Garage Sale

There was a big garage sale this weekend next door to the gun store. It was all the stuff this local guy who shot himself had accumulated in preparation for the end of the world. Sad story really. He was dead a week before they checked on him when his mail began to pile up. He had 4 storage spaces filled with tools, clothes, hunting and fishing stuff, pots and pans, surplus military stuff, weapons...you name it. My boss got two truck loads of stuff and he got there at the end of the first day. I got a couple scuba diving masks, some flippers plus a big bag to hold it all, some misc fishing stuff and a little GI belt all for $15. Now all I need is a wet suit and an air tank. And to get certified for scuba diving, I guess.

More Tram Pics

The other day I went up the Mount Roberts Tramway again with one of my roommates. Took some more photos and hiked up a trail. There was one very vocal chipmunk that was not happy to see me. It came so close I nearly got my foot in the picture. I took the last photo at a spot where we met a nice older couple from Detroit who were on a cruise. My roommate offered to take their picture so they snuggled up together and the guy said, "I hope my wife doesn't see this."

Mount Roberts Tram

Good News!

I was cleaning my room and found an open box of Snowmen Peeps in my closet I'd been ripening since Christmas. Mmmm....

Speaking of ripe, I also found the package of green beans wrapped in a t-shirt that I used as an ice pack when I got my wisdom teeth out. Gross, huh? There was mold growing right in the arm pit, but I don't think it was from the rotting vegetables.

Ugh!!

Anne Hathaway -- the first item on my list of things I could live without -- is playing beloved author Jane Austen in the upcoming movie "Becoming Jane." Oh, the humanity! She ain't even English. She'll probably portray Austen as a bubble-headed teenager with much sucess and then pose topless at the end so as not to be typecast.

Cool Whip

Look at my awesome truck. Cool, huh? Yup, I thought so too. I edited out the bird poop on the window. I've finally named it after a year of ownership...Mud Runner. The mountian in the background is at the start of Perseverance Trail where an old mining operation used to be. At the foot is a river where much of Juneau gets its water.

Field Trip

I got to go to the new Home Depot store today for work to buy some stuffs. It was just like the store back home. I couldn't find anything and none of the staff helped me. They had some awesome sinks there. Almost makes me wanna buy a house just to have a cool sink. I'd put it next to my bed so I wouldn't have to get up to brush my teeth. Speaking of which, I have to get two root canals. Two! Plus a myriad of fillings and crowns. I wish I coulda gotten my dad's good teeth instead of my mom's good physique. Thin with a thin wallet isn't much fun.

Bullwinkle

Woo hoo! I got a moose permit. Yippee, yippee, yippee! My area is East Central Tanana Flats and Mountains, whatever that means. I'm so excited. Can't wait. My season starts in September.

Tram

Here's the rest of my photos from atop Mount Roberts. Sorry for you stone age dial up users. I'll mail you the pics. It'll be faster.