Monday, May 19, 2008
Arm is still broken, but here are the latest images from inside my body.
I am thinking of adding more plates to reinforce all my bones!
Not being able to do much is getting frustrating... though now I can focus on getting back range of motion.
Playing GTA4 as some physical therapy.
posted by jered 5:21 PM
Sunday, May 04, 2008
After 20 years of skating I finally broke a bone.
Tigard beat me, the bowl with the strange step up. Coming back in from a 50-50 grind it all went wrong. I tried to bail, my feet stuck, board shot out, I heard gasps from the crowd, arm hit and broke, tailbone hit next and finally I grazed my head. Justin and Rob did an excellent job of getting me out of there and keeping me company in the hospital. Everyone at the park was very helpful and kind, thanks everyone!
posted by jered 10:10 AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Managed to get to skate Battleground, Tigard and Newberg this weekend. A good weekend for skating even if we had to contend with rain, wind, hail and snow. Sure there was some waiting for parks to dry, but overall it was a good time. Blew out a bearing at Battleground which combined with the rain and hail ended that session. Patched up the wheel for sunday and hit Tigard for the first time - crazy park, but it was wet and not drying fast... we did the careful roll. The small bowl was dry,street course area was a bit more wet, but if you were sure footed it worked out. Of course then it started to snow and hail... We decided to keep going west, it was misting when we arrived at Newberg, but it promptly cleared and we skated for a couple hours. Sometime during the session I looked over to see a kid drop in and second guess himself as he was putting his foot on the board, foot half missed the board and the kid went down. I thought "he's done". Sure enough his foot was facing the wrong way - busted leg. No fun.
posted by jered 10:15 PM
Monday, April 14, 2008
Music, what? Remember when I use to LOVE music? I remember spending every weekend going to shows. My ears remember that too... Not often do I find that love anymore. I'm not so jaded as Glen E. Friedman to imply that music today isn't as good as when I was a kid, or that nothing interesting is happening in punk/hardcore... but it does take some searching to find the good stuff. In addition my being out of "the scene" doesn't help, that shit moves fast and once you're out...
Anyway, the point of this post is to say Witch Hunt is one of my favorite bands right now.
posted by jered 4:08 PM
Sunday, April 13, 2008
We have begun getting the back yard of the new house ready for a garden. This weekend we planted three colummar apple trees, raspberries, blueberries, kiwi, grape and strawberry. There are more blueberries and strawberries that need to go into the ground. Upon putting the first shovel into the ground I became worried. The "soil" is comprised of heavy clay mixed with 1-5" river rocks... NOT COOL. In another spot in the yard I found buried particle board, rope and who knows what else. Yet another attempt to dig found what seems to be cement 4" below the surface. All of this makes me think the best idea is to get a bucket loader and dig out the first two feet of soil and replace it with something a bit better. I'm now worried that my soil is a little more than contaminated... Glad I decided to go with raised beds for most of my garden...
I remember the first couple years at the old house... I guess I'm going to have to do a lot of tilling and adding of organic matter... If the soil kills what I've planted thus far I'll know immediate attention is required.
Starting from scratch at the new house seems like the perfect time for me to begin a new garden zine. The last record of my garden never got published, so maybe this one will.
In addition to digging in the dirt Rob and I skated today. We managed to get up to Battle Ground and then to the East Vancouver park. Battle Ground is tons of fun, skating some street can be fun! It was the first time at the East Vancouver park for us and it is pretty burly. The deep bowl is like butter, so fast and smooth, yet this full-pipe with a capsule at the end kept getting in my way. Even with my lack of skill the deep end was tons of fun. The medium bowl was a bit harder to get the hang of, tight transitions minimal flat, narrow decks and lots of corners = crazy! The street area is a nice "beginner" street area and I really liked it. Being a beginner and all.
Lastly, on Friday I took the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test. I scored perfectly! My color ego is now hugely inflated due to my Hue perfection. Other than being able to approve color I'm not sure what other use my highly color tuned eyes are good for...
posted by jered 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Started planting the new yard today.
posted by jered 7:35 PM
Monday, April 07, 2008
Oh skateboarding, Rob and I tried to go skate yesterday, but after 20 minutes at Newberg we got rained out, we hoped to dodge the rain back in PDX, but to no avail, it followed us everywhere. In the evening I spent some quality time with some friends who are down from Seattle. Today after work Rob got me to go skate again, we checked out a manual pad spot Rob found and then drove out to a little bank and curb spot I noticed. Our leg stretching session ended up being a couple hours and two great spots + we spent some quality time searching around for some new spots. It was what I remember about skateboarding - fun and adventure... but instead of putting in the Sonic Youth tape we listened to NPR - old folks...
posted by jered 10:37 PM
