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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Snowboarding
I've avoided the invitations and even some taunting for almost 4 winters now until finally last Saturday Evelyn and Josh threw me in a car and drove off to Blue Mountain so they could lock me in boots, lock me to a board, and push me off a mountain of snow (okay, okay, some exaggeration applies :) I've been meaning to try snowboarding out for some time now to see whether it's something that I would like or absolutely abhor. We get there, I rent my gear (I think I put my boots on properly ;), and then stepped outside to join other eager skiers and boarders in front of the lift. The lift unfortunately only connects to all the Blue Diamond hills while the lift to the beginner hills ended up being a good walking distance away. I don't know why, but I basically said let's skip the beginner hills and brave the Blues - following the words of one DW "Go big ... or go home". Of course, without lessons, and being on a snowboard for the FIRST time in my life ... there were bound to be falls here and there (okay, more like every other second). BUT! I would like to think I caught on pretty quickly and started doing some decent carves and S turns before the end of the day with minimal "fallage"
All in all, it was fun wiping out with Evelyn and Josh (though Josh only fell to stop so he could watch over me - thanks man!) he's pretty pro. I enjoyed boarding and think I'll take it up and think about buying my own gear even. No real bad pains, sores, or bruises for me the next day - I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Great times guys, I'm eager to join you two whenever the next time you're planning on making another run.
posted by Clint at 7:59:00 PM
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Revenant
I wonder how many of you still check this page, still see the word 'Refresh' and just move on ... that is until today. In anycase, the title of this blog should adequately describe it. The cause of my return? I've been TAGGED, plain and simple. There have been many times I wanted to post about lessons and experiences that I've learned/gone through since my last posting but unfortunately never got around to it. For now, I'll take care of this crazy TAGGED business first:
(1) Am most emotional when I see senior citizens being treated unfairly and poorly.
(2) Christian music always brings me back to God.
(3) Did not end up failing HBA Economics @ Laurier because of one simple piece of encouragement from my mum.
(4) Am in a wonderful place in life that I would never have thought possible 10 years ago. Truly GRACED.
(5) Just because I've lost contact with you doesn't mean I've stopped caring.
My encouragement and prayer as of late?
"Love more, hate less. Forgive more, hate less. Care more, hate less ..."
posted by Clint at 9:49:00 PM
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