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My Journal: desert time
By: killthenuge


VEGAS VEGAS VEGAS!@!@!

Published On: 2/16/2008
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ja, Marta, Ola, Simon...sandboarding...zero fot z jazdy ale troche lifestylu!
 
 
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Published On: 10/5/2007
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DESERT SONG

 

There's a man in the desert all alone,

he walks all around without a thought.

Goes on the path of a bird that's flown,

never a passion, a thing that's sought.

 

Seven horses run through the night,

the desert mile is a marathon.

Their strenghth dies, their legs give flight,

they lie hearing the wanderer's song.



Published On: 9/10/2007
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03/31/07

 最近の写真 フィルマーのタローです。最近の写真です。

2007.03.31 Saturday

Up to date photos from Taro the filmer.

いっぱい犬がいましたー。 So many dogs in cages!

 

バンクーバー行った時海にスタンドらしき物がありました。

In Vancouver, I found a gas station in the middle of the sea.

 

タクミとケイジしか見えない位真っ白で何も見えませんでした。

Too fogy that I could only just see Tadashi and Keiji.

 

タダシは登るのが早い! Tadashi drives up super fast!

 

ランチLUNCH

 

山の帰りOn the way back.

 

kokaneeっぽいIt’s like a Kokanee Beer ad.

 

ラインLines

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山の神 The god of the mountain.

 

03/31/07

ナイス! NICE!!! 

ここ何日かの撮影はこんな感じでした!v(^^)

This is a recent report on our shooting escapades. (^^)


忠 / パウダーランからのドロップ。Tadashi / Dropping in from the powder snow.

              

忠 / ストンプ! fs.7!Tadashi / Stomps! Front side 7!


アキ / 1 Foot Indy !Aki / One foot indy!

             

 アキ / fs.cork.720Aki / Front side cork 720.


タクミ / fs.180 melon   Takumi / Front side 180 melon.

      

 タクミ / パウダーランでのスプレーTakumi / Riding powder snow and spraying.


ショウタ / fs.3 Indy !            Shota / Front side 3 indy! 

03/30/07 

フリーラン♪ 

2007.03.30 Friday

Free riding!♪

We went to Whistler mountain!Tadashi, Aki, Shota, Taro, and me Keiji.Contrary to the forecast, it was good weather today.It was the first time in a long time we went up the mountain because we have been shooting with our sleds lately.There were still so much good snow on the peak and it boost our spirits.We all hit the mogul slopes so our legs are so tired but we had so much fun.Some birds came to have lunch with us.Aki with Taro’s sun glasses.In the afternoon, we headed to the snowboard park.It was so crowded because it was sunny.The people there were so greedy to drop in that you couldn't tell when and who was dropping in. It was like a boarder cross race.After we went down the mountain, we had some beers and chicken wings.Chicken wings are so tasty! Some are spicy and some are sweet.When I went to Alaska, I ate chicken wings all the time.Everybody loved it.We had so much fun free riding. Riding with friends is the best!

昨日はみんなでウィスラーマウンテンへ滑りに行ってきました!メンバーは忠、アキ、ショータ、フィルマーのタロウと自分(ケイジ)の5人。天気予報とは違っていい天気。 最近モービルでの撮影ばかりだったので、フリーランするのはみんな久しぶり。山頂はまだいい雪が残っていてテンション上がったな〜!みんなでモーグルバーン攻めまくって足はパンパンだったけど、かなり楽しかったです(^^)


ランチ時には小鳥も寄ってきます。


タローさんのサングラスで遊ぶアキ。(笑) 午後はスノーボードパークへ!天気が良かったせいなのかパークはメッチャ混み。[:満室:]誰がどこからドロップしてくるのか分からなくて、みんなガツガツしまくり。まるでボータークロスですなこれは。。。[:ひやひや:] 下山してからはビールとチキンウィング!おいしいんですよ〜。チキンウィング。辛いのとか甘いのがあって。手羽先にホットソースをからめてある感じなのかな?去年アラスカに行った時にはいつも食べてたかも。みんなも大好きです。 フリーラン楽しかった〜。やっぱりみんなでワイワイ滑るのって最高 ですね。[:チョキ:] 

03/28/07

 快晴!! 今日も朝早くからモービルで撮影に行ってきましたよ〜♪今回は忠&アキ&タロー、そしてタクミ&ショータ&ケイジの2クルーに分けて出発。天気はかなりよくていい感じ!何かできそうなところを探しまわります。

  2007.03.28 Wednesday

Fair skies!!

We went shooting from early in the morning. Today, we set off as two crews. Tadashi, Aki, Taro in one crew, and Takumi, Shota, Keiji in another crew.It was a very clear day and so nice.


氷をこわしまくるショータ。        タクミ & ショータ。2人乗りでどこまでもついてきます。(^^)                     Takumi & Shota 

この2日間でいろいろと映像が残せたのでお楽しみに〜!

We were able to shot some lines, jumps, and more. You’ll see! 

03/27/07

 Nice day! 晴れるかも!

と言う事で早朝に集合!忠、タクミ、ショータ、フィルマーのタローさんと自分(ケイジ)。そして腰を少し痛めて休んでいたアキ君も今日から復活! クリフや、アップ系のジャンプ、新しい地形を発見してライン系などやってきました!

2007.03.27 Tuesday

Nice day!

It looked like it was going to be sunny so we all met early in the morning.Tadashi, Takumi, Shota, Taro(filmer) and me, Keiji.Aki recovered from his back problem and joined us.We shot a cliff, and an up jump, and rode some lines and explored some new places.

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人乗りでキッカーに向かうタダシとアキ。    かな〜りアップ系。上から見ると壁です。…(^^;)

Tadashi and Aki rode double on a sled heading to a kicker.It was very steep like a wall. (^^;)


撮影から帰ってきたのは夜8時近く。疲れたけど楽しかったな〜[:わーい:]あしたもがんばりまーす!

We came back around eight pm. I was soooo tired but it was fun.We’ll take another go at it tomorrow!! 

03/26/07 

今日も疲れた〜 拓巳です!今日は、タダシくん、タロウさん、ケイジ君、ショウタと五人でモービルで撮影に行ってきました。天気はいまいち良くなかったけど晴れ間を狙ってみんないいジャンプしてました[:嬉しい:]明日は天気がいいみたいなので朝から頑張りま〜す[:グッド:]おやすみ〜

2007.03.26 Monday

Another exhausting day. 

This is Takumi! I went shooting via sled with Tadashi, Taro, Keiji, and Shota. The weather could've been better but we managed to get a few shots when the sun peeked out. It’s going to be sunny tomorrow, and we will go shooting from early in the morning! Gotta get a good night's sleep. Good night!

   03/25/07

 ろーどぎゃっぷ ROAD GAP

 フィルマーのケイジです!昨日は朝早くからビデオでも出ている有名なロードギャップポイントをチェックしてきました!メンバーはタダシ、タクミ、ショータ、フォトグラファーのマルさん、フィルマーのタロウさんと自分。

Hey it's Keiji! Yesterday, early in the morning, we went to check out the very famous road gap! The members were Tadashi, Takumi, Shota, Dice-K Maru (photographer), Taro-san (videocameraman) and me.


ランディングまでイメージする忠。 1年ぶりに来たけどやっぱデカいすね〜〜。このジャンプ…。。。ビルに例えたら何階建てくらいなんだろうな…?(^^;)今回は雪が思っていたよりも悪く天気も少し暗いので、今度またコンディションがいい時にやる事にします。 帰る前にはみんなで雪玉で遠くの倒木を狙って遠投大会![:ベースボール:]当たりそうでなかなか当たらないんですよ〜これが。みんなムキになって投げまくってました。 始めに当てたタダシはみんなから[:ビール:]をゲット!元ピッチャーだけあってうまかったな〜〜ちなみにタローさんはサードでスイッチヒッターだったみたいです。 100球までは投げてないけど、もう投げすぎで肩が痛いです。結局ショータはビリになってみんなにコーヒーおごる事になりました。[:チョキ:] 今日は雨も降っていたのでオフ。忠とスケートパークで遊んできました。地下なので空気はあんまり良くないんですけど、楽しく汗かいてすっきりしたな〜!でも体はバキバキです。(笑)

Tadashi can imagine how the landing would be. We came here for the first time in a year and...the slope is really big as I was expecting... If the gap is compared to a building, the building would be how many stories?(^^;) The snow around there was bad and it was dark, so we decided to try this next time when the condition is better. Before we left this gap, we played long cast with snow balls and we tried to hit a piece of wood. It looked easy but it’s not actually. We started to get pissed off that nobody was hitting the target! Tadashi hit the target first and he got beers from everybody! He used to be a pitcher so he was good. Taro-san was 3 base and also a switch-hitter. We threw too many snoballs, like a 100 and now I have pain in my shoulder. Shota was the worst and he has to buy coffees for us. It was raining so we took the day off today and I went to the skate park with Tadashi. Since the skate park is under ground, the air is not clean but we enjoyed ourselves and broke a sweat. Now my muscles are sore. 

03/23/07 

雪ふってっどぉ〜(ウィスラー)Snowing Whistler!

 今日はですね〜、ウィスラーから大体1時間ぐらい車で走ったポイントに行ってきたんですよ。やっぱりいいですね〜。違う景色を見るってことは。なんかワクワクしながらポイントを探しててね。これが楽しいんですよ。 ちなみに今日の撮影内容は、自分は、ピローラインをせめて。ショータとタクミは、クリフジャンプを攻めてたかな。いい感じのジャンプだったんだこれが。んでそれから移動をして、探しまくってたんですよ〜。なかなか見つかんないんだわ、これが。なかなか大変でね〜。これを皆に教えたいよ。(でも楽しいんだよコレも)

Today, we went to a spot where it took an hour by car. It’s nice to go somewhere different. It’s so exciting searching for a nice spot. It's so much fun. Today’s agenda was to hit some pillow lines and Shota and Takumi did some awesome cliff drops. Their lines were pretty cool. After that, we moved on in search of a better place but we couldn’t find any. It’s really hard to find a nice spot, I’m telling you. I want you to know this! (Though its fun trying...)

