It's time for me to talk about my week in Panorama, which was actually a while ago, but it must be shared with the world. It was a blast, in all simplicity. I don't remember many moments where I wasn't laughing. How about I start with... the food! Josh's dad made us a feast every day. Burgers, steak, lasagna, hotdogs, spaghetti, pancakes, bacon, the works. It was great. Not to mention the endless supply of Reese Cups/Pieces, Oh Henry's, two-bite brownies, and large gooey cookies that we ate constantly. Ben would stock up on chocolate bars in the morning for those long chairlift rides, and how could I resist when they were so readily available? Besides, the chocolate helped us gain some good pals, like Ethan the 11 year-old. Ben offered him candy on the chair and we were instantly amigos. After a race down the hill, he led us into the 'mystical forest' where we discovered a random cabin with two slides. Kinda creepy, really. But fun. Ethan was a friendly kid. Probably he should have been more frightened of us than he was, being alone in a cabin in the forest with three guys who offered him candy. Another 10 year-old we met, Louise, was much more reluctant. He was scared shitless of us. Poor guy. Smart guy, but poor guy. But again, Ethan was a friendly kid. It seems that every time we saw him on the hill, he was with a new group of people. Some younger, others way older. In truth, we felt kind of betrayed. But we figured he would come running back to us sooner or later. We had code names for everyone. Ben was White Lightning, I was Black Thunder, Josh had a number of names that I won't mention for his sake, there were Ethan's friends Green Machine and Purple Puss, who didn't really like us. My favorite day was the last one, because we spent it pretty much entirely in the terrain park, which is great in Panorama. It's right under the chairlift so people can go Oooh if we're impressive or OHHH if we get hurt. It's pretty sweet. No major wipeouts in the park, which is good. I wasn't even in the park doing anything cool when I had my worst wipeout. Caught an edge while rocketing down the hill and flipped. I hit my head pretty hard and started to feel dizzy and queasy. I thought there might be serious damage for a while, but I was alright by the next day. I didn't buy any photos this year, but we hit the photo jump like 10 times, and most of the pictures were sick. I tried to do something interesting in most of them, like stick my tongue out, smile, or give a thumbs up. Here's one from last year.
Another highlight was Josh and Ben fighting all week. It could start with something as simple as an insult, and it could end in bruises, scratches and humiliation. Hilarious to watch. I got in on some of the action too: Josh said I push like a wuss, so when we got to the park I knocked him down (brutally) in front of like 10 older guys who started yelling 'fight! fight! fight!' I don't believe I've embarrassed Josh that badly before. He didn't insult me again. Every night we would play lots of Call of Duty, which was amazing. I am contemplating whether or not I should ask for an Xbox and CoD for my birthday or something. Problem is that I KNOW I will become addicted. Our inspiration while playing was this scene from The Office:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mpNUl3swk
Watch it.
So basically we ran around with knives, jumped across rooftops and did lame things while yelling 'parkour!' and trying to assassinate each other. And know that if any boys read this blog, they'd agree that it is awesome. Oh, how I yearn for Call of Duty.
Then we would head out to the pool for hours on end, where we made more friends. The lights in the change room randomly shut off a lot, which was freaky. There was a huge group of Bowness kids that were constantly high or drunk and trying to score, which was hilarious. They saw some girls walk into the sauna and followed them. Five minutes later, the girls walked out talking to each other about how disgusting the guys were .. Great stuff. They were so funny though. "Is that tree coniferous or deciduous?" "I think it's indigenous." "Go sit in the corner." or... "My name is Michael. My origins are from England if you must know." We also met Kate Thomson, an old friend from elementary school, her sister Sarah and their cousin Sean. Hung out with them a fair bit, which was great.
And for now that's all I can recall. But I had so much fun.
Ryan out.
*BLIP!*
