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Published On: 9/22/2008
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Noticias - Snowboard.com Chile: Free Style Tour LIPPI- Rossignol
By: Chile_Crew


ree Style Tour LIPPI- Rossignol:    Tamo Campos y Frank G-P, los mejores de la jornada   Saltos de más de seis metros de alto, viente de largo y las mejores piruetas de la temporada tuvieron lugar en el primer tour nacional del deporte blanco
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Cerca de 120 riders participaron en la primera fecha del Free Style Tour LIPPI-Rossignol, evento pionero en el esquí y el snowboard nacional, realizado en Valle Nevado.  

Reconocidos deportistas del área , entre los que destacan Manuel Díaz, Ismael Cuadra, Juan Pablo Sigren, mostraron lo mejor del Big Air con piruetas de excelencia internacional.  

La cita , que comenzó a las 09:00 hrs. de ayer sábado 26 de Julio, tuvo entre sus jueces a los reconocidos, Arnau Fernández y Cristobal “Chopo“ Díaz, quienes evaluaron las actuaciones de los cerca de 120 participantes, considerando amplitud, piruetas y su propia apreciación de los saltos de cada competidor.

 
Resultados  
El ganador en categoría hombre experto en esquí fue el deportista canadiense Frank G-P, seguido por los también reconocidos, Stefan Thomas y Benjamín Ryerson.  

El número uno en el snowboard (hombre experto) fue Tamo Campos, quien fue evaluado como el mejor de la jornada en su especialidad. Seguido por Tomás Santa María  y Craig Gillis.  

En cuanto a las categorías de Hombres y Mujeres , fueron Melanie Kaldi y Julio Hochschild los ganadores en esquí. Mientras que en el snowboard Carolina Dávila y Andrés Covacevich derrotaron a los más de veinte participantes de la categoría.  

Los menores de 16 años no se quedaron atrás , destacándose la participación de Santiago Aparicio y Diego Cerón, quienes obtuvieron la primera ubicación y la posibilidad de participar en el Tour de Rossignol , que se realizará en Francia, durante los meses de enero y febrero.  

Diego Cerón, uno de los triunfadores de la competencia en categoría menores de 16 años señaló “El salto estaba espectacular. Estoy feliz de haber logrado el primer lugar. Venía con la mente puesta en mostrar mis mejores saltos y lo logré“.  

Según Dan Weitzman, Gerente de Marketing de LIPPI  “Nuestra empresa, desde sus origenes , se ha destacado por su total preocupación por el deporte. Esta competencia , en su primera versión nacional, es parte de esta constante preocupación y nos sentimos satisfechos, no sólo por crear un vestuario de excelencia, atractivos diseños y con servicialidad en los más mínimos detalles , sino que también por ser una de las marcas artífices de estos campeonatos de primer nivel que crean las condiciones para el desarrollo de los grandes del deporte blanco“.  

Los vencedores de la primera fecha de este campeonato recibieron premios de LIPPI y Rossignol.  

Este encuentro marca el inicio del Free Style Tour que comprende tres fechas, la realizada este sábado 26 de julio en Valle Nevado, mientras que la segunda y tercera, se efectuarán en El Colorado los días 23 de agosto y 20 de septiembre respectivamente.  



Published On: 8/7/2008
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The entire Paint the Town Red crew would like to welcome a new addition to the snowboard family; Santa Cruz!  Welcome aboard guys and gals.

Published On: 4/22/2008
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 Yea for those of you who wonder where i am..
After  spent a month in cali (santa cruz and san Bernnasomehting, more in specific) busting out partying and surfing..  decided  to head up to something colder.. Here i am at BC, shi*ts here are pretty wild,  the booze are  way expensive... and i found  out aobut the canadian chicks theory.. they arent any hotter than ones we have in states.. just the beer here is stronger.  But hey i stilllove it :0
about the pics.. meh i kno its old but im too lazy  to take pics, and summer keep saying im not a photogenic.. to make it worst takes forever to upload a pic here..
But anyway.. BC is bombing now. heading to whistler the end of the month..but before that im going for the turfino waves (surfing) and big white powder is much better than mtn creek..so yea suckas be jealous as much you want cuz im heading out...big night, see y'all someday if i keep alive 'til then..
 
