It has been with interest that I have been reading the accounts of professional skiers, elite juniors, and master blasters as they resumed their lives of toil over the past few weeks, because my life has been decidedly toil-free.

I really have nothing interesting to report. My major accomplishments since March have been primarily academic, but unfortunately, even these major accomplishments have been inconsequential. While the rest of the state has been concerned about swine flu (we have at least five confirmed cases), at least one case of senioritis is currently raging at Bowdoin, and shows no signs of abatement until May 23rd (graduation). I spend most of my time sitting in class staring at the wall, ignoring my professors, and thinking about skiing and the Olympics.

My knee still does not work correctly, although it does seem to be very slowly improving. Most disturbing are the small explosions that sometimes occur when I straighten my leg or stand up. I am hoping very much to be able to begin bicycling normally very soon.

Okay, enough of this drivel. I have a selection of pictures from a recent training session with Walt and my roommates. I would like to point out that although my aerobic fitness leaves much to be desired at this point, my Wii skills are still sufficient to soundly defeat an Olympic biathlon hopeful. And there’s also one more shot of an average day in the life of a huge baller… Important things to keep in mind are that on the scoresheet, I am Tiger Woods, and also that I did not drink all of the beers that were once in the PBR box. At least, not all at once.

One more thing–Bowdoin got a few solid recruits from this year’s applicant pool, and Nathan was talking a whole lot of smack yesterday about how his team is going to embarrass everyone else on the circuit. I think his exact words were, “Ruff, Tracy, and all you other EISA coaches, prepare for TOTAL BOWDOIN DOMINATION! Resistance…is…futile. Purple is the color of sexual frustration!” He said a few more things, but unfortunately they cannot be reprinted here, as this blog is a family publication.