http://jfin.thedice.net kiwi in seattle Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:06:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Still alive, just busy. Moving my blogging efforts over to Fifteen Minutes, with a few other Wellie and ex-Wellie types. Thanks for reading... :) http://jfin.thedice.net/2008/04/29/moving/ .. THE DEEPEST SNOW IN THE WORLD! And it's starting to fall again... *happy me*. Last Saturday was the first day of the season for us at Mount Baker, and this Saturday was the second. A good start, with stashes of pow to be had on ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/12/10/i-live-about-2-hours-drive-from/ Thursday was Thanksgiving, spent with Hillary's family ... lots of good food and good company. Friday was the post-Thanksgiving hike, up to Snow Lake on Snoqualmie Pass.  Beautiful and white.  Pics here.  Jeff and I are sure that snow running is the next big Winter Olympic sport.  (While you're at YouTube, ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/11/26/its-good-to-be-thankful/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg It's been towed out of the environment? Hilarious. http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/11/19/the-front-fell-off/ ... I entered some random music-associated competition.  I think it was a coloring-in competition.  I won a harmonica.  It was awesome.  And that was the only thing I have won in my whole life.  Except for the time Coca-Cola seemed to have shipped a pellet full of Coke bottles with ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/10/28/when-i-was-a-young-child/ Went to see Into the Wild last Friday night. It's the movie adaptation of the book by John Krakauer (same guy who wrote Into Thin Air). "Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) instead walked out his privileged life and into the ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/10/06/into-the-wild/ That was one frustrating game to watch. The All Blacks should have been all over the French .. in fact, they were - except for when it mattered. The rolling phases of pick-and-go play was great to watch. Some good running with the ball. But just ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/10/06/uggggh/ Summer is out, autumn is in, and winter is on the way. It's been a little while since I did this blog thing.. Hill had some holidays, so we both enjoyed being in the same city for four weeks. I went to Chicago for a few days of work-related training ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/10/01/changing-seasons/ Spent our long Labor Weekend (employer is good enough to give me the Friday off as well) driving up to Skaha - in Penticton, British Columbia.  Had a good two days of climbing with crew from Mars Hill Outdoors.  Highlights of the weekend included riding to the crags in an ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/09/07/climbing-at-skaha/ Two weekends ago we shot up to Canada - met up with Mike and Kirsty in Vancouver, then cruised up to Whistler and Squamish for two days. Spent the Saturday at Whistler, riding a plush full-suspension downhill rig in their mountain bike park.  Amazing how much punishment the bike can take ... http://jfin.thedice.net/2007/09/07/whistler-and-squamish/