Slog - Comments on Rainboarding http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding You drive out of town in a friend's car with several snowboards strapped to the roof. It's dark. It's going to rain. Then you're in the mountains, several miles south of the Canadian border. You go to bed, you wake up, and sure enough. At the snowboard rental shop, the lady says, "You know it's raining?" This is so that you don't ask for your money back. You rent stuff anyway. The snow on Mt. Baker is juicy. It's like a white cherry Slurpee. It doesn't hurt to fall--both because it's slippery-soft and because you've learned how not to fall.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:20:16 -0800 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:16:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Levislade An honest, writing-related question: Would this post have lost something by being written in the first person and past tense? I'm assuming this is what happened to you this past weekend, as it is not happening to me now.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c673958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c673958 Life Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:34:18 -0800 Comment by Aislinn I feel like the use of second person is warranted. Most people who read the Slog probably have gone snowboarding at some point in their lives, and expecting them to be able to insert themselves into the retelling of this experience isn't too much of a stretch. Second person isn't a beast to fear; it's a tool that can be used to one's advantage, and using it in a little story about snowboarding for a blog seems entirely reasonable.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c674013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c674013 Life Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:42:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You need to use different wax when it's raining - do it wrong and you stick like glue.

And get one of your group to snake the fireplace - you'll need it.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c674029 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c674029 Life Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:00:12 -0800 Comment by Levislade Thanks, Aislinn; that's a very well thought out response. To me it seems like a very specific account, and the tense and case serve to make it seem more arty than it might have otherwise ("So this weekend I went snowboarding, but it rained; bummer!"), but that's about it. What you say makes sense, though.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c674047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/rainboarding#c674047 Life Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:16:30 -0800