crazyski

hello, all, I'm back from hok. Niseko got progressively worse from the 20th until xmas, then progressively better until I left yesterday. Good stuff, it was. Shimba, Toque was/is/will be pretty much internet-deprived until next week, but he was raving about his bigstix. Me and another non-SJ poster buddy were salivating over them. Despite his demo bindings, I never put them on, though. Perhaps here in Honshu this month I'll try them out. Yeah, I totally agree with Fattwins about width/shape and moguls - they don't mix. I used to ski a lot of moguls in the mid/late 90's with

My GOD, my heart just stopped. Why do us humans have to endure such unrelenting PAIN?!? GrrrrRRRRRrrrRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! do not, repeat, DO NOT look at these pictures.

AHHHHHHHHH! The link is down!!! What am I suppossed to do at work now, WORK?!? What kind of nonsense is this?!?

o11, there ya go bashing the uni/college experience again. first the fraternities, now the whole experience... how do you think i learned the knowledge with which i enlighten you all now and then, eh? (if you don't believe me see here and, and well, I can't seem to find the other ones...oops). ok, nevermind, i suck, but i'd just like to ask: when is drinking heavilly 5 nights a week, getting laid a lot, and blacking out for a good part of 4 years not real life, eh? Anybody, anybody?

has anyone read a book called cryptonomicon by neal stephenson? its pretty hillarious, and they have a great treatise by an academic feminist chick explaining why men with beards are darwinistic abominations or some such thing. it's good. anyway, are there really going to be any girls in niseko, anyway? " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" />

silly danz, why, why, WHY!?! KILL THE THREAD, AHHHHHHH!

So, I'll be skiing Niseko on Sunday, and I wanna know how much snow I'll be skiing on.

to poach 1 To trespass on (another's property) for fishing or hunting. 2 To take (fish or game) illegally. 3 To make (land) muddy or broken up by trampling. 4a To take or appropriate unfairly or illegally. Sports. 4b To play (a ball) out of turn or in another's territory. We're talking about 4 here. Back home in the midwest US, there was little to do between races, so we often POACHED the park (for snowboarders only, heheeh). It was fun. I like poached eggs.

Quote: Originally posted by rach: didn't someone say that, like, 1 MONTH AGO!! Now we can't lose hope, fellow friends! I do deserve this crap weather, I suppose; it's all about the karma. I posted my first negative post (besides playfully bashing toque and his countrymen, which is always ok) about Ocean11's views on fraternities, and now it RAINS in Hok. Never again...I'll be carrying nothing but positive energy on SJ from now on!

Sorry, o11, I skipped a step in my logic on that last post. 1. read "hazing is a polite term for sodomy" 2. quickly realized that o11 cannot possibly mean that these are the same thing, so made the next logical jump that o11 might be referring to the often inaccurate, albeit sometimes funny, stereotype that fraternity hazing involves nudity and other such drunken fiendishness. 3. thought this was a bit close-minded since o11 is not from the US and has no experience with such things, so I pointed it out. I'll try to be more clear in my reasoning next time, folks.

Quote: Originally posted by rach: I hear it's snowing in the US.... good season over there so far? my adopted home resort of alta, UT, has had nearly 500cm of snow since halloween. This was yesterday. maybe those storms will pick up and head over here across the pacific (against the jetstream, maybe?!?). That'd be nice!

Hopefully this clears a few things up: As far as I know, not just anyone can pledge a fraternity, you must be asked first. Before being asked to pledge, you must "rush" (during "rush week"). "Rushing" involves a lot of schmoozing, introducing, smalltalk, and other such bullshit for about a week. A potential fraternity member can "rush" more than one house, and most do. After this, there is a "pledge period," which varies in length, time input required, hazing intensity, etc. from school to school, fraternity to fraternity. After period, a number of "pledges" become full active member

I've got some back in the states, but most locals know about them, and they're named (but not on any map). Had great names, though...knife's edge, nun's c#nt, gunsight, third entry, hi boy, the ho, to name a few. Good pow in all of 'em

back to the beards...i got a headstart, i think. last time shaving was saturday night, i think. heheheh.

[un]fortunately, I won't be donning the backwoods deer hunter outfit this year at Niseko. Look for me in the red Marmot jacket that's too big for me (my mommy bought it for me a long time ago) or the black Moonstone with a cool white racing stripe. Oh, yeah, and I'll be on skis that will make you say, "Dude, how old are those, REALLY?!?" Oh yeah, and my pants Spyder new-school ones with a bright stripe down the side. I'll be skiin' crazy, 2003.12.21-2004.1.5. Peace.

Due to the fact that America is swirling, swirling, swirling down a toilet (think of pressing the 大 button), in ten years I will still be in six figures of debt and working 80 hours a week just to help keep unhealthy, fat Americans from dying. Can anyone beat that? Dream and reality. Seeya all in ten years...

Yo, does anybody have experience with these masses of goggle companies that we don't have in America? I don't know names right now, but when I cruised through the many aisles of goggles at the ski shops, more than half I don't recognize. The prices are often better, though. Any thoughts?

oh yeah, and i want a few pair of skis, too: 1.) volkl g4 or gotama for arcing big, fat, fast turns through deep pow and crud, or that scot schmidt limited release pro model thing 2.) a mid-fat for most days (v-pro or big stix 8.6) 3.) some stiff as hell gs world cup stock race ski like a rossi 9x for going really fast on groomed 4.) some nice, light tele boards for when my skills finally pick up... I liked k2 once, perhaps i can find one of theirs. anybody got a few extra man lying round?

fattie, 168 v's?!? how [not] fat are you? Not a pair of skis over 180, I guess I'm in the old "size does matter" camp.

ja-zeeeee, I wish! Fortunately, I'm from the great northwoods of Minnesota-shu, home of the best math test-taking 8th graders in the country (really!).

ah, i think -10 degrees qualifies as cold, worthy of the all-powerful fleece (not cotton...did somebody say this already?). I'll be sporting my synthetic t-shirt under a fleece under a bright huntersaftey orange down jacket with a red, green, and white wool hat with a puffball on top. see ya in niseko in a few!

ditto on the beard. I'm having a contest with my supervisor. I think I'm gonna win. Wanna put a little money on this beard thing, toque? make it interesting? drunken frenchman can be the judge.

Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: Yes I do have a wide range from the Vs to the biggies but most of the time Ill be on my LBFs Whoa, you lost me there, fattie. I want some fat skis! waaaah! " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" />

fukdane, i meant for the type of girl i seem to be exlusively attracted to - the blonde, skinny type. Half the equation doesn't cut it, apparently.

You guys are all suffering delusions. Kidman is seriously hot. But then again, my exgf was a blonde, skinny girl and I believe has forever screwed with my girl preferences - I only like blonde, skinny girls. Any blonde, skinny girl. Japan is like a girl-void...I should movie to Scandinavia, or back to Minnesota, for that matter...