since my laptop was gifted to me last june in toronto, i haven't ever changed the time on it from eastern standard time to mountain time, so my clock is always 2hrs ahead. i've gotten good at knowing that the real time is two hours before the time it says on my laptop...except for today.
maybe cause its so warm and sunny out, a beautiful 13 degrees right now, that my brain ain't workin' right...but i saw on my laptop that it was almost 4pm, so i packed up and drove to pick kristin up from work.
not even the car clock, which was the right time, clued me in to the reality that it was really 2pm and not 4pm. convinced that it was almost 4pm, i was trying to change the car clock while driving wondering why it was showing the wrong time.
it wasn't until i made it to kristin's office and she said "what are you doing here so early? are you here to take me to drink beers on a patio?" that i realized my error.
I DO NOT LIVE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME!!!
after a good laugh, i'm now back at work writing this blog entry. the clock on my laptop is now set to mountain time. i can't believe its taken me this long to change it.
eye yam sofa king wee todd it.
sometimes i'm such a fukkin stoner...and i haven't even smoked today!
there are two seasons in canada: winter and patio. good thing about chinooks in this town is that i can enjoy the patio and the snow in the same day. its gonna take more than one day of ridiculously warm weather to melt all the snow at c.o.p., and i'm gonna rip this forum travis kennedy tonight! w3rd!
i spent today riding with rob at nakiska. rob is the guidance counsellor at alternative high school here in calgary. he was chaperoning a school trip to nakiska, so i took the day off work to shred with him.
some of rob's students
i still had the rome agent 156 with me. man i love this stick. it is so much fukkin fun to ride.
it was overcast in the morning, but i didn't mind. the mountain was definitely not as packed as it is on the weekend. often times, rob and i were the only ones on the run. schweet.
seeing this fresh, i just had to hike it.
aah, the kananaskis rockies *sigh*
by afternoon, the sun was shining and the layers started coming off. hooray spring riding!
time to bust out the mirror lenses.
i haven't used my mirrored lenses since the burn *sigh*
the sun quickly turned the perfekt corduroy goodness of nakiska in chunky slush that stuck like glue to your board. i guess that's the price we pay to enjoy warm riding conditions. i'm not complaining though. actually, i can't remember a day out where i complained about the conditions. there have been less than favourable conditions, but as long as i've got my board on my feet, snow on the ground, and a lift to take me to the top, i'm happy.
riding with rob without liam, mikhail, or toni was awesome. this was the first time rob actually did a run at top speed this season. its good when he doesn't have to put the dad hat on like we he does each week at c.o.p.
a good day at nakiska riding in the sun, and a quick 1 hour drive home to calgary. having the rockies so close is a blessing...and they are even more beautiful up close.
we have the best playground right here. canada kicks ass!
after very little sleep from celebrating at sheraka's place friday night, i found myself in front of the safeway at north hill mall at 7am yesterday. i was meeting up with jess (i seem to keep alot of jess' in my life), a radiant snow addikted goddess that i met at kristin's bday party last month.
jess and her friend ida were heading up to sunshine village and invited me along. as we stopped for gas, jess ran into two of her friends who were on their way to lake louise to compete in a slopestyle competition. convincing me to go to the lake instead of the village was an easy task. i prefer lake louise over sunshine village. ida, who has a sunshine village season pass, took a bit more convincing, but not that much ;)
blue skies, two goddesses, and lake louise...it was a recipe for a good day.
kootenay vibes in the rockies
jess and i decided to hang out and watch the slopestyle competition while ida got some runs in.
taking pix with my epson camera takes some maad skill as there is at least a 3 second delay between pressing the button and the actual picture being taken. as for zoom, pfft, zoom is for sissies.
majestic
after the comp, jess and i wanted to do a peak to base run, so we took the poma lift to the peak of whitehorn mountain. i have never ridden with a girl who rides as hard as jess does. its such a turn on when a goddess will ride any run with confidence, blue, black, even double black *swoon*
its even sexxxier when you ride hard and fast down a run, your eyes buggin out of your head from the nutz speed you picked up, and turning around to look for your friend only to see that she is right behind you. so hawt!
