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Yeah. If you were into the core, the ptex will fracture into a bunch of little bits, and then just fall out over time.

I speak from personal experience, lol.

Ptex-ing is fun though!

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X-Games Day 1 entry on the JO videoblog was a bangin one minus the athletes having no love for the course. Jon and his video dude crank out some awesome up-to-date coverage on everything...its sweet

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So after a year of indecisiveness and general indifference, I have finally quit architecture. I will always have an interest in it and study the general principles and theories (as well as notable buildings), but have decided that a career there just isn't for me.

So now I am signed up for another photo class and a couple general core classes and am looking for some kind of job on campus that involves writing and/or literature. I'm interested in photography, english (probably creative writing or editing of some sort), and philosophy, and I just need to decide what my major and minor will be. This will definitely be taking me down a different path in life, but I find it relatively easy to embrace when I think of sitting in front of autocad most days and talking to clients I probably wouldn't agree with the rest.

Am I jumping to conclusions and making assumptions? Yeah, probably, but I think in the long run this decision will be for the better. Rather than thinking of finding a career I am passionate about, I am going to study what I really love and think about a real job later--or never!

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i went to costco today!!!!!!

got new set of all terrain tires (cant afford snow tires), good deal me thinks, and they are sweet on my skating rink of a road which is what i care about

they have cookie dough in 5 pound tubs.

and i got a gallon jar of pickles for $3.49 and they are quite crunchy and deliscious

in summary costco is awesome.

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I went to the Blazers vs. Cavaliers game on Tuesday night, and it was AWESOME! We were six rows behind the Blazers net... yep, six. Met a lot of awesome people, drank $8 pints of Blue Moon, saw myself on TV, and screamed my heart out. The Blazers lost, but it was a better game than we expected, for sure. We went to the Dub afterwards and got pretty wasted for free, haha. I had a two-hour conversation with a dude the same age as my mom about 49ers legends.

I didn't end up having to get my brain surgery yet... Apparently, my infection went away FINALLY (strong ass antibiotics that made me feel like death for a month), and the aneurysm isn't large enough to require immediate surgery, thankfully.

My training's been going awesome. I have the best trainer in the world, and I feel like I'm finally progressing more with running.

Some photos from the game:

These were our seats:

Before the game:

James (BOOOOOOO), Roy (my boy!), and Fernandez:

Outlaw (choke artist of the game.. fuck) and LA!

Final score... Fuck the refs for making a bunch of horrible calls:

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^ brain surgery? aneurysm?

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My friend is back w/her ex cause he's the best ski tuner in town and now she's trying to get him to learn boot fitting. Stoked cause she pulls this kinda stuff all the time and it's funny...and I don't have to bring my tuning gear to crusty butt. (Mandy, don't tell Tim)

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Base weld is definitely the way to go. Since you ptex'd it, wax over it with the coldest wax you can find (Swix CH4 and lower). Scrape the cold stuff, then throw a piece of fiberlene paper between the iron and the base and let the iron set on there with a little motion. The hard wax will add an extra layer of protection and seal up the beading/chunking that's going to occur when it gets super cold. Seal it like that every time you wax.

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I'll do that. It is already falling apart, so I wouldn't be surprised if I can just get it base welded once everything comes out.

Thanks to everyone for the advice.

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Yeah, would have been my fifth brain surgery from when my ex smashed my head in my car door last spring.

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Stoked on Lesley :D

Stoked on going to seen Lindsay in a week!!!

Stoked on Lele, again...

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YES.

pics or it didn't happen.

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LOL imagine a blind person asking you to take their picture for them

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just started listening to Narrow Stairs about 8 months after it was released... wish i hadn't waited so long to pick it up, but stoked on Death Cab again.

i've also started reading Pitchfork on a daily basis after a year

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fucking posted this shit without me even touching my computer... wtf?

anyway...

...after a year hiatus and i'm stoked on some of the weird shit i've been finding.

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hmmmm.... maybe you should head somewhere like Tahoe for some filming in a week or so... i know a kid with a GL2 he could bring up from Vegas.

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just saw slumdog millionaire. it was good

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that reminds me...

MIA on being nominated for an Oscar for the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack- "This is a great honor. Thank you to all the people who are supporting us and the making of a real story of a slumdog millionaire…maybe I can afford to book Dave Chappelle at the baby shower now. Thank you again; My mum wants everyone to know what wonderful news this is for her."

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i've been completely sober since Sunday- the longest i've gone in three years- and it's killing me. luckily, i've remembered how much fun it is to be the hugest asshole possible to the minions in NSG. JD will probably ban me... again... but whatever, i get to smoke, drink, and put yayo up my nose tomorrow, so i'm ok with it.

stoked on having a personal shooting gallery- NSG.

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Well, today was stoke and no stoke, i got to shred some big wide open lines at mount bohemia chilled with some friends, and got to hang out for a little bit with a gnarly dude CF introduced me to a few years back and got a chance to talk on the phone with some really old acquaintances and pseudo family types. so, rock on ph.

always stay positive, do your own thing, and vibes to all ph.

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Cleaning my room, and I found a bunch of stuff from the third grade on my bookshelf. No idea it was there, but when I get to back to my scanner in Tacoma, there will be some seriously epic pictures.

