re: #105 klys (maker of Silmarils)

That was, in fact, the last trip I ever put on skis.

I don’t begrudge anyone else doing it, and maybe I’ll try again someday. But I wasn’t having fun anymore, just being terrified the whole time. And I was finally able to say no, I shouldn’t feel like I had to.

If you skied with me for a day you’d have a lot of fun.

I’ve skied my whole life. And I’ve mostly worked at ski resorts during my adult life, so I’ve seen a lot of folks from places where there is no snow come here on work visas. Jamaica, South Africa, Brazilian coastal dwellers, and others.

Whoever you were skiing with fucked up.

Me and Michellen - from Johannesburg, South Africa - on her first day ever skiing.