Boarding for Boobies!

On Saturday December 3rd there will be a Boarding for Breast Cancer snowboard and ski rail jam on Boulder Field from 4 to 8pm. There will be artificial snow and a handful of different rails and boxes set up and prizes for the winners. It is sponsered by several different board shops and dozens of students have already registered to compete. It is $5 for students and $10 for non-students to compete. Check out their Facebook Event page for all the details.

It is open to all levels of ability, but you should probably be better than my friend:

See you there and I hope to see some people throwing down. I don't think I'll be competing, but I'll definitely stop by to watch and maybe snag a few pictures or videos to throw up on the blog.

Stay classy, not UMassy.

Ski Fail

This is a close friend of mine and an avid blog reader. Maybe we just find it hilarious because we know her, but someone should call Daniel Tosh because this should be web redemption worthy.

PS: I think the best part is after the first fall she says "Nope." Like I really thought she landed it until she clarified that.

Another semester in the books...

Well that was fun. I can 100% say that was the best semester during my time at UNH. From social life to actually enjoying my classes (3 out of 4 ain't bad!) and having really great professors. I've been home for a few hours, and I love here and it will be nice to have a break, but I'm already looking forward to the start of next semester. Although I am looking forward to hitting the slopes, sleeping in and maybe making a little money while I'm home.

It was an eventful semester and I once again have had a great time blogging. I hope you've all had a great time reading. I probably won't be posting too much over break, unless something big about UNH comes up or I have something to share. I'll keep tweeting and facebooking so feel free follow/friend/like me/the blog if you go through Nonsensical withdrawals.

My time left  at UNH is ticking and going faster by the day so next semester I plan on holding nothing back. To think that I held back just a little last semester scares me now that I think about it.

Have a great break UNH, see you in the "spring."

Lastly, a congrats goes out to part time blog contributor and full time Bruins fan Geoff Cunningham for finishing up his last semester of classes at UNH. He'll be interning down in D.C. during the spring semester.

Stay classy, not UMassy.

PS: You may have noticed I took down the post about the RAs being fired. I was contacted by the SRA and she asked that it be removed because she had been receiving threats (prior to the post) and had personal property damaged. Also, it did not happen in the way I (or most of campus for that matter) was informed. I did not have to take it down, I did so out of respect for a fellow student.

This week in Dining: Old People want salt too

There was an old guy (like 70ish) sitting at the table next to me. This is what he said: "This goddamn place doesn't have any salt!" He continued to rant about it and I had myself a good laugh. That is all I have to say about dining, other than the fact that the sign I spoke about last week has been removed. I call that a win.

Seeing as I don't have Thursday classes I took the day to going skiing at Cannon Mountain. Their 2 for 1 Thursdays are perfect for a college student. The conditions were as good as I've ever skied and there was hardly any wind at all, which is rare for Cannon. After lunch we hiked over to Mittersill, which is the new expansion planned to fully open next year. Right now it is just an old out-of-commission chairlift with a few narrow trails and glade runs. It was pretty awesome to get in a run over there. The hike isn't too bad at all, but only experienced skiers should give it a shot. I've been skiing for 10 or 12 years and some of it was pretty tough. They plan on adding a new lift and opening up the trails next year so I think Cannon could become a real gem in the future. It already is my second favorite mountain in New Hampshire after Wildcat. I love Wildcat because it is never crowded, you don't have to deal with little kids and slow family skiers and you get most skiing for your money. Wildcat has a 6 minute quad to the top peak and has some of the longest trails in the state. You can't beat that in New Hampshire. A lot of people like Loon, and as a mountain it is not too bad, but the tickets are way over priced and it is crowded 7 days a week. How was your $73 lift ticket? Because I paid $33 (2 for 1) and got in twice the runs. I'm not hating, I'm just saying...

One final note: I would like to say that I honestly do like criticism so I can improve my writing and blogging, but I have been taking a lot of flak over my last article about RAs. I will admit I was on a little rampage that morning, but I need to make something clear. From day one I have said to never take anything I write too seriously because I make fun of different groups of people pretty much every week. I have been doing that on the blog for almost an entire year. (Holy shit!) When I make fun of or criticize cops, the administration, President Huddleston, or dining most people just laugh. (Except for those who work at dining.) But then I joke about how some RAs are on a power-trip and every fucking RA or former RA freaks out. Jeez, lighten up and smoke a joint or something! (Joking, haha... awkward) How come I can poke fun at other groups and you laugh along, but I joke about RAs and some get all defensive? It's like that old saying "If you laugh at one group of people, you got to laugh at them all." Besides, the main point of that article was to simply state that sometimes taking names down isn't necessary for first time offenders. I have been criticized before, but I never have and never will change what I do or say. 

Stay Classy, not UMassy.