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The Stoked Thread

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snwbrdmilf
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With permission, I have taken this idea from another cult. I think it would be great here.

This is a thread to post what you are totally stoked on. Share with us your happiness.  :)
Sep 10 2007 11:08AM
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snwbrdmilf
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I absolutely hated doing the chair evacs for work (showing the newbs). The first two years were cool, and fun to help out on. But during orientation in the years after, I avoided it like the plague. It became less and less fun since it was never for real.
Nov 24 2008 5:22PM
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coolhandluke
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mission ridge has chairs that actually break down and have to do chair evacs.  plus for avy control, we upload ourselves on the lift at 5am.  when i was squatting and manning the breakline, it actually hurt my ass a bunch; i don't have much padding there.
Nov 24 2008 7:05PM
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Literature
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Will Vicik is a lean beast of a man.
Nov 24 2008 7:10PM
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Nov 24 2008 7:26PM
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coolhandluke
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^ wow i really need to start pulling myself together
Nov 24 2008 8:26PM
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Literature
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Definition of disorganized.
Nov 24 2008 9:04PM
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snwbrdmilf
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Its snowing. I get to go shredboarding on Friday and Sunday. Weeeeeee!
Nov 24 2008 9:38PM
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Aenigma
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I just have a little touching up to do on one photo and I'll be ready for my portrait/self-portrait critique tomorrow in photo, which should go pretty well.  I was talking to my professor about the self-portrait this afternoon and he seemed to like it--although he used the word "demonic" to describe it.  Eh.

I also have an observation drawing portfolio review tomorrow for graphics and I don't think I will totally bomb it this time (the last one earned a stunning C+).  As long as he only looks at the four required drawings and ignores the fifth in my folder I just might pass myself off as an artist! 
Nov 24 2008 9:54PM
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SkierX
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It's coming down pretty good up in the mountains here.

The question is... will the rain hold off... and will the lifts spin tomorrow or will they be on wind hold?
Nov 24 2008 9:57PM
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wrenegade
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Just saw Claim! Excellent skiing, terrible music. Still one of this year's best. Colby West cracks me up.




Nov 25 2008 1:41AM
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almostaskier
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What'd you think of Jacob's part?
Nov 25 2008 2:22AM
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Literature
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Just watched The Shining, and had a fun cuddle. Stoked.
Nov 25 2008 2:52AM
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freezed
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I'm pretty sure I've told the extended version of the story...but anyways, the girl that my previous stories are about, I am actually interested in her but haven't talked to for like...months, well I finally worked up some nerve, and we're going out to dinner this weekend. so i'm pretty happy about that.
Nov 25 2008 4:33AM
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SkierX
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8 inches!


And nothing posted about the lifts being on wind hold!

Oh yeah!
Nov 25 2008 8:13AM
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coolhandluke
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a girl that wants to watch the shining?
Nov 25 2008 11:02AM
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yelsel
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is that unheard of? the Shining is definitely on my top 5 favorite movies
Nov 25 2008 11:11AM
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snwbrdmilf
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EC ftw! Can't wait for Friday.
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Nov 25 2008 11:12AM
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J.D.
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^Holy carp, if only it weren't  a snowshoe trail that would be sick.
Nov 25 2008 12:00PM
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snwbrdmilf
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No, it IS sick. Do you honestly have to kill my stoke in the stoked thread?

btw - what are YOU doing on Friday?? Hmmmmmm??
Nov 25 2008 12:06PM
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Literature
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She didn't know what she was getting in to, thus the good cuddle. I didn't really either, but I just detach myself from the movie.

I don't really understand the point of scary movies. If I want something truly scary, I'll go look at the state of politics or the destruction of the planet or look at society. Or go do something stupid on skis.

The Shining is just completely nonsensical. Time is completely fucked, reality is interchangeable, and there is an ocean of strawberry Kool Aid (which certainly isn't blood because of the quantity) that some poor sob is going to need to clean up come May.
Nov 25 2008 12:16PM
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Literature
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Awesome, Matty. Go get her.
Nov 25 2008 12:17PM
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wrenegade
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Jacob's part was good. Quite good. More out of the park than I thought it would be. Still though, I'm a bigger fan of the real big mountain stuff, probably why I like MSP and TGR's movies the best.

Shane, Hoji, Abma, and Kaj all had great parts. It was nice to see Shane skiing again, not just hucking himself off stuff just to open the chute.
Nov 25 2008 12:23PM
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Aenigma
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I just got a chocolate bar from my graphics professor...unfortunately it's just for girls, because as he pointed out it was a "Her," She" bar.  Anyways, it's the first thing I have ever won in my life, so that was cool in a novel way.
Nov 25 2008 1:02PM
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SkierX
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8 inches quickly turned into well more than a foot while I was out today.

It was CEMENT though. Legitimate cement. It was a shit ton of work to ski in. Still was tons of fun though.

My overall skiing skills are pretty bad though.
Nov 25 2008 3:01PM
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Skipig25
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now you're gonna have to post the picture to show everyone.

and your photography stuff.


PS everyone, I have a dirty beard/stache combo
Nov 25 2008 3:53PM
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Aenigma
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I just turned the photos in to my crazy ass professor a couple hours ago and I don't have a scanner anyway.

As for the drawing, I didn't take a photo of that yet and it will be gone for the break as well.  I think you need to share your self-portrait when you get it back, though.  Or the real thing.
Nov 25 2008 4:03PM
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spere
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Me too!!!!

