what a waste

what a waste

we finally got rid of our christmas tree this past weekend. it was pretty sad. after all that work to chop him down and then to keep him healthy, he’s off to get chopped up somewhere despite being in great shape. even after over a month our tree was still fragrant, the needles were still springy and hardly any ever fell off, yet it was time.

there should be xmas tree rentals or nurseries. you pick a tree when its still young (big enough to be a small tree but not a full xmas tree) and every year the nursery digs him up and pots him. you take him home, decorate and take care of him then after new years you take him back to the nursery, replant him and they tend to him for another ten months until you repeat the process again. once he gets to big, he gets replanted back into the forest.

good idea no? i should patent it.

Published on January 22, 2007 9:35 pm.
Filed under: babble

time flies

has it really been a week since my last post? sheesh. i’m a slacker. i guess it has been pretty busy around here. i’ve started incorporating on-snow testing into my line presentations which makes for a very long day. by the time i get home i’m pooped and pretty much pass out on the couch.

its been fun though. getting a few hours of riding in the morning up at Seymour. its good to see how much everybody brightens up from even a few runs even in less than ideal conditions. our fri morning mission got cut short due to the rescue operations going on for that snowshoer. the SAR crew were buzzing up and down under Mystery chair with their sleds so Seymour didn’t want to risk any collisions. did a couple laps under the Lodge chair where a few school groups were rocking out. talk about dedication. kids in jeans, no beanies, sunglasses instead of goggles. some kids didn’t even have gloves. didn’t faze them one bit they were having a blast. kinda puts things into perspective (aka, i’m a whiny bitch)

been kinda half-heartedly searching for a Wii. i can’t really afford it but it would be kind of fun to have.

i finally got those Urich dunks. oddly they fit bigger. every pair of nikes i own fits differently. you would think that a company as big as them can afford to develop a standardized fit. again…i’m a whiny bitch.

noodle box disappointed me twice now. their singapore cashew curry was bland. and then today the spring rolls were too salty and they lost my satay order. grrr…i’m a whiny bitch.

well now that we’ve got that straight….

Published on January 22, 2007 8:56 pm.
Filed under: babble, snow

how do they do it?

the iphone isn’t shipping for six months, has only been announced for barely six hours yet i can’t get away from it. i browse a pretty diverse and schizophrenic collection of websites but there it is. the iphone. fashion blogs, celebrity gossip sites, sneakerhead sites, news outlets, snowboarding sites, the list just goes on and on.

apple’s power to put its fingers firmly on the pulse of what we want is just uncanny but combined with their marketing prowess, and the strength of their brand and its cachet just blows me away. even coca-cola or nike can’t get that kind of press coverage for a product launch.

its no secret that i love my apple gear, but the emails i got today from non-mac owning friends and acquaintances that were all “have you seen the new iphone” was just crazy. even the goddamn fedex delivery guy was like “so what do you think of the new iphone?”

how fun would it be to work in their marketing department…

Published on January 9, 2007 5:23 pm.
Filed under: babble, design

ouch

ouch


my head hurts. fucking ghetto showroom.

Published on December 20, 2006 12:41 pm.
Filed under: babble

rant

rant

hey you. you in the crappy ass white sunfire loaded with so much gear you can’t see out the windows. if you don’t have the equipment (eg snowtires) or experience to drive to and from whistler, get the fuck off the road. driving 30km/h in a retarded attempt to be ‘safe’ only pisses off everybody around you and makes the highways less safe. eat a bag!

Published on December 20, 2006 10:35 am.
Filed under: babble, travel

ouch

my nose hairs are freezing everytime i breathe. it’s fricking -27 degrees celsius here in kelowna. i need a beach somewhere warm…

Published on November 29, 2006 12:32 am.
Filed under: babble, travel

klutz

klutz

man i’ve been out of it all day. mostly due to waking up frozen and with a cough this morning cause somebody keeps stealing the blanket in the middle of the night. i’ve been so out of it i got the dreaded paper cut between the finernail and the finger and then when cooking dinner i almost lopped off the tip of my thumb. luckily i only lost part of my nail.

Published on November 24, 2006 11:09 pm.
Filed under: babble

productive

i spent all of saturday wallowing in my own crapulence. this can be easily translated into not leaving my own bed, having food brought to me in bed and catching up on Lost season 2 on DVD. go me!

Published on November 19, 2006 5:26 pm.
Filed under: babble

interesting quote

Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. …Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

This fine little ditty brought to you by Hermann Goring, 2nd in command of the Third Reich.

Published on November 11, 2006 12:41 pm.
Filed under: babble

political rant

political rant

now i don’t really follow politics but let me get this straight: the democrats and the media are celebrating the Virginia guy, because he sucked so hard that he could barely beat out his opponent and his state was so ass backwards they couldn’t get the votes counted in the same time it takes all the other states, but yet he’s the savior of the democratic party.

boy, i’d be pissed if i was one of the democrats who actually kicked his/her opponent’s ass.

just goes to show you, hard work doesn’t really get you anywhere in this fucked up world.

Published on November 9, 2006 6:55 pm.
Filed under: babble, ridiculous