 

03/22/07

 やっほ〜ぅ どもでーす!フィルマーのケイジです。今日もアキ&コニとモービルで撮影に行ってきました〜! 天気は曇り空で視界はそこまで良くないけど、マッシュやピローラインで撮影してました。明るくなるのを待ってのドロップでなかなか大変。でもやれる中でいいのができたと思います。(^^)

2007.03.22 Thursday

Hey, yo!This is Keiji the filmer again.I went filming today with Aki & Koni.It was cloudy but we shot some mushroom lines and pillow lines.We had to wait for the sunlight to drop in, and it was tough but we got some nice shots despite the conditions.

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午後は今まで行ったた事のないところを探索してみんなでスタックしまくりでした。(笑)

In the afternoon, we looked for a place where no one had been to.We kept getting stuck again and again! 


03/21/07 

鎌ちゃんシリーズ?????? KAMA-chan Series! こんなんどう〜!

2007.03.21 Wednesday


大ちゃん誕生日おめでとう!(TWSの編集長)Happy birthday, Dai-chan! (Editor of TWS)

 

03/21/07 

ハラへった〜〜〜! オレらもやってっどぉ〜!!3月20日天気も良くいい感じで撮影をやってきました。こっちのメンバーは、タロさ、(ビデオカメラマン)タクちゃん、ショウちゃん、ただぼー、楽しかったよ〜!!ショウタとタクミがウケるんですよコレがまた。スノーモービルでドコまでも着いてくるんですよ。(コイツらさすが兄弟って思うね)彼らは、コレからですね!みんな映像を楽しみにしててね〜(写真もね)

2007.03.21 Wednesday

I’m hungry----!We were filming too!!Yesterday, it was nice weather and we did some shooting.Our crew was Taro(video cameraman), Takumi, Shota and me(Tadashi).It was sooo much fun! Shota and Takumi are funny guys.They took forever to double up but they made it! I knew the brothers could do it. It’ll be fun to follow their carreers. Everybody, wait till you see the photos and videos! They are killing it!

 

03/21/07 

よかった〜… 今日は7時半に駐車場に集合!メンバーはアキ&コニ、フォトグラファーのマルさんと自分(ケイジ)。天気もよくてテンションも上がります。(^^)

2007.03.21 Wednesday

What a relief...We gathered at the parking lot at seven thirty in the morning.The members were Aki, Koni, Maru-san, and me(Keiji).The nice weather made us high. (^^)


思っていたよりも雪が深くてでいい感じ!誰もまだ来てないのでモービルで道を作りながらやっと山頂へ到着。しかし始めに狙っていたクリフまで行く頃には、デバンやクリス・ダフィシー、サンドボックスのクルーが続々と集まってきて一気に場所取り合戦が始まります。それにしてもデバン達は早かったな…バタバタっとあっという間にいいところで撮影してました。早くこうなっていかなければ…

The snow was deep and a lot nicer than we thought.No one had come out yet so we had to make our own track to get to the top.But before we arrived to the spot that we had marked out, the other crews like Devun Walsh, Chris Dufficy and Sandbox came one after another and the “spot race” began. Devun’s crew was so fast... They shot a nice spot without wasting any time. We have to be like that...


それにしてもアキ君がドロップした後に雪崩が起きて本当にあせったなぁ…少し流されたけどケガもなく、夕方まで撮影がんばってました。[:パンチ:]

Aki did a jump and it caused an avalanche and he got carried away a little bit. I was so frightened but he wasn’t hurt at all and he continued to film until nightfall.


今日一日いろいろあったけど、みんな無事でモービルにもトラブルもなくてよかった。これが本当に大事だと実感する1日でした。お〜し!おいしいビール飲んで明日もがんばるぞ〜〜[:イケテル:]

We all came back safely and our sleds had no trouble today.I realized the immense values in this.Alright! We will kick ass tomorrow by drinking yummy beer tonight! 

03/20/07

 オフ DAY OFF 

相変わらずパッとしない天気が続くウィスラーから小西がお届けします。今忠の家にいます。忠の家にはたくさんの本やdvdや珍しいスケートのデッキなど、面白いものがたくさんあります。でもテレビでは大相撲春場所が流れています。あ、鶴竜がはたき込みで勝ちました。素早い動きでした。 今日はオフにしました。昨日の夜のセッションでやられたのが痛いってのもあるけど天気が悪かったんです。でも夕方にスケートをやりに行きました。地下駐車場にスケートパークがあるんです。地下っつっても地下3階ですよ。行く時に乗るエレベーターなんか秘密基地に行く感じですよ。リゾートですねー。でもそこは空気が悪いのであんまし長くいると多分病気になります。だからさくっと汗を流して帰ります。スケートのあとは地上にあるスターバックスでコーヒーを飲みます。オフの日はこんな感じで過ごしてます。明日も天気悪そうやなー。でも山行きたい!とりあえず5時起きです。

2007.03.20 Tuesday

This is Koni bringing you some news from Whistler under uninspiring weather.I’m at Tadashi’s place now. There are many books, DVDs, rare skateboard decks and some other interesting things. There's Grand Sumo tournament on TV, wow Kakuryu won by a frontal slap-down. It was quick. I took a day off today. The reasons was that my body got worked in last night's session, and the weather is bad. So I decided to go skateboarding in the evening. There is a skate park underground. “Under ground” it’s not just “Under ground” but on the third floor in the basement. We had to take the elevator to get down there, and it’s like going to a hideout. There is no fresh air so I can’t stay there for a very long time or I will get sick. So I just skate a bit and break a sweat and then take off.After I left the hideout I enjoyed coffee at Starbucks.I spend my days off like this. It seems to be bad weather tomorrow too.I want to go snowboarding!!! I’ll wake up at five o'clock am anyway with my fingers crossed! 

03/19/07 

晴れ待ちの日。Waiting for sunshine.

 どもです!フィルマーのケイジです。アキ&コニとモービルで撮影しにいってきました。

2007.03.19 Monday 

Hey, This is Keiji.I went filming with Aki & Koni with our sleds.

もしかしたら午前中晴れそうな感じだったので早めに出発!他のフィルミングクルーも早くからガソリンスタンドに集まってきます。

We thought that in the morning it would be sunny so we left the house earlier than usual!The other filming crews were also gathering around the gas stand.


しかし、山は思っていたよりも雲が多く視界も悪いので、晴れ間ち晴れ待ちの連続。。。晴れとのうまくタイミングが合わなくてむずかしかったなぁ。。。

But when we got into the backcountry, there were more crowds than I thought and the visibility was very poor. We had to wait for the sunshine to get any filming done. Timing matters. It was tough to find the right timing for filming...

夜はheart houseでアキ&コニ、フォトグラファーのマルさん、タローさん、自分でセッションしてきました [:チョキ:]

That night, Aki & Koni, Maru-san, Taro-san and I did some sessions at the Heart House.


アキ君は50-50からのfs180,bs180をメイク!コニはwoodレールを飛び越えてからまた飛び越えたりおもしろい事にチャレンジしてました。(^^)でも飛び越えようとした最後の冊に引っかかってクラッシュ。。。危ない落ち方だったけど無事で良かった〜… ナイストライ!

Aki did a front side 180 and back side 180 from 50-50.Koni was trying to do some fun tricks like jumping over the wood rail. But he tried to jump over the last wood rail and bailed super hard.He fell dangerously but he was OK. Whew!Nice try, Koni!

  03/18/07 

どうもー 昨日は、朝起きたら雪ががんがん降ってたのですが、何か出来るだろうって事でタクミ ショータ それに、カメラマンのマルさんにオレ(フィルマーのタロー)で家から五分位の所にモービルで撮影に行ってきました。

2007.03.18 Sunday

Hi, there! It’s Taro.(heart’s filmer)When I woke up yesterday morning, it was snowing hard so we(Takumi, Shota, Maru-san and me) thought we could do something so we went to shoot near the house by sled.

 

いろいろ探してマルさんがここどう?って事でタクミ ショータでチェック。

We looked around for a spot and then Maru-san suggested one.Takumi and Shota scoped the area while we prepared for the shoot, then the snow became rain!


よし、やろうと準備してる間に雪がだんだん雨に!雪も、うすいし雨も降ってきたので軽く遊んでもうちょい体にやさしい所を探しに行こうと、もうちょい行ったらこんどは、これです!

Since it turned to rain, we went to look for another easier spot and found this place.


雨の中ビタビタなので、マルさんもオレもガンガン機材が濡れるので結構大変でした。タクミとショータもずぶ濡れになりながらも、いろいろ試しながら滑ってたので、どうにか今日も撮影が出来ました。 タクミ ショータ マルさん、お疲れさんでした!!

Maru-san and I were having a hard time protecting our cameras from the rain.Takumi and Shota tried some tricks although they were wet, and we were able to do some filming because of their effort.Takumi, Shota and Maru-san, you guys did a good job today!

 03/17/07 

雪がぁぁぁ〜 パウダ〜! 14cmの新雪!ワクワクしながら忠とブラッコムへ滑りに行ってきました! 午後は暖かくなるとの予報だったけど、駐車場についてみるとすでに雨。 『下はダメでも上の方は雪降ってるでしょ〜!』とテンション上げてリフトに乗ってみたけど、残念ながらず〜〜〜っと雨。しかも強風。雨はさすがにツラいなぁ〜〜 [:ニョロ:]せっかく雪降ったのに残念。。。まぁしょうがない。次に期待ですね!