   Leo
- The real TNT -


Published On: 2/13/2008
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Hi all!! Yes I was in brazil for some surfing before the season really takes off!!
It felt soo great!! The trip was my brother, my boyfriend and I! We landed in Rio de Janeiro and directly drobe to Ubatuba on the beach of Itamambuca where you can surf all day long!! We found a sick Pousada (www.tocadoguaiamum.com.br) at the very end of the road.. we would wake up, grab the surfboards and walk to the beach.. we had to walk 5 min in the jungle and then cross a river to get to the beach!! We felt like adventurers..that place is soo sick!! All the 10 olds from the village surf there all day and they kill it!! They are mad good!! I got some surf tips from a 7 year old brazilian piece of woman who was surfing 1 meter waves!
After a week we drove back through Rio to Buzios.. the St Trpez of Brazil.. we found the good local spot just outside of Buzios in Tucuns, it felt so nice to be with just some locals and not the whole jet setters crowed.. we couldn’t speak a word of Portuguese.. but made friends with the other surfers in the water.. I got soo stoked to surf some waves that were kind of big for my swiss surf level.. anyways we got kind of tiered of the spot and went back to our paradise itamambuca for another week of chill and surf..
Which was soo awsome sick sweet yeah!! Loved it!!
Of course we went to Rio for another 3 or 4 days to enjoy Copacabana, ipanema, see the Christ and Dance Samba..
It felt quite funny to celebrate Christmas in the south atmosphere where where santa was melting under his red coat!!
Aight!! Up for winter now!! Cant wait to shred some powder!!

 




Published On: 1/3/2008
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Noticias - Snowboard.com Chile: Surfestival, Festival Cultural de Surf
By: Chile_Crew


Seis días de playa en Santiago. Eso es lo que promete traer el Surfestival, Festival Cultural de Surf desde el 17 al 22 de Diciembre en el Centro Arte Alameda (Alameda 139, Metro Baquedano). Este evento, que su primera versión se realizó en Pichilemu el año pasado, cuenta con Cine, Arte, Música, Fotografía y Ecología en torno a un deporte que en nuestro país crece cada día con mas fuerza y como no hacerlo, pues toda la costa de nuestro país es considerada como una de las mejores del mundo para la práctica de este deporte.
El evento, considerado único en su categoría y apoyado por el Surfilm Festibal ® de San Sebastián, cuenta con un Festival Internacional de Cine con mas de 20 peliculas, cortometrajes y documentales de países como Chile, EEUU, Perú, España, Australia y Austria que se exhibirán desde las 19hrs en la sala principal del Centro Arte Alameda.
Además de eso, el Surfestival cuenta con Surfearte, una Muestra de Arte y Exposición de Fotos de la Playa donde los artistas nacionales Sebastián Maquieira, Chinomestizo, Paul Fuguet, Jose Nacho Vargas, Cristian Pito Diaz, Kali, Rodrigo Correa, Rodrigo Visscher y Ciro Bicudo de Brasil mostrarán sus obras. Junto a ellos estarán presentes los trabajos de importantes fotógrafos chilenos como Alfredo Escobar, Carlos Zuñiga, Philip Muller, Angeles Reyes, Cristian Saez, Carlos Ferrer, Martín García de la Huerta, Mauricio Escobar, Alejandro Briones y Rafael O. Nowazcky de Brasil, y las instantáneas del uruguayo Marcelo Díaz quienes a través de sus lentes han capturado la esencia del surf, sus visiones, las increíbles olas de nuestras costas, y las mismas vivencias de los deportistas.
Además, el Miércoles 19 se celebrará el día del "Cuidado/Respeto de nuestro mar", de esta forma la ONG Proplaya realizará una Charla Abierta de Ecología y la muestra de el documental Pulp, poo and Perfection , momento en el que se reflexionará sobre el mar chileno, nuestras playas y todo lo que guarda relación con la protección y mantención de nuestro medioambiente.
La música en vivo no podía estar ausente en el Surfestival, es así como el último día se llevará a cabo una SURFIESTA de clausura que promete, donde los encargados de animar la noche serán la banda de surfrock de Pichilemu"Santa Cochiguagua" (www.myspace.com/santacochiguagua) , quienes presentarán al público los mejores temas de su primer álbum debut "Cerca del Mar", además serán acompañados de Skualos, otra banda nacional surfera.
Dentro de los invitados del Surfestival se encontrarán Alvaro Abarca e Isaac “Icha” Tapia, los primeros surfistas de Chile, unas verdaderas leyendas de este deporte que junto con Ramón Navarro mejor surfista nacional, estarán compartiendo sus experiencias.
Para más información sobre el Surfestival, sinopsis de las Películas e información de todas las actividades y participantes, visita www.surfestival.cl .
Las entradas estarán a la venta desde el 17 de Diciembre en las boleterías del Centro Arte Alameda, y tienen un costo de $1900 General, $1500 Estudiantes y 2x1 presentando tu tarjeta del Club Movistar
El Surfestival es auspiciado por Movistar, Billabong, Dekline y Flor de Caña.

