Hey. This is going to be pretty short cause it`s really late and I have school. Today was the school ski trip. It was fun, but I had the worst possible luck. To begin the day, I headed out with my buddy, Chris, and we got our equipment. The rental people told us that we weren`t allowed to have ski poles until we finished our lessons. That was a lie. All the rest of our friends who were taking lessons with us had poles. It is really hard to shuffle around in skis (and get somewhere). After several trips down the hill, I assume the lessons are finished and head off to get ski poles. I was wrong, and missed the first instructions while going down the real hills. Also, because I was late, the guy wouldn`t let me use the ski lift.

So I have to wait for everyone to get back down the hill so I can go up with them. I have an incredible amount of trouble steering, and end up crashing. Without the ability to resurrect myself. At the end of the lessons, my instructor looks down and says, Your skis are broken. And sure enough, the brake on my left ski has been digging down into the snow the entire time. So I go to get new skis, and notice my poles are different lengths. i don`t to cause any more commotion, so I just deal with it. I head up the ski lift independently for the first time, and one pole is knocked out of my hand.

I make one run without my pole, then have to head back up the ski lift to retrieve it. I ski around for a while, when Chris suggests we head down a blue square. I know some people might be laughing at me because of that, but it was my first time, so go easy on me.

As I begin going down this hill, I get going to fast and attempt to slow down. This, of course, results in my flipping over and losing my favourite hat. I decide not to retrieve it because of the tremendous effort that would have to be exhibited to re-climb the hill.

After all of this, I head home exhausted. As it turns out, however, I had a shift. So I dress and head off to work until ten.

While this sounds like a long-winded complaint, it was actually a lot of fun. It`s just fun to complain. Plus I got to listen to my iPod at work, so that was a definite plus.

Well, before I fall onto my keyboard asleep, I`m going to head off.

Good night, and good luck,
Spencer

P.S. - Sorry `bout not writing for so long. Life is busy. Little news, I have begun taking a film school with the professionals who work at my church, so I might have some good stuff to post sooner or later.

Hey. I'm just taking this oportunity to write a journal. Today school was cancelled because winds were upwards of 40 km/h, I think. Anyway, I've been wandering around the house trying to think of things to do. Little bit of news, I'm going to submit two of my poems to the Poetic Licence Contest for Canadian Youth. I think I'm going to submit "Parties and Poets" and "You Are Gone." If any one wants to offer an opinion about these decisions, I'd be glad to listen.

Hey. Today was the break in our exams, so I spent the day alone. I thought I would be glad to see my family again at the end of the day. I was wrong. Mom was in a fine mood when she got home, but then I went upstairs for a while and she got all pissy. She started yelling (not really yelling, more like ranting, but you get the idea) about how I spent the whole day without being productive and one day I'm going to have to live my own life and if I don't get self motivated I'm going to live in slums. I know it's nothing compared to a lot of the crap other people go through with their parents, but I'm allowed to get angry too, right? Anyway, I just needed to vent, so I'll prolly be posting again soon.

Hey. I have decided I'm going to try the journal here. I'm actually really bored right now because I just finished my first exam, but both of my rides are busy for a while. So I'm sitting at a computer at my school. Ya. That's about it.