2007.03.17 Saturday

Snow...!!!Powder! 

14cm of new snow!I was so excited about going to Blackcomb with Tadashi!The weather forecast said it was getting warm in the afternoon.But when we got to the parking lot, it was already raining.We reminded ourselves that: ”It is only raining down here, up there it is snowing for sure!” and jumped onto the lift.But unfortunately, it was raining all the way to the top!In addition, there were strong winds.The strong winds were killer.The rain spoiled the long-waited snow...That’s life. I hope we have another snow fall!


でもみんなコンディション悪いなりに楽しんで滑ってきました。(^^)

We had fun in our own way despite the bad snow.


かなり個性的な子を発見。リフト券長っ!(^^)      ウィスラーキッズは雨でも元気!

We found this unique kid. His lift ticket is too long!Whistler kids have a lot of energy even though it’s raining. 

03/16/07 

おりゃ〜 どもです〜アキ&コニ、自分(ケイジ)のクルーはまた別のポイントへ!何かできそうなところを探しまわって撮影してきました。午後は天気悪かったので、最後にモービルジャンプしたりして遊んで帰ってきました。(^^)

2007.03.16 Friday

Yo!Hellooo.My crew (Aki & Koni and me-Keiji) went to another spot.We scoped for a place to shoot some fun tricks.The weather was getting bad in the afternoon so we played with our snowmobiles and came back. (^^)


去年、忠&アキ&マルさん達とモービルキャンプした場所で [:カメラ:]

This is the place where Tadashi, Aki, Maru-san and I camped out with our sleds last year.

 

左がブラッコム、右がウィスラー              アチョー!っと空を舞うアキ。笑

Blackcomb on the left, Whistler on the right. Yaaaaaa! 

---photo---Koni is checking out the points.



コニ、ポイントチェック中。

Koni checking out some spots.


コニ                      アキ

Koni Aki 

03/16/07

 どうもー はい!! 本日もモービルで撮影に行ってきましたー、フィルマーのタローです。メンバーは、タダシ タクミ ショータ オレの4人クルーで山に上がったんですが・・・      またまたやっちまいました!!  今日は、長ーい坂をモービルで登ってる途中で転倒して転がって来るモービルに頭が踏まれたんですが、ヘルメットをかぶってるので助かりました。ヘルメットありがとう!その後自力で立て直ったんですが、なんとそこから無人で坂を直下ってタダシとタクミの方にあり得ない位のスピードで突っ込んでいったんですが、何と奇跡的に途中で止まりました。もし人に当たったりモービルが壊れてたらと思うと何ともなくて助かりました。怪我は、すり傷ていどだったのでラッキーでした。


2007.03.16 Friday

Wassuuuuuuup?This is Taro (filmer).Today’s members were, Tadashi, Takumi, Shota and me.We went up to the mountain and...shi*t! I fell!I bailed when I was driving up a long slope and my sled rolled down over my head! Thank God for my helmet! THANK YOU MY HELMET!After the sled hit me, the sled went down hill all by itself and ran straight toward Tadashi and Takumi with unbelievable speed.Thankfully the sled stopped before it hit Tadashi and Takumi. It was miracle!I was worried about my sled hurting my friends, or what if the sled got broken?! Luckily, nothing bad happened and my wound was only a scratch. 

その後撮ったのがこんなとこでした。

After that we filmed here.

 

タダシ、タクミ、ショータともビタビタいろんなトリックを合計9本飛び本日も、かなーり極上の生ライブを見せてもらいました。モービルにひかれながらも来たかいがありました!!ありがとうライダーの3人。 一日一日の生ライブがDVDになるのが本当に自分も楽しみです!!みなさん、もうしばらくお待ちください。 あと、最後にデッカイ雪崩に巻き込まれた3人です。

  Tadashi, Takumi and Shota did really nice tricks for a total of nine times and it was cool to see them ride in person! It was worth getting hit by my sled!! Thank you riders.I’m looking forward to editing this footage for everyone to see in our DVD!!Ladies and Gentlemen, please wait a little bit more.Thanks!! Three riders were caught in an avalanche.

  

03/15/07 

いぇぃ! どもでーす。同じくハートでフィルマーやってるケイジです!今日はアキ&コニ、フォトグラファーのマルさんと撮影に行ってきましたよ〜久しぶりに冷え込んだので、ハイウェイではスピンして道路脇に落ちてる車がちらほら。通行止めやらなんかスゴかったです。 天気はかなり良くていい一日になるかと思いきや、またやってしまいましたぁぁ…モービルにトラブルがありかなり凹まされました。 でもマルさんやみんなに助けてもらいっていい撮影する事ができて良かったです。(^^;)

2007.03.15 Thursday

Yo! What’s up? This is Keiji the heart film’s filmer.I went shooting with Aki, Koni, and Dice-K Maru today.It had been a while since it was cold and today was a very cold day so there were some cars on the side of the highway because they had slipped on the ice.Some areas of the highway were closed. It was pretty bad. The weather was awesome so that I thought it’s going to be a great day, but... it wasn’t. My sled had trouble and I felt disappointed and sad. At the end of the day, I got a good shot with Maru-san and everybody’s help.


アキ&コニAki & Koni 

03/15/07 

こんちわー HELLO! どーもー、ハートでフィルマーやってるタローです。最近ウィスラーに来て撮影&PCに夢中です!!大体は、まず朝撮影に行って夕方帰って来てシャワー浴びて飯食って、お疲れビール飲みながらPCしてぐっすり寝る感じでやってます。今heart houseにはアキ コニ、それに最近PCを手に入れていじくりまくってるショータ&昨日来たばかりのタクミにオレの5人で住んでて部屋はこんな感じで楽しくやってます。

2007.03.15 Thursday

Hellooo!This is Taro the heart film’s filmer/editor.I came to Whistler and now I’m crazy about filming and my MAC!!Recently, my life consists of shooting and coming back in the evening, taking a shower, drinking some beers, do some work on my MAC, and then going to bed.In the heart house, there are Aki, Koni, Shota (who got a new MAC lately), and Takumi, who joined us yesterday and me. It’s nice and comfortable.

今日は、朝モービルのエンジンをかけようと鍵を探したら ”どこにも無い”あれ、無くしちゃった!! また、やらかしちまった!!天気もいいのでどうしても山に上がりたかったので、車で片道40分かけてモービル屋に行き速攻で鍵を作ってもらって戻るなんて事になって出だしが遅くなってみなさんに迷惑かけてしまい反省してる現在です。すんません!それで今日は、タダシ タクミ ショータにバートンのカメラマンのジェフに途中参加のオレでこんな感じで

In the morning, I was about to start my sled and I couldn't find my key! Damn, I did it again!!It was so nice today so I must go up to the mountain to shoot so I went to the snow mobile shop and spent 40 min. each way (by car) to make a spare key quickly and come back. I kept everybody waiting in the beginning of the day. I’m so sorry everybody!Today’s members were Tadashi, Takumi, Shota, Jeff- (Burton’s cameraman), and me.

  

滑った場所はこんな感じ         The places were like this.

 

でした。他にもいろいろ滑ったので、これもまた映像が楽しみです。まだまだ撮影続くんで、明日から気を引き締めてがんばりまーす。

We rode some other places so I’m looking forward to checking my film.Filming and shooting are far from finished, so I am keeping my spirits high and enjoying everyday and the challenges that I face. 

03/14/07 

東北ツアー はい[:パー:]みんなー元気ですかー俺も元気でーすって 俺だれかってそー私 鎌潤でーす。みんなカナダで滑ってるのをブログで見てますよー楽しそうですねーいいですねーやばいですねー[:イケテル:]。話は変わるけど今東北も寒波が入り凄い雪が降ってきたよーかなりいい感じになりつつあるから明日から岩手 青森 秋田 北海道方面に行ってみようかと思う とりあえず雪のいいとこねらいでいいのがあったらこんな顔[:楽しい:]やばいのがあったらこんな顔[:びっくり:]しながら楽しんで行って来るよー また東北ツアーアップしまーす

2007.03.14 Wednesday

Tohoku Tour! Hello everyone, how’s it going?I’m great! Who am I? Yes, it’s me! KamaJun!I check out the heart films riders enjoying Canada everyday, on the blog.They look great and look like their having so much fun!Anyway, it’s snowing very hard in Tohoku now due to a cold wave.It’s getting nice there so I’m going to Iwate, Aomori, Akita and Hokkaido area to look for some good snow.I’ll look forward to keeping you guys updated on this Tohoku tour! 

03/13/07

 今日のウィスラーニュース!!! Today’s Whistler News!!! 今日はですね〜天気もイマイチだったんでゲレンデに筋トレに行きました。(ま〜楽しく滑りながら辛いとこを滑るって感じですかね!笑)メンバーは、アッキー、コニ、ショーちゃん、おいら、です。やっぱり面白いね〜。友達とフリーライディングをするのが何よりも面白い!やっぱ!サイコーっす。みなさーん日本はパウパウでしょ。楽しんでね〜。 

It wasn’t good weather today so we went to the mountain to do some training...riding very hard but it was super fun.The riders were Aki, Koni, Shota and me (Tadashi).I knew it was going to be fun and it really was. Free riding with my friends is the best!There is lots of powder snow in Japan, isn’t there? I hope everyone is having fun riding pow!

                

03/12/07

 こんにちは!ど〜も!翔太で〜す!

 HELLO, This is SHOTA!

はじめて書き込みました!おとといウィスラーに着きました!

This is my first time to write in the Heart Film's blog!I came back to Whistler the day before yesterday!


昨日はバックカントリーにタダシくん、アキくん、コニタン、バートンのカメラマンのジェフ カーティス、ハートのフィルマーの太郎兄貴、刑事くんと行きました!

