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June 23, 2005

photo contest!

OK, I know you faithful readers are out there :P Now's your chance! I'd greatly appreciate your vote on which picture you like out of the selection below. Please judge mainly on composition and less on subject mater. Feel free to comment on why too. Oh, and if you don't pick one, I will hunt you down and there will be consequences...For those who have never commented to this type of blog, it's realy easy, just enter your name and any e-mail address, you don't need to be a special person to do it. Ok, go.

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Thank you :)

Posted by agutwin at 07:02 PM | Comments (4)

June 16, 2005

new haircut :P

So here it is, a little more styled than I'll probably wear it, but still good. Feel free to comment :D

Posted by agutwin at 11:07 AM | Comments (1)

June 15, 2005

"Black like me"

I'm reading the book "black like me" now. I think it's a good book, well writen, etc. but I also think it's so very sad. He describes the feelings he has as a "black man" and how hated he is by a lot of whites. Growing up in Vermont I was never exposed to a lot of people from different races, I don't know if this influenced my opinion today. I was always taught to not descriminate, and those who judged based on skin color where just plain stupid. So to read about the point of view of a black person in the south, it's a little surprising. It makes me upset that people could act in such a blind hateful way. At first I was glad that this sort of treatment isn't going on today, but then I realized that it still is, just quieter. I remember my friend (I'm not naming who) made some racist black jokes that where funny until you thought about all those people who where unfairly condemmed by so many. I just want the world to be able to get along in peace, and hopefully I can help in that somehow.

Posted by agutwin at 03:13 PM | Comments (0)

yey!

OK, so i went climbing yesterday and everything was good. That is, except for the fact that I couldn't do anything due to my lack of climbing recently. Anyway, I'm excited that everything's back to normal. I just noticed that my neck is still sore from that chemistry exam...i should probably do something about that.

Posted by agutwin at 12:17 PM | Comments (0)

June 13, 2005

grrrr

OK, so if you want to make Anna unhappy, take away her climbing. Last week I had been climbing on tuesday and noticed my back was a little sore and I thought no big deal, I just worked some muscles harder than normal. So when friday came and my back was still a little odd I figured I'd just take it easy that day. So I started on this easy (G1 in a G0-G4 scale) problem, a sit start but nothing I'm not used to. On the first few moves though, the right side of my back spazed out and started hurting. I dropped down, tried to stretch it out some, and tried another easy problem with the same result. I was determined not to let this get in my way and tried yet another problem, this one I topped-out on. Having successfully completed one problem (yea!) I decided to leave, it really wasn't working. I felt really stupid though, walking out a mear 5 mintues after I got there, but whatever. After some ice, jazz, and more ice, it was starting to feel a lot better. Actually now I only feel a shadow of an ache and I plan to climb tomorrow. On friday though, I was pretty unhappy. I realized how much climbing means to me and how I really look forward to going. So that's enough for now, I'll see how it goes tomorrow

Posted by agutwin at 02:20 PM | Comments (0)