my buddies for back east came to hang out in good ol' Colorado. i realize i said i'd write over the break, but we didn't have wireless up there. i know...barbaric...right? anyway, we had a great time at the condo, which was a lot bigger than i imagined. i wanted to invite more of my friends from boulder, but i already felt a little intrusive when i brought my brother and derek. either way, we all got plenty of riding and partying done. now all i need is a break to recover from break. funny how that works.
we got some wicked footage from the helmet cam that danny brought with him. ok so, danny told me he was bringing this rig that mounts a video camera to a snowboard helmet so that it can take a first-person shot going down the mountain. he sent me a youtube video of an example and i truly thought he was joking. i shoulda known better... of course danny would fabricate a nifty mounting system. i told him he should consider starting an industrial design firm... guess what, that's right....he's already planning it. i can't win with this kid. but hey man, you'll know what i mean when i say, "you're welcome..." -love allison and ronnie, mostly allison.
luke said something on the last day they were all here that has stayed with me since. he said he wished that we could be "real" friends. "...we could just come over to each others' places after work and talk about philosophy, drink beer, and just plain hang out. " i have a solution, luke. yall should just move out here...out here, where the air is fresher and grass is greener, and vegetation is....well...browner, but the sky is definitely bluer. of course, it's not really that simple. moving sucks. but i know what you mean, luke. i miss the old days too. but without the distant memories of the old days, the new days would start to get old. by the way, luke is badass rider now. seriously, he's improved like 400% since the last time i saw him. he was rippin it.
it's hard to believe my buddy tyler is a teacher now. he teaches US History to high schoolers. talking to him about his job, i never realized how much someone in his position goes through on a day-to-day basis. i wanted to go back in time and apologize to every young teacher i pestered in school. knowing "Mr. Redes" outside of school, i think he'd make an awesome teacher. he's always been a chill guy. but i imagine one must behave a little different in a classroom setting. i just sent some of the stuff tyler left here back to his place in Norfolk, Virginia. it's strange how many times i've heard the word "norfolk" since they left. but this is probably because i now know how to pronounce it correctly. phonetically it looks more like this.....nahfuc. i can't quite seem to get it though, because i know you shouldn't feel like you're cursing when you say it.
jason and nick were great new additions to the crew. jason is super fun and crazy like luke, and nick...nick is a badass. i respect him. thanks nick, for taking care of all of us drunkards. he took some great pictures of the trip while we were all much too inebriated to concern ourselves with posterity.
allison would have definitely felt out-numbered had lauren not been there. it worked out beautifully that they were the only girls there and happened to have comparable ridin skill levels. allison got really comfortable on her board this week. she's movin like she wants it. it's great. i love seeing my students improve...
tyler should definitely get paid more for his job. all teachers should.
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