December 2008
14 posts
Fish Hatchery Session
As the clouds finally lifted off of the San Juan Mountains, the shovels and camera’s emerged to find themselves put to work at a fish hatchery full of snowboarders gettin’ wild……………I don’t like how tumblr posts pictures………….new site layout might be in the future…..thanks for reading.
Finding joy today wasn't exactly easy
5:30 am - Wake up to see if the pass is open or closed. It’s closed, no work today.
6:00 am - Same thing, closed still.
6:30 - 8:00 am - Waking up every half hour to check, and yup, it’s still closed.
Time to go feed the neighbors dogs, on the way I get a phone call from a friend who is stuck in a ditch so I go to pull him out. On the way I get really stuck (see picture above)
So...
So Her Name Was....
Jackie, her name was Jackie. She wasn’t there when I showed up with my shovel and tow rope, so I just started digging. After about an hour, I had her car dug out, driveway clear, and her car hooked up to the tow rope ready to go……all I needed was her to show up.
After snowblowing another neighbor’s driveway, she finally rolled up.
I introduced myself and told her what...
I wonder what her name is?
It’s snowing. Actually, let me go ahead and say that it has been DUMPING here for the past week and a half. Over seven feet at the ski area and over four feet at my house have brought some crazy times here in the past week and a half since I have been home. It has been an adventure driving up and down the pass every day trying to pass all of the two wheel drive vehicles from texas and...
One down, seven to go...
As I finished filling in the last bubble on the scantron sheet this morning at 8:00 am, it finally hits me that it’s over, my first semester of college is over. Although cheesy, it is accurate to say “Where has time gone?”
My thoughts drift back to my first day of class as I sat in a small classroom with blank walls, a blank marker board, and a computer/projector...
Why Should We Be Surprised?
Normality - how do we define it? Is it a routine? A cultural mindset? A boring lifestyle?
Honestly, I belive there is no such thing as normality. I belive that normality is a cultural attempt to satisfy the deep longing for success and satisfaction - I mean, who wouldn’t want 2.5 kids, an SUV, and perfectly wrapped gifts under the tree? I belive that society is substituting this idea of...