Fuente: Organización Surfestival – Rodrigo Farías
Contacto: info@surfestival.cl / surfestival@gmail.com

Published On: 12/16/2007
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Inspiration is a wonderful thing, it's the origination point of art and encourages people to do the most amazing feats. Where to find inspiration, however, is not always clear and varies among individuals. Do you know where you find inspiration? What inspires you to do the things that you do? Sometimes that inspiration comes from less than obvious places.

The other day I went to the skate park with the Warrinator for our usual lunch-time "get away from work" session. On this day, my partner in crime was intent on doing a particular trick that he had tried many times yet could not find the courage to commit to it (concrete bowls are scary). Over the course of the session, he tried it a number of times and, from where I was standing, I could tell that he had it if he would only just commit to dropping back into the bowl. Each time he would come back to the starting point frustrated at the fact that he just didn't have the balls to do it. This went on for a while until we noticed a new face at the park; a female face. She immediately went over to the big bowl and dropped in a couple times to test it out, then proceeded to get her shred on Jason Jesse style.

You want to do WHAT to my knee pads?!?.While the Warrinator was busy checking out the new park resident, admittedly not at all unattractive, I decided to take a quick rip through the park. As I was cresting up onto the flat bank to stop, I saw Warren drop into the bowl and hit the trick he had been trying all session without any hesitation. As soon as he got back I laughed and said "Dude! You're in love aren't you?" I can't verify this but I think he might have blushed just a little.

On the ride back to work, we were discussing the new member of the Legacy clan. "You've found your new muse haven't you?" I said as we pulled into the gas station so Warren could buy smokes. "I'll be back in two shakes of the hot girl's knee pads" he said as he walked into the store. As he got back to the car, smokes in hand, I said, "I didn't catch that when you went into the store, did you say two shakes of the hot girl's knee pads or two shakes from the hot girl *on* her knee pads?" This was followed by laughter and much more conversation that was not really relevant to the point of the point of this article; notably:

  • Sometimes inspiration can be found in the most unexpected places.
  • Other times inspiration is in plain sight and gives you a strange feeling in your pants (as I think may have been the case with the Warrinator).
  • Although dangerous, hanging out at the skate park is a great way of meeting new and interesting people. Besides, when Warren and his new girlfriend are naked together, they can compare skate scars: "I got this one when I fell on my face, I like to fall on my face".

Well, that's pretty much all I have to say this week, however, the next time I find my own inspiration you can be sure that you'll be reading about it here. In the meantime does anyone know what that song is during the segment at Turf in Santa Cruz' Streets on Fire skate video? I'm pretty sure it's a Sonic Youth jam. Hopefully the answer will be forthcoming. Until then...

Keep shreddin' the GNAR!



Published On: 10/5/2007
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My Blog: another survey
By: dmlive


♥My CRUSH / My L♥ve!!! And Me♥(For Gurls Only)

by Mimi

♥About Me♥

Wuz Ur Name??
Wuz Ur Sign??
Wuz Ur Hometown??
Wut School Do U Go To??
Wut Do u Lyk Most About Ur School??

