Yup, this picture says it all … It was really sad, no snow …
once upon a time up in Creek …
October 18th, 2008 -
So yeah, this weekend was the [un] official kick off of the new shred season.
The festivities started on Friday when Sarah came pick me up for our road trip to Mountain Creek in NJ. DC snow had Mack Dawg’s video premiere “Double Decade” , drive in style… so yeah, a car was an essential.
S. and I get along great. We both snowboard, skate, like boys ahum men and cocktail hour, so we had decided that it would be a smart idea to get a room in the posh Appalachian hotel at the bottom of the hill. I have a Mountain Creek pass so we got 20% off lodging… can’t help it… its the Dutch in me, I love discounts… they make me feel good! The plan was to go downhill biking @ Diablo the next day.
We made it out pretty much in time and went to the hotel first to check in/drop off stuff. When we got there we realized we weren’t the only ones who had the marvelous idea to stay over. The hotel was jam packed with snowboarders.
S. and I had a very nice room overlooking the parking lot. It smelled kind of funky, but had a romantic open fire place for those cold and romantic nights that we will most likely never have together. Sarah was getting ready and I wanted to go smoke a cigarette so told her to meet me down stairs whenever she was done. I grabbed my fliers + camera + bag and jumped in the elevator. We were on the 4th floor… The elevator made a stop @ the second floor and this really cute blond guy gets in, looks at me and asks me how I am doing. He had a lovely accent. My heart kind of stopped for a second. What can I say. He was handsome.
Sarah came down, we went to the parking lot @ South and saw that it wasn’t packed [yet], parked the car and walked around, trying to find something to drink. The only option were soft drinks/ cocoa [not even coffee] so we decided to grab some hot stuff and mix it up with the Ketel One in the car. When I was lining up, there were a bunch of kids behind me and all of a sudden S. is all excited because the kids had recognized me as ‘the chick from shredunion’. That was a special moment.
OK, so the movie was uh… great I think, I mean I didn’t really watch it because I was too busy finishing my drink[s] + conversating and we made our way over to the store @ South where the DC riders would be passing out autographs. As we walked in I immediately recognized ‘my’ elevator guy. We lined up. I felt like a teenager and got all the signatures. I actually ended up with 5 while there were only 4 riders… I don’t really get it but hey… its all good. I also got a lovely pair of hot pink skull candy headphones from a very nice stranger. Something tells me he might have something to do with SkullCandy. Haha! I have a bunch of SC’s already, but now I ♥ them even more.
We went upstairs and I kept on running into people I hadn’t seen in a while so it was super fun! We had lots of Ketel One + Soda’s and ended up dancing like idiots and having laughs with our new friends at DC. I am the first to admit that I might have had one too many but I wasn’t retarded. We ended up giving one of them a ride back to the hotel and then uh… hahaha … well, we don’t kiss and tell !
It was a fun night.
i feel stupid today
June 26th, 2008 -
there are days that I just don’t feel like I am up to par with the rest of the world…
*sigh*
I hope it’ll be better tomorrow.
On the other hand…
This weekend will be fun again: [T]RAMP CAMP will be on again and I can’t wait to be snowboarding in NYC in Summer!
SIA , Tahoe and No Sex
February 5th, 2008 -
I went to Vegas last week, to go see what gear I’ll be riding/ sporting next season. The show is called SIA [ I still have no idea what those letters stand for ]. My wife tagged along and we were staying with the SouthShore Soldiers people in the Windham Suites.
It was fun, wasn’t it for the sad fact that I got super sick on Tuesday night and was hallucinating on the plane, popping mucinex and anti flu pills like they were m&m’s.
I bruised my tailbone on Monday when my new craigslist friend T told me that I should just ‘bomb’ that jump. Hahaha, that’s what I did and I landed it on my ass… and head. The helmet broke and my taibone bruised. It hurt.
Anyway, am in South Lake Tahoe since Friday and I have been riding every day. The more I ride, the more I realize that I really suck. Things are different out East.
The sex situation: non existent… I think I might be getting a bit hormonal… been looking at guys more… maybe it’s the weather… I don’t know 
peer pressure in the park
January 14th, 2008 -
I went to Mountain Creek a couple of weeks ago.
Mountain Creek is a hill in dirty New Jersey and they happen to have the biggest park out East. It’s only 1.5 hrs away from here and they have night riding! Woohoo!
It was a last minute thing; J. sent me a text message asking if I had anything better to do and the obvious answer was NO! So 2 hours later we were on our way to the Creek. Conditions were far from optimal, but really, I don’t care… I would ride it out in the City if I had the skills.
Anyway, J. wanted to do park, so that’s where we went, to ‘South’. It was bigger than last time and I was getting pretty excited. I had just widened my stance to 22 inches so I was ready to put it to the test. It worked, had to get used to it blah blah…
Sooo, to cut a very long story short… J. was resting (he’s a worse rider than I am) and I was exploring the newly opened trails by myself.
