Friday night my fellow interns and I may have had the best night in Anchorage that we’ve had yet. We asked our bosses where we ought to take the engineering interns to impress upon them that architects, well, we know how to party [I have found that generally this is a true statement and that read more

I am now. I love Alton Brown of Good Eats fame and I love his blog; Rants and Raves. However, I love him even more for posting this on the 11th: Dear Tom Cruise, Your lack of belief in the existence of clinical depression tells me one thing: you didn’t spend $10. to see War read more

Is it really friday again already? Last friday we had the day off because we work longer hours for the rest of the pay period, and when we got moving it was smoky, due to forest fires on the Kenai penisula. So we went to see batman begins to get away from the smoke. It read more

I have had entries that want to be posted for almost a week now. However, this is what my schedule looks like on most weekdays: 6a: Get up, shower.6:15a: Get dressed, do hair.6:45a: Pack lunch7a: Leave to walk to bus stop to catch bus.7:15-7:20a: Get on bus.7:35-7:45: Get off bus, walk to office8am: Start workNoon: read more

Here’s the Friday Random Ten the I’ve-got-today-off edition: girls on film – bjorn againsummer swim – george clintonam radio – evercleartime after time – me first and the gimme gimmeslie in our graves – dave matthews bandnothing compares 2 U – me first and the gimme gimmesjust the two of us – grover washington jrwouldn’t read more

Oomingmak are musk ox. I’ve decided that I really like the Yu’pik word for musk ox way better than musk ox, since they have no musk glands and are more closely related to a goat or a sheep than a cow. Oomingmak is also the name of the cooperative that knit goods from the quviut read more

Friday Random Ten–The I’m-so-freakin’-tired edition. peaches – presidents of the united states of americamy generation – the whoa long december – counting crowsholding back the years – simply redsugar high – empire recordsfee – phishserved faithfully – ani difrancodune buggy – presidents of the united states of americathere’s no home for you here – the read more

So, I saw my first Alaskan Moose today and like a jackass, I left my camera at home because I was “just going to get groceries”. Nevermind that every time I’ve left my camera at home there’s been something I wanted to photograph. I’ve seen many a moose before, as they’re pretty common in Maine. read more

a moose walks into a hospital. No, really. There’s a link to video there.

here’s my friday random ten the i’m-getting-paid-to-not-work-on-monday edition. lisa’s wedding [medley] – the simpsonsjust like a pill – pinktake five – dave brubeckbrain damage – pink floydfingertips [1] – they might be giants5th symphony – beethovenlee – tenacious dsunglasses at night – corey hartgood life – francis dunnerymoonlight cocktail – glenn miller

I am bad about blogging. However, things are busy and I do not blog from work. They monitor my internet usage (as well as when I go anywhere in the building that I have to swipe my card for–i.e. everywhere except the main floor) so I am trying to keep this here blog off their read more

had a blast this weekend. i went to the alaska scottish highland games in eagle river and watched a guy from oregon whomp on all the other guys. it was very cool. i also got sunburnt beyond belief there. i put sunscreen on before i left but forgot to bring it and toasted. my face read more