soooo it's been a while...

Tons and tons of fun has been had this past month. The only reason I didn't share it is that I didn't have my camera cord to download picts (and all posts are much better with picts!).

The short version: tons of hikes, leaves are changing (and crazy yellow!), it's starting to get a bit cooler (temp-wise, though of course awesomeness is always increasing as well), oktoberfest fun, lots and lots of fun with Lucy (click here for a bunch of picts!) and friends!

Every once in a while I like to think about where I was or what I was doing a year ago, two years ago, and so on. Today I realized it has been a LONG freaking time since I was at home on this day... 2009: Indonesia (watching my first water buffalo sacrifice!), 2008: Tokyo (working crazy intense 18+hr days after Lehman filed for bankruptcy), 2007: Paris (I ran my now infamous 20-mile training run through the Bois de Boulogne which resulted in ITB injury and muscle imbalances I'm still fighting to neutralize), 2006: New York City (I got my UK Visa and was getting ready to move to London), 2005: Munich (Oktoberfest!). 2010: Vail (home, playing with Lucy)

the big 2 8

Me and Lucy @ Piney Lake mid-birthday hike

"What reasons has he to envy a young person? For the possibilities that a young person has, the future which is in store for him? "No, thank you," he will think. "Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past..." -Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

I love that quote. Okay, so maybe 28 is still young but I don't think most people turning 28 are as happy about it as I was. First, I feel like I've lived more in my 28 years of life than a room full of most 80 year olds combined- I'm lucky and I know it. Second, I'm all too aware that not everyone is lucky enough to make it to 28. So, yeah, I'm happy to be 28! I know it'll be another great year of awesome experiences surrounded by friends and family (what's not to be pumped about?!).

P.S. It is astounding how many people I know with birthdays +/- a week of mine! There are a crazy number of people, especially out here in Vail, with nearby birthdays.

a little rap about... awesome

Spose- "I'm Awesome"

rated-PG and funny!

10 lessons of an mit education...

10 Lessons of an MIT Education by MIT Professor Gian-Carlo Rota

... one of which I certainly never learned and disagree with (guess which one?!). They should reword it so that it says you learn how to work at a desk for crazy hours, but not that it's necessary!

I think my favorite is "you're never going to catch up, and neither is anyone else"

Would love to hear thoughts on this

a few neat things...

- Vail/Beaver Creek were awarded the FIS World Alpine Ski Championships for 2015 (the Super Bowl/World Series of shredding)

- The CU Buffs (Univ. of Colo. Buffaloes) have joined their cooler friends to the West in the Pac-10 (does that mean it's now the Pac-11?)

- My two home countries will duke it out on the pitch tomorrow at noon-thirty (MST). Not sure whether I'm cheering for USA or England yet... probably just a good game :)

- Awesome dance parties still happen while completely sober