Things I’ll miss about Colorado:
1) The weather. It’s sunny here. I’ve never lived in a place with so many damn days of sun in a row. Granted it is really cold in the winter (yay, snow!) and really hot in the summer (Boo!). But the weather here is unmatched.
2) Snowboarding in some of the best snow, conditions, etc. at Keystone, Copper, Breckinridge, Arapahoe Basin, etc. Some of you may know that I taught myself how to snowboard at the ripe old age of 23. This is virtually unheard of in snowboarding circles. People usually start off with skis…not me. I dove in, gave myself several concussions, and learned after a year of living in the mountains and snowboarding every day. After many weeks of riding alone, I finally reached a speed where I was able to join my friends and comrades. (Sadly, this was when we left the mountains).
3) The No-Frills, laid back, “whatever” mentality. People here put on very few airs. You won’t find pretention, you won’t find huge, over-blown, egos, you won’t find larger than life personalities. Everyone smokes weed. Everyone takes one day at a time. It’s all very low key. However, there are very few gay people, black people, or homeless people. (Hence, I have very few friends in this town).
4) Starting work as late in the morning as 11am or as early as 9:45am.
5) Inexpensive lattes.
6) Snow…sometimes multiple feet.
7) Courtney :(
Things I won’t miss:
1) Fighting for the right to stand up on stage, produce my own work, perform my own choreography, and be heard by the media and the audience.
2) Living in a flaming red state.
3) Working four different part-time jobs to earn $1,570 a month.
4) Being entirely land-locked.
5) The high altitude; Gone will be the days of flat cakes, confused bread, and recipe adjustments.
6) Forest Fires.
7) Bush/Cheney, yellow ribbon, and Sportsmen for Bush stickers on every other car.
Stay tuned for “Best Colorado Moments!”