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Golden, CO

Thoughts on professional skier CR Johnson

ESPN and friend – Micah Abrams writes:

“Twenty-six-year-old C.R. Johnson was killed today while skiing at Squaw Valley, Calif. According to a statement issued by the resort, the Lake Tahoe native caught an edge on exposed rocks while entering the Light Towers area above the Cornice II lift. He fell through rocks before coming to a rest several hundred yards below the entry. Ski Patrol were on the scene within minutes, but efforts to revive Johnson failed. He was reportedly wearing a helmet.” [Read Full article]

Hydle:
It is very sad to hear another icon in the sport pass away. CR dodged a bullet back in 2005 with a traumatic brain injury and now this? Very unfortunate. I highly suggest reading the words of Christopher Jerard (first link below) to not only recap the life of CR – but more importantly to familiarize yourself with how CR adapted his viewpoints about life after his injury in 2005. Very powerful words Chris. Thank you for sharing.

Top 10 January Viral

The top 10 picks for January, with links to view on YouTube:
1. Aides – Graffiti, agency: TBWA Paris
2. Coca-Cola – Happiness Machine, agency: Definition 6
3. Nike Basketball – Dunking on Reindeer, agency: Wieden & Kennedy
4. Red Bull – Travis Pastrana WR Jump, agency: N/A
5. RayBan – Tattoo Glasses, agency: Cutwater
6. Starbucks – Love Project, agency: BBDO New York
7. Adidas – Star Wars Collection, agency: Sid Lee
8. Nexus One – Ninja’s Unboxing, director/animation: Patrick Boivin
9. Lego – Click, agency: Pereira & O’Dell, Sharethrough
10. Domino’s – The Pizza Turnaround, agency: N/A

Genius:
Not Genius:

The Last Mesquite Update

Hi all,

Oh how i miss you guys sooo much!!
How is everyone doing there without me?? ;-)

Mesquite has treated me pretty well so far!!! The weather is amazing and the golf is phenomenal!!! Its been in the 60’s, I ” Spring Cleaned” my patio and am gettin ready to hit the pools soon =)
I hear you got snow again… Boo Hoo!!! Im still planning on coming home in June… I think once it hits 90’s here im hittin the ground runnin =)

I have met some pretty bad ass people here.. I have found that a lot of peeps that travel here are from Colorado, I actually met someone last night from Greeley and we talked about Shawsheen Elementary lol.. Its fun having something to talk about with complete strangers and I absolutly love being able to say “Back Home” ha ha

I have so much I wanna tell you about when i get home, I have put together pics of Mesquite in a slide show and cant wait to share it with you when i get back!!
Im plannin a trip to come home for a quick visit May 7-10 … its Miss Valari’s Graduation May 8th!!! Yay!!!!! Cant wait to see you guys!!!!

Here are a few pics to take your mind off the snow for a second =)
**MUAH**

XOXO,
Roxann



Facebook Chat in iChat

Annoyed with Facebook chat overtaking your browser windows?
This solution is simple: Link

iChat

  1. Go to the iChat menu and select “Preferences.”
  2. From the “Accounts” tab, click the “+” and select the following settings:
    • Account Type: Jabber
    • Account Name: your Facebook username@chat.facebook.com
    • Password: your Facebook password

  3. Click down to server options and select the following settings:
    • Server: chat.facebook.com
    • Port: 5222
    • Uncheck “Use SSL”

enjoy.

2009 Media Elements

In 2009 I averaged just over 69 captured media elements a day which is directly on par with the last three years.

I shot 9,582 videos and 14,304 photos on the canon. 1,421 came from the iPhone which is no longer a daily pocket device for me.