...MISSING, RIDING AND LISTENING to my heart songs...

Gordon Lightfoot

Sang a song

About a boat

That sank in the lake

At the break

Of the morning

A Cat named Stevens

Found a faith

He could believe in

And Joan Baez

I never listened

Tto too much jazz

But hippie songs

Could be heard

In our padEddie Rabbitt sang

About how much

He loved a rainy night

Abba, Devo, Benatar

Were there day

John Lennon died

Mr. Springsteen said

He had a hungry heart

Grover Washington

Was happy on the day

He topped the charts

These are the songs

These are my heart songs

They never feel wrong

And when I wake

For goodness sake

These are the songs

I keep singin'

Quiet Riot got me started

With the bangin' on my head

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest

And Slayer

Taught me how to shred

I gotta admit though

Sometimes I would listen

To the radio Debbie Gibson

Tell me that you think

We're all alone

Michael Jackson's

In the mirror

I've gotta have faith

If I wanna see clear

Never gonna give you up

Wish me love

Or wishing well

It takes two to make

A thing go right

If the Fresh Prince

Starts a fight

Don't you worry

For too long

'Cause you know

These are the songs

Back in 1991

I wasn't havin' any fun

'Till my roommate said

"Come on and put

A brand new record on"

Had a baby on it

He was naked on it

Then I heard the chords

That broke the chains

I had upon me

Got together with my bros

In some rehearsal studios

Then we played

Our first rock show

And watched the fan base

Start to grow

Signed the deal that gave

The dough to make

A record of our own

The song come

On the radio

Now people go

This is the song

These are my heart songs

They never feel wrong

And when I wake

For goodness sake

These are the songs

I keep singing...

Snowboarding, freeeeeeeeeeeeee... free falling!!!

I've never thought that after spending a whole season here in Vail without snowboarding was going to be the saddest waste of time ever, my ex didn't actually pushed me to do it and my friends lost patience with me after a couple of times up in the mountain with my cathatonic fear of heights. Maybe taking the chair lift was one of the most difficult things to do, as well as getting off the chair lift, and well... to be honest I still have some troubles but the good thing is that I'm liking it, and liking it a lot.

Some people may say that out of all my flaws being a quiter is not exactly me. But to be honest there were times when I said: "you know what? fuck this, I can't do this", but nothing that some beers in a nice apres-ski bar to let you start all over again the next morning, and that's how I did it, mornig after morning for 6 days in a raw made me want to keep trying, and keep falling!, to finally become, NOT AN EXPERT, but a decent snowboarder who has a lot of fun.

Now I must admit that as a sociopath, I like to do this by myself, nothing like practicing my turns and going down the hill with my headphones out loud listening something like: "and Im freeeeeeeeeeeeeee... free falling!!". Snowboarding is so good because I am so concentrated, and YESS!! it needs all my attention, that I don't think about anything else, and that for somebody with so many thoughts in her head like me, is just perfect.

To get an ski pass is actually terribly expensive but I did it; one day I started my morning at 9 a.m., got my big breakfast, took my board and started going up the hill, after a couple of hours, this cute american instructor told me that I got it, I just needed to push on my edges a little bit more so I can actually catch some speed so we went up the hill again and I COULD DO IT!, I was so excited that I as soon as I came down I stopped by the ticket office and got a pass, almost $700.

Now I spend my days going "riding" like kids call it here, sometimes I got the afternoon shift but when I don't, I just call in sick. Is the little ski bumb who was sleeping inside of me that has taken over these days.

Mental Note: start working harder so I can actually save money, which is the reason I came here.

I like the montains here in Vail, I do have my favorite runs, such as Swingsville, or Cinch in Beaver Creek. I went to Steamboat Springs, another little town, and I found RendezVous or Why Not; I also spent some days in Aspen visiting Rachel so, when she was busy working like a normal person, I went riding until I couldnt feel my legs. Next week Im taking the bus to Breckenridge to visit a friend and to try some runs over there also.