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-late and dangerous season
-high avalanche risk
-one gondola crash and one lift crash in whistler
-economy crash in the midst of the season
-2 snowboarders dead in whistlerblackcomb from avalanches
-2 skiers dead in whis/black from hitting rocks
-Maris Jose Fortin dead after being stranded outside of Kicking Horse for 10 days
-Eight snomobilers dead in Fernie BC
-Riley Poor of Poorboyz productions severely injured after crash in January
-Travis Steeger, hit and killed by a car on his 19th Birthday in Fernie, BC.
three days of teenagers and drugs (and some skiing). All i can say is that it feels good to be sober.
it's definitely been a while. and in all honesty, not much has changed. it seems my will to look to other things to do while doing anything useful has only increased (i have furthered my addiction to the machine i sit at now) there have, however, been some optimistic moments as of late in my academic career. And because of this, school hasn't completely taken the life out of me. Skiing is a distraction now, because of the lack of snow depleting my stoke level, my mind drifts to useless things, 'Is my tall tee sticking out', 'are these skis to soft?', all in all these things aren't worth the effort to change. i like to ski park, but to get my energy going towards that i need a little something called pow. And at the moment the PNW is lacking a bit of it. I'm staying in whistler with some good friends, however i can't help but feel like i've wasted an opportunity when we leave the village before 9, and go home to sleep. Once in a while, i don't mind wandering aimlessly and calling people for stuff to do. While we were in the village we saw gran torino- go see it- the shit's good. Clint east wood stomps the shit out of his role, and the cast is very well chosen. To me it's rare to see a movie where i'm into it because someone is badass, but can feel the connection, and feel sorrow in the lower times of the movie. I have no clue if that makes any sense. See it. It's also pretty damn funny.
Despite only having one follower (thanks jade) i'm going to keep this going for my own boredoms sake.
Tomorrow is November 11, also known as remembrance day, i don't take remembrance day to seriously, i just see it as a time to reflect, to look back and think "shit, am i lucky."
i get worried about my homework, yet if i was born 80 or so years ago i could be worrying about dying. This brings me to what got me in photo class today, of course the school doesn't care enough to give an assembly, and they give an announcement and a few stories about the war, and then play a song. Good job, really- is it to much effort to do something that will actually catch kids attention? Bring a veteran in, ask him/her to tell some stories, and turn some heads. While we have our moment of silence, it's just not enough to do it for some kids. Instead of at least being respectful, they giggle, they play with scissors and make confetti and laugh out loud at it. When people shoot them dirty looks, they respond with laughs, as is people take themselves to seriously. NO - people are thankful, people are smart- not like you, you lack every ounce of possible sympathy or thanks that our veterans deserve, so - my respect goes to the ones who fought, and my lack of respect goes to you.
Another thing that can't leave my mind is that all our thoughts seem to go to wars in the past, such as the second world war. "Never Again" is what they said, really?. It looks like the world may have forgotten that, namely America, one of the countries that takes remembrance day more seriously than a lot of other countries, that is also breaking international law with it's current foreign policy in Iraq. This makes me sick.
On the lighter side- check out this band called Beirut - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfAmkKRcFU&feature=related - good stuff, it's like David Byrne doing indy folk.
Young Caucasian Male. That's probably the only facts I can get straight about myself. I go to school, I learn in a different way than most, in the sense that i can't mindlessely regurgitate facts like the majority of kids do on a daily basis at my school. I'm better at subjects that i like, because my mind tends to figure that that's the stuff worth remembering. I think I'm a very honest person, i think that's my best virtue. other than that i tend to sympathise with people, and feel bad about things more than most. I love music, i love exercise, it makes me happy, running, fruitbooting, climbing, biking, skiing, it's all good. Skiing especially, skiing is probably what goes through my head more than anything else, simply put- it's just really fun. But it goes beyond that, it's a lifestyle, it's a way to be original, it's a mindstate. It's really fun though, really- you should try it.
My apologies for the suggestive title. This is my first blog. Rather, my first experience of using the internet to express myself. I guess the largest contributing reason to me starting this is a friend of mine at school, and though i don't read her blog a lot, i have been influenced by her to start this. I started this for several reasons, one is because i wanted a productive way to spend my time on the computer, instead of mindlessely watching videos and creeping facebook. I also wanted a way to vent, to express myself, and possibly improve my writing. I want to write about everything, myself, the world, music i like, and skiing. In time i think this might turn into a video blog, as i gain perspective on how to work the internet. Thanks for reading.
In the midst of Polish Sweet stores and Karaoke shops an elderly man enjoys his still down Fraser Street. The large amount of color in this photo is given by the blossoming cherry tree.
