Happenings...

 Last weekend my roomies had some college friends

come into town for a snowboarding trip.

This included most of Shawn's groomsmen:

...Splitty...
aka Rocksmasher:

& I almost forgot Clement!!

[not pictured] the new, French addition to the group. 

His accent & basically his overall Frenchness was very entertaining.

I had an awesome time hanging out with all of them, 

but could only partake in snowboarding on Saturday.

Friday it was raining on the mountain (thanks, Portland!)...

& then there.was.Saturday.

Lets talk about the worst snowboarding day of my life!

I was a very poor representation of myself.

After losing speed & being forced to crawl up a few hills, my shaky legs contributed to 

a crash that was one of my worst in YEARS.

Caught one edge, recovered, quickly caught the other, 

& ended up flat on my back, seeing stars.

The after-effects of this led me to revert to my
snowboarding-self of 10 years ago.

That in addition to the 50+ mile per hour winds made me
a sad, sad snowboarder.

I apologize for all my friends who had to suffer through that nonsense!

& thank you for hanging out with me anyway :)

My whiplash is finally gone, so perhaps next weekend I shall redeem myself?

We shallsee.

On a lighter note, I have my song of the week!

Grimes, Vanessa.

Why? Because I just bought tickets to her show in February :)

Grimes has an eerie-etherial sound that has 

largely been refined on her new album, Darkbloom.

To me, her older work was more reminiscent of 

Cocorosie, with a sinister-yet-playful tone

but I am liking the new music more.

Its a new direction & its a good one.

Enjoy!

Oh! I also got tickets to Neon Indian & M83.
Easing my Coachella-Blues, a few bands at a time.
xoxo