I owe you all an apology. First, I'm really sorry for disappearing like that and leaving nothing but cryptic, out-of-voice posts to tell where I was. That wasn't really my fault, though, so I'm not all that sorry. I am, however, very sorry that it's taken so long for me to formulate and post a coherent explanation for the events of the past few ( Read more... )

I saw a very surreal scene today. In fact, the whole day kind of fit together into a giant, pulsating mass of surreality (if you dun know what word goes in the blank, make one up), but this scene struck me in particular ( Read more... )

Tonight I went with a friend to the Princess's fancy restaurant. I'd been there a couple times before, but I usually get seated in a back corner, which doesn't bother me one bit. Tonight, though, we got a table right in the middle of it all, with a waiter I wasn't at all familiar with. We join the ensuing conversation already in process.... Keep in ( Read more... )

Excerpt(s) from Jari's Backlogged Diary....

Part I: The Reign of Fire

Nearly a year ago now, last summer, there was a flood in Alaska. Most of the Mat-Su Valley was submerged, a stretch of track was mudslided into infinity, and one major bridge was destroyed. The bridge just north of where I was stationed. The bridge just south of my ( Read more... )

So it's been an interesting year in the service of the Princess. I've been selling souvenirs like a faithful servant, and those in authority over me seem to like me a lot more this year. I feel kind of bad, though, because I really did a lot of advertising for her Highness last year, and when I got here this year, most of the things I'd ( Read more... )

It's high time I updated and let you all know that I am still alive, even though I only comment extremely rarely and am almost never on. I thought everyone should know that wireless internet is not all it's cracked up to be. Mostly because you can never, EVER get a signal. When I was at TVCC, the internet worked okay from my dorm room if I had my ( Read more... )

There is a changing room in the back of the gift shop where I work. Or rather, there was. This year there isn't enough space for all of our merchandise in the warehouse downstairs, so the changing room has been converted into extra storage space and we must do our best to deal with the PNPI's by hand. Yesterday, we but shelves in the changing-room- ( Read more... )

As my professor put it, justice is getting what you deserve, mercy is not getting what you deserve, and grace is getting what you don't deserve. And then she had mercy on us and cut the number of essays on our mid-term in half (she said she didn't feel she was ready for grace...giving us all free A's). I got an C, but after the curve, my grade ( Read more... )

Yesterday, a random girl fro my work (the same one who went with me to Byers Lake) and I went to Troublesome Creek. She's very woods-wise, and I'm very much in awe of her knowledge of the area, though apparently my untrained tracking skills are on par with her trained ones.... Dunno if that's good or bad. Anyhow, we were looking for bears so I ( Read more... )

It's a beautiful, sunny afternoon. So beautiful that I could stand to write this indoors, so I took my laptop outside. There isn't a cloud in the sky, discounting the flume of snow being blown off the peak of the Mountain. It's very peaceful and invigorating, especially now that I'm far enough away from the ruckus of semi-drunk kids (I can't find ( Read more... )