i was fortunate enough to demo next year's rome agent 156. this board is a park board designed for hittin jumps and riding rails. its superpop core lived up to its name. it made me want to pop off everything and anything!
this board flexes like crazy. so soft that you can actually see the board twist by simply moving your feet in the bindings. perfekt for bouncin' around. this board is the most fun board i've ridden all season for having fun. spinning 360 pivots and hitting jumps was taken to new heights with this board. bouncy bouncy bouncy.
unfortunately, tonnes of flex meant tonnes of board chatter at high speeds. its harder to hold your edge when your board is constantly flexing to absorb everything it comes in contact with. awesome for park, not so awesome for freeriding...then again, if you're buying this board you're not looking for a freeride stick.
the '08 390 targa bindings were comfy and responsive. i really like the ratchets on these bindings - solid hold and super smooth to release. the heel strap had removable c-flex inserts so you can adjust the flex. being aluminum, these binding were light and strong. tool-less adjustment made tweakin' out the fit of these bindings quick and easy. i was most impressed with this board and binding setup. so much fun!
another amazing day at the lake. jess, i've never ridden with a goddess who shreds as hard as you do. it was awesome rippin up the slopes with you and ida. can't wait to do it again.
snowboarding is life, everything else is just details.
alex grey, allyson grey, robert venosa, and martina hoffmann 2:30pm-4:30pm panel discussion - "the future of psychedlic art" hosted by: entheon village @ esplanade and 4:00 praying by alex grey
randnorm mind grenade some people think that if they change the names of things, the things themselves will have changed, too. - david mckay
now you're going to have this song playin' in your head too, just like me! *ha*
normdate 3.3.7
the radiant jedi goddess, jessie q, that i met at cowboys santarchy night, was hosting a going away party last night.
jessie q is spending the next three months in thailand. to see her off, jessie q's home was full of some radiant and conscious beings of light and love.
the goddess cassandra is addikted to snow *drool*
you got to be a bit out of your mind to strap a board to your feet and ride down mountains...
jessie was also having a name changing ceremony. she was saying goodbye to jessie q and becoming sheraka sphere, a name that came to her a few months ago.
there were only a few of us involved in the name changing ceremony, jessie q's closest friends. though i have only known jessie since we met in december, my life is brighter having known her. i am honoured that jessie included me in her close circle of friends. knowing that i have had such a profound influence on her life in such a short period of time makes me very happy.
the ceremony was held in the healing room of jessie q's home. there was a beautiful altar in the corner of the room...
the power of crystals presented themselves in raw form in addition to a set of crystal singing bowls.
the ceremony began with burning sage and a feather passed around the circle. this was the first time i had saged myself. come to think of it, this was the first name changing ceremony i had been to as well. i lived in nelson, so people adopting new names for themselves isn't that new of a concept to me.
jessie then asked for each of us to share our intention for sheraka, and any farewell or welcome gifts. there was so much love in that room. listening to people share their intentions and love, it wasn't hard to see that jessie surrounds herself by some incredible people.
my intention for you sheraka is limitless empathy that sets you free. my farewell gift was a photochopped pikcha of us the night we first met.
my welcome gift was a necklace and this printed image
other gifts included crystals, poems, even having her hands and feet washed. it was a powerful ceremony that i was honoured to be a part of.
after the ceremony, we rejoined the rest of sheraka's friends and enjoyed a delicious pot luck meal and some fire spinning in the backyard.
a dancefloor and chill space was set up in the basement where we celebrated together through expressive movement and rhythm.
this was one of the many paintings that decorated the walls of sheraka's home...even better that this painting was on velvet. old skewl raunch. schweet.
nori, normurai, and dreamweaver
sheraka's parents had just returned from a week long retreat in hawaii swimming with dolphins. yup, the apple does not fall far from the tree.
sheraka, you surround yourself with so much love. i know that love will give you strength on your journeys. i am blessed to have you in my life. safe journeys to you, sheraka sphere.