♥CRUSH♥

Do u Hava Crush??
Whats His Name??
Does He Kno U lyk Him??
Do U think He Cares??
How Old Is he??
How long Have You known Him??
How Long Have You Lykd Him??
Wut Do u Lyk About Him??
Wuz it a L♥ve At 1st Sight thing??
Wut Do u Think will makem Talk to U??
Wut Made You Began Lyking Him??
Wutz Da Biggest Thing Yall Have n Common People Would Notice??
Do u think Yall would Maka Great Couple??
Does He Notice You??
How Often Do u See Him??
What type Of Person is He??
Wut Do u Think He lykes N a Gurl??
Why do u think yall r not Together right Now??
Whats His favorite Sport??
How Does He Carry Himself??
Do U Think You L♥ve Him??

*~♥What If♥~*

He Called U Right Now??
U Went With Him...How would u Feel??
What Can U Do More Of To Get Him To Notice U More??
Do U Think Dis Will Work??


Published On: 5/31/2007
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BASIC INFO...

name?
age?
birthday?

current location?
eye color?
hair color?
height?
piercings?
tattos?

FAVORITES....

color
number
food
actor
music

THIS OR THAT...

pepsi or coke?
BK o Mc Donalds?
football o basketball?
strawberry or watermelon?
hot chocolate or coffe?
summer or winter?
hugs or kisses?
chocolate or vanilla?
cats or dogs?
love or money?

MY...

bed time?
first thought waking up?
goal for this year?
best friends?
fears?

IN A GUY OR GURL...

hair color?
eye color?
hieght?
wieght?
hot or cute?
drugs or alcohol?
musculer or really skinny?
long or short hair?
piercings?
tattos?

LOVE...

are you in love?
single, taken or divorced?
kiss on the first date?
sex on the first date?
go on pity dates?
belive in love at first sight?
first love?

RANDOM...

country you would like to visit?
do you want kids?
smoke?
drink?
shower daily?
been in love?
do you sing?
want to get married?
have future kids names planned?
hate anyone?

FILL IN THE BLANKS...

i am...
i love...
my heart is...
i wish...
i want to be...


Published On: 5/31/2007
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When I first got out of high school, I had no idea what I wanted to do beside snowboarding nor nor did I know where I wanted to be careerwise within the next 10 years. So, I kept snowboarding, went to college and studied what most of the people study: marketing... and I got out of college and still had no idea what I wanted to do.

My point? All I knew was that I was passionate by snowboarding. It was my life and still is. But, only when I turned 25, did I realize that there was no way I was going to get a job in the crazy corporate world. I wanted to stay and work in the terribly so-called action sports.

Today, myself and some friends want to help the young riders (16-24), those, who like us, have no clue what they want to do in their future career. We understood that the reason for that is that nobody informs us about the different jobs available in the industry that leads our passion. So we came up with the idea of creating a seminar for all the passionate riders that are curious about the different careers.

Everything happens on June 2nd, 2007, from 10am until noon. Employees from leading companies in the action sports industry conjoin for a career seminar aimed at talking to you guys with prospective employment goals. The skateboarding, surfing, BMX and snowboarding industries will all be represented. It'll all go down in the community room by the Santa Monica Skate Park, at 1401 Olympic Blvd in Santa Monica CA, 90404. The goal in this seminar is to teach you about the different jobs that are available in the action sports industry, covering topics such as: typical day in the work place, pros/cons and realities of working within an industry that you love and the paths to get there. You have to register by sending your name, age and phone number to thecollaborationproject@yahoo.com.


Published On: 5/18/2007
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well i guess i'll be waiting a bit longer for my new board as i just recieved word that the one i had ordered has been damaged in an accident

however, there is a silver lining to this cloud as they have offered me a santa cruz - perfect 11.

so i have to now wait another 3 days.



Published On: 3/6/2007
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My Blog: all about me
By: dmlive


