Hey Everyone,
I don't know if you're aware of this, but I put a video up on YouTube! With a total of 43 views, I'm pretty sure it's about to go viral. It's footage of a race we recently went to in Rumford, ME. Check it out and get a glimpse into my world!!!! (intense voice and dramatic music) Anyway, I'm pretty proud if it, and I'll be attempting to do more video posting in the future. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOaDX09gANc
Love and Adventures,
Toast
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
AVATARRRRRR!!!!!
Holy Crap! Have you guys seen Avatar? It's SO cool. I want to be a blue alien really fuckin bad now! Those guys are way sweeter than humans. They can link up with pterodactyls, and trees, and other animals, and they make stuff light up by touching it, and they get to run around the jungle naked (ie, Costa Rica), and they are really big and strong, and they are total badasses, and humans suck. That movie pretty much ruined life as a human forever, but it was soooo cool.
Hope you agree... If you do, feel free to share your thoughts. If you don't, then shut your squeal-hole because I don't want to hear about it.
Love and Adventures and Avatars,
Toast
Hope you agree... If you do, feel free to share your thoughts. If you don't, then shut your squeal-hole because I don't want to hear about it.
Love and Adventures and Avatars,
Toast
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
It's Been a While
Remember that song? Staind? Anyway, that's not really important although it has been a long time since I've shared anything here.
I just got back from a trip to Canadian World Junior Trials. None of my skiers are trying to represent Canada obviously, but it was a high level of racing that was good for our group to be a part of. There were actually a lot of Americans there, including the Colby team. We had some really good performances and some not so hot ones. I wanted to compete, but I'm getting over a cold and was in no shape for racing. I was pissed about that because they were FIS races which I could have used, but there's no sense racing if I'm going to suck.
I stayed in the County for Christmas this year. It was my first time away from my parents for X-Mas, but it was actually really nice not to worry about traveling at the holidays. I've had some shitty luck with planes in December. I was adopted by a few families up here, so I didn't have to spend any of the holidays alone, and they even gave me presents! I was a bit shocked by how generous everyone was, but I think I held my own as far as reciprocation goes.
I think my favorite part was witnessing a few different Christmas morning rituals. I never thought about it until this year, but not everyone opens presents the same way my family does (actually, I found out that my family is a kinda out there on that front). In my family, I had to wait until my parents had woken up and made coffee. Then we opened our stockings one by one. At no point was there ever simultaneous gift opening. After stockings, we had to stop to eat breakfast before the regular presents could be opened. After a breakfast that always dragged on for eons, we went back to the tree and my dad would hand out presents one by one. Everyone watched the person whose turn it was, and my mom recorded what was received and who it was from. Then the next present was handed out. The families I had Christmas with this year were waaaayyyy more relaxed, and I really enjoyed the free-for-all moments when everyone was opening something at the same time. It was fun.
It's been a snowy winter so far. We've had a few big storms, and there's plenty of snow. It's also been warmer than last winter, which I am thankful for. It makes standing around at races and practices much more bearable.
I have a girlfriend now, or at least a girl that I'm dating. She is on the UMPI ski team. Her name is Chandra. Not a whole lot to say about that other than that it's a noteworthy development.
Happy New Year, I hope 2010 finds you happy and healthy. My New Years resolution is to be better at creating time for life outside of work. It's easy to start living your job at the Maine Winter Sports Center, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy. I'm going to try to separate some play from work although work is play a lot of the time too. I'd love to hear everyone else's resolutions (and maybe crazy XMas morning rituals too).
Love and Adventures,
Toast
I just got back from a trip to Canadian World Junior Trials. None of my skiers are trying to represent Canada obviously, but it was a high level of racing that was good for our group to be a part of. There were actually a lot of Americans there, including the Colby team. We had some really good performances and some not so hot ones. I wanted to compete, but I'm getting over a cold and was in no shape for racing. I was pissed about that because they were FIS races which I could have used, but there's no sense racing if I'm going to suck.
I stayed in the County for Christmas this year. It was my first time away from my parents for X-Mas, but it was actually really nice not to worry about traveling at the holidays. I've had some shitty luck with planes in December. I was adopted by a few families up here, so I didn't have to spend any of the holidays alone, and they even gave me presents! I was a bit shocked by how generous everyone was, but I think I held my own as far as reciprocation goes.
I think my favorite part was witnessing a few different Christmas morning rituals. I never thought about it until this year, but not everyone opens presents the same way my family does (actually, I found out that my family is a kinda out there on that front). In my family, I had to wait until my parents had woken up and made coffee. Then we opened our stockings one by one. At no point was there ever simultaneous gift opening. After stockings, we had to stop to eat breakfast before the regular presents could be opened. After a breakfast that always dragged on for eons, we went back to the tree and my dad would hand out presents one by one. Everyone watched the person whose turn it was, and my mom recorded what was received and who it was from. Then the next present was handed out. The families I had Christmas with this year were waaaayyyy more relaxed, and I really enjoyed the free-for-all moments when everyone was opening something at the same time. It was fun.
It's been a snowy winter so far. We've had a few big storms, and there's plenty of snow. It's also been warmer than last winter, which I am thankful for. It makes standing around at races and practices much more bearable.
I have a girlfriend now, or at least a girl that I'm dating. She is on the UMPI ski team. Her name is Chandra. Not a whole lot to say about that other than that it's a noteworthy development.
Happy New Year, I hope 2010 finds you happy and healthy. My New Years resolution is to be better at creating time for life outside of work. It's easy to start living your job at the Maine Winter Sports Center, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy. I'm going to try to separate some play from work although work is play a lot of the time too. I'd love to hear everyone else's resolutions (and maybe crazy XMas morning rituals too).
Love and Adventures,
Toast
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