I went to the back country to snowmobile and snowboard with Tadashi, Aki, Koni, Jeff Curtis (Burton photographer), heart film’s filmer Taro, and Keiji yesterday.


天気は湿った雪でスノーボードしずらかったのですが、ピローラインをみんなで撮影して帰ってきました!

The snow was wet and little bit hard but we were able to shot some pillow lines.


今日はオフだったんで明日はガンバリま〜す!

Today was a day off but tomorrow, I’ll go kill it! 

03/09/07

 うぃっすら〜 WHISTLER!!! 雪だ〜!なかなか寒いです。[:ゆき:]今日は山へは上がらずに映像とかまとめてたりしてましたが、明日はちょっと滑ってこようと思ってます。 

Snoooooow! It’s cold in Whistler.I didn’t go to the mountain today because I was editing parts of the film.Tomorrow, I will go snowboarding. 

昨日から新作ビデオを編集するノブ君とも合流し、明日はアキ君、コニ、ショータ、フィルマーのタローさんがカナダ入りです。またにぎやかになりそう!楽しみだ〜

  Yesterday Nobu joined us to help us edit the new heart film's video and Aki, Koni, Shota and Taro-the other filmer will come back to Canada tomorrow.It’s going to be a bustling town again! I can’t wait!

 ケイジKEIJI 

03/08/07 

やほーぅ! ケイジでーす。1ヶ月ぶりにカナダに戻ってきました〜! 入国審査で止められて、かなり足止めくらってました。。。2時間以上待たされてもしかしたら入れないの…??そんな不安が頭によぎったけど、何とか審査官にハンコを押してもらえて無事入国!人もいっぱいで、面倒だから行っていいよ!みたいな感じだったな〜。(苦笑) 飛行機は偶然にもフォトグラファーのマルさんやレッドアイのシブさん、中井、フミオ、ハク君などが一緒でピックリ。みんなカナダ楽しみでウズウズしてましたね。 

2007.03.08 Thursday

Yee-ha! It’s Keiji!I came back to Canada after a month!I was stuck for over two hours in immigration… I was worried that I couldn’t get in to Canada, but I could!There was a huge crowd so the immigration officer gave me the look of evil and then let me through. Dice-K, Shibu from the Red eye, Nakai, Fumio, and Haku were on my plane. They were super jonesing to get back riding in Whistler!


出発前の成田で。At the Narita-airport.


夕暮れ時に通ったバンクーバーにあるスタンレーパーク。Stanley park in Vancouver. 今日は暖かいみたいだったけど、まだまだ雪はあるっすよ〜!楽しみ楽しみ〜〜[:イヒヒ:]

Today was warm but there is still so much snow. I’m excited! 

03/08/07 

ラフィン 先日ラフィンのライブに行って来たのを、ブログに載せたのですが、ラフィンのギターリストのKasugaさんのホームページのブログ(http://web.mac.com/hksg/iWeb/Site/HOME.html)でも、heart filmsでライブに行った事を載せてくれてます。感謝!感謝!ありがとうございます。かなりカッコイイので、ライブ要チェック!!http://www.laughin.net/please.html 

2007.03.08 Thursday

LAUGHIN’NOSE We wrote a blog about the LAUGHIN’ NOSE live show the other day, and Kasuga, the guitarist of the band also mentioned heart films in his homepage. http://web.mac.com/hksg/iWeb/Site/HOME.htmlThanks very much, Kasuga! Thank you! He is so cool. Everyone should check out his live show!http://www.laughin.net/please.html 

03/06/07 

こんにちは〜〜〜!!!!博美です\^o^/ 最近はheartの撮影で福島の猪苗代スキー場に行って、山形に帰ったら熱をだして寝込んでました(┬┬_┬┬) そしてやっと復活!! ってことで今日スキー場に久しぶり?に滑りに行ったら、吹雪で風がビュービューでした( ̄▽ ̄;) 朝の血液型選手権もビリでした(−_−メ) ホントについてないみたいです(´Д`) まったく関係ないけど、明日ケータイを変えます!!明日はいいことあるといいなぁ〜〜〜(ノ゜O゜)ノ こんな感じですけど、これからおもしろ情報とか撮影風景とかのせるので、みなさんよろしくで〜〜〜〜す\^o^/ 博美でした〜〜〜。 

2007.03.06 Tuesday

Hellooooooo!! This is Hiromi! I went to Inawashiro, Fukushima to shoot with Heart Films. I came back to Yamagata, and I was in bed with a high fever.Now I am recovered!! I hadn't gone snowboarding in such a long time… There was a snow storm.In the morning, I checked my fortune on a TV program and mine was the worst.I should've listened to the TV because it sure wasn’t my day:( Bear no relation to this topic, I will change my cell phone tomorrow!I hope something good is going to happen tomorrow. My blog is like this and I’m going to upload some fun info and photos from now on.I’ll keep you posted!

 03/05/07 moon park 03 

どもども!フィルマーのケイジです今日は新しい機材を求めて、秋葉原のマニアックなビルを探索してきました〜 [:見る:]か〜な〜り、アヤしいお店がいっぱいでしたよ。中野ブロードウェイ(知ってるかな?)をさらにマニアックにした感じで、アブなそうな人達でいっぱいだったな。。。(苦笑)


 2007.03.05 Mondaymoon park 03 

Hi there! This is Keiji - the filmer.Today, I went to AKIHABARA looking for some new camera gear.There were many geeky shops like NAKANO broadway (did you know?) or maybe it is more maniac.People in AKIHABARA are quite characters! (^o^;) 

そんな話はおいといて、先日のmoon park sessionの追加リポート〜 [:カメラ:] 

Besides AKIHABARA, here is another report from the Moon Park Session. 

このセッションは始めに設置してあったヒップを作りなおして始まりました!アイテムの形はスケートパークにあるスパインみたいな感じで、正面クォーターが2個くっついたようなイメージです。(説明ヘタでスイマセン。。。) 

We remade the hip and started a session.The shape of the item was like spine at a skate park.It’s like two quarter pipes stacked.Can you imagine? Sorry for the poor explanation…


何をしでかすかわからないコースケ。bs.ロデオ。 Unpredictable Kosuke. Back side Rodeo.


高さがハンバなかった忠のfs360 Tadashi’s front side 360 was extremely high.


コニのアンダーフリップ。この後ワンフットもしてました。 Koni’s under flip. He rode with one-foot too.


スタイリッシュにでっかく空に舞っていたマグン。

Fs360 Stylish front side 360. Magun was like flying in the sky. 

きれいな夕焼けの中、みんなこのセクションで熱くなってました。(^^) ビデオ、雑誌ともにmoon park特集お楽しみに〜! 

Against the beautiful sunset, they were excited. (^^)Please check out the Moon Park feature in the magazine and in the video! 

03/05/07 

ライブ!! おっつ〜! ただしで〜す。 今日、ラフィンのライブに行ったんだ〜!やっぱりいいね〜(笑) メンバ〜は、オレ、アキ君、タローさん、アニキ、石田、大ちゃん、です。 アキ君がちょ〜興奮してたなよ!! あそこにジゾー君がいたらヤバイんだろーな〜。なんか想像がつくよね(笑) 良かったよ。ウィスラーに戻る前にヤバイライブが見れてマジ良かったっす!! 

Live Show!! Helloooooo! This is Tadashiiiiii.I went to the Laughin' Nose’s live show! It was so cool! I’m telling you!The members were me, Aki, Taro, Aniki, Ishida, Dai.Aki was so excited!If Zizo was there, I can imagine that he would have been super crazy too!!Anyway, it was really fun.I’m very happy that I could see such a cool live show before I went back to Canada.


  03/05/07 

つ、ついに! 『heart films vol.two』第1発目の新作ティーザーが発表されました〜![:拍手:]

Finally! The first Teaser of “heart films vol.two” is now on sale!!! TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING 

4月号の付録DVDに収録されています!もちろん今回のテーマはFUN!ライディング以外にもコミカルな動きも見る事ができて面白いと思いますよ。(^^) 

It’s included in the DVD, supplement to TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING April 07 issue!Of course the theme is “FUN”! You can have fun with this DVD.Watch our riding and our goofy shots too! (^^) 

付録DVDだけではなく雑誌にheart riderも特集されています!『ムービースター大特集』でナターシャや忠、BEST8までのこったアキ&ショータの『TOYOTA BIG AIRレポート』、その他のみんなの活動もバッチリ見る事ができますよ〜。

 Check out the “Movie Stars Feature”, where you can see Natasza Zurek, Tadashi Fuse, and Aki and Shota’s “TOYOTA BIG AIR report”, and other HEART Films riders. 

是非チェックしてみてくださいね! 

Check out the April 07 Issue hitting news stands today!

 


近日中にこのホームページ上でも新作ティーザーが見れるようになるのでお楽しみに! 

We will be uploading the new Teaser to this web site soon! 

03/03/07 

- ただしより - みんな元気〜ちゃんと楽しんでスノーボードしてるかい。カナダに帰る前に地元ゲレンデに行って来ました。場所は山形県米沢にある栗子スノーパークってところなんだ。今日はすごく天気も良かったからビール飲みながら滑っちゃった。サイコー!!!!ハートステッカーをみんなに張ってもらいたいから全部配っちゃった。プチハイクして山登りのおっちゃん達に会ってみんなでパーティーしてた。みんないい顔してビール飲んでた〜。 

2007.03.03 Saturday

-from Tadashi- Yo, what’s up!? Everybody snowboarding??Before I go back to Canada, I went to the local mountain called “Crico Snowpark” at Yonezawa, Yamagata.It was a nice day of chilling and drinking beers and snowboarding. It was great!!! I gave Heart stickers away to everybody. I met some old guys who were hill climbing and had a party with them.They seemed very happy to drink beers!


