12:20 p.m. - 2004-01-28
missing monkey
you know, i haven't hardly been updating. you know it, i know it, it seems so simple to remedy... but i don't. i stay here inside my head with my thoughts, trying to clarify, understand or overcome them, and don't manage to get much of anything down in words. i guess i'm more of a visual person, these days.
yesterday mom and i were up at big white though, in powder up to our armpits... or at least, it was that deep every time either of us had to dig ourselves out of the treewells. broadly speaking though, there was somewhere between 6" and 12" of new fresh stuff, depending on where we were on the mountainside and how well the snow had drifted. the trees were perfect - snow heavy enough to let allow pretty good speed control no matter how steep it got, though perhaps i need to slow down just a wee bit...
on the way down the big white road, all snow and hardpack, we stopped to see if we could help a mazda minivan stuck in the snow. a white mazda minivan. i don't know about you, but i was pretty surprised to see a young, cute, skullskates-and-toque-wearing blackclad guy step out. anyway, he seemed glad for the help, though i'm not sure we would have gotten him out if the big construction worker guys hadn't stopped in their big ol' pickup, with their shovel and their brute strength. cute skier guy thinks (and i'm inclined to agree) that they stopped because they saw two women (mom and i) beside a stuck vehicle, and wouldn't have stopped for a single guy. whatever. we got him unstuck, and if i ever see him around town, i'm gonna try to get him to buy me a coffee.
dating sucks, most men are pathetic and ignorant, and i am freshly bitter. just though you'd like to know. so why am i even considering trying to pick up a cute skier who might not even be single? because i'm an idiot. now that we've got that cleared up... i'm going to go be bitter at dad's house for a few days. and help him look for his/my missing cat. if any of you are on good terms with the gods who watch out for little (and not so little) kitties, would you put in a good word for my monkey? we're pretty worried.
