This years ski trip planning is under way yet again (third time is a charm). Those interested can immediately RSVP (or “maybe” RSVP) if interested over at the Facebook site. Or, even better if you so desire the harassment by me to stop you can even say you’re not interested on Facebook. Will I stop harassing you? Probably not.

Although fairly static compared to years pasts, I will post this years costs and stipulations here and on the Facebook page. Comments/ideas always welcome,

~JSkier

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I quote and give sympathy to this individual-

If you are unfortunate enough to live in the StoneArch Apartments on 6th and Main, your life has been turned upside down. We are unable to get into/out of our home with any regularity and cannot leave our windows open as there are thousands of peering eyes. This is how our state repays a first responder.

And yes, the sign in my window says GAWKERS GO HOME
-An excerpt from the Star Tribune, Roadguy’s blog mail.

Commuting over this bridge on bike I met a plethora of gawkers yesterday slowing me down significantly. People work, play, and yes, ::shock:: even live here.

All I wish is that people who do come to this area for meaning for purposes such as mourning (this does not include hanging out, taking pictures, or turning this area into a circus)- take notice to things like building entrances, private dwellings, and designated trails near and on the Stone Arch bridge.

~JSkier

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Waking up at 4:30 in the morning I find yet another day of hectics. The one thing I take solace in is knowing the the Stone Arch bridge will be open for my morning commute, I don’t have to chance being hit by cars on my bike taking the jammed 3rd avenue bridge or dealing with angry 35w bridge tourist yelling at me for using the sidewalk. You don’t live here, you’re merely here to snap pictures and say I was there even though you live in Edina. I’m not stating that everyone that rushed to see the wreckage, loaded up there youngin’s and packed a cooler don’t have sympathy in all entirety, but I avoided a lot of my neighborhood ado to them. For those who came a ways out for the fact that this is a tragedy and you need to see it to believe it and coupe I respect that. The yuppy claiming on his blog he was subject to police brutality because he can’t cross a police line to use their porta-potty not so much.

I recall sitting on a walking bridge looking at the deadness of 35w away from the bridge. If you come and visit a place and say things like “why is that couple looking that way, the bridge is the other way?” it makes me wonder why you came here. I give thanks to the gentleman with the camera wanting to know where he could see the destruction for a few snapshots for shutting up and walking away after a slight look of I’m ‘here and dealing with what happened not here to give directions to tourists who want pictures’.

Putting aside what I have been forced to deal with, I don’t want a friend to go fight in the ‘litter box’ as he refers to it, leaving behind a wife and overall much better life for 1+ year. I find it irritating that finding out what is going on in another close friends life comes primarily from reading a blog he just updated in over a month. I restate my striving for a sense of normalcy stance.

JSkier

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Writing to say I wish to say thanks to everyone who had called, sent text messages, and e-mails checking to see if I’m OK. As most of you know I’m very close to where the 35w bridge went down, and I spent a few hours helping out so I wasn’t always able to get back to everyone in a timely manner. Things died down around midnight- it could of been a lot worse, but I find myself a loss at any words for what this means at the moment. There are people I wish to praise and some I want to blame, but for the time being I find that not appropriate. I’m mainly thinking of the ones who did not make it and what that means for those who are close to them. Not everyone can say I know everyone I know is OK, I’m glad I can, yet I find myself thinking of the ones who cannot.

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Some site updates…

As you all know my gallery is not up right now nor has it been for some time. This is because I have over 500+ pictures from recent trips to sort out. I’m excited, it’s coming along in the background quite well and will be a nice addition to the new hosting.

New camera…

On another note, I have upgraded digital cameras to a higher, 8 mega pixel Canon PowerShot SD800 IS. I’m already feeling guilty for not using it much (being that it was an xmas gift), however for those of you in Minnesota know it has been way too cold for much of anything. Of course there are a few exceptions for some hard core friends who insist cold weather is delightful or yearn for a night of outdoor hot tubing in -7 degree weather. Burr, maybe I have lost touch with my inner-Minnesota self.

~jskier

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