So its been a crazy world here at Killington over Christmas week. Boatloads of kids (180 is our max, we usually go up to 185, however the room we operate out of is only rated for 100 people including instructors) come in everyday and its my job to teach them to be badass. But the good news is that the parents love me. I now get booked for private lessons all the time and if I don't get privates I do pretty well in tips. In tips, I made 45 today, 55 yesterday, and 25 the day before that. So thats good, it pays for my ticket to D.C.
So I'm going to do D.C. Fred and I are going down in mid jan, I'll be there from the 19th to the 21st, I think fred is there from the the 18th to the 22nd. He has more time off than me. I think fred called it "Son of New Years." Conviently coencides with Dan's birthday. Also Dan, I'm getting on the shopping for skis for you thing.
So I'm hanging around the ground hotel tonight until tenish when lila gets off work. Then off to various locales along the access road with other people from work. Right now they is an acoustic guitar player performing in the lobby by the fireplace. He's playing "How sweet it is to be loved by you." Its corney here but fun.
If anything remarkable happens to me I'll tell you.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 16, 2005
Once a King of Narnia, Always a King of Narnia
Just got back from seeing the Narnia Movie, "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe." It was incredible! Basically I liked it because they kept to the actual story, they didn't really change anything. It was awesome.
this image was taken from http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_moviebob_archive.html
Lila and I have been doing well, we've been skiing a few days and now that we've got lots of snow things are starting to pick up around the mountain. I've been teaching mostly small girls and usually they try to manipulate me to get me to do things like give them extra cookies and carry their skis. Usually it works.
Yesterday I hung out with ella in burlington for a little bit. I was trying to claim jon todd's old telemark gear from the outdoor gear exchange but it turned out that they had actually sold the equipment already so the trip was for naught.
Tommorrow, Lila and I are heading down to Woodstock, NY to attend her family's yearly solstice party. Mostly people just eat and make fun of each other. There is also a Cut Throat Santa game that I"m going to have to come up with a gift for. I'm sure I'll find something in the back of my car as most of the world is hidden there.
I'll be back in VT on monday evening courtesy of amtrak. Come visit sometime!
Lila and I have been doing well, we've been skiing a few days and now that we've got lots of snow things are starting to pick up around the mountain. I've been teaching mostly small girls and usually they try to manipulate me to get me to do things like give them extra cookies and carry their skis. Usually it works.
Yesterday I hung out with ella in burlington for a little bit. I was trying to claim jon todd's old telemark gear from the outdoor gear exchange but it turned out that they had actually sold the equipment already so the trip was for naught.
Tommorrow, Lila and I are heading down to Woodstock, NY to attend her family's yearly solstice party. Mostly people just eat and make fun of each other. There is also a Cut Throat Santa game that I"m going to have to come up with a gift for. I'm sure I'll find something in the back of my car as most of the world is hidden there.
I'll be back in VT on monday evening courtesy of amtrak. Come visit sometime!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Wash 'n WiFi
So right now Adelphia cable internet sucks and is not functioning at my house. Naturally, they can't get a technician there until monday afternoon. So I figured, this is a great opportunity to do laundry! At Wash 'n WiFi - I can do laundry as well as check my email and surf the web!!
Kudos to Fred who is long overdue for a shout out (which I will post sometime in the near future, i.e. when I find a funny picture) as the only person besides lila who reads my blog. And Lila only reads it so she can make fun of me a little for having a blog in the first place.
Got my uniform today, fancy ski jacket and pants. Also got a locker at the mountain and went skiing with my boss this morning. And I didn't fall on my ass and I actually skied fairly well so that was good. Lila made her first turns yesterday and were going again tommorrow.
Snow tires were put on my car today - i now feel invicible so I will be sure to drive headfirst into a snowdrift as soon as possible. I assume that were we still at bowdoin, and I got snow tires, someone like avery, conor, fred, or anyone I know at all, would be encouraging me to "test them out." So I will, everyday, in the parking lot which is continually unplowed.
So far I've skied 7 days this season. I'm going to try to keep track and let everyone know so Libby can be jelous and jon todd can point out that alta has recieved like 8 feet of snow in the last few days while killington's gotten an inch or two.
Signing off from the wireless network "Clothesbasket" ...
