Work has been an enjoyable and great learning experience in fixing stuff in general. I can definitely say that despite how blue collar being a maintenance tech can sound, it can involve a bit of mental exercise as one tries to figure out what exactly is wrong with something and how to make it right. This is most notorious when it comes to dealing ( Read more... )

Hullo, LiveJournal! Aye, it's been a long time since I've written, but I do skulk around on and off. With all these new-fangled social media contraptions such as Facebook, Twitter, et all, it kind of felt a bit redundant. Something to think how the internet continues to evolve, eh? Not that I really participate in the social aspects of it, but ( Read more... )

I wasn't fully aware of it, but it's been roughly a year when I first touched down in Fairbanks to see whether or not I truly wanted to live here. I guess I now know the answer! Amazing to think how much stuff can happen over the course of a year ( Read more... )

Well hey there, LJ. It's been a long while. I suppose with the advents of Twitter and Facebook there really hasn't been much need to really write long meaningful entries nowadays. Considering that I've written here on and off for the past 10 years I couldn't bring myself to just give it up. Even though writing isn't an activity I usually favor ( Read more... )

This weekend found me on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks for its first ever comic book and video game convention, PopCon. It was relatively short, lasting only a day and a half, nor particularly big (~800 people showed), but it was very well-received by the local community. By the sounds of it, this may become a new traditional ( Read more... )

Ran-dumb brain-blorpage - This notion's been rattling around in my head for some time, but I think the things that I find so intriguing about my World of Warcraft human priest, Faustryn, is the cliched association between player and character. Thinking about it, he embraces the 3 S's: Spirit, Sorcery, and Science. These are what I consider to be ( Read more... )

To say that things have been busy almost seems like an understatement. As I've had tendency to say to those around me, I feel like a chicken with its head cut off. This isn't exclusive to me, however, as both my sister and mother have had their hands full taking care of the babies. I think my mother's spent more time and nights at my sister's ( Read more... )

Fairbanks, Alaska. If you haven't guessed already, the real reason I visited last June was to confirm my decision to move there. One can only do so much research about a location before the need arises to actually go there to truly get a feel for it, and what I felt was that yes, I DO want to move there! This is what I'm now doing, although I ( Read more... )

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"Sleep" is soon going to be a word associated with luxury for my sister - she's scheduled to give birth to her twins this Wednesday. Probably not by natural means either. Contrary to typical expectation of premature births for twins, sis will have carried hers to full term. She's a little nervous about her hospital visit, but I'm sure she's more ( Read more... )