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I finished my taxes! The refund was effectively spent yesterday on a season pass for next year, and a new hard drive for my powerbook. 40 Gigs seemed large when I bought it, but that didn't stop me from filling it up over the past couple years.

On a related note, I love spring snowboarding. With the sunny skies, mild temperatures, and soft snow, what's...
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I didn't even realize it until I looked at my latest pay stub, but I have 5 weeks of vacation time saved up. Also, I'll have officially been a full time employee for 5 year as of April 4th... I honestly didn't think I'd still be here 5 years later when I took this job.

This comes up primarily because a friend at work is...
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I went to kung-fu this evening. Turned out to be only three of us there, including this girl I have a slight crush on. Her and I are going through holds and throws. On one of them, we're back to back, and I throw her around onto the mat, and she lands *almost* like she should have. Her knee got tweaked, and she was clearly...
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OK, so this is a little overdue.

Last friday was indeed a POW day (the acronym meaning Powder Over Work) since a buddy and I took the day off and hit up Steven's Pass after the 2 feet of fresh snow. Needless to say, it was a good time taking turns on the fresh stuff. We tried to take our time, but still managed over...
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Well, I called the girl yesterday and left a voicemail, but no call-back yet. I'll try her again tomorrow, but after that, screw it. (Well, OK, maybe one last try in a week or so.)

Just got back from kung-fu class, and I'm feeling a combination of worn out and hyped up at the same time.

I decided I'm taking friday off this week, because...
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Steven's Pass was awesome today. Started out a little cloudy, but turned into blue sky and sun. Photos didn't do any justice.

I found a particular shoot through some trees that I made my challenge for the day, and feel that I successfully conquered it, and then a dozen or so others I went looking for thereafter

I must have had the good karma going...
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Feels good to get back into Poekoelan kung-fu a little bit today. Helped work out some of the kinks.

A day of work tomorrow, but Saturday has snowboarding written all over it.

One goal to accomplish within the next two years: heli-boarding.

What dreams are these that steal my thoughts,
plant seeds of wanderlust in my soul?
No rest could cure this weary heart,
ever searching
but for what,
it does not know.

Yesterday was an excellent day. I've been dragging for the past week, but I managed to pull myself out of bed and head up to Steven's Pass for a day of snowboarding. Turned out to be fantastic conditions. I had a blast on the ungroomed areas, caught some air on the bumps, tackled some steeps I hadn't before, and generally rocked out with a killer...
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