skiis and forests!

Jen and I have started doing this thing where we try to do something fun every saturday morning. by started i mean like...we started this weekend. But we have done this before it's just that it's especially necessary right now when it looks like this outside of my window
and thispretty beautiful huh...like death. So anyways in this kind of weather it's very easy to start to feel bummed out and just go to the movies for like 8 hours and eat tons of popcorn and get fat. So anyways we were gonna go cross country skiing as discussed before but when we woke up it was snowy and dreary so instead we went strip mall shopping. WE hit up the beauty supply store and marshalls and as I was buying a fruit rack i was like "dude fuck this! let's just blaze and go anyway!" so we rented some skiis for 10 dollars at a local store and drove to the arboretum which, no lie, is like 2 miles from my house. I act shocked because i basically live right next to this really cool hilly beautiful river forest. you will see the pics but i'm just saying, who knew i lived so close to "nature."

So first we had to put on our outfits, of course.
despite not looking warm at all i was quite toasty in my performance wear. I had 2 pairs of wool socks, runners tights, with reflectors (as seen) in case we got lost in the middle of nowhere at night and someone flashed a light on us. I had my helix under armour top, another helix looser running top, a fleece, and my REI windwall thin jacket. All topped off with some waterproof gloves and some ear mitts and a hat. For seers guys i cannot believe i own this much good clothes! aren't you shocked? Oh i almost forgot, i had a neck gator on too.

here i am going down a hill that was like, ridiculously small.
Jen in motion
look at all the trees!
doesn't it look like we drove to tahoe or something! but we didn't, we drove down the street!
So basically it's like walking only with skiis so you get farther faster. The only bad thing is you have to take the skiis off to walk like up hills and down big hills and shit. all in all it was a good time and i only fell twice. I'm pretty sore still but i realized it's not from physical exertion but it's more from straining muscles when i'd get really tense as i was about to fall. I think we're gonna try real skiing in 2 weeks. exciting! next week we are gonna go kite flying, photos to come.

Speaking of this weekend (and week) there is so much going on!

1. California democratic election. Go Hilary
2. Lost premier. I really never thought i'd be this excited for a Lost premier but I AM! IN HD!!
3. Ski Lodge party this saturday. I'm tired of having to dress all cute and skimpy and then layer up to go out to parties and clubs. So fuck that. we're throwing a long john/ski lodge party where you can wear all your warmest shit and just come and drink and dance all night.
4. super bowl, which i could give 2 shits about, BUT i'm going to use this as an opportunity to go to Mexican town in Detroit and buy the ingredients for posole, which trusts me looks alot grosser than it actually tastes because it's fucking delicious.