Dec. 29th, 2005

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Not so secretly, I am an eight-year-old boy on the inside. Therefore, coming back from my annual pilgrimage to the snow with snow burn is, perhaps the COOLEST thing ever. (Did you know that you could get road rash from snow? Are you not totally jealous that I discovered it first? No? Perhaps then, you’re not in my peer group, and my whole story is wasted on you.) It’s a nasty oozing scrape along the underside of my chin- we’re not going to get into how one manages to scrape one’s chin whilst snowboarding, because the answer is “by behaving like a speed crazed twelve year old boy” and anyone who isn’t ashamed of that epithet probably deserves it- but the worst part is that it itches something fierce. I am hoping that it will give me a dashing scar that will lend credence to my pirate alter ego.

We found beautiful mountains of snow to play in, and there were moments when both my sister and I warmed to the beauty of cross-country skiing. For years, we’ve been hearing tails from the North Country about “ski anywhere days” and how cross-country can feel like flying. It pains me to admit this, but the fact is, my parents were right. With the right snow, you can glide along and all you hear is this tiny shushing sound of your skis in the tracks. It is remarkably like flying, in that it is effortless, silent, and really, really fast.

Now that I am home, I am enjoying the corneal ulcer I somehow developed. Huzzah for hourly antibiotic eyedrops! (By “huzzah,” of course, I mean “what did I do to deserve such treatment?”) I am annoyed at the weeping of my eye, but really, I had forgotten how much contact-less onion cutting stings. It is really quite unpleasant! What the heck is that about?

In sum: I have a cut on my chin, a red weeping eye, and a lopsided limp. I totally win at attractivity.

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