Here's what I've been up to the last couple of days.
Thursday
Woke up late. Had lunch with Kurt at this place called Food for Thought. Around 2, I went on a hike up this mountain that overlooks Missoula. Halfway up the mountain is this big M that stands for melodramatic.
Anyways, in yet another impressive display of mountaineering know how, I decided to take my North Face off halfway up and wrap it around some bench so that the only thing I was wearing was a long sleeve U-Bikes t-shirt. So, I got to the top around 2:45, which was great and all, except that the actual summit was still in the distance. So off I went following this dirt road until I eventually bailed and decided to head straight up the mountain off-trail like a man. I got to the top and it was good until I saw that this summit was just another poser and the actual summit was still in the distance and better yet, there were all these satellite dishes and scientific instruments on top of it. So, after hiking through some snowdrifts that once again soaked my feet, I arrived at the top around 3:30 and after checking around, found this metal box that people had carved their names/messages into. I carved Thag Simmons into it (from the Far Side. The thagomizer.) and started the journey back. On the way back, I was inspired by not being anywhere near society and ended up ripping the sleeve off my t-shirt and making a belt out of it. It was pretty soulful. (and functional, my corduroys would not stay up.) Anyways, I arrived back at the parking lot at 4:50 and saw that some University of Montana parking lot gestapo had decided to counter my parking insubordination by granting me the opportunity to donate $25 to the I Know You Were Just Doing Your Job But Anyone Who Does Jobs Like Yours Has To Be A Dick To A Certain Degree Foundation.
Anyways, after that I drove to Spokane where my friend Mike lives. I got there around 10:30 and went to sleep around 5 after watching some Bo Burnham and between two ferns. Thuglife.
Friday
Woke up at 8 and went snowboarding at this local resort callled 49 North. It was my first taste of Northwest riding and it was really chill. All we did was ride this same run over and over again and I would not have had it any other way. The run included this laidback park which had a really fun hip and this late 80's early 90's style halfpipe. Anyways, I was really happy because I borrowed a board, boots, and bindings and still managed to have a good time. Seriously, any snowboarder will tell you that using someone else's stuff and not your own is like going against a deep, ancient Aztecan blood oath that, if you break it, causes you to vomit up all 20 feet of your intestines, which then come alive and strangle your nuts until you pass out in a pool of your own vomit. Anyways, I lucked out because I was borrowing a Dinosaurs Will Die board that rode really well. After riding, Mike and I had sushi with his girlfriend and a bunch of other girls and then picked up some beer at a gas station, got some coldstone, went to Mike's friend Briannes and chilled out there and had a good time. Then we went to sleep.
Saturday
We woke up around 10. Went to Mike's girlfriends Tera's track meet til 1. Then Mike, Troy, Eric and me went to Ihop. I got some chicken fingers, fries, and garlic bread. The garlic bread was unexpected, but not unwelcome. After Ihop, we took some Splenda and a half a piece of toast (with a bite already taken out of it) to Deatri (Mike's friend who works at American Eagle). I thought that was pretty funny. Then Mike, Austin (Mike's friend again.) and I all went skating at this skatepark in Spokane which was built last year. It had a really good setup. Afterwards, we came back home, watched part of Stay Gold, took a nap, ate a Turkey burger, went to a party, came home around 1:25, and watched Black Dynamite (movie of the century) to finish the night.
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