Beginner Sunday

Today marked the month anniversary of me not skating.  Worst month ever.  So I decided that I would try to skate again.  The doctor said, "stay off of it for up to six weeks".  So, four weeks must be fine.  And it was!  I skated with knee-brace, didn't try anything to fancy, and everything feels fine.  Probably another two weeks before I'm fully going for it again, but until then I'll be casually cruising around a rebuilding my strength.

I met up with Shardy at City O' City for breakfast.  Love that place.

All our friends were going to Boulder to film, but we decided to check out the new Arvada park instead. Awesome place!  So much fun stuff to skate there.

We filmed some mess around stuff.  If I look super janky on my board, it's because I am.  Skating with a knee brace is weird.  I'm not as good as Ryan "Robo-leg" Lybarger.

After seeing way too many scooters and other dorks at Arvada, we decided to head to Broomfield park.  We stopped by Crisis on the way there to say, "What's up" to Jeremy. Great dude.  Jam was there too!

I glanced at the new Thrasher.  Shad Spencer all up in it!  So psyched to see my friends in magazines.  Excellent work Ty and Shad.

Broomfield park.  I should've filmed Shardy nollie flip the double set, but I didn't.

On the way home we stopped by Mason's Starbucks and chatted for a bit.

Then I came home and got on my piano practice.

Totally manageable.

So Far...

So I haven't done much updating in the new year, because I really haven't done anything this year.

My goal for post-"Stakes Is High" was to keep the momentum everybody had going, keep filming, skating a bunch, etc.  So, I went out filming the day after the premiere, and ended up spraining my medial collateral ligament (MCL).  I went and got it checked out, no surgery or anything, but I have to take it easy for up to six weeks (its been two), and do these awesome rehab exercises.

Since I haven't been able to skate at all, I've been working full-time, hanging out with Anna (though she is in DC now), and reading.  Here's what I've gotten through over break.

The Vonnegut short stories are especially awesome.  I know a lot of my friends don't particularly enjoy reading, but these satires of the Western lifestyle are hilarious and worth picking up.

School starts tomorrow.  I'm pretty excited to learn piano, but not really interested in any of my other classes.  I just want to graduate so that I can skate all the time.