The ski trip was pretty fun I guess. Same ol', same ol'. We go every year; family tradition, I guess- pretty uneventful.

During the trip, I finished up reading Watchmen. It touched on a lot of themes/questions I thought were really interesting & thought-provoking: "heroes" of questionable moral character, the philosophy of fate/predestination, whether ends justify the means, the (lack of) need for superheroes in the absence of supervillains, why anyone would want to be a masked crimefighter, the (il)legality of vigilantism, the obsolescence of unpowered heroes (e.g. Batman) in light of heroes with superpowers (e.g. Superman), etc. The story's slightly less relavent nowadays, but back in the Cold War days, this book musta been absolutely stunning. This is seriously the [deepest] graphic novel I've ever read. The storytelling is great- it more than makes up for the old school art style that I'm not a big fan of. I highly recommend it.

I also started reading The Da Vinci Code during the trip. Now, I'm usually not that keen on the thriller/mystery genre, but omg, this book has got me so glued, hahaha. Seriously, this has been the most "fun" I've had reading a book in a long time. My brother bought the book (I think) and read the whole thing in like a day, which is completely unprecedented cuz I can't even remember the last time I saw him doing pleasure reading (if ever). It's that good, man. I'll write more about it when I finish reading.