i worked hard to sharpen tennis and skiiing skills. i was proud the year chris said you ski faster than the master. [ laughter] >> we got up early to be the first on the ski lift. at my wedding he said he would be happy by to perform a libyan liberation dance to celebrate the success of the revolution. [ laughter] >> he inspired me to travel and work inter nationally. i filled out an application for the peace corp. during my senior year because he had. he taught english in morocco. i taught math. we talked about the joys of living and working over seas. we spoke french together. later he helped me get an assignment with a pediatric a.i.d.s. group. now i work in a county hospital in stockton caring for patients from all over the world. like chris, i am genuinely interested in listening to their stories and learning about their lives. i was really hoping he would still be here. i dreamt of someday working as a detector in a country where he was ambassador. i was looking forward to showing off my growing new family. our daughter was born

[laughter] or no wearing skiis. okay? because what happens? it's sort of like this. you reach over like that, your center of gravity gets over here, yeah? now, what happens? old mother earth pulls down, but where's the last point of support? right over here, on the toes of your foot. see that little distance, gang? that little distance is what kind of distance? lever arm. lever arm distance. and you got a force, and you got a lever arm distance, what's that give rise to? torque. a torque. and so what's the torque do? rotate out. rotate. so quick, boom, over you go, unless you wear skis or have enormously long feet. [laughter] okay? can you kind of see that? your center of gravity for the average human being will extend beyond the toes when you lean way over. and how can you beat that? so it's not what kind of shape you're in, it's not mind over matter, it begins with an f, gang. physics, yay. so physics, that's right, so try that. and if you can do it, come and get your a. [makes sound] let me say this. it has been done, legit. it has been done. i have given a's for