actually, i never learned how to skate.

it's true that my parents weren't really able to afford a pair of skates until my dad remarried. but, i still hadn't turned ten, yet, i had lots of time to learn to skate, if i wanted to.

the reality is that, as a child, i preferred to stay in bed and read than go outside and play. so, the fact that i never learned to skate is really due solely to disinterest.

and, i never developed an interest, but rather grew up to see it as a kind of triviality.

people in canada tend to look at you like you're from a different planet when you tell them you never learned to skate. but, i kind of tend to look back at them the same way. why not just sit around and roll boulders back up the hill?

....because skating around in circles is pretty much the definition of a foolish waste of fucking time, isn't it?

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.