Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Seward, AK
I'm updating from the Sea Bean coffee shop in Seward Alaska, the most inland Ice free port in Alaska. I started this trip in Anchorage Saturday. It costs as much to fly to Alaska as Europe, but it is only a 4 hour flight. I had a lay over in Seattle weird airport since you can't see the city from the airport the way you usually can. Arrived at my hotel about 10 pm. The Airport is only open at night, about 8pm-2am so all flights are red-eyes. Sunday I did about 5 miles of hiking and went to the zoo I got a lot of good pictures I will post when I get back to California. I went to a Turkish restaurant that was pretty good for dinner. Alaska is beautiful country but as expensive as California.
Yesterday, I took a train into Seward and went on a day cruise, I saw seals, dolphins and Glaciers. Glaciers are amazing looking and according to the park service are not shrinking here in Alaska in the last 100 years. It takes 100' of snow to make a foot Glacier ice. The food on the ship was some of the best prime rib and salmon I have ever had. Today I walked all over the tiny town of Seward and picked up some gifts and my communist party membership card from Russia. Before I get back on the train tonight I am going to a Bistro for dinner. I still have not seen any whales or salmon so I am hoping to see them on my Cruise in Whitter tomorrow.
Friday last week was my last day at Capital. It marked 26 months with them. Jody took us out to dinner and we hung out at Kevin's afterward. Everyone has found a better job and I think everyone is going to be fine. So it was more of a celebration of leaving the company. I start my new job at Endsight next monday and I am looking forward to it.
I am also looking forward to seeing "Sicko" & "Live free or Die Hard" when I get back to California.
I got my hands on Iggy Thump last week the new White Stripes album, musically best I have heard this year. Year Zero by NIN still is my favorite though due to the message and lyrics. I like the new Manson album but I am disappointed. Manson to me was the embodiment of the religious rights inner-child. His latest album is a personal piece about his love experience, and while it is catchy and a nice listen so is a lot of pop music. Manson has always tried to be an objectivist rather then political, while challenging society as an Icon Iconoclast. His latest album does not carry this tradition. Trent Reznor on the other hand has suddenly surged into Activism with his latest album predicting the beginning of the end of human society in the next 25 years, at the hands of the American Theocratic Empire that is destroying the world and the environment. If you haven't heard it yet, you need to.
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Yesterday, I took a train into Seward and went on a day cruise, I saw seals, dolphins and Glaciers. Glaciers are amazing looking and according to the park service are not shrinking here in Alaska in the last 100 years. It takes 100' of snow to make a foot Glacier ice. The food on the ship was some of the best prime rib and salmon I have ever had. Today I walked all over the tiny town of Seward and picked up some gifts and my communist party membership card from Russia. Before I get back on the train tonight I am going to a Bistro for dinner. I still have not seen any whales or salmon so I am hoping to see them on my Cruise in Whitter tomorrow.
Friday last week was my last day at Capital. It marked 26 months with them. Jody took us out to dinner and we hung out at Kevin's afterward. Everyone has found a better job and I think everyone is going to be fine. So it was more of a celebration of leaving the company. I start my new job at Endsight next monday and I am looking forward to it.
I am also looking forward to seeing "Sicko" & "Live free or Die Hard" when I get back to California.
I got my hands on Iggy Thump last week the new White Stripes album, musically best I have heard this year. Year Zero by NIN still is my favorite though due to the message and lyrics. I like the new Manson album but I am disappointed. Manson to me was the embodiment of the religious rights inner-child. His latest album is a personal piece about his love experience, and while it is catchy and a nice listen so is a lot of pop music. Manson has always tried to be an objectivist rather then political, while challenging society as an Icon Iconoclast. His latest album does not carry this tradition. Trent Reznor on the other hand has suddenly surged into Activism with his latest album predicting the beginning of the end of human society in the next 25 years, at the hands of the American Theocratic Empire that is destroying the world and the environment. If you haven't heard it yet, you need to.
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