April Fools!
Ahhh, April Fools day – the most brilliant day of the year. Whoever thought of devoting an entire day to making an ass out of each other is a genius.
Pulling pranks is great, although I must be the worst at keeping a straight face and telling white lies to make a joke work. When the victim asks me why I’m laughing psychotically before the prank has been pulled, I somehow usually manage to make up some sort of BS, or I just tell them I’m not taking my meds properly, and they usually understand. I can’t say I have anything specific up my sleeve this year, but at a minimum, I’ll have to do something to my sister who is always fun to pick on, and who can make things interesting with some sort of good-spirited revenge.
I don’t really have any paragliding related news to report, but it’s 3:00 in the morning, and I’m completely awake. Lately I have this strange habit of sleeping for 2 or 3 hours at around 5:00, and then waking up and going to bed at 4:00 am. Weird…I blame the weather.
This week I should be going back to work part-time, thank god. Meanwhile, I’m supposed to undergo an intense rehab program for my shoulder that consists of 4-hour workouts, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Because I’m still on Worker’s Comp, I will abstain from voicing my opinion on this one…
The weather sucks, but I’ve managed to get some biking in at Griffith Woods. Ahhh, how I love ripping down those trails at maximum speed even with the patches of ice and snow. Actually, I call those the “fun spots” where your entire body is jarred and you try to maintain some sort of traction with your wheels as you peddle your ass off, praying that you won’t fall over any second. It’s great!
For those of you who haven’t seen my baby, here she is:
Hydraulic brakes, 100mm fork travel, aluminum tubing – what more do you want? Ok, it’s a bit heavy at around 30 pounds or so, and is a bitch to ride uphill, but who wants to ride uphill, when you can ride down? And I know it’s not full suspension, but hell, at least this bike is rideable on XC trails – a 50 lb full suspension bike? I think not!
Something tells me the amount of downhill biking I’ll be doing this year will be limited, but of course, I will try to get out to COP at least a couple times to check out what changes they’ve put in place this year. It’s just that when you’re over the age of 20 and you’re out there, you almost feel entitled to a seniors discount. There’s a million 14 year old boys out there who accuse one another of being ‘posers’, and talk about how so and so ‘bit’ a trail, and how just ‘shredding’ is cool. Half the time I don’t know what the hell these kids are talking about, but wow, do I ever admire their biking skills.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that last week I went skiing and suffered a mild concussion when some guy made the safety bar on the chairlift fall smack on the top of my head.
Ha ha, April Fools! :P
Pulling pranks is great, although I must be the worst at keeping a straight face and telling white lies to make a joke work. When the victim asks me why I’m laughing psychotically before the prank has been pulled, I somehow usually manage to make up some sort of BS, or I just tell them I’m not taking my meds properly, and they usually understand. I can’t say I have anything specific up my sleeve this year, but at a minimum, I’ll have to do something to my sister who is always fun to pick on, and who can make things interesting with some sort of good-spirited revenge.
I don’t really have any paragliding related news to report, but it’s 3:00 in the morning, and I’m completely awake. Lately I have this strange habit of sleeping for 2 or 3 hours at around 5:00, and then waking up and going to bed at 4:00 am. Weird…I blame the weather.
This week I should be going back to work part-time, thank god. Meanwhile, I’m supposed to undergo an intense rehab program for my shoulder that consists of 4-hour workouts, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Because I’m still on Worker’s Comp, I will abstain from voicing my opinion on this one…
The weather sucks, but I’ve managed to get some biking in at Griffith Woods. Ahhh, how I love ripping down those trails at maximum speed even with the patches of ice and snow. Actually, I call those the “fun spots” where your entire body is jarred and you try to maintain some sort of traction with your wheels as you peddle your ass off, praying that you won’t fall over any second. It’s great!
For those of you who haven’t seen my baby, here she is:
Hydraulic brakes, 100mm fork travel, aluminum tubing – what more do you want? Ok, it’s a bit heavy at around 30 pounds or so, and is a bitch to ride uphill, but who wants to ride uphill, when you can ride down? And I know it’s not full suspension, but hell, at least this bike is rideable on XC trails – a 50 lb full suspension bike? I think not!
Something tells me the amount of downhill biking I’ll be doing this year will be limited, but of course, I will try to get out to COP at least a couple times to check out what changes they’ve put in place this year. It’s just that when you’re over the age of 20 and you’re out there, you almost feel entitled to a seniors discount. There’s a million 14 year old boys out there who accuse one another of being ‘posers’, and talk about how so and so ‘bit’ a trail, and how just ‘shredding’ is cool. Half the time I don’t know what the hell these kids are talking about, but wow, do I ever admire their biking skills.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that last week I went skiing and suffered a mild concussion when some guy made the safety bar on the chairlift fall smack on the top of my head.
Ha ha, April Fools! :P
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