Week 30: A bunch of stuff!

This weekend was exciting!

On Saturday, I went to a museum with my friend and her family. My friend's husband is an amazing guitarist, and he has made some musician friends here in Sapporo. On Saturday, one of his friends was playing at the museum for a reading of a new children's book.

The book is about a little ghost, Maaru, who lives in Sapporo and has various Sapporo-themed adventures. In the most recent (?) book, he visits the Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art and the paintings come to life and he hangs out with them. At least that's what I think happens. There was a reading of that book, as well as a reading of another Maaru book, and the illustrator (who may or may not have also been the author??) was present to sign copies of her books! My friend's kid won a free copy of one book. I bought a copy of a book where Maaru goes to SPACE. I think I have a better chance of comprehending this book than Anne of Green Gables.

On Sunday I did more baking with my friend's kid. We also got about 10 cm of the powderiest snow I have EVER seen, so I figured that it was time to break in my snowboard!

I think this hill is perfect to learn on because it has a steep side as well as the (pictured) short and gentle slope.

Sick powder

I am proud so say that I managed to make it down the hill without falling a few times, and I didn't even break my wrist! I did, however, manage to absolutely destroy the bindings that hold the boots to the board, and I'll need to replace them before I can try again :S But considering that I got the boots and the board for about $30, I suppose I got what I paid for, and I had enough fun that I don't mind investing a little money into it so that I can continue horsing around and learning. It's also a good excuse to try switching around the orientation of the bindings, because I am pretty sure that my natural stance is opposite to the way that the bindings were attached :p

RIP foot holders