Oh Mikal! She knows, she knows! My parents came to visit me the day after my birthday, on which my friends and I... well you know. I had "Happy 19th birthday!" written on my arms, "thug life" on my fingers, and "Hai my name is Patrick!" on the back of my neck... oh and of course, a 6 pack of Heineken on my doorstep.
I'm surprised my parents don't mind that much, all my father said was that I drink expensive beer, and went on to talk about the best beers he's had. My mother just said not to drink too much or else I'd get sick! I feel like architecture students have the balance between partying and working mastered... work 16 hour days throughout the week... spend one night getting smashed with your friends... then sober up next morning for another 16 hour work day
Sounds fun huh?
Congrats David! Well, the argument not so much, but her openess to learn should be congratulated! Hopefully she'll find the hobby as interesting as you do! Hopefully Hillary would jump in here and share the experience she had picking up this hobby
We havent fought over gear yet, but we do plan on starting a small collection between the two of us! Also, I really enjoy reading your blog!
My post for the day is a part of my 100 Strangers project. These are strangers #2,3,4! Here's the blurb I wrote for flickr:
"I was eating lunch with Hillary yesterday when I saw a man roll by across the restaurant window. A few seconds later, a boy about half his height rolled along right behind him.
On our way home, we came across the man and his children skateboarding at a loading dock. They had a makeshift ramp set up over a small curb and were doing tricks off the ramp and on the curb. The kids were much better skaters than I ever was, and much, much more fearless!
I went over to talk to him. His name is Earl, his two sons are Parker (on the left) and Cole (on the right), who's about 5 years old. Earl grew up skateboarding, and it seems as if he passed on his sport to his children. Parker and Cole got new boards that day, just before they went to the loading dock, and were really excited to try them out!
It was really nice meeting them, it made me really happy seeing a father passing on his hobby and possibly passion on to his children. It was also really nice seeing him take the time out of his day to spend time with his children doing something that, as he said, he is 'much too old for'.
I hope I can one day meet Earl again and give him this photo."