Thursday, February 16, 2012

Freshies, Man. Freshies.

     If you live in or around the Vernon area, you're probably taking note of the snow falling.  You're probably also saying something like, "I thought this was supposed to be rain."  You may or may not have checked the forecast, and noticed that according to the internet, a source more reliable than your own perceptions, it's apparently raining.  I can say with stern confidence that it is in fact snowing.  It's snowing relatively hard as well.  It may not be sticking to the ground as of yet, but it's definitely sticking to the other snow that's on the mountain right now.  It may be mid-February, but winter isn't over.
     Below is a short art film titled "Uh.. Yeah, It's Snowing."  It's a commentary on the despondence of youth within snowboard culture, so much so that even when a cultural participant's ultimate wish is granted, the young must still give off an air of indifference.  The film has no clear subject, yet the viewer can hear a male voice in the background performing his necessary role as an individual who is not easily impressed.  These contemporary snowboarders have an ability to act independent of worldly weather patterns so much so that they are unmoved by snow currently falling.  Here, we are reminded of great existentialist thinker Soren Kierkegaard.  These youth feel as if the snow falls in the context of their own destiny, not the destiny of inevitable weather patterns.

     Nah, we're kidding, see ya out there, fools.