on our website at www.kitsapcu.org under Gold Checking. I think I look like a goober, but maybe that’s just how I am all the time anyways! ;)

Washington Trails Association is a great organization and resource that I absolutely love and utilize for literally every hike I go on. My friend Kelsie has started volunteering for them, writing and submitting pictures. Not long ago she told me she submitted some pictures to the editor, one of which was a picture of me geocaching. The editor showed interest in the pictures as they were doing a geocaching article in the upcoming (July) issue of their magazine Washington Trails. Kelsie got word that they would in fact be using a picture of me in the article…ME! The picture was taken when Kelsie, Ken and myself went out to the coast and participated in the Annual Coastal Cleanup. We stayed and Sand Point and spend our 3 day weekend picking up trash along the coastline and on the way home we stopped for geocaches, like always. The picture probably looks like we are out in the middle of the woods but really we were at a campground/park overlooking the Straight of Juan de Fuca. I have yet to get the magazine myself and read the article, but a trip to REI soon will fix that and I will probably get a couple copies just so I can give it to my parents too. I’m so excited to not only have my picture in a magazine…but in one that I genuinely enjoy!

My third claim to fame at this time is pretty much just the same as above. Not only am do I have a pic in their magazine, but on WTA’s website that picture is posted again! On their main page it is the picture used as the link to an article about geocaching, then when you click on it…BAM there I am! It doesn’t say it’s me…but we know. ;) Check out http://www.wta.org/

I promise not to let this all go to my head. If you want an autograph just let me know. Haha. I’m totally kidding, really I am, but I do think it’s pretty neat that this has happened. Also, keep an eye out for Kelsie’s work with WTA. It’s even more fun knowing who is actually writing and taking these pictures.

I'm not sure how to post a copy of the video or pictures on here yet...but check out the sites if you want to see them.