I went snowboarding this weekend. I ended up going by myself because I wasn’t able to meet up with GS and his friends. Thanks, TMobile, great coverage. Anyway, I went to Pat’s Peak. It was the first time I tried my new snowboard and it was great! Could’ve used double socks though. Next time.

I decided to head to the very beginners hill. It was great because I was able to practice my heel and toe turns. After making it downhill doing consecutive S-turns without falling, I decided it was time to move on. Oh yeah, there was a big group of chinese college kids. Most of them were seriously wiping out, but most of the time they just hung out at the top sitting down on the snow. I felt like they were wondering why I was by myself. I very rarely see Asians doing stuff on their own. Anyway, maybe I was just paranoid.

I was deciding whether to go to the hill that had chair lifts or go to the slightly steeper beginners’ hill. I opted for the latter. The downside to this was although they had a lift, it was one of those where you have to hang on to it – easy for skiers, very difficult for snowboarders. With about 10 people on the line, I figured instead of waiting in line to find out that I can’t go up with a snowboard, I just trudged up the hill. Man, what a workout! I out of breath when I got up there. On every run, once I’d get down, I’d start up the hill again without pausing for breath. I must’ve done at least 10 rounds. At least.

Anyway, after maybe 40 minutes, the chinese group previously mentioned, moved into the hill I was on. They again congregated at the top of the hill and stay there for I don’t know how long. All this time, I was just practicing my turns, trying to make S’s without falling.

Well, at one point, while I was doing my toe turn, one guy wipes out to my left. I shout “I’m sorry”, sort of expecting an “It’s okay” from him, but I got nothing. He looks at me with a look that said, “Watch where you’re going”. I wasn’t going to fall but I stopped my run and sat down. I asked if he was okay and he said, “I was gonna wipe out anyway”. So, obviously he was blaming me for pre-empting that wipe out. Ugh.

His other friends started coming, one girl smiling at me sympathetically, conveying a “We know it’s not your fault”. The girls were actually pretty nice. The same girl said that they were on a steeper hill and that if he wasn’t comfortable there, he should join their other friends on the beginner hill. I just shrugged and went my merry way again. Only this time it wasn’t as merry anymore.

It happened again after a few more runs, to another of their friends. He wiped out next to me. I again apologized, not that it was my fault but because it seemed like the right thing to say. He was a better sport, shrugging it off, saying he was just going too fast. But at that point, I started losing interested and my energy had all but left me. So, after doing one last run without falling, I called it quits. Anyway, it’s your responsibility to stay clear of people IN FRONT of you. How on earth do you expect people to look behind them everytime they try to do something?

Anyway, there’s another thing worth mentioning. There was this cute fat kid with his hood up snowboarding too. He had a teeny tiny snowboard, and his face was so round inside the hood. Once, as I was going down, there was a lump in the snow – a jacket and a tiny snowboard. I was going to head over near it thinking it was somebody’s jacket when it started moving! It was the little boy! Sweet! Later on, I was sitting down after falling, when the little boy fell too. I looked back and said, “It’s pretty icy here”, and he was smiling and said, “I was just going too fast”. Aww.

Sunday, I was sore, but not because I wiped out. I hurt because it was a tough workout. I went to the office to do some work but couldn’t get in. I guess my key has some time coded in it or something. At least my Sunday afternoon was spared. After doing chores, I watched the Food Network. They have a chocolate festival weekend or something. They showed festivals in San Francisco and St Stephen in Canada. Man, it looked absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I started scouring my apartment for chocolate and found kisses and Meiji dark chocolate. I ate 1/4 of the box of the dark chocolate + 2 kisses. I had to stop myself, otherwise I’d have finished the box and stayed up all night.

After that I watched TBS with what seemed to be a Meg Ryan fest. I saw Kate & Leopold, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, You’ve Got Mail (yes, that’s 2x, back to back. I went to sleep while it was on the 2nd run), (woke up in the middle of the night with) City of Angels.

I think my favorite has changed from Sleepless to You’ve Got Mail. I like that it deals with books AND the Internet. It’s so good.