put your elbows on the table / i’ll listen long as i am able
Home in Chapel Hill for the weekend. Had a wonderful time with Aaron and his family skiing and just spending time together in a log cabin up in the Appalachians. I’ll write more about it when I have access to my camera’s memory card reader, which I left in Winston-Salem. I took more than a few pictures.
We went to Beech Mountain, a ski area a little northwest of the bustling metropolis of Boone (and abustle it was indeed since ASU won the IAA national football title). The resort was small but the runs were decently long and the weather was ideal: clear and mild, but not warm enough to melt and refreeze the snow into ice in the afternoon. It was the first time the rest of Aaron’s family (save his mom) had skied, and it seems like they had a great time.
No injuries to report except for my own–I had a colossal wipeout on the second run of the day down a black diamond slope near the top of the mountain. Coming down, trying to bleed off some speed by slaloming back and forth, I came across a swath of the slope that hadn’t been well-groomed but had more than a few large ice balls strewn across the surface of the snow. In making a left turn to follow the curvature of the slope, one of said obstacles snuck up on me and clipped my upslope ski right near the boot, causing it to fly off with a ping. Needless to say, after that it was all over–I went down, the other ski came off and I slid on my back a good twenty yards into the pad on a chairlift pylon (which probably saved me–the edge of the slope was near). My shirt pulled up while sliding on my back and I ended up with some bad scrapes and a mildly sprained thumb, but nothing broken. I feel very blessed, and yes, I’m going to look into health insurance :)
Em, thank you for the candy, the wonderful Grace Kelly card and the excellent OtR album! I’m listening to it now and I love it. Beautiful :)
Oh, random tidbit: Aaron, his brother Matt and myself read through these while puttering around the internet. We about died. There are also lists for Mr.T and Vin Diesel.
You’re welcome, guh! Merry Christmas! :)
Hope you make an, um, speedy recovery.
And this is why I don’t ski! I just snow tubing… although there was the blindfolded tubing incident where I went from tubing lane #2 to tubing lane #l and supposedly (I was blindfolded, so I only received the 5 eyewitness accounts) I was about 6 inches from slamming into a telephone pole after swishing over the barricade between lanes #2 and #1! So maybe neither is safe, but that’s my story, and this feels like the perfect time to share it!
Ha! Vin Diesel can divide by zero… I like that!!
sooooo funny :)
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn’t stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
Thanks Em :) Showering the first evening after it happened was interesting but now I don’t even notice it anymore.
Talk to you soon :)
For what it’s worth, this is the first skiing-related injury I’ve had since the early ’90s (that’s another story). For the enjoyment derived from skiing, I think I can put up with that rate of injury. But it’s not for everybody, to be sure :)
:)
Chuck Norris can count to infinity. Twice.
But I have to admit being able to divide by zero is more impressive.
hahaha
Mr. T can eat a rubix cube and crap it out solved.
Oh yikes, that’s the worst part about scrapes. One time I had a major wipeout (rollerblading) and the first time I showered I started crying. Yep. Glad to hear it’s doing well though :)
I got your package today. It’s wonderful :)
You know, theoretically speaking, dividing by zero gives you infinity. Or at least the limit as approach the value that would make the denominator zero can be infinity and that’s really close to being equal! Maybe they could work together to solve some of those unsolved math problems. They seem powerful enough!
LOL
(literally, I burst out laughing reading that… my first thought: he must have an incredibly healthy digestive tract)
hahaha
:)