03/02/07 moon park 02 

どもです!ハートフィルムスでフィルマーをやっているケイジです。 2月26日から28日まで猪苗代スキー場で行われたMOON PARKかな〜り濃い内容でしたよ〜!天気にも恵まれ、忠達のアイディアでカタチになっていったパークではかなりいいセッションが出来てよかったです! ムーンパークは完成という文字はなく、アイディア次第でどんどん変化していきます。そこまで広くない空間にたくさんの面白アイテム設置。最終日は自分もカメラバックを置いて楽しんできました。個人的には5連続ジャンプが面白かったな〜![:イケテル:] ライダーのみんなは、前の人と同じグラブをしたり、全部バックフリップしたり、かなり楽しんでたみたい。全部バックフリップはさすがに目が回るって言ってました。(笑)

 

2007.03.02 Friday

moon park 02 

Hey, this is Keiji - the filmer for Heart Films. The Moon Park Session held from Feb.26th to 28th at Inawashiro was a hit!We were lucky enough to have our session in good weather at the Moon Park. We finished our shoot but we hope to continue with Moon Park and add extra features and keep making our ideas into reality. It is not a big space but there are many fun items. On the last day, I put aside my camera bag and had fun riding too!I liked the feature with the five jumps in a row. It was super fun to see all the riders do a whole bunch of tricks and one up each other and hit the jump all at once. It was crazy! The riders said that their heads were spinning doing so many back-flips! 

03/02/07 moon park

 の帰りに 3日間のmoon park sesionの帰りがけに、アキ、ショータ、ヒロミで撮影してきましたが、ヒロミは足が本調子じゃないので今回はサポートしてくれました。スポットは、なぜか最近専門誌も出てる廃墟。夜はかなり怖そうな場所でしたが、昼間で天気も良くロケーションも最高!遊び上手なアキがスポットを選んでそれをアレンジして遊ぶショータでのライディングにヒロミのサポート。三人の遊び上手なライダーのおかげで今日も素晴らしいショットが撮れました。 

2007.03.02 Friday

On the way back from the Moon Park… We stopped to shoot on the way back from the Moon Park Session.Aki, Shota, and Hiromi were there. Hiromi wasn’t in her best condition so she cheered us on.The spot was a deserted house. It's a spot that would be super scary at night, but under the fine sky it was a nice place to shoot. Aki chose the spot and Shota riigged it up and Hiromi cheered! The three riders had a fun time capturing some interesting images. 


03/01/07 moon park 

猪苗代スキー場での三日間の"moon park sesion " の撮影を無事に終えました。

We just finished our 3 day shoot at “The Moon Park Session” with no problems.


今回の"moon park sesion " は、布施忠のパークのイメージとそれを形にしたbrave project、滑るheart films のライダーと撮るheart filmer,Transworld Japan&zizo,そしてTransworld Us&Dice-K などでの協力でかなーり素晴らしいセッションになりました。 集まったみなさんお疲れでした!! そして、DVD&写真 乞うご期待!!! 

The Moon Park Session was incredible! Tadashi Fuse’s vision for a fun park was built and created by “brave projects."All the “heart films” riders rode great and the filmers captured some sick shots for the DVD, HEART FILMS vol. 2!Transworld US cameraman Dice-K Maru and TWS Japan photographer, ZIZO, were there shooting the nonsense.Special thanks to everybody who came to the park!!The DVD and the photos will exceed your expectations!Don’t miss it!  

03/01/07 ANYONE MISS LAST YEAR'S HEART FILMS TEASER??? 

HEART FILMS 06ティーザーを見逃してしまった人はここで見れますよ〜[:チョキ:] 




CHECK OUT MORE at:  www.heartfilms.com.


Published On: 6/9/2007
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 A night so sweet:
i walk home  the house is dark
i walk inside and there's a candle lit dinner for two
i follow the path of candles  to the bathroom there's a hot bubble bath waittin for me and a note:
     " relax tonight honey leave everything to me"
I take a soothing bath and when i get out music starts to play
i follow the music out onto the padio there he is smiling in the moon light with a white rose in his hand he walks close to me kisses me and says:
     "here is a rose for a lady so pure and  kisses to mark her mine"
He takes me back through the bathroom to the dinner  pulls out a chair and says:
    " i got off early to do this for you, a treat for the lady that is my love. For dinner i've made your favorit Chicken fried steak with mashed potatos and country gravy and sqaush. For desert join me after dinner in the bedroom."
we eat clean the dishes and then go to our bedroom and he has strwberries and whipped cream for desert and says:
     " something sweet for you my sweet after this we'll go along the beach and watch the stars"
 a very romantic night very sweet and we danced in the moon light and went back to the bedroom and fell asleep in eachothers arms.
 
   a night so sweet


Published On: 3/30/2007
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Ok so i was laying in bed yesterday and tonight and i realized that i  dont know who i am anymore. i used to know. i used to show it. and now im not sure. im not even sure if who iam is a good thing. my anixity is horrible right now. everywhere i turn im getting freaked out my stress level is threw the roof .. one min. my life is getting better and im happy again the next second its back to the old days. im working as hard as i can and it seems like its not making a difference. i hate having secerets i wish everyone knew about my past and my fears so i wouldnt have to bear everything inside but they dont and never will. i cant sleep at night (insomnia) and i cant stop crying it seems like its all i ever do. all in all im like an ant in the middle of the desert trying to survive it just seems like i wont. it seems and feels that everything im doing for everyone or for myself is not good
xoxo brianne


Published On: 3/22/2007
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My Blog: whatt!
By: x0x.christina


MARIANAS TRENCH!!
MARCH 23
8:00
Desert Gardens
 
F*CKING STOKED!
=]
 


Published On: 3/1/2007
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and man was it amazing. i had such an awesome time, met so many great people and relaxed my ass off. ate delicious food (and some not so delicious food... damn misleading buffets!) every day, enjoyed the sunshine and the BEACH. oh man, the beach.
 
 
miles and miles of sand and sun and more sand. and pretty much deserted, as we were at the only resort within the area. there were coral reefs just offshore, and so we spent lots of time snorkelling around them. saw some interesting corals and fish, and we even met a spear fisherman trailing a long line of fish, strung through their gills. every morning after breakfast we'd walk along the beaches... through the mangroves, and wading through the shallows, swimming whenever we felt like it. there was always a game of beach volleyball going on that we could join in, then at noon it was time to learn the merengue on the beach.
 
 
after merengue lessons it was aerobics time, when we got to watch muscly men in spandex shorts run on the spot and hump thin air while we ran on the spot and humped thin air right along with them. (this was before we discovered stretching class with eryn's favourite perv-recipient)
 
 
after lunch, it was nap (siesta) time. i don't know who the brilliant person was who invented siesta time, but i owe him/her a HUGE thank you. with the siesta i was able to play volleyball and swim all afternoon, and last all night on the dance floor.
 
about five times a day, we'd hear the resort theme song, and be coerced into dancing the choreography to the song. the entertainment staff (some of the cutest girls and boys i've ever seen) was great at convincing everyone we really wanted to dance, and not only dance, but sing along with the song. by the end both eryn and i had the choreography down pat, even if we did miss a few of the thrusts due to bad timing. what can i say, uncoordination runs in the family.
 
 
speaking of the entertainment staff, they are the ones who kept us going, and who made our stay so amusing. eryn and i would walk around the pool, and as soon as one of them saw us, they'd shout "SEESTERS!" and we'd be talked into a round of bocce ball, sandal flipping, volleyball, ping pong... you name it, we did it. and at night, the whole family would be out, and we'd get called up as "seesters and mami and papi!". made it like one big family. and i am proud to say we met an italian man named fabio! what a fantastic name! we'd never met a fabio before... fabio. he was a good dancer too. and almost as crazy as eryn and i. and without further ado, may i introduce the one and only, FABIO!
 
 
for the first three days of our stay it was sunny and warm and beautiful. for the fourth day it was rainy and warm and beautiful. day number five was mixed sun and cloud and warm and beautiful. days six and seven were more of the same. are we seeing a pattern here!? warm and beautiful!!!! it was great. even on the cloudy days we could wear bikinis around, which i'm sure the old men at the resort appreciated.
 
one of our days we spent on a "jeep safari". we took an open bus through the backroads of the dominican, into the interior. we saw a lot of the dominican people, their houses, their ways of life, their children. most of the people travel by motorbike/dirtbike. quite a few by donkey/horse, and more by SUV/4WD. makes sense, since the roads are pretty crappy. we did a lot of bouncing around in the jeep, and seatbelts were useful and mandatory. we stopped at a rubber production ... house. there was rubber hanging everywhere to dry, and a press to thin it out. the children gave us flowers and wanted to be in every picture we took. i had one young boy so intrigued by my camera that he spent ten minutes watching the display screen and comparing it to what was really in front of him. and whenever i went to take a picture of something, he ran to be in the shot. after that, we travelled through the jungle some more, through streams and over hills, to a farm. there we sampled the local produce, and my god was it delicious. fresh fruits, cocoa beans, coffee, coconut... i'd never had fresh fresh coconut before, and man was it tasty. i could've eaten that and nothing else for the rest of the trip, but then i'd have been pooping constantly, because fresh coconut is probably the best laxative out there. i mean.... girls don't poop. right. anyways. we had hot chocolate made directly from cocoa beans, i dont know what they put in it, but i felt like i was in heaven. then it was bananas covered in grated cocoa and honey made from coffee flowers. damn, i'm drooling just writing about this. ok, time to move on... let's just say, dominican food rocks!
 
