So there's this new fad of 'you know you're from X....' going around FB. Several people I know have commented on how much they hate it, because people from their hometowns are nothing but awful - bitching about people, etc. I have to say, the Juneau group is RAD. It just confirms how unique that place is. People who grew up in Juneau love Juneau. ( Read more... )

Things making now awesome:
*listening to Ani Di Franco while everyone hangs out: drawing, coloring, drooling, drinking wine
(of course You Had Time just came on and: slayed. This song cuts me to my core every time. Gah)
*a fat, happy (when she's not grousing for more food) baby
*a great call with keypike in Cananda ( Read more... )

I downloaded it. I saw it. I laughed out loud. I rolled my eyes. I enjoyed it, more or less. It was exactly what I was hoping it would be. How often does that happen?! Things I liked and/or was pleasantly surprised by: actual teenagers playing teenagers, singing like teenagers who want to sound like Super Mature Pop Stars would actually sing like, ( Read more... )

I just watched Whip It, Drew Barrymore's movie about roller derby, starring Ellen Page (Juno). It was an okay film. But, wow, do I miss Oakland now. It featured much of what I rolled my eyes at and what I loved about living in Oakland/Bay Area. I loved the DIY sass of the East Bay. I went to the Bay Area roller derby not too long after they started ( Read more... )

What an amazing place. What beauty, and bounty. I never eat so fresh as when I am in Alaska during the summer time ( Read more... )

*Gallileo by the Indigo Girls always reminds me of the Future Gov. We sang it once with our one-show wonder band.... which was a million years ago ( Read more... )

*House? Massive disaster. Dishes stacked in and around sink. Books in boxes, some on shelves, mostly stacked on the floor awaiting to be sold tomorrow. Dust bunnies float about and breed ( Read more... )

At one of my many meetings today some one's coffee cup had a map of the world on it. I saw Alaska on it and I was overwhelmed with the realization that as excited as I am to go to Wales, it's not SE Alaska. I was hit with longing for the rocky coast, the greys and greens, the foreboding expanses of evergreens, the quiet.... gah. I die a little ( Read more... )

Last night I had dreams about a cabin in a field off of the Gastineau Channel, a field that doesn't exist, of course. It then morphed into a wedding, many people I grew up with where there, and we were so happy. Full, belly aching laughs. One guy, a friend I've know since I was 6, who I haven't seen since we graduated high school, he and I were ( Read more... )

Five years ago last week I moved to the Bay Area. I came to Berkeley to start graduate school. My intent was to finish with a masters degree and move back to Juneau. Lots and lots of things changed that first year in grad school.

My life is unbelievably enriched for living here.

But I still wake up every morning and want to move back to Juneau.