lokidogak

this was the best winter alaska, has had in 5 years. but i'm ready for it to be done. i want all the white to turn green today. but it's going to take a while. here in anchorage where i live we were 3 inches short of the record. 136 inches of snow.

melting is going to take a minute or two.

spring snow tastes better.

so, i got home today, and let my giant half lab, half rotti out to go pee. there is a lot of snow this year, and if he tried he could jump the 6 foot fence pretty easily. he ran to the back and was sniffing wildly around the fence. he's a dog, he sniffs. i wasn't really paying much attention.

then i noticed that...
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it's cold. it's been somewhere below zero at night, and most of the day for 6 days. fog came in off the water, and all the trees are covered in ice crystals giving them the look of giant albino coral that has wondered ashore after being mutated by the nuclear disaster in japan.

everything sparkles like it's made of the same stuff as fairy panties....
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when the temperature is below zero for a while you kind of get used to it. then one day it warms up, and 8 degrees is pleasant dog walking weather...

there is nothing like winter in alaska to put a human being in their insignificant place.

my parents live about 2 hours from me. the drive isn't bad but the cold, the beauty, the fact that a flat tire in the wrong place at the wrong time could lead to me, and my little family freezing to death, definitely makes me realize how fragile the...
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working nights kind of sucks.

yeah.....

it's madness. really it is, and this is; the way it is.

i proudly voted for obamma. he hasn't failed but, this guy, this guy right here, is far from impressed. however before the money machine, chewed, swallowed, and then burped up obamma, he did improve the u.s. world image. for a bit but, god damn he can talk... anyway..

i want to thank newt....
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today is wed., dec., 7. we, (here in alaska) will have 5 hours, 42 minutes of daylight. mmmm... it's dark out. a lot.

so, i have lived in out of alaska since i was 10 years old.

today is the first time in a long time where the weather in this state is living up to it's reputation. it's 11 degrees. that fact alone is not bad but coupled with the wind chill which right now makes it around 25 degrees below 0 well... it's nasty outside my...
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