back..... after 11 years.

so my shred sticks are gonna be a little jealous when i bring home my newest babies.
let's knock on some wood in hopes i dont tear my knees in two riding around on these beasties. riding is like an old dog that you can still teach tricks, but they come more slowly. hopefully skiing will be a easily amused puppy with an exponential learning curve. hot doggin.

chuck e. cheese drew us.

me and brenda love tickets!!!

i have a really good looking boyfriend, i swear.

this just isn't him.

turnagain last week

last week we went to turnagain to do some steep shreds on the snow machines. it was sunny and warm and awesome. brendan did some sweet airs and some equally sweet falls, while jim hit some nice little cliffers. you'll be able to tell from the pictures that this shit was steep and you had to go fast as to not get eaten by the sluff river.

admittedly i was a little terrified at times. most notably when brendan dropped me off at the top of the really steep one and i was just standing there, walking along this massive cornice peaking over the edge to see jim as small as an ant at the bottom. peaking over an edge that you couldn't even tell what was along the way down to get to jim and brendan... and then just dropping down and feeling like holy fuck please let this feel somewhat solid under my feet until i get down there.

this weekend we rode alyeska and pretty much just hiked a fun little quarter pipe. brendan did some nice handplants and had all the 17 year old boys drooling.

easter wasn't very easter like. we boiled some eggs. here's the pics.

WE GOT A FISH!

and we named it RGB. for all you coloring correcting sons of bitches who know what that means, you won't be surprised to know it's red, green and blue! and we put a kitty in it's bowl!
brenda and i are happy to have (yet another) work distraction.

Hobbits?

Island find stirs Hobbit debate: The discovery on South Pacific islands of ancient bones thought to belong to a tribe of tiny humans has raised new anthropological questions.

Thanks to Brendan for showing me this bbc news article. It got me thinking... could i have some sort of hobbit genetics in my blood? Well, no. Let's set the record straight, I'm 5'5''. The average height for a American woman, aged 20-39 is 5'4". So... LEAVE ME ALONE, I'M NOT SHORT.

haha, i laugh every day when i remember i'm an "art director"
why i laugh:

dang, them some pricey skateboards.

Skate Study House has some pretty rad furniture design for some outrageous prices. Although i was thinking of buying a 4K lawn chair the other night. Very neat ideas though.

CORRECTIONS

brendan trickey rocks my world.

heli-crack.

No one told me that after i went heli skiing for the first time I'd never want to ride a lift again. who wants a superquad when you can have a super ass fucking helicopter land you on a dime at the top of an otherwise inaccessible mountain. especially when you're riding with stu, long, long time childhood friend and ultimately one of the most fun people i've known, brendan, who really got me into riding a massive amount in college, and austin, who i didn't know well going into this but is incredibly talented with a camera and even more intelligent than i could understand in three days.
It was all just warm temperatures, virgin powder, steep steep runs and nicely spaced trees and cliffs and pillows and drops and all the niceties that make snowboarding what it's meant to be.
So i have lots of fun Polaroids from the trip that i need to scan. Austin got all the money shots though. I just got the I'm kinda bored and we've been in the car for a long time shots. but here they are until i have others or until i scan Polaroids.