I Hate being sick.

At home sick today. I guess that means i can post a couple pics, and drink a couple cups of tea. Not too happy about it though. Dont have any juice. Or soup. Or movies. I may have to trek through the frozen tundra to fetch things. It's 7 out.
Hmm obviously i dont have anything intelligent to say today.

fin.

fin has bone cancer. i dont really have anything to say about it.

Mmmonsters!

january-ness.

december went by, and so has half of january. i didn't post for a long time, let's not harp on it, it was laziness, a bit of depression, and the absolute darkest time of my life, in a literal sense, it's dark here. the sun didn't come up. things happen gradually, but it feels like suddenly they change. december 21st, the shortest day of the year we had 5 hours, 20 minutes of "sunlight" more like dusk. and now a month later we're back up to 6 hours, 51 minutes. In two weeks, 8 hours 14 minutes. We're on the upside. Again, literally. Alright, so all the is time i haven't just been obsessing over sunlight, although admittedly, it has been about 40% of my time. we got 26 inches of fresh snow overnight for christmas, we that was crazy. we had a beautiful sunset saturday afternoon, viewed from the trail at aleyska, looking out over the frozen water of the inlet and past the mountains on the other side. i've been really busy at work, getting a chance to do things i've never done before, and even getting a bit of creative freedom. met all of brendan's friends - they're all crazy - crazy in that way where you laugh and it makes your stomach hurt, and crazy like they have funny facial hair, and they're welcoming.
let's link. - this is more the direction i'd like to go. eco-friendly field book.
- this is an incredible band i stumbled over using pandora, which is excellent for office use. all i need are headphones and i'm set for hours. gotye I recommend "hearts's a mess" - naturally.
- and lastly a new friend of mine here recommended listening to "this american life" hosted by ira glass, a chicago public radio show. all the episodes are online, and he's also just put out a new book featuring the new "kings of nonfiction" that has a great looking cover. he's a fantastic story teller, and features other great personalities. This American Life this links to the episode Fiasco! - an exploration of things going incredibly wrong, and not just wrong, what takes them from a simple failure to an utter fiasco. So funny.

now let's look.
yummy computer shralp, mustaches, and dream pup.

Serious lack of pumpkin pie.

Happy thanksgiving, blah blah blah. My whole entire family is together at my mom's house today in Maine and it's actually kind of sad for me and I miss everyone. It's funny the relationships families have. You take all these people, some who choose to be with one another, husbands and wives, and then others who just got put in the same car on life's road, sisters, brothers, cousins. And then they're all bound to eachother from time they get the muck wiped off of them at birth to the time they get covered back in muck at death. And they share all these experiences. But remain individual and spread out all over, and on days like today they come back together... eat grammies three section rolls, do the turkey dance, and remember how they came about living the life they're living. Grammy will say grace, and hopefully they go around the table and say thanks for things, and remember the people who have sat that table in past who can no longer be there. Tonight my grandmother will announce she's going to be a great grandmother, and jen can show everyone the ultrasound of little alien baby ralph. And then little Alien Ralph will be thrown into the car with the rest of us, being the first in a whole new generation of people who gather around tables, scrape plates and take the dessert orders. Ahhhh. Sometimes I really do love this life. But I really hope the name Ralph doesn't stick.
So to honor this family holiday, I'm giving thanks to them and keeping them in mind for my photo choices today.