Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break has been quite nice. I entered break with the knowledge that I received a 97% on my statistics examination, and it's only gotten better getting to stay away from school as well as be around Christy and my family for the week. I skated a little and finished filming for my "College Years" skateboard part; my final trick is a nollie backside bigger spin, and I'm pretty pleased with the part. It's on facebook if you want to check it out.

Here's a little video of a some of the sweet things I've experienced on break so far:



The "water ghosts" at the beginning are air bubbles trying to escape from between the pond and the ice. Next there's a unidentified bird that has appeared at my bedroom window every morning. Today, Christy and I went to Mounds State Park in eastern Anderson, IN. I was pretty disappointed in terms of Indian burial grounds--which is what I thought I would be seeing--but it turned out to be quite the surprisingly entertaining trip. The deer was taped right next to the Major Taylor Skate Park. The deer carcass was found in the middle of a trail, right next to the White River, at Mounds. There were "water xylophones" there (listen carefully), and I found what I think were "water onions" that out of I managed to squeeze some H20. And at the end I had some fun throwing my Swiss Army Knife into an elevated tree stub.

My family, Christy, and I have played Monopoly the last two nights as well. I've always disliked playing this game because I grew up playing it with my cousins and we never finished a game. This time we played by the rules, and it was actually really fun. Each game was around two and half hours. Christy won the first game, and I won tonight; I had quite the monopoly on half the board.

I also finished reading "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself," the autobiography of Rodney Mullen. If you don't know who that is, then here's the wiki link. He didn't talk too much about his faith, which I was a little sad about (he's very reserved about most things, though), but he is an incredibly gifted and talented man. It makes me glad when Christians are known for doing and producing quality in their line of work and products, and Rodney has quite his share of stardom in the skateboard community.