To fill you in on my life this week here goes:
Monday: Finally resumed 3hrs of meetings on mondays because other engineers are back in the office, so naturally Monday came and went without too much sweetness to report.
Tuesday: Lots of parts for skis being made at work, I burned a hole in the vacuum table for cutting cores and metal, got shit for this from co-workers and explained its because i'm so much more efficient that I light the machine on fire. No fire extinguisher necessary, just a mini bucket of water. Tuesday night little park session at central, rails are comin along there and i'm still very bad at half-pipe, i'll fill you all in on my progress assuming I make any. If anything else this serves as a log to how i'm not progressing.
Weds: Still making parts, no real cool things going on at work. Skiing afterwards with different posse, this work/skiing schedule is really cool and I think i'll take a night off thursday.
Thurs: Didnt bring ski stuff to work but turns out I like going. Quick trip home around 6pm then off to the mtns for a park session till 10:30, moderate improvement in half pipe, still skiing like a girl.
Fri: scheduled for city race league at alpental, then hopefully i can go to a ride park. This will be my inaugural race with the city league work team this week, hopefully I dont disappoint, I'll be racing on next years Line Blends, a nice little twin tip against all the other GS skis.
Sat: off to Cabo, going to be an amazing trip coming back the following sat, You probably wont get any blog postings, and in fact most the people reading this will be in cabo with me, Jeff/Jordy you'll just have to imagine how crappy it'll be down there, probably not even 90degrees.
A pair of my shoes fell apart yesterday, so now i'm wearing pair number 2, which isnt nearly as exciting as pair #1 now blown apart. Also, I think i've exhausted my chipotle gift card I received for christmas, this has been a true lifesaver up here and i'm sad to see it go. Turns out I've been too spendy with the chips and guac. Anyways its midnight, early drive to the airport for my roommate tomorrow, some working then some skiin, then Mexico for a week, then hopefully more skiing. ok, that is all, time for bed.
Lastly for Jordy, I am not responsible for your cute heart shaped whisk appearance, although I wish I had been involved somehow.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
2 month summary
Well its been a while, Jordy this ones for you, as I assume everyone else has given up on my correspondence. Anyways, today will be a pictoral summary of the last 2 months of my life, a brief snapshot into the hectic life i've been living.
December 07-
Christmas was spent at home, seeing most my friends and family as well as skiing a little bit.
-Japan Job
In addition to friends we had some
family time, and lots of dogs.
Christmas was great, family didnt get as many pictures as dogs but thats expected, then back to seattle I came for some snow.
Its been a fairly ridiculous winter, most mountains have a 150"+ base and about a foot falls every day, I've had more powder days here this year than I have in my life, and the snow is terrible so anyone out there should stay skiing elsewhere, keep the crowds down here, but do come visit, just to see what your missing. Rodine, I suspect after a weekend here you'll decide your ready to leave Cali in about 4years, maybe sooner.
Shortly after getting back here it was time for work, so our dept spent 3days skiing at Crystal, some pictures below of our adventures.
This picture is the snow we skied everyday, i've never had such consistently good runs as I did that trip. The picture to the right is Eben eating a squirrel, this in itself is a story that will hopefully follow in a future posting.
After this come NFL postseason, some of my friends have seasontickets and I was lucky enough to be invited to the playoff game.
Thats Me, Kono, Rich, Nick, Casey and Katie, super Seahawks fans and fun people in general.
After football came well some more skiing, and of course work. We've been prototyping, Dale made the first pair of skis out of Seattle.
Dales been at this since high school and it shows. Last week I had the honor to have dinner with he and his wife, Sandy. Sandy knitted me the greatest ski hat in the world, complete with decorative ball atop, with sweaters to follow. Dales knowledge in ski making is vast, seeing every pair of skis prototyped and often produced since well before I was born, its actually an honor to have him teach me.
After work comes, well more skiing. Last week Alpental got about 4' of snow, the roads were closed all week and when it finally opened I was there, in its full glory. Skiing 30" untouched with a soft layer below was the payoff to a delayed start to work that day. Here I am, wearing the hat Sandy Gimblett knitted me
Theres actually been a lot more than just that in my life, but this all the time i've got to write today. I wont take 2 months to post the next one, jordy keep up the good work on yours, much appreciated.
Just a final picture - these are the lines we skied last weekend, we were at the big rockface on the right, didnt have the clear skies or visibility needed to go higher.
December 07-
Christmas was spent at home, seeing most my friends and family as well as skiing a little bit.-Japan Job
In addition to friends we had some
family time, and lots of dogs.
Christmas was great, family didnt get as many pictures as dogs but thats expected, then back to seattle I came for some snow.
Its been a fairly ridiculous winter, most mountains have a 150"+ base and about a foot falls every day, I've had more powder days here this year than I have in my life, and the snow is terrible so anyone out there should stay skiing elsewhere, keep the crowds down here, but do come visit, just to see what your missing. Rodine, I suspect after a weekend here you'll decide your ready to leave Cali in about 4years, maybe sooner.
Shortly after getting back here it was time for work, so our dept spent 3days skiing at Crystal, some pictures below of our adventures.
This picture is the snow we skied everyday, i've never had such consistently good runs as I did that trip. The picture to the right is Eben eating a squirrel, this in itself is a story that will hopefully follow in a future posting.
After this come NFL postseason, some of my friends have seasontickets and I was lucky enough to be invited to the playoff game.
Thats Me, Kono, Rich, Nick, Casey and Katie, super Seahawks fans and fun people in general.
After football came well some more skiing, and of course work. We've been prototyping, Dale made the first pair of skis out of Seattle.
Dales been at this since high school and it shows. Last week I had the honor to have dinner with he and his wife, Sandy. Sandy knitted me the greatest ski hat in the world, complete with decorative ball atop, with sweaters to follow. Dales knowledge in ski making is vast, seeing every pair of skis prototyped and often produced since well before I was born, its actually an honor to have him teach me.
After work comes, well more skiing. Last week Alpental got about 4' of snow, the roads were closed all week and when it finally opened I was there, in its full glory. Skiing 30" untouched with a soft layer below was the payoff to a delayed start to work that day. Here I am, wearing the hat Sandy Gimblett knitted me
Theres actually been a lot more than just that in my life, but this all the time i've got to write today. I wont take 2 months to post the next one, jordy keep up the good work on yours, much appreciated.
Just a final picture - these are the lines we skied last weekend, we were at the big rockface on the right, didnt have the clear skies or visibility needed to go higher.
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