this is what 27 looked like.

i'm spending my birthday in missoula, montana this year.
so far 28 looks mountainous and sensational.

another summary:

2011 began with a round of Jim Beam in a dive bar in big sky. and then there were four more months of ski-bumming, a visit from my sister, a bar made out of snow, a dirtbag ball in a retro prom dress, a return to carnivorism, snowmobiling in yellowstone with mumsey and pops, beautiful new fat-skis, more snow than i have ever seen before and one little trip to the ER...

then there was my little cabin in the mountains, nine mismatched windsuits, a miraculous fort hidden in the forest, snowshoeing and snow-kayaking and costume hiking, a reunion with my very favorite texan, a trip to the Vortex, twelve incredible summits, a formal event in the forest, a visit from my uncle and a dive bar in whitefish, flag football and softball and capture the flag, a terrible goodbye...

and then there was a road trip east, tourist traps and greasy spoons and tacky souvenirs, six whole weeks in minneapolis, lots of biking and citywalking and even some dancing, dinner parties at the grandparents', kayaking at fort snelling park, some quality time with lake superior, a birthday trip to las vegas, a solo roadtrip through nebraska...

and it ends here, in my sweet new mountain home, with a few pitchers or coors and probably some debauchery.

happy new year folks!

bring it on 2012.

this is what 25 looked like.

a summary:

2010 began on the street in germany, drinking caipirinhas with mumsey and pops and dodging fireworks. then there were four more months in moosewald, and four rambunctious kids, a cozy attic bedroom, rhubarb yogurt and marzipan croissants, snowshoeing in switzerland, hysterical fasching adventures, a new holga, the black forest, a trip to the north sea, monkey-feeding in france, backyard soccer and violin lessons, several dancenights in frankfurt, a beautiful blooming spring, a volcano in iceland...

then there was a cabin in montana, some lovely familiar faces, a restaurant full of plastic lattice, summer sledding and swimming and cliff jumping, a very exciting summit, a gnarly spider bite, polebridge with the ladies, iceberg lake with the germans, raspberry pie and cowboy coffee, a new special spot, forest parties, costume hikes, grizzly bears, a pretty new kayak, a death march to canada...

and then there was a roadtrip west, a great salty desert, a huge alpine lake, a scary car fire, ocean and mountains and redwoods, lots of couches, lots of phớ, a greyhound east, three weeks in minneapolis...

and it ends here in big sky, with a bottle of gnarly head and a divebar full of dirtbags.

i like trajectories like these.

hello 2011.

this is what 24 looked like.