Another One Bites The Dust

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It’s only Thursday, and yet I have become acutely aware of the fleeting nature of Spring Break. I have just returned from a 4-day trip to Big Bear Mountain, where my roommates and I spent two days downhill skiing. For me, this was the first time I’d ever attempted skiing on any slope steeper than the gentle grade of my parents backyard. Needless to say, I”bit it” on numerous occasions, one of which was an inadvertent black diamond, which my roommate haplessly guided me down (if by “guided me down”, you mean “broke my fall”).

Not only did I “bite it” on the slopes this week, but so did my NCAA tournament bracket, thanks to local favorite USC, who could not even manage to defeat lowly #11 seed Kansas State, eliminating themselves from my Final Four picks this year. Wonderful, just wonderful.