So I've been sitting around for a week and 3 days at this point and I can tell you that I have spent way too much time tooling around on youtube when I should have been reading. Video is just so much easier to process than literature. But I have almost gotten through a third of the learning spanish set I got. Which is pretty cool. Maybe by the season I will have gotten through all the lessons and can just keep reviewing and trying to speak with people. If I were working right now, I'd just go into the housekeeping lineup every morning and take notes and see what I could understand. But since I'm just sitting at home veg-ing out on the couch, I have nobody with whom I can speak.
The only thing I have to keep me company is the drumming of the dude upstairs that is trying to become a drummer. One of the maintenance guys is over re-painting my shower wall (cause the paint was coming off and there was some mold growing in there (looks like they just painted over the mold when I moved in, honestly)). So he's taking care of that and he tells me he knows the guy and he would personally go break his sticks if I called him and told him the guy's too loud. He said he's a drummer too. But a drummer of a higher caliber, I presume.
My snowboard bindings came in for the season. They actually look way more durable and less flexible that I originally thought. Which will be good if I want to get real radical and do some big stuff (as I have soft boots again this year). I'm planning on buying this capita in the 153 size. I'm seeing if my buddy Scott'll hook it up, but if not, I'm just going to pay full price on it. I got one set of black bindings and one set of purple so I'm going to put one of each color on both of my boards. My ride from last year has purple on the board too, so it'll look sick on both. I just set up my bindings to fit my new boots and I have some bad news. The purple plaid on my boots is a little bit lighter of a purple than on my bindings. I'm certain that will make my riding suffer quite a bit since there isn't an exact match ;)
I also got my gopro cameras in. If you want to buy one of the 1080p ones n.i.b. just holla at me cause I have an extra. I could get rid of it for 200 for the homie discount. I'm excited to have that to ride with this year. Maybe I can get some footage that isn't going to stay in a camera up in Minnesota (ryan shultz!!!!!) never to be seen again! I really really want to see that urban footage we filmed that one snowy night on DU's campus. The tricks weren't that great, but the potential for some really great looking background shots was way up there. Oh well.
You've been listening to Oddisee this whole time if you've been clicking on the youtube songs in here. His instrumental album The Traveling Man is a really great record to throw on if you're writing, art-ing, or just chilling. A few of the tracks are really great as stand-alone joints. If you don't want to get the whole thing, Miami, Lagos, Philly, San Fran, Stockholm, Detroit, & Chicago are my favorites. He must not have liked Paris, cause that track is the weakest of the 23 i.m.o.
I've been listening to the most recent installment of Audible Coffee the past 3 days and there are some Jams. If you want to get all caffeinated, go over to Boulder Beats' website and check out the stuff my man Kyle van Block is throwing down. Better yet, subscribe to his music-letter (kylevanblock@audiblecoffee.com) which goes out every Sunday and contains a little bit of everything in the electronic music mega-genre. There hasn't been a week where at least 3 or 4 tracks he puts up that are gems. So go check that out. My favorites are Reborn, Swedish Nights, Right Beside You, & Reach for Me. I think the one I've played the most though is the Right Beside You Remix. Wow, what a pretty DnB tune. You should also check out the original track:
It's getting colder out here. Apparently it's snowing or will snow at least a half-foot above 9500 feet in the next day. It's coming!! I'm so siked for the season to come. I mean I'm not going to be able to do anything till november (recovery time + travel) but I'm mentally ready. I was having trouble going to sleep the other night cause I was imagining standing on top of the 3 line at Keystone getting some clips. Those jumps are so big. I heard they feel really good, but they just look Uge! I watched this video:
Tall Treez Vol.3 from Martin Rubio on Vimeo.
I know I already posted this on Facebook, but this dude has steeze. And, the tricks he's doing at Key are entirely in the realm of possibility for me. Which is tight to think about.
I think today I'll watch the Life Aquatic and see if I can crank out another lesson out of the spanish set I have. Busy Day!
My sis is coming up on Saturday and I'm excited. I'll have some company and she'll probably clean my house cause she's ocd like that. Haha. It's crazy how much dust will accumulate in less than 2 weeks (since I cleaned the place with my mom before the surgery).
I guess that's it from me. I'll leave you with this:
I'm a Sucker for Pumps!
-T
BONUS:
Schoolcraft - "Here In The Dark" by Schoolcraft
If you haven't heard this song yet, you need to! And you need to dl it on his soundcloud.
Here In The Dark - Schoolcraft
