Its been a while

i

seem to have lost track of time since the last post.
days go by and transfer, days come and go and bottles get sunk.
new years here was a fantastic display of fireworks, wild parties and of course alcohol.
and like with everything snowboarding gets better with alcohol........ although not for long.
playing a game called 'chairlift challenge' with my mate Jamie is a barrel of laughs.
the rules are simple: 1 beer each chairlift you go on. easy huh.
playing this on an empty stomach and not eating through-out the day makes this a dangerous game indeed.
you can be surprised how far you can get on 20 beers.
snowball fights traveling down red runs become a common occurrence even when ski schools are between you.
pay day is obviously a big thing out here as being broke most of the month means that everyone goes out and gets trolleyed down at the local discotheque, an underground bar with 2 dance floors of reasonable size and shit dj's. there seems to be no real approach to beat matching here and they jump from one track to the next without a care for the flow of it.
still its been fun out here, and im told we only have 6 weeks or something left, bah humbug.




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Powderless

right i have been here 2 kilometers up for over 3 weeks now and it has snowed about 8 times, and only twice heavily. which sucks ass. everything out there is hard snow or ice. slide down the mountain on my heel or fly down and bruise sumin eventually.
so i pick the later option and bruise myself, then pick myself up and do it again. then take out a skier.
thats the way its supposed to be done, for a boarder.
you will hurt yourself so why bother worrying about it, just enjoy the ride.
i cant get decent chocolate out here either. everything is milka which is a bit shit and absolutely nothing compared to cadbury's.
its so much easier to get pissed here too, not just because of the altitude but because you go to the bar and you get free shots for everything you do it seems. had a shot from a bottle which had a curled up cobra in it. tasted pretty nice but my mates didnt seem to think so. i didnt complain as it was free. who would. just for guessing the song on the play list 3 times in a row. its the same play list everyday.
it would seem that the idea of me stopping drinking based on low income really wont be able to pan out.
oh well onwards and down the slope. next stop the new years eve party on the piste.


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To France

Well that's it, I'm leaving this country.
Off to France for half a year, leaving behind it all. Family, Job, Friends, all of it, but taking this with me so I can always keep in touch.
NOT.
Prob going to be too busy.
I must admit I'm really excited, haven't been off on an adventure in a while and this one is going to be immense.
Split shifts pretty much every day but also get to go snowboarding whenever I want as well.

Going to be fucking sweet.
Well till someone breaks their arm, or leg, or both......... still i will try my hardest not to.
Going to be pretty much sober for the time there too. Sweet, holy, flying shit that is going to be a challenge.
Oh well if Garibaldi can do it then so can I.




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Discovering cocktails

So I've had a few days with the awesome collections of alcohol that i have been bought and given.
In this time I have made a few tasty beverages.
From the all known cosmopolitans to the little known lemon meringue pie 'tini, and I have discovered that although there is a stigma in society that cocktails are for girls or gays, you will get absolutely shit faced if you have 6 or 7.
Effective yes, tasty yes. Well as long as you make them right.
My favourite so far is the Katinka which is a sexy mix of lime, vodka and apricot brandy.
Not too sweet and not too sour = fucking great.
Whilst writing this I'm supping on one.
Got to find the best cocktails in this book.
Although they are graded i have found that i don't agree with all of them.
But that's just me.

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Alarms dont work

Damn my body clock.
I've been working too many nights and evening shifts that when im asked to cover a morning i don't actually get to sleep till half an hour before im supposed to be up and then sleep through the Texts of my manager. Oops.
Well i guess i will be in shed loads of crap when i get into work later and all this because i was stupid enough to say i will go in after having a few beers with the lads last night.
note to self don't take calls from work when drinking.
Whats the worst that can happen.
i get fired? doubt that would happen unless the manager goes absolutely skitz at me. Yes it was my bad, but at least i told them an hour before that i didn't think i could make it.
Fuck i need a desk job a nice 9 to 5, with nice hours that don't change on a whim.


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Designer Cocktails

How to make you own cocktail in easy and fun steps

First you need a name, this gives you the basic premise for your drink. From that you can tell what kind of cocktail it will be, from a cheeky shot to a cool long.
I was walking down the parade to the cinema yesterday with my brother and we were talking jibberish, as i find myself doing more often as not of late, and up came the words, Mango fandango.
Instantly i thought of alcoholic beverages.
Checked the book found no such cocktail, hmm an opening. Picture in your mind how the drink looks.
Long with crushed ice, like a red Mojito
Next what goes in it.
Mango would be the first obvious ingredient: Mango puree or juice, don't want it to be too thick with the crushed ice so i suppose we will have to have juice. (note: next project, mango smoothie)
Now add alcohol, for this I'm going to stick around the fruit liqueurs or schnapps, maybe a little splash of something else.
So grenadine, for the colour, shake with ice and peach schnapps 2 shots, fuck it add a shot of vodka.

So now its time to bring them all together. Poor the mango juice into glass, top up with some crushed ice, strain in mix. Stir, slowly.
Splash some Midori melon liqueur on top.

Garnish with a cocktail stick with mango cubes. maybe a little umbrella if its hot out.

Enjoy.

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And it begins

Right that's it. Ive fallen into the murky world of the blogger.
Like millions before me i believe that someone will actually read this crap.
Hell might even get myself a stalker, "I know who you are stop calling me!"

Anyway about myself.
Not really a lot to tell actually. I currently work as a bartender at a hotel, and have also been stuck with night shifts. That really fucked my sleeping pattern up. Its 5 'o'clock now and i've only just woken up. Urgh work again in 5 hours.
So if you haven't guessed and are actually reading this shit, i fail. HARD.
Still money is money and for now this is the best i got. Pays the rent and shit.

I get to make cocktails, which is fun. Probably one of the better aspects of my job.
Gotta learn 25 ish cocktails from the menu and I have currently made 3. well 4 but one doesn't contain booze so its a mocktail.

This shit is boring me now I'm going to make fajitas.


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