She's steaming! And it's snowing!

"Seismic intensity from Redoubt volcano picked up strongly around midday today, and scientists are keeping a close eye on the mountain southwest of Anchorage." - ADN

Webcam. Alyeska. going riding tomorrow (hopefully) for the first time since I got all the hardware removed from my battered little knee.

peaceful walk.

peacefull walk.
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

I'd like you to notice two things Not going on in this photo: It's not snowing, and there isn't a volcano threatening to erupt.
Couldn't post an Anchorage photo with that description. I miss San Diego.
Maybe all this volcanic activity has something to do with the Earthquake that shook me awake Saturday morning on my birthday. That was actaully kind of cool though, and no one was hurt, it just felt like getting a little sloshed in a fishbowl. But this volcano business... please? Where are we? Buy extra air filters for your cars, cover electronics, take out your contacts, wear a mask, because volcanic ash is essentially small bits of glass.
My favorite part so far has been all the company wide emails instructing us what to do.
What I'D like to do is go back to San Diego - go on this walk again, and stick a person in this shot. Any volunteers?

gnarwal spotting

gnarwal spotting
Originally uploaded by brian_adams

whoops.
thanks brian.
a month late.

be serious!

be serious!
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

i thought this was pretty hilarious. triple threat.
looking forward to a quiet weekend in girdwood coming up. pray to your god of choice for snow, strength, sunshine.

birthday

leah's birthday & welcome home colin and marian!
Originally uploaded by brian_adams

i had this slow sensation waking up this morning and realized i have incredible friends in anchorage. thank you especially to brian + ro for hosting a fun times party saturday night. it was so fun to finally meet marian after hearing about her. and kris with his homemade chocolate shot glasses that were crazy cool, even though it made my fingers sticky. and all the help with the cupcakes that were a funny hit. and the power singing/dancing. who would have thought total eclipse of the heart would still be fun on round 4. and even being completely thrown down in the kitchen, and picked up and dropped a few more times then my knee would have liked. brendan, you were missed.
i heart the adam brothers, here's to my mini anchorage family, and please please please let's keep sunday dinner alive.

tat?

tat?
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

please provide input on my flickr. :( (though i pretty much already know what i'm gonna do.)

Test, test.

Test, test.
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

had a gorgeous weekend in anchorage, a few days ago. well, at least one gorgeous day of sunshine and 40 degree weather. but we're in desperate need of snow. I'm reminded of a new england winter. If it's gonig to be cold, and it's going to be dark, then give us some damn snow to play in. that's why i LEFT the northeast. dont test me, ak. in the mean time, scheming, taking photos, reading up on rangefinders, and wishing i could take a vacation to the 50s. Year, not temp.

gnar-no.

board: rejected.

well. not the right audience i'd say. so here's the revision, for my next board.

GNAR-Board.

Hopefully this goes through. Cross your fingers, say please.

It's been 6 years today.

1969.
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

I already buried my father,
I’ll chisel a shovel from his headstone
If it will stop this amputation of me.
I’ll make him a new one,
From the feathers of birds dislodged in flight.

film. is done!

newport longboarders
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

so it's -18 and i'm hungry and it's 1:20. i dont want to go get lunch.... because it's too damn cold! But film is done and i posted a bunch to flickr, so check her out, take in the sunshine of san diego through your computer monitors, and send some warmth my way.

The end of the world: According to Brenda.

Brenda's thoughts on the end of the world and Alaskan survival:
Due to the fact that it has been in the -20's lately, and I'm in the middle of reading Stephenie Meyer's book "The Host", thoughts of the end of the world have been frequenting my mind lately. Street signs covered in hoarfrost, my car not starting, and iced over buildings have made me think about what it would be like if the end of the world came, like tomorrow... and I was stuck in this hell hole of a freezing state. And I've decided contrary to popular belief (leah's)... we would actually be far better off up here in the north. Think about it.... We're far less populated than down in "the states"... so there would be more shiz to go around. Less fighting till the death over leftover twinkies at walmart. Our stores up here, are already fully loaded with winter survival shit. Boots, Parkas, GUNS... and we're already slightly acclimated to what a nuclear winter would be like. so!
I think it would be just fine. We could band together with the natives and hunt moose. Wrap ourselves in sealskin blankets.
and just think about how many fucking trees are around us. Everyone in the lower 48 would be good and dead before we could get through all the trees up here.
Furthermore, I know how to make a survival snow mound.
Do you?

i miss jack.

jack
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

Jen told me he slept outside my california door last night, and this morning in anchorage when i woke up i reached down to pet him and just found the floor. Sad. I think it's about dog time for me.
Dropped off four rolls today... so that should be pretty exciting in a couple days. hopefully?
It's really cold back here in Alaska, but for some reason i was chipper all the same when i woke up this morning, bounced around my car scraping it in the -10 weather, and it was kinda nice..... ask me how i feel about it in a week though. ha.