after another drive, we stopped at a ranch for lunch, where we witnessed a cockfight. now, the roosters just pecked at each other, and the ranchers didn't let them kill each other, but it's a national sport so to expose us tourists to the culture, it was deemed necessary. i thought it was interesting, my dad was disgusted. there ya go. our tour guide warned us not to eat too much at lunch, because we were off to the beach next for a walk and a swim. it was an awesome beach, full of volcanic rocks and even more sand. plus the surf was up high, so it made for some fun wading around as we had to wait for the wave to recede before we could get around the rocks! after the beach it was on to the waterfall, where most of us enjoyed a short walk (i heard one of the older ladies complaining - she was rather large) to the river. we all cooled off in the water under the fall, and a local boy jumped into the pool from 40 feet up a tree. finally it was time to return to the resort, after a long day. it was an eye opener to be sure, seeing more of the less well-off areas of the island. the one thing that stuck out for me was how happy everyone was. not just the children, but the adults smiled and waved as the bus went past. there didn't seem to be any resentment towards foreigners, and i thought that was pretty special.
 
on the day we walked to the closest town, las terrenas, it poured rain on us. during the downpour, a taxi stopped in front of us, offering us a lift. as we only had enough for the taxi ride home, we declined, but he insisted he was going to las terrenas anyways, and he would take us there for free. i thought that was pretty cool of him, he wanted to chat and practise his english. eryn and i met another man like that on our very first day. he was sitting on the beach above the high tide mark, and he beckoned us over. initially i thought he was a beach vendor, but he just wanted to "talk english" with us.
 
at the resort, the entire staff was also very friendly and helpful. i know the entertainment crew were paid to be so, but it wasn't just them, and everyone seemed genuine in their happiness to be with the guests. every night at dance time, the staff would walk through the seated guests, picking them at random to dance with. it encouraged everyone to get up and dance and practise their newly learned merengue moves. eryn even graciously accepted me as her steady dance partner! we had fun with it, and other guests told us how much they'd enjoyed watching the two of us dance together. whether that was just the fact that they liked seeing two girls dancing together or whether we actually pulled off dancing as a couple, i don't know. either way, it was fun, and i'd go back any day! i just wish it wasn't an 8 hour plane ride to get there.
 
 
PS to anyone thinking of going there: sunscreen and lip balm are your friends. your bestest of best friends!


Published On: 2/23/2007
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lets start over!: lately!!
By: WAITING4WINTER


if you have a keen eye !!!
 
check the skull on my stomach in my mug shot!
 
 
 
 
 
 
well the city of Calgary has officaly hit the worst dry spell in history, havent seen snow for almost two months and it's shi*ty and i dont mean dumping i mean BROWN like brown can be!some days it seams like i live on the moon deserted of all life and nothing appealing to the eye for as far as i can see shi*t i might as well live in saskatchewan since its like i lost my dog and well i just lost sight of it! things arnt going well. I hate work lately mainly  the team aint winning , no snow to ease peace of mind, and personal life well im partying like always, except im only on the bottle and a dash of the dope, no damb women stressing that too! think i need either snow or a sex ya know ?? im fiending something and its getting to me like the dude in the book House of Leaves!!
looking, searching, lost in my own mind with no exit to find ya im having fun but im not giving it all that i got! bought a bunch of new cd's they all rock! well i guess thats a wrap for now!!
 
im Peace in out !   


Published On: 1/29/2007
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This is my first ever post in this blog.. just finished setting up my profile even though I've been a member here for over a year.

Ha.

I'm stuck on a Marine Corps base in the middle of the desert though, hundreds of miles from any snow, probably thousands of miles from any rideable snow, so this place is keeping me going. We just spent 4 hours cleaning our barracks. Glamorous military, no?

Anyway, this is my blog and if you have questions or swing by my profile, toss me a message or comment and say what's up. I'll post more as the season kicks into gear and I get home to Alaska.

-

Michael  



Published On: 10/20/2006
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Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert,

Congress said,"Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said,"How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said,"How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then Congress said,"How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said,"Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said,"We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost." So they laid off the night watchman.



Published On: 10/16/2006
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After meeting alot of Americans at Uni, I have several misconceptions about Australia that I'd like to clear up:
- No one drinks fosters here
- We don't talk like Steve Erwin aka the Croc Hunter (R.i.p)
- We don't carry knives into the outback desert area (I have an American housemate who actually bought big knives to take on his tour of the outback)
- Canberra is the capital of Australia, not Sydney
- No, I'm not putting another shrimp on the barbie
- The city of Melbourne is pronounced Mel-burn not Mel-bourne

However, the toilet really does flush the other way here.



Published On: 10/4/2006
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WARNING: CONTAINS EXTREME AMERICANIST ATTITUDE. 
 
So, recently I was in chat, and current global situations came into thought and prospect.  More specifically, the situation in the Middle East.  It was interesting listening and seeing the different perspectives.  One came from a soldier, currently being deployed back to the Mid. East, and several other's came from Americans.  When asked by someone in chat what the general assertion towards forces in Iraq by the locals was, the soldier replied that they weren't too fond of the troops.  This caught the asker of the question off guard and she continued to rant about how we're trying to make the situation better there and such.  The soldier seemed to have a much better grasp on the idea then the girl did, and who could doubt that, he's been there.  He mentioned that it was mainly based on a religious ground, and that issues like that aside, the culture was rather nice.  The girl then exclaimed that the Islamic religion was "effed up beyond belief".  She then commented that all Muslims want is power and conquest and that they hate anyone who doesn't chose to worship their religion.  After hearing this, i could help but ponder the situation in my own mind...
 
From current comprehension of material taught in World Civ, the reason we have turmoil amongs Muslim people is because there was no single person chosen to sucess Muhammad when he died.  Soon after his death, two groups formed, and ever since they've been in an intense struggle for the caliphate.  As Islam spread in the 600-1400's the Umayyads who had control of the Caliphate for a good portion of time were not at all biased upon those who didn't chose to worship in the Islamic faith.  As long as taxes were paid, conquered malawi were entitled to worship whatever diety they wanted.  Many people who were conquered however, do switch over to Islam, because like all universal religions, it gives one a sense of comfort, a sense of reason, particuaraly in times of chaos.  And when your civilization has just been conquered by desert people with big swords, a sense of comfort is probably needed.  Granted, once the Abassids came in religious tolerance declined severly, but still, it's not as if there wasn't any at all.
 
As far as the people's general opinion is concerned, can you really blame them for not being too fond of the troops?  Sure, we see it from the view point that we're trying to help, make things better, promote democracy.  For generations all these people have known is what we call opression.  It's what they've based their life upon.  To them it looks like these strangers from a land too far away to even comprehend what centuries of work have formed are kicking in the door and usetting everything they've ever known.  And in a way, we are.  That's not saying i don't support the troops, or the cause they're fighting for, but I've also been fortunate enough to see the rights and privledges I as an American have.  They don't have that same background, so how can you expect them to be appreciative of what we're doing if they don't understand the concept, or don't want the concept to begin with.  What if a higher more advanced civilization kicked the door in on us and said "to heck with your democracy! we've got something that'll work much better than that."  Who knows, maybe their goverment does work better, and maybe it doesn't, but either way, there's no way to know.
 
So when you hear about the turmoil and the violence and regression expressed by Middle Eastern peoples, don't think that they're ungreatful or ignorant or violent barbarians.  They sure as heck don't have the same perspective on the situation that we do.


Published On: 9/22/2006
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My Blog: idk
By: fly.with.me


Your sweet soft kisses, suffocate me
taking every breath of love from my deep soul
leaving me in this cold shallow concrete room
feels like home now...
with a touch of poison to the mind
do you want to kill me?
see my death, blood dripping from my bleeding wounds
leaving scars of precious piercing memories
& deserting my empty cold blooded body
tears rolling down my torn flesh face
on the ground, you caused this
you murdered me</33



Published On: 9/20/2006
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a note to my loyal readers: it's a long one today. i've got nothing better to do right now than sit here and write, so if you want the down and dirty, you'll have to actually read! important news of the day: i have two part time real jobs! with regular hours and regular pay! details at the bottom. and now, story time!
 
so over the past few weeks i've been spending most of my time near water, salty or otherwise, and with some of sb.com's finest. moselle, mike, and of course eryn, who doesn't fit with the m's, but is fine nonetheless. and i mean that in a purely platonic way of course. i've spent far too much time in a bikini (didn't have time to change yesterday and wound up wearing it to work under my clothes... how professional!) but at least i have a decent tan to show for it, which is much improved on my pasty-ass-ed-ness of late. mmm ass. but i digress.
 
so. sooke potholes with mo. how much trouble can two girls cause in the middle of the wilderness anyways?! far too much. we didn't meet a bear, but we did meet a divorced father of two who clearly thought we were lesbians with an open mind to including a lonely old man while his sons fished happily away. the potholes are beautiful, and we got in some good exploring, swimming, and psuedo-rock climbing. the water was... well... freezing. good thing i don't have balls or they'd still be somewhere around the vicinity of my nipples. it was an awesome time, just getting out camping for a change. the sound of a river is so soothing at night. i couldn't have asked for a better camping partner, either!
 
after our little holiday, we came back to victoria to celebrate some friends' birthdays by going out and getting drunk. yes, me. drunk. that half beer really finished me off! a couple old friends of mine also came out, so i was super happy to see them. they're living down in boston now, so i don't get to see them nearly as much as i'd like. i used up all my change throwing it down eryn's cleavage, and then spent the next few days wondering why i had no change to buy things with... we gave our friend a birthday gift of a tiny little girl's bike that eryn had found in the ditch. good times all around.
 