Kudos to Fred who is long overdue for a shout out (which I will post sometime in the near future, i.e. when I find a funny picture) as the only person besides lila who reads my blog. And Lila only reads it so she can make fun of me a little for having a blog in the first place.
Got my uniform today, fancy ski jacket and pants. Also got a locker at the mountain and went skiing with my boss this morning. And I didn't fall on my ass and I actually skied fairly well so that was good. Lila made her first turns yesterday and were going again tommorrow.
Snow tires were put on my car today - i now feel invicible so I will be sure to drive headfirst into a snowdrift as soon as possible. I assume that were we still at bowdoin, and I got snow tires, someone like avery, conor, fred, or anyone I know at all, would be encouraging me to "test them out." So I will, everyday, in the parking lot which is continually unplowed.
So far I've skied 7 days this season. I'm going to try to keep track and let everyone know so Libby can be jelous and jon todd can point out that alta has recieved like 8 feet of snow in the last few days while killington's gotten an inch or two.
Signing off from the wireless network "Clothesbasket" ...
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Its been a long long time together, through the hard times and the good
I've got to celebrate you baby.
not me
Yeah so I'm pretty sure that fred is the only person who still checks this as I rarely update, but I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things. And fred, I'm seriously considering getting a job at the local blockbuster.
So, I spent a week on the snow during which we skied on everything from ice, to dirt, to grass, to really weird icy looks like the surface of the moon snow, to actual snow to powder. So it was quite a week. I know understand why eskimos and vermonters need so many words. Sugar, powdered sugar, sluff, eastern hardpack, I could go on. But got a job, just finishing up the training sessions now - today we went through Torn ACL prevention seminar. Fred, you could make a lot of money working as a personal injury lawyer at a ski resort. But, I know you don't ski, but there are hot chicks. Then again there are also hot chicks in the caribean and I assume surfers get hurt too. Blue Crush? Fred you could be the Blue Crusher.
The apartment is good, moved into, gotten internet and a digital cable package which allows us to rewind, pause and fast forward certain channels. We also got 4 inches of water in the basement this morning when a seal on the water heater burst. But luckily our basement actually has a plug, like in the tub, which you can pull to allow drainage. But alls well on that front now, just have the sleeping bag to dry out.
So for avery and jt and ryan and anyone else using a mac and reading this, check out Gunroar. Its a totally sweet game and its got a great techno soundtrack. Check it out in twin gun mode. Its also available for PC with more features but I don't know where.
So things are good. My car's left turn signal now works so people hopefully don't think I'm crazy or a bad driver when I change lanes. Come visit, lila and I can get you deals on lift tickets, mid-week is the best deal, cheap ticket, no one here. We've got a couch and a blow-up sofa. and Cable.
Yeah so I'm pretty sure that fred is the only person who still checks this as I rarely update, but I'm going to try to get back into the swing of things. And fred, I'm seriously considering getting a job at the local blockbuster.
So, I spent a week on the snow during which we skied on everything from ice, to dirt, to grass, to really weird icy looks like the surface of the moon snow, to actual snow to powder. So it was quite a week. I know understand why eskimos and vermonters need so many words. Sugar, powdered sugar, sluff, eastern hardpack, I could go on. But got a job, just finishing up the training sessions now - today we went through Torn ACL prevention seminar. Fred, you could make a lot of money working as a personal injury lawyer at a ski resort. But, I know you don't ski, but there are hot chicks. Then again there are also hot chicks in the caribean and I assume surfers get hurt too. Blue Crush? Fred you could be the Blue Crusher.
The apartment is good, moved into, gotten internet and a digital cable package which allows us to rewind, pause and fast forward certain channels. We also got 4 inches of water in the basement this morning when a seal on the water heater burst. But luckily our basement actually has a plug, like in the tub, which you can pull to allow drainage. But alls well on that front now, just have the sleeping bag to dry out.
So for avery and jt and ryan and anyone else using a mac and reading this, check out Gunroar. Its a totally sweet game and its got a great techno soundtrack. Check it out in twin gun mode. Its also available for PC with more features but I don't know where.
So things are good. My car's left turn signal now works so people hopefully don't think I'm crazy or a bad driver when I change lanes. Come visit, lila and I can get you deals on lift tickets, mid-week is the best deal, cheap ticket, no one here. We've got a couch and a blow-up sofa. and Cable.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)