And I just got back from a pep rally / video shoot thing. A bunch of no shave Beaver fans (the sports team, not the other bearded beavers) and some cheerleaders gave some College Game Day video guys some nice TV spot material for the Civil War game this saturday. I really hope I make it on TV

I was high as balls too
Nov 25 2008 5:05PM
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Aenigma
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5-day binge starts in t-minus twenty minutes.
Nov 25 2008 9:29PM
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lorida
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After 5 weeks of not having my car, I picked it up today!...with a U-haul car trailer....

Anyways, at least it was running, it's at Honda now for some tuning until tommorow afternoon, then I can finally DRIVE around again. I'll appreciate having a car all over again.

Public transit gave me one last fat shaft in the ass today when the bus I was on ran out of gas...in the middle of an intersection...lol.
Nov 25 2008 11:17PM
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acc
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Agreed. It was sick though to out of the blue (I feel) see him throwing those spins off of cliffs.
Nov 26 2008 1:33AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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How did that go for ya???? What did ya tow it with????

I'll be getting a truck in the next few days and I think that is what I'm gonna use to tow my suby to a local shop. I have no experience with the uhaul car trailer and was wondering how easy it would be.
Nov 26 2008 6:34AM
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yelsel
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I got an invite to a dinner "meeting" last night. Normally I dont go to these things but somehow I got an invite and decided to go. Glad I did. Dinner was this kick ass swordfish with olives and some tom sauce. Hmmmm. Oh and open bar. JEA! Im hurting today though
Nov 26 2008 8:09AM
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coolhandluke
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getting rid of any prodigy's?
Nov 26 2008 10:34AM
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Aenigma
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Hey, I'd be down with throwing in for a pair of goggles!  My four-year-old Fuses are getting a little beat...
Nov 26 2008 1:05PM
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toominator
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I'd be keen!
Nov 26 2008 4:39PM
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coolhandluke
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ah no worries.  i have a pair of clear lenses in need of a frame.  clear for 4am.
Nov 26 2008 4:49PM
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J.D.
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Who knows, maybe you.

... Actually i'll be working. 3 more shifts until my last one.
Nov 26 2008 5:42PM
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WILLFRO07
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goin to movies with babes tonight
skiing in the morning
turkey and family in afternoon
chillin with friends at night.

needless to say, happy almost t day fellow PH'ers.
i hope you all have a needlessly drunken and good food filled holiday.
Nov 26 2008 7:43PM
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papasteeze
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taking off friday!
Nov 26 2008 7:48PM
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acc
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Adam's house at Jay Friday night thank fucking god! Bring on the season!
Nov 26 2008 9:13PM
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Bangor
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Stoked! Just picked up a sweet pair of gore tex boots for 60% off on steepandcheap, to replace the pair I blew up 2 years ago......

No more booting it to and from the hill in soggy ass skate shoes! Vibram soles FTW!
Nov 27 2008 3:48AM
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Bangor
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hahaha stoked that the entire country got rick rolled during the thanksgiving day parade!
Nov 27 2008 11:17AM
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Aenigma
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Stoked that I am going skiing tomorrow, then having a buffalo BBQ and getting really drunk!

Nov 27 2008 1:57PM
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almostaskier
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Grandma's cooking. Nuff said.
Nov 27 2008 2:53PM
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MacMahoooon
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Stoked on free good tickets to Sens Vs Leafs tonight
Nov 27 2008 2:54PM
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Skipig25
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it's thanksgiving, of course I'm stoked
Nov 27 2008 3:36PM
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wrenegade
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I am SO stoked Harper has proposed to cut the public subsidy to political parties in Canada. Yes, it's mean, and I love every minute of it. 6 years ago the Liberal Party banned corporate donations to political parties, and instead had the government give $1.95 per vote to the political parties. It was a great move, big money has no place in influencing politics, but having the taxpayer pay for it instead isn't very good either. The Bloc, the separatist party from Quebec was now receiving federal money to further their cause of leaving the country. Does that sound right? Of course not.

Since then, the Conservatives have rallied the individual voter to donate to them (maximum $5000). They have done very well with this and the Liberals, mainly as a result of removing their own corporate donations, have done terribly. The NDP has better fundraising. Unfortunately for the opposition parties, none of them are very good at fundraising, and all of them are in debt. Tories, even when you take away 1/3 of their funding (they get hurt the most) are still in the black because they know how to motivate people to donate to them.

Hopefully this means the Bloc will disappear. The Green party will probably die too, and that is fine by me. This is going to be a confidence motion most likely, and I bet it will pass. Nobody can afford another election (except the Tories) and with the credit crisis going on right now, no bank will loan an already in debt political party more money. I fucking love it.

Now, this could backfire for the Tories in the long run, in the form of a united left party. This isn't good for the Tories (or my own personal views) but it is probably better for democracy in this country. The Liberal, NDP, and Green parties all have such similar views, it's as if there are 3 representatives from the same party at the table when you watch a leaders debate.

Bottom line is it is wrong for both companies and taxpayers to fund PRIVATE institutions, which political parties are. If you feel so strongly for your party, volunteer your time and donate your dollars. I do.

Oh and I'm not really expecting much response about this (although I'm sure JD will disagree with me) but I wanted to vent. Happy Day!
Nov 27 2008 4:56PM
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