Eye Color:: brown
Hair Color:: brown
Height:: 5'6
Favorite Color:: lime green
Screen Name:: huh??????????
Favorite Band:: nickleback
Favorite Movie:: grudge 2 it was awsome!!
Favorite Show:: charmed
Your Car:: don't have 1 yet and im f*ckin 15 shi*t!!
Your Hometown:: santa rosa its in cali!!
Your Present Town:: Seminole
Your Crushes First Name:: jake
Your Grade:: 9
Your Style:: everything i can get my hands on
* . . Have You Ever . . *
Sat on your rooftop?: yea who hasnt sat on a roof top yet alone mine?? lo =)
Kissed someone in the rain?: of course
Danced in a public place?: yea like everyday
Smiled for no reason?: everyday
Laughed so hard you cried?: at school
Peed your pants after age 8?: no
Written a song?: no
Sang to someone for no reason?: umm yea my brother lol
Performed on a stage?: yes
Talked to someone you don't know?: yea like everywhere i go im not shy
Gone out of your way to befriend someone?: i dont think so?
Made out in a theatre?: maybe ... hehehehe
Gone roller skating since 8th grade?: yea it was so fun
Been in love?: of course
* . . Who was the last person to . . *
Say HI to you?: jessica
Tell you, I love you?: tyler
Kiss you?: someone ...
Hug you?: alot of people
Tell you BYE?: mom
Write you a note?: meagan
Take your photo?: danny
Call your cell phone?: jessica my other mommy
Buy you something?: my friend's mom
Go with you to the movies?: all my friends
Sing to you?: tyler (he sings really bad lol)
Write a poem about you?: roger =(  =(   i miss him but oh well
Text message you?: sis
Touch you?: hmmm.... 
* . . What's the last . . *
Time you laughed?: a min ago
Time you cried?: yesterday i found out somethin bad
Movie you watched?: accepted
Joke you told?: idk
Song you've sang?: im a little tea pot to tyler
Time you've looked at the clock?: just now
Drink you've had?: mountain dew
Number you've dialed?: danny
Book you've read?: i cant read f*ck!!! lmao j/k
Food you've eaten?: i havent ate yet and im so hungry
Flavor of gum chewed?: winter fresh
Shoes you've worn?: boots i had to go and walk on ice
Store you've been in?: havent been to a store in a while cause of the suckin uce storm!!!
Thing you've said?: OMG
* . . Can You . . *
Write with both hands?: no just left
Whistle?: ummm yea
Blow a bubble?: of course
Roll your tounge in a circle?: no im a loser lmao
Cross your eyes?: yea but when i do i get a headach
Touch your tounge to your nose?: yea its so cool lol
Dance?: yea
Gleek?: what the f*ck is a gleek?????????????
Stay up a whole night without sleep?: last night
Speak a different language?: umm yea
Impersonate someone?: yup
Prank call people?: all the time
Make a card pyramid?: no 2 hard
Cook anything?: i can cook eggs lol
* . . Finish The Line . . *
If i were a ...: idk?
I wish ...: i was hanging out with friends
So many people don't know that ...: im very hyper
I am ...: bored
My heart is ...: in love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Published On: 1/17/2007
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This just goes to show you, you should never let any engineer explain anything Happy, fantastic, or traditional to you, like Santa, the Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny.

There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan ) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (According to the Population Reference Bureau).

At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, which comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.

Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second.

This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get onto the next house.

Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of  75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks.

This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound.

For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour.

The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds.

Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them-Santa would need 360,000 of them.

This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance. This would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each.

In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip.

Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's.

A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo

 

Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now

Merry Christmas!



Published On: 1/8/2007
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Well hope everyone had some happy holidays and Santa gave you everything you asked for...
 
Santa was pretty good to me... but I'm still waiting for my $1,000,000 cash that I asked to have put in my stocking...
 
the holidays left me with some pretty blurry memories, but Tyler's Christmas party stands out as a pretty good time.  Weird things happened (I'll remember to use three fingers instead of 1 next time..)
 
Shredding on the hill was pretty epic, feeling pretty beat up from it.
 
Seems like everyone got super sick and I was lucky enough to only catch it now... great.
 
New Years was pretty funny.  I remember saying "I do not want to have a house party" but somehow it still happened.  When in Whistler I guess.  Want to thank Jorden and Whitney for the "high fives" at the end of the night.  Also to Shapiro and Gonzo for laughing at me when I bailed down the front stairs so they got me to help finish a huge (massive) bottle of CC with them.
 
For those of you that did come out to my house, thanks for being so chill.  Only a couple glasses got smashed.  Stoked.  The house was cleaned in 2 hours the next day.  Thanks for also leaving when I politely asked everyone to leave.
 