and then, after a few days of work, i had mike out here to show him the ropes of being a good summertime BC citizen. i also took him to the potholes, where we played jane of the jungle on the tire swing and tried not to hit any children in the head with rocks. the next day we took my little sister amanda (and a bag of trail mix fortified with extra chocolate) to sidney spit, a little island full of sand off the coast of sidney (bc, not australia). we had a sandcastle building competition where everyone got prizes: i had the best landscaping, mike's was prettiest, and amanda's was most durable (that thing could've withstood terrorist attacks). mike and amanda also dug gigantic holes and threatened to bury me in them. luckliy for me, the tide came in and filled up the holes. we finished the day with a big water fight (damn but the ocean's cold!) and then spent what seemed like an eternity waiting for the ferry to arrive.
 
saturday it was off to visit the parents (and eryn) and get a rundown on the boat. that night was the last fireworks of the season, so we took some snacks, my mum, eryn, and her friend kevin down to the beach to watch them. it was a good show, and good company, even if i didn't understand all the movie quoting that was going on in the male contingency of the party.
 
sunday was the day i became captain. oh, the power. i could've keelhauled mike for insubordination if i'd been so inclined... lucky for him we'd just had the bottom done and there were no barnacles on the underside of our boat, and so, keelhauling lost its appeal. my parents own a 25 foot C&C sailboat named Cirrus, and they were generous enough to let us borrow her for the weekend (actually, my mum was downright ecstatic that Cirrus was finally getting some use). so early sunday morning we cast off from the dock and motored three hours to portland island. i would've liked to have sailed a bit, but it was dead calm for pretty much the entire weekend. the main anchorage is tortoise bay, so named because it is protected by the tortoise islets. or perhaps the islets were named after the bay, i don't know. all i know is, it's a beautiful little spot and i'd expected it to be incredibly busy on the labour day long weekend, especially with such gorgeous weather. to my surprise, it was almost deserted, only another dozen or so boats in the bay.
 
we anchored on the first try (some other fancier boats took as many as three tries to anchor! go us!) and set about exploring the island. and explore we did. after a quick dip in the ocean (quick because it was so bloody cold!) on my part, and a foot dabbling on mike's, we decided, foolishly as we were to find out, to take the path to the right. it was all fine and dandy until the path petered out. but we could hear (and see) some people ahead of us, crashing away through the undergrowth, so we decided to follow them, because, obviously, they knew where they were going. well. after getting a little sidetracked, we found that we'd lost our questionable guides (along with mike's sunglasses), and were now somewhere in the middle of the island without so much as a deer track to follow. i think they were actually wood sprites who would have led us to our death if they hadn't realised what an incredible dork i am and thought better of adding my soul to their ranks. we decided to push on, and eventually we would meet up with either the shoreline trail or the mid island trail. that was the idea anyways. the undergrowth was full of unseen brambles, and neither one of us were dressed properly for bushwhacking. i was wearing only my (still wet) bikini and flipflops that have seen better days. not ideal. but we survived, and an hour and a half later ended up back on the shoreline trail in a spot that would've taken us about ten minutes to get to if we'd chosen the left fork.
 
one of the keys to good boating is good (junk) food. so i was pretty happy to get back to the boat and all my delicious chocolate i had waiting for me. hello, my name is kendra, and i have a problem. i'm addicted to chocolate. and cherry blasters.
 
monday was labour day, and a lot of the boats in the anchorage left while we were walking around the island. we managed not to get ourselves lost this time, and brought enough snacks to feed amanda's kid's klub. during our lunch break we had a nice parks canada girl come up and survey us. they are thinking of introducing a $7.00/person/day fee for all of their parks, just to use the trails. now, i'm all for keeping our parks beautiful. but. $7 just to hike some trails? and no discount for locals? they already charge for parking, usually between $3 and $5. it starts to add up in a hurry. so much for keeping our children active... i know if i had to pay every time i wanted to hike i wouldn't be hiking nearly as much. i don't have a lot of money to throw around on fitness; if i did i'd have gym memberships and gear for every sport out there. and i'm way off track again.
 
anyways. we walked all the way around the island without getting lost! the only bad part was me being too short to get over a log, misjudging how far i had to lift my leg, and opening up a big gash on my shin. mmm yummy. it looks pretty nasty. after dinner we went back ashore and raided the apple trees. portland island used to have a farm on it, and lots of sheep (we had a problem with kiwis so the sheep have been moved to a high security farm with kiwi repellant fences) and an orchard. so mike climbed the trees and shook the branches while i danced around underneath and tried not to get hit in the head by falling apples. of course, i was useful and tried to catch any good apples that mike might throw at me, only, i became rather wary of him after he tossed one while i wasn't ready and it bounced off my chin. 
 
yesterday morning bright and early we weighed anchor, and, after cleaning all the seaweed off it, headed back to my parents place. it was my first time docking the boat, and i have to say, i did a damn good job of it! backed her in beautifully, mum was there to hand me the lines, and Cirrus was back safe and sound. had time for a quick lunch and a chat with mum, then it was off to work for me. which brings me to my good news...
 
WORK
 
i am now a permanent part time employee at vancouver island autistic homes society! the house i have been working at had no positions available, so i applied at one of the other houses within the agency, and ended up getting the job. it's weekend work, 8-4 saturday and sunday, and i'm going in for training at the new house today. i get full benefits and am now at the top of the call list, meaning if a shift comes up at either of the houses i'm trained for i'll be one of the first to know. so yay! more hours, regular time... what could be better?
 
oh yeah, another job! i've decided to once again sell my soul and work for the BC provincial government, this time in refunds. at least i'll be making people happy instead of angry. it's part time work for two months, so i think i'll be able to handle it. 4 hours a night, 5-9 shift, and supposedly i'll get shift premium, meaning i'll get to make proper money. i get stat days off too, so that will be nice.
 
the only thing is, i'll be working 7 days a week. and during awkward hours which won't let me see a lot of amanda. she's back in school so we won't have entire days to spend at the beach. but i figure a couple hours a week is still better than no hours... eh well. hopefully i won't go crazy!
 
to those of you who read this whole thing... wow. i applaud you. shirts... i mean hats... off to you! hope everyone else has been having as much summer fun as i have!


Published On: 9/6/2006
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My Journal: santiago amigos
By: sko_11


currently sitting in dallas, texas with two desert storm troopers to my right and some dude on a playstation to my left. on route to santiago, chile! i'll be there for a week and a half so don't bother calling me for a while. after that i'm off to san diego for three weeks of sun and surf. this could be classifed as my first "vacation", almost anyways. i miss my girlfriend...i think she's cheating on me too with some douche from dream weaver. movie stars, they're all the same.

Published On: 8/20/2006
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So how does one occupy their time in SLC?  Besides the snow, which seems to account for more than half of the year, what do you do to pass the time...when the sun comes out, and all you want is a cold beverage to ease the pain of this desert heat?  Where can one enjoy fine women, fine music, and fine libations?  These were the questions me and M. Bush asked ourselves this summer (me-Philly, M.Bush-Mississippi).  What were two out of towners to do?  Well, we soon got sick of haunting Pool Hall Junkies (now Johnny's on 2nd, or on 3rd....not quite sure about the details)...don't misinterprett(sic); it's a good place, all the essentials are there, it's just, we thirsted for more so to speak.  What if we went to a new place every week, you say?  Great plan...the Tour of Salt Lake City was born- no looking back.  At this point we've seen a fairly wide cross section of what this town has to offer...and it's been good.  Some places offered a variety of low-rent  people and lower rent entertainment- and sometimes that can be quite entertaining in and of itself...others pretty much blew us away with sheer greatness.  Another thing we have pieced together so far is that there are a lot of beautiful women here in SLC...at first we thought it was just Mormon inbreeding but then we realized "Hey, mormons don't come to such places."  So consider it a fact.  At this point you may ask yourself "why the hell is this dingbat writing this?"  Well, the point is this, if you know any quality joints here in our lovely burg...let me know...we're running out of places to go and gotta find the next big thing...thanks for your support.


Published On: 8/10/2006
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Grow More Pot
by Jello Biafra
From I Blow Minds for a Living, recorded at Slim's, San Francisco, Nov 21, 1990


Does anybody out there know that for the first time in American history the U.S. Army was used in a war operation against the American people? Right near here, up in Humboldt County about 200 miles north of San Francisco right near a town called Shelter Cove, get this: three- to four-hundred American G.I.s dressed with automatic rifles and fully armed for battle, fanned out on maneuvers through the woods, backed up by a dozen Blackhawk attack helicopters. The mountain people up there were frightened out of their wits! They thought there was a war going on, especially the ones that had soldiers kicking in the doors to their cabins and putting guns to their heads in front of their children.

Why!? Who was the enemy in this war? Not the communists! Not Saddam Hussein! Not Earth First! or even the spotted owl. No! The enemy they called out the army to put down, secretly, so few people outside of Humboldt would get alarmed as possible, it wasn't even a person or an army or a terrorist group! It was a plant, the marijuana plant.

And they actually did manage to find a few for the G.I.s to pull up, and then they had to fly in more from the government stash so the pile would look big enough when they lit the bonfire for the network TV news cameras, so that they could say "Yes! Another triumph in the Drug War!"

Drug War. War. The American army sent to war against the American people. And we're supposed to feel relieved and secure and protected. Protected from what?!

A lot of people with more guts than I'll ever have risked their life and limb all last summer at the Earth First! Redwood Summer Action up in Humboldt County. They were chaining themselves to redwoods that were three times wider than they were, 800 years old, they were spread-eagled, as the saws buzzed right over their heads. They stood in the dirt as the bulldozers charged them and stopped right at their toes. Or people waved clubs at them, charged them with logging trucks, shotguns, you name it. All to try to save some of the last unspoiled virgin forest we have left anywhere in this country from being chopped down and turned into toilet paper, TV Guides and the Weekly World News.

