Fellyconnelly's Journal

10/14/2007 11:36 #41638

Do i ski? well ha!
Category: good times

I've been skiing about three times.

Ski trip #1 involved lauren and myself, and our friends Kathi and Kim. Kathi and Lauren being the great skiiers that they are, took off and left me with Kim. Kim is rather awkward and can barely walk without falling over. Somehow Kim and I were left at the bunny slope for two hours while Kathi and Lauren went and played. The damn tow rope seemed to dislocate my shoulder. Kim fell a lot.

Ski trip #2 was the following year. I brought my friend Kat out skiing for her birthday. We both did well and I even made it from the top of the mountain down without falling!

Ski trip #3 involved myself, Lauren and Kathi. the following pictures will tell the tale.
doing great...

yeah i can do this!

nope no i can't...

please take note that i have lost my pole, and apparently a ski. this was how the day went for me.

This post is actually a call for (E:strip) skiiers~! (e:jbeatty), (e:lauren) and i are psyched about skiing this year, and are prepared to set up an (e:strip) ski gathering! whatcha say winter sports fans?

fellyconnelly - 10/15/07 23:24
HOORAH! (E:STRIP) SKI PARTY!

I guess we should wait till the snow actually hits before we start planning. But a weekend ski trip (come January/February) sounds like good fun!

jbeatty - 10/14/07 19:27
As I was telling Felly earlier today, my friends from Syracuse and I are planning a trip to Jay Peak in northern Vermont sometime during peak season if anyone is interested. We usually do a few days + at a decent resort and get a chalet that can usually accommodate a large number of people. But that aside even doing a couple days or one day at a local place like Holiday Valley or slightly more east like Bristol MT would be a blast. I think an (e:strip) ski outting would be pretty cool. I guess it just depends on how much money/time everyone wants to invest. One day would be pretty reasonably priced if there were only a small handful of people. But if there was enough interest I am more than willing to pitch in and help set something up for a longer weekend.

drew - 10/14/07 18:21
I'm in! Love skiing, hot chocolate, wine and boardgames.

I just hope a beginner goes so I don't feel bad ditching (e:janelle) for some advanced slopes

jbeatty - 10/14/07 17:51
It's easy, just point the tips downhill and try not to have a yard sale.

janelle - 10/14/07 17:43
I wanna ski, I wanna ski!!!!

I just need to learn how =(

imk2 - 10/14/07 14:30
yes, i am totally in!!! jenks and i were talking about renting out a chalet and having a bunch of us split the cost for a long weekend. how awesome would that be, skiing all day, and drinking wine and hot chocolate by the fire and playing board games all night! i'm in, i'm in, i'm in!!!!!!!

james - 10/14/07 11:42
Skiing scares me.

Once when i was a child I was ill and had a high fever. In a fever dream I saw all these people skiing. One was dressed like a bunny. He looked fun so I went over to him. But when I got close I could see he was made entirely out of sugar cubes. They started melting really fast and out of the syrup was a burnt rabbit face.

So, skiing scares me.

10/13/2007 08:21 #41624

a convenient truth
Category: randomo history

oh look everybody! the vatican secret archives has uncovered a document that shows how the pope WASN"T trying to murder the knights templars! he just wanted them disbanded for the sake of the church.

how very convenient! i bet this cleans up the reputation of the vatican huh?

10/10/2007 23:10 #41584

i missed pizza for THIS?
Category: good times

sorry to miss the fun guys...

in exchange we went to our dance class wherein both lauren and i have managed to put ourself in such an amount of pain that we can't even stand to shower.

i think that i pulled something in my calf. and something directly above my knee. both on the left side. i'm so out of shape.
but we learned some great moves that hopefully when we can walk again we will be able to try and recreate!

we were going to swing by PMT mansion afterwards but we would hav elooked stupid crying and limping.

fellyconnelly - 10/11/07 22:27
no more running for me apparently.

tinypliny - 10/10/07 23:28
You are brave people. I would run (or maybe straggle) a mile in the opposite direction after hearing the word "exercise".

10/10/2007 11:42 #41569

growly belly
Category: randomo

Frozen pot pies linked to salmonella? COOK THEM YOU MORONS!

anybody else think that unions have gotten too big for their britches? i've been rather anti-union since my father got screwed around so regularly by his union.

(e:enknot) your baby is adorable! more pictures please!

last night i met with my boss, heather, and her friend carmello about doing this crazy fashion show/theatrical experience. it sounds like such amazing funness!

more on that later...

i have to get off the computer as lauren has to start writing papers.
and i have to start on my chores.

zobar - 10/10/07 20:43
When I was growing up, my dad was a nonunion carpenter getting paid better than union wages. His jobs were often shut down by union picketers for no real reason. My mom was a union teacher, and Phil Rumore [Jesus he's been at this a long time] was the only thing between her and the school board [, city, media, public, ...] Unions defy one simplistic label; the worth of one specific union is inversely proportional to the sliminess of each specific employer.

- Z

mike - 10/10/07 18:08
i love fashion show/theatrical experiences! In high school I was in our fashion show/dance party/show my junior year adn ran it my senior year! It was liek teh best time ever!

james - 10/10/07 17:57
Sorry, the recent UAW strike has been angering.

Without Unions blacks, latinos, and women would be making much less than they are now. Unions, in general, rock. Some unions, in specific, are doing silly, silly things.

I mean, how can you be mad at the people who invented the weekend?

libertad - 10/10/07 17:52
I love unions. IF there were laws protecting businesses from setting up in places like mexico and india then they would be even better.

If it weren't for my union I would have nothing. NO insurance, no right to be healthy, no plan for retirement, no dental or vision coverage and no days off. I will gladly pay my union dues and because it would be so uncool for a politician to send my job to India then I have pretty good job security.

Sorry. I just can't say enough how much I love my union. Are they perfect? No.

fellyconnelly - 10/10/07 16:56
word james. WORD!

james - 10/10/07 14:12
There are a ton of Unions that are big pains in the ass. Like the UAW. Seriously, there should not be a $70/hr job on an assembly line in this country. If farmers had a union starting way back when we would be paying them $100/hr to grow onions. Dinosaur industries should go overseas or be extinct.

have fun with chores.

10/09/2007 10:08 #41556

the next day
Category: randomo

now its time to put last nights rollercoaster of emotion away and pretend like monday night football doesn't exist.

i have a football hangover. without booze ever having been involved.

fellyconnelly - 10/10/07 11:30
i never realized how bad it could hurt!

tinypliny - 10/10/07 01:03
I have a not-seeing-firecrackers hangover!

hodown - 10/09/07 17:23
Even those not in Buffalo have the football hangover. Why Buffalo why do you do this to me?

mrmike - 10/09/07 10:36
Second that emotion. People Starting leaving after the last dallas touchdown, thinking we got it. Only to stop dead in their tracks. I ache this morning

jason - 10/09/07 10:14
The pain, it hurts so bad. I thought we would have a moment of glory, but nooooooo. I'm pretty sure most of Buffalo has a football hangover right now.