For the girl that lives behind us.. I don't care that max takes a shi*t in your lawn.  I hope he takes a shi*t in your lawn every day.  And if I find you in my kitchen at 2:30am again I'll get max to chase you home.
 
****
 
Important... Garfs party tonight and a huge one on the 11th... Snowboard.com is throwing a party.  Hope to see everyone out.


Published On: 1/3/2007
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Juggalos And Juggalettes

a juggalette is a female,
a juggalo is a male,
juggalos and juggalettes are familys,
of insane clowns....
preps may hate us,
jocks may to,
but when they see our family
they dont know what to do...
so jump up and down,
for the insane clowns,
if your not down with us,
youll get prounced.
so juggalettes and juggalos,
are with the clowns,
get down with us,
or met the ground....



Published On: 12/29/2006
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My Journal: ramblings....
By: kendrat


I started to write this so many times, but stopped because I couldn’t find the right words. Not that there are any “right” words, but I like to think before I write. Lord knows the thinking has issues with happening before speaking, so the least I can do is use my brain to write. 
 
My grandmother died a week ago today. Hers was the first death I’ve experienced in the family, and while there has to be a first for everything, I’d hoped this one could’ve held off indefinitely. Of course, I wasn’t THAT naïve, but a girl can hope. Unfortunately, when death calls, he doesn’t take a rain check (well, unless you’re Peter on Family Guy… then you get into all sorts of shenanigans with death). My Gramma died less than two weeks before her 89th birthday, and four short days shy of Christmas.
She loved Christmas. For as long as I can remember, my Gramma would come to our house on Christmas Eve for supper, and then spend the night. She would always sleep in the small bedroom, which meant that whichever of us kids claimed that bedroom at the time was displaced (Eryn had it until she was seven; I gave the big room to her for her seventh birthday, and lived in the small room from then on. Perhaps that’s why I never grew?). As a result, my sister and I had a sleepover on Christmas Eve every year. Putting two excited children in bed together to wait for Santa probably wasn’t the most conducive to a good night’s rest, but it sure was fun. Even if I did have to put up with Eryn’s smelly feet in my face all night. Christmas day we’d wake up (early of course), and Gramma would already be up waiting for us so we could all open our stockings together (she crocheted Christmas stockings for us all with our names across the top. This year while laying them out I put hers out as well out of habit, only to have to fold it up and put it away again).
Then she was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease and moved into a nursing home. The sleepovers stopped, Gramma would just come for Christmas Eve dinner and we’d open gifts with her that evening. As the disease progressed, she became more and more confused. Taking her out of the home, even for a brief Christmas dinner, became out of the question. The first year she was unable to come to dinner, it felt like there was something huge missing from the holidays, even though we still went to see her and had a small celebration in the nursing home with her. This year, the early Christmas party was to be on Saturday. It never happened.
 

I want to share some memories of her, because so many people never got to see her as I did. Alzheimers causes people’s entire personalities to change, and as the disease eats away more and more of their brains, the confusion and the forgetfulness make it difficult for them to remember how or what they were. In the early stages, the patient often experiences a complete 180, and is paranoid and angry where they were once happy and cheerful. As my Gramma moved down that path, she accused family friends left right and centre of trying to mug her, simply because they were trying to help her cross the street and she couldn’t remember who they were. In the nursing home, she would often complain of hating it there and wanting to go “home”, triggered by seeing a familiar family face and knowing it didn’t belong in her surroundings, therefore she must not belong either. A friend of mine who worked with my Gramma would tell her that “Kendra says you can have a sleepover here with me tonight!” whenever this came up, and surprisingly, it worked. My Gramma would return to her normal happy self and enjoy the rest of her day.

When I first learned how to use a telephone, my Gramma was the first person I called. She was always there for us, to lend a hand, give a few words of encouragement, remind us to share, or break up a fight. In kindergarten, she would come pick me up from school, and we would go out for fudgsickles at the local corner store. We’d take our treats back to her house and have fun until my dad came to pick me up. I remember one day coming out of class, I fell down and startled myself. Before I could start to cry, the principal picked me up and put me on his shoulders. I have a vivid recollection of looking down at my Gramma from my perch, and her laughing up at me asking how the weather was up there. She had a great sense of humour, always teasing and making light of things. I’m happy that sense of humour stuck with her throughout her life; even in her final days she was still teasing the nursing staff. For the last few years, she’d been teasing me about boys, telling me not to rush into anything and to take my men for a test run before I married any of them. In return, I asked her if any of the men on her floor had caught her eye, to which she replied with a laugh “What would they want with an old woman like me?! Besides, they’re all too old for me!”.

