Alaska

[ghost_light]

Ahh, the end of March and the promise of breakup. There is about a foot of snow left in the middle of the Party Palace and the unmistakable aroma of thawing dog shit wafting through the air. Puddles bigger than George are springing up everywhere and threatening to swallow my poor little bug. There are two lakes in the middle of the street leading up to work.

Last year the one was so large a co-worker saw one of the managers driving the opposite direction so he slowed down and leaned out of his cab a bit. When the manager slowed down and unrolled his window to hear what he was trying to say, the guy gunned it and sent a wave of puddle water through the manger's window. Good times.

I went to the 24-hour post office at the airport to mail some packages. I forgot today is the last day to file for the Dividend so the place was a mob scene.

No word about Lorne but we got tickets to fly down and see him in a couple weeks.

Comments

[elsh.livejournal.com]

Wow, I couldn't imagine living in Alaska! Have you always lived there?

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

Why couldn't you imagine living in Alaska?

[elsh.livejournal.com]

It'd be so different from anywhere I've ever known. I've grown up in California. I live in CT now, but I imagine Alaska is very different from both CA and CT.

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

I don't find it that much different than where I came from.

In what ways do you think living in AK would be different than where you are now?

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

No, I've been here about 15 years. I grew up in Washington State. (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=lonelydumptruck)lonelydumptruck (http://lonelydumptruck.livejournal.com/) was born and raised in Alaska.

[dark-jaguar.livejournal.com]

Having been born in AK, and now living in Seattle...
I have to say.. You have NO idea how drastically different life is up there compared to the Lower 48.
And not just enviromentally... but psychologically it takes a whole different mindset to live up there.

Man... I wanna go home now... :(

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

Maybe I've been up here too long, but I don't find it that different from living in Wyoming.

Then again, you're in Seattle...maybe its the difference between towns and small cities of AK and a Major city like Seattle.