Memories of Mayhem

My earliest memory of the PQ Ski Team was on a Saturday morning in December of 1999. I did not have any idea what was in store for me. I was a young 24 year old who was about to embark on my first trip to Canada since elementary school. I only knew that I would have a free hotel and a free ride up to the mountain. Little did I know it would change my life.

This post is about the anticipation of that day. I remember waking up early and anxiously waiting for Scotty to arrive. I remember letting the dogs out and trying to relax in my kitchen. Unfortunately... Or should I say fortunately, the only thing on at the time was an informercial.

Charton Heston reads the Bible.

That's right. The man who played Moses in the 10 Commandments would read the entire Bible for you in audio tape format for a low introductory price of 125 dollars. I simply could not believe what I was watching. It was so theatrical, so over the top, you wondered if Saturday Night Live had started 18 hours earlier.

Little did I know that the early morning informercial would become somewhat of a PQ Ski Team tradition. Subsequent years would lead me to discover such ground breaking products as the Peticure and the Germ Terminator. American comerce was truly greater than I had ever anticipated.

Finally, the door bell rang and I was on my way to a new and greater plane of existence. However, I will never forget Charlton Heston, Mel Farr the superstar, or any of the other bad Canadian TV I have watched over the years. It is now as much a part of me as anything else.

...especially Celebrity Margarita Mix Offs with Robert Davi. We will never forget those.