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Am I the only Super Nerd?

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#1 ·
I'm not ashamed. I admit it. I am such a nerd for snowboarding. :yahoo:

Since we're pretty much rockin' the off season, I've been doing my own daily and weekly uhhh... stuff to keep stoked at work.

For instance:

There's a white board in a shared area near my office. It has a countdown that I update daily. Today is 172 days until Stevens Pass opens. :D

My co-worker is fun and plays along (kinda -- because I make him). He tried to call me out on not updating it today. He said it was 172 days last Friday. Uh no, no it wasn't. It was 176 days on Friday and I updated it while he was out at a site visit this morning which is why he didn't see it change. :p Try to catch me forgetting will you? Unh uh. Not gonna happen.

Additionally, every week, I pick a new Snowboarder of the Week and make my co-workers guess who it is. HINT: It's NOT Shaun White, so quit guessing Shaun White. What am I, a 14 year old boy? Snowboarder of the week gets his or her picture as my desktop wallpaper, lucky them!

I was going to make a paper chain to rip off days until the hill opens, but figured the white board was more interactive. And by interactive, I mean I can force people to talk to me about snowboarding. :D

I haven't been wearing my new boots around the office lately, but I did that for like 2 days straight when they first turned up in the mail.

Oh, and at lunch time, I've been crocheting wool gaitors to keep my neck all toasty next winter!

So I realize I'm probably Queen of the Nerds, but please tell me I'm not the only major dork?
 
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#3 ·
You may be!


Me? I'm more of a snowboard "Spaz!" :giggle:


Snowboarding ROCKS!!! Enjoy being the "Cool" nerd!! :D ;)
 
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Maybe. Probably can't. Work has a rule about no vacay from now thru Sept. We're busiest in summer. Plus I already took every Monday off for 10 weeks in a row Feb - April.

Plus my husband has these funny ideas about me putting away the board and helping with home reno projects so we can get the house refi'd next month.

But I'm not on the hunt for solutions. :) Just being a geek.
 
#7 ·
I like "junkie". That seems pretty accurate. :)

Also, it's ok, you guys can make fun of me. I view it as being jumped into the gang. One of my instructors called me Short Bus for the duration of his lesson, and I bought him a beer afterward because he was a great teacher. So do your worst.

All that aside, there's nothing that makes me happier, so I'm just trying to hang onto it all year. I'm tired of being so cool that I can't get excited about things that I love. Especially things I love more than breathing.

And hey, if you're nice, I might even make you a gaitor. ;)
 
#8 · (Edited)
After my second time on a snowboard, I went and spent more than $1,000 on equipment. Board, binders, boots, helmet, etc. I wasn't even linking turns yet! I just knew I wanted, needed good gear cuz I was going to be going out to ride as much as possible. I maxed out a few cc's on trips north to a bigger hill, etc. etc.

I have downloaded gigabytes of "Snow Porn!" I sit in my rig, watching POW vids on my laptop. Dreaming of the day I can get to ride that kind of POW! I've got a shitload of SA, and YT boarding tutorials that I watch, over & over.

I compulsively check this forum day & night,.....!






Still think you're the "only" nerd here? ;) :D
You're just another one of "Us!!" Congrats & condolences! ;) lol!
 
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#11 ·
You are one of my favorite posters, chomps. :) I can always count on you to geek out as much as I do. :)


[QUOTE=Lstarrasl;1721314]I'll be nice, where do you live in Wa?

Wheres my gaitor?



Wait what's a gaitor?[/QUOTE]

I live in Everett. Are you in Oregon? My brother lives in Portland. What color gaitor would you like? It's like a scarf thingy without the tails.
 
#30 ·
How did you get to Carlsbad? I spent 20 years in San Clemente before having to escape the madness. I love surfing, but love surfing pow way more, even when it can't be done year round. Although I will admit there were plenty of months with no swell that drove me nuts.
 
#18 ·
There's a white board in a shared area near my office. It has a countdown that I update daily. Today is 172 days until Stevens Pass opens. :D
:laugh: I've been doing that for years. I wrote an app that starts up when I log on that tells me how many days until snowboarding season (based on a Dec 1st opening), then I update the whiteboard.

Come to think of it, Cypress opens earlier so I probably should change the app to assume mid-November. Hmmmmm.
 
#19 ·
Any chance you share that app
 
#24 ·
the other day my friend was complaining that I never do anything with them because I'm always out snowboarding, and I said "well winter here is only 6 months long so I have to make the most out of it." and I wasn't trying to be funny.

also I have falling snow as a live wallpaper on my tablet and TV all year round.
 
#28 ·
I have the Microsoft Wallpaper Toy installed, so my wallpaper changes every half hour. I've got snowboard shots, astronomy, scenery, Computer-generated graphics images (from apps like Bryce), etc ad nauseum. Apparently I have a low boredom threshold :laugh:

Chomps, it's a Windoze app. C#. That's my Kung Fu.
 
#29 ·
...Chomps, it's a Windoze app. C#. That's my Kung Fu.

Ya! I sorta figured it would be! ;). No sweat! (...and I won't go all "Crapple fan boi" and hate onya for it either!) ;) :laugh:


I have the Microsoft Wallpaper Toy installed, so my wallpaper changes every half hour. I've got snowboard shots, astronomy, scenery, Computer-generated graphics images (from apps like Bryce), etc ad nauseum. Apparently I have a low boredom threshold :laugh:
Being a photographer, (...with serious ADD issues) you'd think I'd be the same way. But when I find an image that speaks to me, I can look at it long time!


Neni,...! Nice! That you trekking' into the unknown? :D
 
#31 · (Edited)
pennyring; said:
So I realize I'm probably Queen of the Nerds, but please tell me I'm not the only major dork?
I convinced my wife to leave the beach to move to a resort town as I had been offered a good job. Best decision ever. I waste all my (our) money on my obsession.

My season ended Sunday like this.
 

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#34 ·
Damn you Deacon!! That never occurred to me! I just spent the last 20 min loading up on SB images for my lock screen. :laugh:




...got sum really cool ones too! ;)
 
#38 ·
Jeeeee-Busss! FFS!!!! You guys r STILL ridin'???? ...and with chair lift no less. :blink: Michigan Sucks!!! ;)

Deacon, pennyring,.. This is the one I settled on for my lock screen.


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