of skiing and something else i was going to talk about but i cant remember what and hopefully it will come to me.

... i have really no idea what the second part of what i was going to talk about was... MAYBE ill think of it... doubtful.

*WARNING: BORNG BLOG ABOUT SKI STUFF*

anyways, the other part relates to skiing. i went skiing today.
yay.
it was fun. conditions were decent, perhaps a little better than decent even... but this is where the ski gods had a little fun with us. see, on the skyline side of fortune, the quad lift was out of opperation and apparently has been for quite a while. the second lift, and acient double, can normally go faster than just about any non-detachable chairs out there. unfortunatly, since it's their only lift on that side and they would be royaly screwed if it were to go out too, they were running it at about the speed your gramma goes on her daily walk. and so, the lineup was huge. so OF COURSE, my favorite run on the hill, was probably in the best condition ive EVER seen it in. and of course, with it being such a pleasure to ski, it really wasnt worth it since we spent about 20 minutes in line for a 50 second run. so we stuck to stupid-just-above-decent clifford *grumbles*

i have a conffesssion to make. i am a ski snob. and a big one at that. see... as a racer, im not that great. im about average maybe. but i am much better than just about all the non-racers on the hill. just like any other racer would be. everyone has that thing they are good at and cant stand hearing others talk about it as if they knew what was going on bu really have no clue. everyone has that one thing... with viki it would be singing or writing, mike is politics or macs, alex has his music, wolski his movies and so on and so on... anyways, im a snob. i get irritated when i hear people give terrible advice on skiing, when i see someone showing off a type a skiing that is SO OUTDATED it makes my head hurt, when i see people fall over and lose a ski and take three hours to put them back on.... it drives me nuts. i couldnt even tell you why except that im a horrible snobby person. and this is why i could never teach. i would get so impatient. (see: JUST F*CKING STAND THE HELL UP!!!!)
even though im not technically a racer, seing as how i havent been in a race in two years, i still have the habits. its a whole sub-culture you see... at almost any point during the day i could look up and see SOMEONE i recognised from the racing world. i saw old coaches, they said hi, old teamates, they ignored me, old teamate's parents, they said hi to my parents... anyways, its a world of its own, filled of tiny little habits and details that stick with you. like... how i still wear the dorky racing helmet despite the fact that a normal one would probably be more comfortable, or how i never wear a neckwarmer (except in like... 30 below zero weather), how i roll my snow pants up for easier access to my boot buckles, how i lean on my poles like crutches in the lift lineup, how i dote on my skis and am carefull to strap them up before putting them in the car, how when im not outside, i let the suspenders from the snow pants hang behind me, how i still use my curved GS poles despite their being useless outside of a race course... these and just a million other little manerisms...



okay, so you dont care. oh well... MY BLOG.

and i REALLY cant remember the other part.