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Snowboarding was Awesome!!! (^_^)

Monica — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:30:15 GMT

Okay so I totally admit that at one point, I just sat in the snow sinking into an everlasting emotion of sheer frustration!!! I kept falling and I didn't seem to be getting what the instructors were trying to teach me! At the end of the day, all I knew was that I felt wiped out and I just wanted to curl up in my comfy bed and sleep! It wasn't until the next day did I realize what I had learned. So first of all I have to say that falling was actually fun. The time when I was being dragged by my board, great! The time when I was sliding down the hill and changing directions at the same time, awesome! In the end, I learned how to fall properly, although the first few times, I didn't;hence the sliding down the hill. I also learned the proper stance, how to skate, pivoting with the board, stepping over the board, walking up the hill and down the hill, and J turns! So apparently I did learn something after all. I actually panicked every time I felt myself picking up speed, and so that accounts for the majority of my falls. Towards the end of the day I finally, without falling, pulled off a switch! It was a little shaky but I did it (^_^). I feel sad cuz the seasons almost over and I don't have money to hop from state to continent chasing snow. I know that I really need to work on distributing my weight cuz my toe side and heel side sucks! Ooooh but I love to do the turtle roll, it's fun!!! OMG Mt High had a contest to see who could board across the "lake." That contest was hilarious!!! Some people made it across, others found themselves slam dunked into the "lake." Man that was a fun day (^_^)

OMG Snow boarding!!!

Monica — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:37:10 GMT

So I've been waiting for 5,000 years to go snowboarding! Finally, this weekend I get to go. I'm going to Mt. High with a group of friends, this should be interesting. My road to learning how to snowboard has been an interesting one. At first I was really determined to go. Then people kept telling me that I would be the only black person snow boarding, black people don't snow board etc. That made me sad and upset. We have a snow boarding club on campus...it took me 8,000 years to work up the courage to just approach their table for info. Why is it that people feel the need to remind me of my race when I mention something that I want to do? Yes, when I woke up this morning I saw that I was black too. Just because you can't think outside the box, and prefer to stay involved with activities that has been designated to your race doesn't mean that you have a right to push your insecurities on me! So, I look forward to falling on my ass and rolling down the mountain side this weekend!!!

On...me

Monica — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:31:37 GMT

In the end, I'm afraid of who I really am.