My Gramma was the one to introduce me to makeup. When she thought the time was right, she took me down to the local Shoppers Drug Mart, loaded up the basket of her walker with all manner of cosmetics, and sent them home with me and my sister. She was always very generous; if she knew there was something we liked, next time we went to visit her she’d have a whole stockpile of it. When her vision got too bad for her to continue driving, she gave her car to my cousin who had just got his license. During high school, my Gramma would let me spend the night with her if I wanted to go out with my friends, or even if I just plain didn’t want to go home. I would cook dinner and dessert for her and she’d let me pick what show I wanted to watch on TV. We’d talk about school and music, and I’d do my homework while she watched Jeopardy and crocheted.

I learned to crochet from my dad, who learned from Gramma. She was a master of the craft; she could make anything from basic potholders to intricate lace. My uncle swears he once saw her crocheting in her sleep, and I quite believe him. She was truly an artist. Her hands were always soft and smooth, and every time I went to visit her in the nursing home, she’d hold my hands in one or both of hers. I remember how her wedding ring looked way too big for her finger, but she never once took it off, even though her husband predeceased her by 44 years. For half her life, she remained true to his memory. There’s a lot to be said for loyalty like that. Family was everything to her.

After she gave away her car, my Gramma walked everywhere. She occasionally took the bus or a cab if the weather was terrible, but she thought nothing of walking two hours to the mall to go shopping, or an hour to the grocery store to stock up on our favourite goodies. One day after a trip to the mall, she invited me over for dinner. I showed up and she immediately got a conspiratorial look on her face. She showed me her new purchases, which included not only a new bra, but some realistic looking implants for said bra! She said she was tired of having two shapeless flaps of skin and wanted to feel like a woman again.

 
 
These are just a few memories I want to share. There are so many more, but it would take years to write them all. My Gramma was always so proud of me for going to university, working for the government, playing silly songs on the piano… everything. The funeral service was yesterday, and it was nice to see the small crowd that came. The service was traditionally Catholic, and the priest was an old family friend who came out of retirement specially for my Gramma. I hope she knew how many people she touched, and how much she will be missed.
 
 

For those of you who stayed with my ramblings this long, thank you.



Published On: 12/28/2006
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My Journal: le sigh'...
By: polopunk2


Its Christmas. Its cold. Im in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
 
It blows.
 
I will be here until the 28th.
 

The airlines lost my suitcase. I am suing them.
 
It had my riding jacket in it. and my ugg boots --- this is why im freezing now.
 
Supposedly, it "might" be in Florida... or Maine.... or Idaho. They dont know?
 
F this.
 
I want to go home and see my baby. And play with him.... and cuddle. Cause im needy.
 
F this.
 
If I just get drunk, Im sure I wont care where Im at.
 
Too bad the gram is around and the rest of the fam.
 
poh.
 
 
 
have a merry christmas.


Published On: 12/25/2006
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Frank's Blog: Christmas Day
By: snowme


Merry Christmas to all my fellow snowboarders!!!!

Lets hope that some white gold falls from the sky and brings us lots of pow from santa's house.

But lets not forget that pow is not only whats important. Lets be grateful for what we have, although it isnt 10 feet of pow here in the east,  you should live the moment and be grateful for what we have. Dont forget your friends or your family, cause without them, it could get really lonely at the top of a ski hill or mountain by yourself.