On the other side the loggers saying "What about our jobs!? What about our families!? What about our lives?! You needed wood and cardboard to make those protest signs!"

We need fuel! We need paper! It's almost gone! Where are we gonna get more? The answer, for centuries, has been right under our nose: grow more pot!

If we're serious about saving the earth, saving the ozone and our freedom to go about saving the earth and the ozone, we should start by paying all those dirt-poor coca farmers in South America and out-of-work loggers in Fortuna and Eureka, and Midwest family farmers and rust-belt families too, to all get together and grow more pot!

Why? Get ready for this...! There's a book out called The Emperor Wears No Clothes. The author's name is Jack Herer. It's published by Queen of Clubs, and I think there's ads for it in High Times, or NORML, the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, could direct you to a copy I'm sure, and in this book, among other places, it is written that before the 20th century, the marijuana plant provided almost all the world's paper, all the world's clothing and textiles, and almost all the world's rope.

According to none other than the U.S. Department of Agriculture you can make four times as much paper from one acre of hemp plants as you can from an acre of trees. And instead of chopping down all the redwoods in Humboldt County and turning Northern California, Oregon and Washington and Appalachia into the Sahara Desert, if you do it with hemp plants, you can just grow another crop a few months later and make more paper! At one-quarter the cost of making paper from wood pulp and only one-fifth the pollution. The ancient Romans knew this and grew it, Henry VIII made each farmer in old England grow their share, because they knew if you want the strongest natural fiber there is, you all have gotta do your part for the King and grow more pot!

And we did, too! Guess what Levi jeans were originally made out of? And guess what American flags used to be made out of? And guess what the early drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were written on? And if that's too un-Christian for you, guess what they made Guttenberg and King James Bibles out of? Guess what you can use to power a car? You can get at least four times as much cellulose to make gasohol or methanol from hemp stems as you can from a corn stalk. Which along with solar energy would be a great way to avoid dying for oil in Saudi Arabia.

In the 1920s and 1930s most American cars and farm machinery had the option of running on gas or on methanol; most racing cars still do run on methanol. And George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis on their plantations and smoked it, too!

In the 1760s in the American colonies you could even be jailed for not growing pot! Because that was part of the key to becoming economically independent from Britain. Hemp was legal tender in the Americas, a substitute for money, from 1630 clear up to the early 1800s. And hemp seeds are a great source of protein, better than soybeans, and it's cheaper than soybeans, too. Or so says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Marijuana is legal for medical use in 34 states used to treat glaucoma and pain caused by cancer, and you can digest more protein from a hemp seed than a soybean seed. It's even shown some signs at being able to combat herpes. And, guess what kind of a parachute Mr. Drug War Junta-Man himself George Bush used when he bailed out of that bomber in World War II?

Hemp was illegal by then, but farmers were briefly ordered to grow it again in this country for the war effort and all, and the U.S. Army had their own stash all along in the colonies in the Philippines.

So, how did everything get turned around so damn bad? Doesn't it strike you as a little dumb that we burn oil and choke ourselves and chop down all our trees and ruin innocent people's lives by branding them criminals and throwing them in jails, or sending them off to drug camps, or taking all their property and selling it before they're brought to trial? In the process, making crack and heroin cheaper and easier to get than pot? Why do we do this when we don't have to?

Meanwhile the Police Chief of L.A., Darryl Gates gets front page approval for telling a U.S. Senate committee that pot smokers should be shot on sight. Because smoking pot is treason because, after all, it's illegal.

Why was marijuana cracked down on? And why was it done so violently? Well ... Ready?!

In 1936 Popular Mechanics magazine hailed the invention of a new machine to process hemp, predicting that marijuana/hemp would once again become the world's largest cash crop. This did not at all sit well with people like Hearst Paper Manufacturing or Kimberly-Clark or other cutthroat multinationals who happen to have large timber holdings. It didn't sit to well with tobacco barons for obvious reasons, and it sure as hell didn't sit too well with old buddies DuPont. Hemp processing uses only one-fifth the chemicals need to process wood pulp, and DuPont had just patented a new wood pulp sulfide process, and DuPont's patented plastic fibers had just passed up hemp as the No. 2 fiber, next to cotton, and they wanted to keep it that way!

And the last thing the big drug companies wanted was to lose their share of the ever lucrative disease industry market, to more affordable medicine made from marijuana or other natural ingredients because, check this out, you can't own and make money off a patent for medicine in this country, unless the medicine has chemicals in it. If it's all natural ingredients, you can't patent it. Maybe that's why we don't have access to a cure for cancer or AIDS, or why the health food store I go to keeps getting harassed by federal authorities for selling herbal medicines.

Meanwhile, guess who owns Congress? So marijuana was outlawed in 1937 and they fanned the racism fires playing the racism card just like they do when they want to crack down on rock-and-roll or rap or hip hop or something like that. They said that smoking marijuana might cause you to fall under the influence of listening to jazz! I believe that it was even said on the floor of Congress that marijuana had to be banned because smoking it might make a black man look at a white woman twice. And let's not forget that U.S. Treasury Department funded documentary film, called, "Reefer Madness!" So marijuana was outlawed as devil weed in 1937. Only 53 years ago it was legal. Need I say more, on why our beloved fearless leaders go out of their way to censor our access to information so damn much? Can you imagine the mass outrage if this kind of stuff ever really got out? And people knew that this big drug problem that they keep reading about and hearing about is being caused by the government themselves? And people knew how easily each one of us individually could turn our ecological and human crisis around without resorting to Nazi bullshi*t like oil wars and drug wars by just saying no! to George Bush.

And if people knew that the very companies that provide us with such crucial conveniences as Kleenex, paper towels and junk mail, have systematically and brutally rearranged every single one of our lives so that we are literally wiping our ass with out own future?

And it doesn't have to be this way! I mean, I'll tell you, I do feel kind of funny saying all this because I used to be a pothead and I hate smoking the stuff, and the whole low-energy stoner Deadhead vibe that comes with it. But, you don't need to smoke pot to realize that the real drug problem in this country is not the drugs. And we can help solve drug problems, crime problems, environmental problems - even our racial problems if we say no to George Bush and get together and grow more pot!


Published On: 8/5/2006
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  Life's meaning - for the record. i didnt think of this. i found it. lol   


I sought for lifes meaning,
I looked everywhere.
My journey unceasing,
on land, sea or air.
I walked in the forests,
the deserts and plains.
Then still in confusion,
I started again.

I climbed the high mountains,
and stood on the peak.
To see the dark ocean,
spread out at my feet.
I saw the sun dying,
in flames in the west.
But finding no answer,
I still could not rest.

I crossed the wild oceans,
I travelled the seas.
I flew in the heavens,
on wings of the wind.
But where was the answer,
I searched sadly for.
On earth or in heaven,
I had to search more.

But then in a whisper,
I heard a quiet voice.
That spoke of salvation,
for me and for you.
It told me to question,
my heart and my soul.
And find there the reason,
for my long sought goal.

The reason was Jesus,
the meaning - His love.
In vain all my travelling,
for He was within.
Had I but once listened,
as I listen now.
My journey is over,
at home in His care.



Published On: 6/5/2006
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Day 9 - Los Angeles, CA to Newport Beach, CA
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Stayed at the ultra-swanky Fairmont in the heart of the OC.

Day 10 - Newport Beach, CA to Encinitas, CA
-Set up camp in surfer's paradise - San Elijo State Beach

Day 11 - Encinitas, CA
-Went surfing ... so much fun ! Really nice consistant southern swell, caught some nice tubes. Awesome day!

Day 12 - Encinitas, CA
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Went into San Diego and checked out the sights. Picked Jane up at the airport.

Day 13 - Encinitas, CA to Tijuana, MEX
-Enjoyed the 3rd world which is Mexico. Got pretty drunk off rum & tequila. VIVA MEXICO!

Day 14 - Tijuana, MEX to Grand Canyon, AZ
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Long drive through the desert. Drug dogs and border patrol were at the CA/AZ state line, checking vehicles. We got waived through. I've never breathed a large sigh of releif in my life! Past Phoenix, Flagstaff, and to the GC.

Day 15 - Grand Canyon, AZ
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Hiked about 10KM of the Rim Trail... Spectacular!!!
-Hiked a few KM of the Kabob Trail.
-Watched the Sunset.

Day 16 - Grand Canyon, AZ to Las Vegas, NV
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Watched the Sunrise at 5am. Awesome!
-Drove to Vegas.
-Explored Vegas's sites and went to a nice buffet dinner.

Day 17 - Las Vegas, NV
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Dropped Jane off at the airport.
-Explored Vegas
-Went to a Beatles remake show... just like the real thing!
-Got supremely wasted and gambled the night away with Lorna. I had to pretty much walk her out of the casino... amazing we weren't booted out!

Day 18 - Las Vegas, NV to Yosemite National Park, CA
-Great to be back in the Northern Mountains. Fresh water, fresh air.... ahhh yes :)

Day 19 - Yosemite National Park, CA
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As someone said in the 1800s, Yosemite is the valley of 1,000 valleys. What I saw here in one day is more than I would see almost anywhere else in a year.... my favorite park of all time!
-Hiked the Upper Yosemite Falls Trail.... unbeleivable!

Day 20 - Yosemite National Park, CA to Lake Tahoe, CA
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My friend Ashley from Sacremento came and visited for the night. Nice to see you Ash!

Day 21 - Lake Tahoe, CA to CA/OR State Line
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Hiked around the lake and chilled on a beach for awhile.
-Thunderstorms began to set in so we left at 4pm with plans to drive straight to Whistler. By midnight we were at the state line.

Day 22 - CA/OR State Line to Whistler, BC
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Drove straight through the night and finally made it back to Whistler at 2pm. 1800KM in one shot - not bad at all!




Published On: 6/2/2006
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