Summit laughed when he heard of this, so I figured I would share it in hopes you all would do the same. Those who have seen the movie Slackers will appreciate this particularly, as Cool Ethan was like a PERFECT description of this kid.
I met a kid on Facebook several weeks back (Squatch, check out Bryan in my skiers' group) who left me a funny comment, and I asked him about his skis. We became facebook buddies (bwa!) and had arranged to hang out and watch ski movies. I brought Sinners to Bear Creek and watched it with him (but he talked through most of it =

). Turns out that he is a transfer student from Maine and is probably as all about Sunday River as I am about skiing in general. The kid rants on and on about it to the point of annoyance, but being the tolerant person I am, I put up with it and smile.
His three roommates have moved out/been kicked out for a dispute with him and are living together somewhere else by the time I get to Bear Creek. The apartment is BARREN, as they have moved out within the past few days. Pretty eerie.
I hear his life story within about an hour of meeting the kid (which freaked me out a little, but I'm being tolerant). He used to be some high-ranking DH racer, so I figure I can probably profit from skiing with this kid and plan to do just that in the fall--despite the fact that I am the second or third guy this kid has met/hung out with since he has gotten to CO (~2-3 months). The fact that he overtly sings songs about his cat Tootsie, thinks he looks better with a popped collar, and apologizes about every 45 seconds for being annoying (which is much more annoying than what he's saying) may contribute to this.
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