Riding a 10 mile long trail of powder alone is not nearly as fun as riding a 1 mile trail of granular with the people that make you laugh, and cry while you are laughing. And lets not forget how boring the apres ski would be without those people






Published On: 12/25/2006
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2.            the Sounds       Painted by Numbers

3.            the New Pornographers    Sing Me Spanish Techno

4.            Anti-Flag          Hymn for the Dead

5.            Arctic Monkeys  I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

6.            Hilltop Hoods    the Blue Blooded

7.            Islands              Rough Gem

8.            Los Capitanes         Scene Queen

9.            the Kooks       She Moves In Her Own Way

10.       the Herd          Burn Down the Parliament

11.       the Killers       Bones

12.       the Sounds             Tony the Beat

13.       Wolfmother               the Joker and the Thief

14.       Yeah Yeah Yeahs    Honeybear

15.       Gnarls Barkley    Crazy

16.       the Decemberists            Summersong

17.       Anti-Flag          the W.T.O. Kills Farmers

18.       Arctic Monkeys           Mardy Bum

19.       Belle and Sebastian   Funny Little Frog

20.       Ben Kwellar     Penny on the Train Track

21.       TV On the Radio     Playhouses

22.       Kisschasy        Do-Do's and Whoa-Oh's

23.       The Rapture    Get Myself Into It

24.       Kanye West      Touch the Sky

25.       the Subways           Rock and Roll Queen

26.       Los Capitanes         the Underpants Song

27.       Malajube           Montreal -40C

28.       Snow Patrol     You're All I Have

29.       Talib Kweli         Ms Hill

30.       Tokyo Police Club       Nature of the Experiment

31.       the Herd          77%

32.       the Killers       Bling

33.       the Lawrence Arms   Like a Record Player

34.       the New Pornographers    Streets of Fire

35.       the Strokes             You Only Live Once

36.       the Tough Alliance My Hood

37.       Wolfmother               Dimension

38.       Wolfmother               Woman

39.       Alexisonfire               This Could Be Anywhere in the World

40.       the Faint         Birth

41.       Akon               Smack That

42.       Beck                  Nausea

43.       City & Color      Comin Home

44.       Gotye             Thanks For Your Time

45.       Islands              Where There's a Will There's a Way

46.       Les Trois Accords           Tu

47.       Metric             IOU

48.       None More Black     Who Crosses State Lines Without a Shirt?

49.       Tegan and Sara       Wake Up Exhausted

50.       the Cat Empire    Down at the 303

51.       AFI                  Miss Murder

52.       the Flaming Lips    Yeah Yeah Yeah song

53.       the Kooks       Ooh La

54.       the Sounds             24 Hours

55.       Eagles of Death Metal   I Got a Feeling

56.       Of Montreal               Disconnect the Dots

57.       Akon               I Wanna Love You

58.       Anti-Flag          Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

59.       Ben Kwellar     Run

60.       Chris Cornell     You Know My Name

61.       Coldplay           Fix You

62.       the Sainte Catherines   Ring of Fire

63.       Goldspot           Float On

64.       Jet                   Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

65.       Justin Timberlake       Sexyback

66.       Kisschasy        Shake

67.       My Chemical Romance   Welcome to the Black Parade

68.       Nelly Furtado    Promiscuous Girl

69.       the New Pornographers    Bleeding Heart Show

70.       Rhianna            SOS

71.       Sacre             Mad World

72.       Snow Patrol     Hands Open

73.       the Killers       For Reasons Unknown

74.       the Marble Index      All That I Know

75.       the Sounds             Night After Night

76.       Wolfmother               Tales from the Forest

77.       the Tough Alliance   Keep It Pure

78.       the Whitlams          Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent

79.       Dirty Pretty Things    Bang Bang You're Dead

80.       Red Hot Chili Peppers   Dani California

81.       Arctic Monkeys           From the Ritz to Rubble

82.       Ben Lee           Into the Dark

83.       the New Pornographers    Jackie, Dressed in Cobras

84.       Alexisonfire               We Are The End

85.       DJ Champion        No Heaven

86.       Fronda              Rullar Fram

87.       Mates of State      Think Long

88.       Yeah Yeah Yeahs    Gold Lion

89.       Rise Against            Under the Knife

90.       Scissor Sisters    I Don’t Feel Like Dancing

91.       Sufjan Stevens    Adlai Stevenson

92.       Tegan and Sara       Take Me Anywhere

93.       the Decemberists            July, July

94.       the Killers       When You Were Young

95.       Juelz Santana           Gone

96.       the Pack         Vans

97.       the Streets             Hotel Expressionism

98.       the Subways           Oh Yeah

99.       Three Days Grace    Animal I Have Become

100.   Billy Talent        Red Flag

 



Published On: 12/21/2006
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