I haven't written in cursive outside of my signature since I fumbled through the last part of the ACT that requires it, but damn, I was pretty fluent in the stuff back in grade school. The spelling is absolutely hilarious, and I did nothing but draw pictures of forts with radar dishes and jets and tanks and snowmobiles in writing class.

Deeply buried on my bookshelf was a book called "The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible", which I have no doubt would send Scott into an epileptic seizure in about 2 seconds. It's such horrible Christian Right propoganda, I can't wait to take it back to school with me. The Pokemon books I unearthed are going to my roommate, who can still name most of them, and I am totally taking my Lego collection, because dudes who play with Legos get all the cute chicks.

Also, I just picked up the latest Sweatshop and Death Cab releases, and am very stoked on both of them. Good music to listen to.

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my brain hurts just thinking about it

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Now that just sounds amazing.

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i still get legos for christmas

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Couch dancing and No Pant Parties are so hot right now! What a weekend..

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I remember those legos in your display case with the massive pile of swimming trophies.

I'll bring mine next time, and we can make an epic Lego ON3P city.

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I used to be a Lego FIEND.

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haha^ at first I thought you meant the Suicide Girls & I was like no way! Those chicks are way grimmer than the NSG....but then I thought it out, and that didn't make any sense unless... they were at the after parties in Aspen increasing their Pro-Ho status.

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bite your tongue- Suicide Girls are awesome.

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^Yeah they are! Whoever said grimmy was a bad thing?

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so, my dad and his buddy are in town and got rooms at half a dozen places up and down the Strip... prior to coming out here, they told me i could have their room at the Mirage again, since it's right across the street from the Venetian/Palazzo, where they're staying. last time they were out here- about two months ago- i had their room at the Mirage and it wasn't anything amazing, so i was expecting much of the same... until i was handed a keycard with a top floor room number. needless to say, i was a little startled when i got to my door (or should i say double doors) and the sign said "Penthouse". so, now i'm chillin in bed smokin out of Lele and sippin on OJ in one of four 30th story penthouses at the Mirage all by mahself. the bathroom is twice the size of my bedroom in my apartment... i have a living room with a bar and dining area... there's a pop-up TV at the foot of my bed. add to this that i'm up at the craps table, am having two dinners at Delmonico Steakhouse in three days (first was last night), am going to a couple shows, and *might* go see Perry Farrell tomorrow night if i don't go to TAO. it goes without saying that i'm STOKED!

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I don't, I feel like an e-janitor. You should see the deleted threads. We can barely keep up. And then everyone bitches that their thread was deleted.

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OMG TEXT VOTING SUCKSS@(*&$#(@&%%(#*&%&((#%*&()#%*%#!!!1111

Jesus.

What's more of a shit show; the Winter X-Games, or Newschoolers.com Ski Gabber for the week after?

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I'm pretty stoked after an awesome ski weekend with a bunch of friends. push i finally managed to slide enough rails to dull all the edges on my park skis so now im a buttering machine on and off rails hahah

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Winter Storm Watch!!

6-12" forecasted.

It's been a very long time since I skied freshies. Wednesday is going to be a good day out on the mountain.

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A bunch of shit went down that finally convinced me to move away from Portland.

So.... I'm moving back to Alaska for a few months!! Fuck yeah!

I'm going to miss Josh the bartender and Josh the trainer like crazy, but I'll be back to visit. I already have a trainer in AK and doctors, and I've got a place to live (not my parents house, haha) and everything. I'm not telling very many people up there except for my close friends (even though I know I'll run in to a bunch of people I know while I'm living there) to avoid drama. I'll be going back to school at UAA for the summer and then probably moving back to the states somewhere. Whatever happens, I need this change really badly, and I'm stoked for it.

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hung over as fuck on sunday mornin..

pure g status.

I brought mmallender.$ along to party with the mountain pro crew. I think he enjoyed his time..

and mitch, again, holdin it down with jenga stackin skills..

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i didn't want to clutter up linds' thread but i wanted to share some hope. In her case the damage was sudden, which isn't great, but from the sounds of it hopefully she'll make a good recovery. The story i've got will just show you how crazy our brains really are. It goes that this guy went to the doctor complaining of a mild weakness in his leg. The doctors gave him a CT and an MRI; here's the picture of his brain:

The ventricles had swelled up and compressed the grey matter against the sides of his head. Despite the lack of a 'normal' brain he lead a normal life albeit with a slightly reduced IQ.

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Fresh snow dropping in tomorrow. Should be a fun day of ripping the trees.

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Snowing at my house. It's really easy to get me excited with the right things.

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I don't need to act my age, so I am going to go ahead and quote this.

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waking up to white stuff sunday morning, although little more than a dusting, it is a step in the right direction. good work winter.

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if you have an extra 20 minutes around, read this, its hilarious.

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/436945/

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Well done, I totally put that out there.

Anyway, I skied pow for the first time in a couple weeks, and I didn't even notice the ice crust underneath it I was having so much fun. Yay!

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I picked up a ND filter today and got to go play around in Gallatin canyon for a while, it was pretty cool. The light was far from ideal for what I was trying to do though, so the pictures turned out kind of shitty. But I was mostly just experimenting and shooting some film I am probably going to ruin anyway, so it was a good learning experience.

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10-18 forecasted for tomorrow. So refreshes all day tomorrow, and then Thursday I hit up Pico and get to rip deep untouched powder from the storm since Pico is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Fucking right.

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