I had bought a few toys online prior to arriving in the US. With the cheaper prices in the US as well has the tragic state of the US dollar I would have been stupid not to.

So arriving at Nicks I has quickly taken ownership (although with a little bit of a fight with Nick) of a new Forum 2006 Warrior Snowboard, Burton custom bindings, goggles, sunglasses, ipod nano, climbing harness, (and bits) and a camelbak. And now that I have arrived, I completed the set by going shopping with Jade and getting some boarding pants, boots and a nice woolly hat.

Last night Nick and Jade dragged me to a little surprise birthday party of one of their friends, a nice little party but the highlight was giving the new Nintendo Wii a test drive. This really is the future of gaming, it is pure fun and easily the next step. For those who dont know how it works, instead of pushing buttons and directions you physically move the controller to manipulate what ever you are trying to control. For example, here is Jade going nuts with a boxing game on the Wii.

After the b-day party at about 11pm, we caught up with some more of Nick varsity mates at a dodgy mexican restruant/bar for some large jugs of margaritas and nachoes. Rather happy, we stumbled home to get some sleep.

After a few days down here in LA, Bonnie is picking me up and we are heading to Mammoth Mountain. :) Bring on the tree skiing!