I am a pussy, I mean I am scared shitless when I think about the rails and my teeth… so I went on a baby box (progression box they call them I believe) and I did ok.. I didn’t fall, I went over it, no funny business, landed it and my imaginary cheerlead team was doing a little dance in my honor…
Next… I make a left, go on some other trail and realize that there is nobody else and started doing little butters (it’s night so not that busy as most kids have already been collected by mommy) all of a sudden I see this big kicker [chunk of ice] covering the WHOLE trail. I mean, it was big enough for me to consider taking of my snowboard and hiking back to my usual trail, I figured that would be my best bet. As I am bending over to unstrap… two little boys come flying ’round the corner and they hi 5′d for being there and getting ready to jump that bitch! I was kind of shocked…
I told them to go first and one did.
One down, one more to go… so I tell the other kid to go.
He refuses and tells me to go. By now I really felt the pressure and wanted to dissappear… I had no choice and I took a deep breath, though of our Queen in Holland and prayed for the best!I landed it (accidental) and all of a sudden I see another one of those monsters and I jumped it and landed that one as well! The two little boys turned into my real life cheerleading team and I felt pretty damn good.
Until…
One of them comes up and tells me that him and his buddy (I guess they were 14 and 17) had been wondering if I was ‘young‘ or an ‘older woman‘. I looked at them in sheer disbelief and answered that I was an ‘older woman.’
Of course they asked me my age… I said “30″ and they were pretty excited by that answer!
They asked me right away where [in the park] my kids were… I told them I had none. They seemed to be a bit thrown off by that answer, but recovered quickly by stating: “Woah! That is so awesome, you are THIRTY and you snowboard?? AND you ride Park??”
And then they took off… leaving me wondering what I should make of that comment… I decided that I needed a drink, you know… in the only old people’s place young kids would like to have access to… THE BAR.
my first snowboard action shot
January 6th, 2008 -
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not very impressing
it's been a while..
December 10th, 2007 -
Sooo, it’s been like weeks since my last entry…
Sorry, I have been too busy snowboarding. It’s Winter! FINALLY!
There have been some major changes in my life or the way I feel:
* I have been snowboarding so much and just going down the mountain as fast as possible or with great form/style isn’t satisfying anymore. I want more. I never thought I was ever gonna feel like this, but I guess skateboarding over Summer and eating concrete has helped my snowboarding skills, so I can actually say that I am pretty confident that I have passed the beginners stage, moved on to the far intermediate stage…So I am moving on and will be hitting the park and learn new things. I want to BUTTER! It looks so much fun.
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* I seriously believe that I am finally entering my dirty thirties, meaning, I am beginning to feel a bit hormonal. I noticed that I am checking out guys and wonder if they would be any good… Very disturbing, but on the other hand very comforting to know that I am not frigid or lesbian, as I started to doubt myself….
* My roommate’s other son is moving in tomorrow. He’s 13 and I know that this will be a major lifestyle adjustment. I am taking it day by day, trying not to worry too much.
* Workwise, nothing spectacular, having some communication problems with the developers. I am planning on creating a strong team, focusing on different aspects of the company and moving on to the next stage.
* I kissed a boy. He is 26 and lives in CT. I was drunk, no regrets though… he’s cute. I guess I had to get it out of my system. It was a Vegas night.
Other than that, getting ready for the Holidays, still no sugar daddy… hahaha, still playing the lottery.
OK, back to writing cards and packing an overnight bag, am off to California for two days… unfortunately I won’t be snowboarding…
mark the calendar!
October 24th, 2007 -
Woohoo! The dates have been set! I will be heading out West to find my Winter Residence (= room in an overcrowded house, full of pot smoking snowboarders) on November 28th! I am soooooooo excited, my stomach hurts!
I got back from San Francisco last night. I flew Jet Blue, my favorite airline! Unfortunately once again, there was nobody even slightly interesting near me, so I resorted to my anti anxiety pills and passed out for the rest of the 5.5 hr. flight. I mean, even if I would wanna become a member of the mile high club, there is nobody around who I want to have sex with or talk to… what am I supposed to do??
Hahaha, just kidding… I am saving myself for someone really amazing! I hope he’ll come around real quick because it’s been like 6 months now and I am starting to doubt my sexuality or/and sanity. These are my 30’s and I am not feeling it… I hope I didn’t use up all my cards in my twenties… that would be pretty sad.
Today my dad and stepmom had their 25th anniversary. That is pretty amazing. Time flies and I am so happy that they are still together. I have been in a bitch in the past and I am just so glad that they have survived my terror.
Other than that, nothing new, working hard, dreaming harder!
