snowboard season

Hi everybody! I write to you today because I feel like snow is coming soon... and it makes me think of snowboard! I am so happy when I see that winter season is setting up! I need to prepare my stuff, like my board, my boots and my clothes. First of all, I have to get my board waxed at the beginning of each winter. I go to Alternative or Sport Expert when I do it. I also ask them to check if the board is correctly sharpened. I don’t need to have it sharpened each year; one shot is enough for two or even three years. Then, I verify each screws and nuts on the bindings of the board. It is important to check them many times during the season because I don’t want to break them in the middle of the day, during a descent. It would be bad to get back home and buy the stuff to repair them instead of being in the mountains and having fun... I also check my boots to see if the sole is torn or if the bindings are worn out. I spray “protector” stuff on the boots for them to keep their colors even if they are in contact with snow and some possible dirt in the woods and to avoid water passing through the material of the boots. Then, I wash my coat every winter because it is so nice and colourful that I want it to be clean and attractive. When you fall in the mountains or when you sit to wait for some friends, your clothes are always getting dirt after the whole season. That’s why it is important to get it cleaned. My pants are getting cleaned too, but they are black so it doesn’t really appear like dirty. Finally, there’s the physical preparation I need to do; I need to stretch my legs and shoulders muscles to be in a great shape and perform. It is useful to train a lot during fall season to be ready to descend without getting tired or unable to continue for physical matters. Here in Rimouski, it’s not so important but when you go in a big mountain (descending during ten to fifteen minutes), it matters to be in great physical condition. Every season is a great fun for me because I’m always well prepared so I enjoy my rides properly and completely! Have a nice winter everybody!

Wake up

I am totally agreeing with people who go down the streets to fight for our rights because it is an undeniable fact: we are being eaten by those “corporations” and “governments” who were supposed to be there to help us in the first place. Corporations were supposed to provide us goods to live comfortably and governments were supposed to manage our taxes and put it into health care and education. What’s really happening? Corporations are swallowing us in their over-consumption mental program and governments are stealing our money to have parties and first-class seats in their trips “to conclude friendships and business relations”. They are taking LARGE advantages of their jobs and it went too far to me! Those people who dared “Occupy” the streets are alarmed of these problems and are trying to make us understand this sick society. Because she is sick! We shouldn’t be arguing about how much to pay for tuition fees, for health care or for whatever we need to live happily and comfortably. We’ve paid for such services since forever; why don’t we have a sufficient amount of money to set the problem? It is because some 5-10% of the people are living with 95% of the money and financial resources. We always fought for our rights, at least since The Universal Declaration for Human Right was written... Now that we entered the 21^st century, it seems like everything is changing, changing so fast that we are missing the bus… We’re so busy in our 40/week, traffic jam and ecological problems that we don’t pay attention to what these guys are doing, and of course they won’t warn us to do so. So would you please wake up from your bad dreams and get your responsibilities done, responsibilities like understanding the political and economical world we’re living in, responsibilities like preparing a nice and “liv-able” future for the next generations because right now we’re just going off the trail. We’re actually on highway to hell because we think for ourselves only. I think that occupying the streets to express our rights and wishes for a better world is a great way to start a great movement for human rights and for a better society.

Halloween just passed, Movember started, cold is slowly setting... and Christmas is coming soon! This means that Canadian Tire is preparing for a big consumption rush. A lot of people already came to buy there decorations, furnitures and gifts, but a lot of them, obviously, will wait until the last few days to come and get there stuff. It means that once again my department will be full of happy, hurried, tired, excited or bored people. It means everyone's gonna pull me here or there to get what they want because they all wanna be served RIGHT NOW! I write these few lines to express what I suggest you to do for your Christmas time to be perfect. Come and see us for your gifts and products right now (don't wait until the end of the month just come right now) and you'll be sure to get what you want, or to order it and to be the first to get it from the warehouses. I strongly suggest that you come now because you'll have enough space in the store to think (on Christmas time, it is so FULL OF PEOPLE that you don't know where to start your shopping and you waste time). I can also tell you that by this time of the year, you'll wait maybe 15 minutes and the cashdeck instead of 30 minutes (or more) by Christmas time... And God knows you need time! Time to install decorations, to wrap gifts, to make some great food for your family and to shovel snow from your property! But what is the most important through all that is: HAVE FUN! Don't get stressed by this multi-tasks time, you'll forget what Christmas time means! Finally, offer your family a warm and colorful living room for you all to celebrate the next Christ's birthday!