migblog

so. yeah. i kinda totally just left everyone out of the loop by not saying that i was going to be at tahoe from the 16th to the 19th. i actually just got back close to an hour ago, and holy crap, my legs are sore, my back is killing me, and my half-popped left knee keeps popping. it's beautiful.

skiing at tahoe (we skied at kirkwood and sierra-at-tahoe) was fantastic -- the views were breathtaking (both figuratively and literally), but man, can skiing be any more masochistic? first, you have to wear about three full layers of clothes, and undoubtedly at some point later in the day it'll get too hot to ski in all three layers. next, you strap yourself in these hard-shell uber-plastic boots that choke your foot and therefore cut off its circulation. and then, you get on the skis themselves, and grab on these poles -- basically, you're putting yourself on these two pieces of heavy-duty plastic so that you can glide on snow and go straight downhill. fast. (yeah, to a lot of people it's that whole "wind in your hair" shit, but man, low oxygen levels at 8,800 feet plus a heart problem do not mix.)

i had the time of my life, it was so much fun after i learned how to. (thanks to angela and jacob for the help, you guys, i owe you one!)

and now i'm back in berkeley, trying my hardest to keep my lower body from falling apart.

i'll post grape after this, so stay tuned. i did write it on the 17th, though. just the matter of not getting to a computer in the middle of ski country. ooh, ooh, and did you know that it was my first time ever touching snow ever during the weekend? i had so much fun at that sno-park. i was like a little kid running around in a toy store. and then tumbling with two other people, and then sliding down the hill with four other people -- it was fantastic.

and i had "work it" by missy elliot stuck in my head the entire time. (angela feels my pain.)

i will see you all sometime soon. school!

by the way, happy mlk jr. day.

posted by Open Source Food @ 12:42 AM