Needs to be aired

A cock-up like this one needs to be publicised. I deserve to be shamed. I had a big night last night and to cut a long story short I was late for work today; the day of my promotion interview. Yup, and why do you think I didn't get the job? Yup, my lateness is a bit of a problem. Yup.

Try and stop the wheels of progress; what do you get?

James. That's what you get. As if winning top sales last week wasn't enough; I just won a product specific sales competition. This one was a little more impressive. New goggles, a t-shirt and a fleece sweater. All wrapped beautifully and topped with a card. I feel special. I am special. So much for the big head eh? Too late.

In less narcissistic news; I just spent the afternoon helping out with a beginners snowboard class. Despite being slow, painful and largely unrewarding. I quite enjoyed it; need to get in a lot more practice hours for my instructor's exam in a mere two weeks~! Ouch.

Recognition

You know it. I know it. We all know it. I'm awesome. But rarely does someone like me get direct recognition for the fact. I personally believe that is because I am just so damn obviously awesome that recognising the fact directly would just give me a big head; we don't want that now do we?

Nevertheless I would just like it to be known that today I received a $25 gift card (such a generous company I work for) for being the department's top selling sales host. Yup, amongst a group of 50+ sales hosts I have sold almost $200,000 worth of ski school stuff this season. Go me.

I feel like I have been hit by a truck

After a lot of snow last night I headed up on the early Gondola for breakfast. I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t the best day of the season. It was the best day of my life! Except for about 20 minutes for lunch, I literally boarded for 8 hours straight. The breakfast was pretty impressive and there was a decent amount of snow and at first the day went ok. For some reason, don’t ask me why (it’s a long and largely illogical train of thought), I decided to make an adjustment to my bindings to shift my weight forward (riding powder; that is the last thing you want to do) and suddenly it dawned on me. “Oh, so THAT’s what snowboarding is like” clearly, before now I was just sliding around a mountain with no idea what I was doing.

Back on Track

I am sure you've all been on the edge of your seats. Waiting to hear the latest in the world of James. I know it's a fascinating world, a stimulating world. But things must progress at their own rate; after all, you can't force these things. Here I am; snowboarding again, finally. It's been good. Snow has been falling for days and my technique is steadily improving. Funnily enough, the restraints my physio has put on my riding has made me look at things differently. I am focusing on other things> Switch riding, spins, slides, presses and the like. I am glad, this is all making me a much better rider in ways I would have otherwise avoided in favor of the snap and crackle. Last night was pretty crazy, an unofficial work function sees 20 of us all at Tommy Africa's dancing up a storm. But now, as I sit here summoning the courage to go to work. I have my regrets.

Growing up

We all mature eventually. Some more quickly and some more noticeably than others. As an adolescent, at times I could be fussy with my food. I hated tomatoes, pumpkin, squash, olives, gnocchi and avocado.

But all things change eventually; while I still won't go near gnocchi, will skip over olives, pass on pumpkin and squirm at the thought of squash I now find myself eating avocados by the truckload. On a toasted bagel for breakfast, as guacamole with corn chips and sliced up in a satay chicken salad. Maybe, in my own way, I am finally starting to grow up.

Did you know that a medium sized avocado (also known as the Alligator Pear - for obvious reasons) has, on average, over 270 calories? Having said that, avocados are packed full of all kinds of vitamins and minerals. Vitamins E, C and B6, Fiber, Potassium, Riboflavin, Magnesium, Copper, Thiamin, Niacin, Folate, Phosphorus, Zinc, Manganese and Pantothenic Acid (whatever the hell that is). Avocados also act as a metabolic assistant; facilitating the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients such as beta-carotene. Avocados; are you getting your share?

Ugly Brothers

I'm still alive. Not snowboarding, but alive. Next week is the ETS (estimated time of snowboarding) But all is good. Life is good and I am beautiful. Or something to that effect? Everyone should check out DJ Format - Ugly Brothers. It's my track recommendation for the week. Peace.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

You will not be able to read from home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip, Skip out for beer during commercials, Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised. The revolution will not be brought to you by Tampax In 4 parts without commercial breaks. The revolution will not show you pictures of G.W. blowing a bugle and leading a charge by Dick Chaney, Tony Blair and Owen Wilson to eat meat pies confiscated from Mrs Mac's. The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised. The revolution will be no re-run brothers; The revolution will be live.

Lots of things are happening right now.
The result of which is going to have some serious ramifications.
You will not be able to log on, sit back and enjoy the photographs.
The revolution will not be bloggerised;
The revolution will be live.