Bedrock & Paradox

“Cathectic shift from the oral to the anal zone, so that anal prod-ucts become highly cathected with unfused libido and aggres-sion…” -Understanding Play in theTreatment of an Encopretic BoyDanille Drake, M.A., M.S.W  (He is summarizing Anna Freud) M did in fact accept my invitation to go ride lifts for fat-and-lace day tomorrow, which I why…

“I don’t like skiing, it makes my butt look big.” -m

Skiin’ in the ‘snake, essential prep for seven hours in classes.

One must ask, I suppose.  Bless this past weekend’s “Wait, wait; Don’t tell me..” for bringing this to my attention.  

For the future book: The DRTE 100 near Santa Barbara.  34k+ of gain, 1 mile of pavement, it’s not even a full loop! (Foot race bikers, sorry.)  I’d only have to miss one day of class to do it this fall…. For the book of past fun: A very informative, essentially free ($10) avy class…

Is really becoming quite the fun thing. Start with breakfast in the dark. Add a nice dawn on the hill.Good views.And good skiing (the pissing drizzle in town last night fell up high as a few inches of fresh fluff).And finish it off with a challenge.What had been bomber tree skiing in powder last week…

The humble commuter. Bitterroot ski non-area in the distance. North side bike path and the Clark Fork. Bernice’s. James Bar. Camruz r fun.

In Western Montana.  A sunny week thus far, in fact.  First local off-pave ride of 2009. Right around here the Rattlesnake road started getting too soft to ride consistently, combo of less foot traffic and more sun.  I hung out for a while enjoying the day, then turned around and slugged back through the mush…

Laurie, Kerry, Cory and I spent a day out hunting turns yesterday, and it was outstanding.  I replayed the highlights in my dreams. I wrote some words on Telemark Talk.   It should be noted that I was enjoying a nice post-CL fitness boost, and enjoyed leading the charge on the skin tracks.  The crew…

Is still a trial.  Got some good news about my teaching assistantship today, and it snowed overnight. Onward.