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01/13/2003 Archived Entry: "The far side of the tableau"

Back from my Weekend with Family, and to tell the truth it wasn't too bad. I had to watch myself from glitching-out and reverting to old fight-or-flight behaviours. Little things like two family members exchanging a cross word made me physically back away. I do tend to avoid conflict in the physical realm (and occasionally seek it in the electronic), and even more so with family. There were a few racist epithets ("walks into a room full of turbanheads") and a little uncomfortableness (slagging my absent father - which I don't care about really but it was getting nasty; talking about my absent uncle and his inability to enjoy competitive games without getting his panties in a knot), but overall it was nice and mellow. People were very sweet. My cousin is getting married in February in Prince George and we are trying to decide if we are going to make it up for the wedding. It's about an 8 hour drive over some pretty mountainous terrain and the car needs a tuneup.

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Some pics from the trip...we drove over the snowy Coquihalla highway, and it was very pretty (popups).

• Why I like BC. I've travelled a lot of North America and there just isn't mountains like this near populated areas anywhere else.
  
• It's definitely avalanche country though.
  
• Ice-age glacier carved mountain. A summer hiking challenge, to be sure.
  
• Oh-oh-oh!. I want one of these...the practical jokes I could play.....
  
• Rockin' in the snow!
  
• Doh! I didn't know you saw that :) What a cutey!
  
• Ok, I'm damned cold, my feet are frozen, are you done taking stupid holiday shots yet?
  
• Was not the best driving conditions on the way back.
  
• Frozen hay in my rural hometown.
  
• Speedy little road movie (992k file) - not a popup.
  
• Nice snowy trees for your wallpaper collection.
  

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