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I met Jessamyn this weekend. Jessamyn is a geek librarian superhero and MetaFilter moderator. The Alaska Library Association brought Jessamyn to Anchorage as a speaker for their annual conference.
Alison, another local MetaFilter member, and I met Jessamyn downtown on Friday night, which happened to be First Friday, the night of Kathy Griffith's comedy performance, and the eve of the Iditarod ceremonial start. In other words, downtown was packed to the gills and it was going to take two hours to get a seat at a restaurant. We moved to midtown and got a table at Spenard Roadhouse where they gave us free popcorn and half-off appetizers.
I didn't get any photos because my iPhone died a nasty death and I left all of my memory cards at home. But Jessamyn ate all of my tater tots, and that's all the proof I need.
08 MAR
2010
Because of personnel changes in December, I had to cancel my time off around the holidays to be in the office. As of the beginning of February we have been fully staffed once again and I took the opportunity to make up for some of that lost time by visiting my mother in Homer.
I have driven a lot in the state of Alaska, many thousands of miles from this city to that. Over 200 miles from Homer to Anchorage, and over 350 miles from Anchorage to Fairbanks. Over and over and over again. I know where the cleaner porta-potties are and I know where the next passing zone will be.
I don't much like to stop on these trips unless someone's bladder is bursting because 1. I just passed a bunch of pokey cars and don't want to pass them again, and 2. Stopping makes the trip that much longer, especially when taking into account item #1, above.
But this trip I made a conscious decision to make the drive with an eye for photography, and as a result Olive and I stopped a number of times on the drive south. Olive doesn't like traveling long distances in the car, and I think the multiple stops helped her nerves.
It was a great drive and a great visit.
27 FEB
2010
Last week I had the worst head cold I've had in a very long time. It knocked me on my butt and held me down in bed and on the couch for 4 days while my brain leaked out of my eyes and my nostrils were sanded raw.
Olive didn't mind too much, what with all of the quality snuggling and nap time we were able to share. Until the end of the third day when she had had ENOUGH with this CRAP and we needed to PLAY right now BARK.
Then Friday at 11am, all of my symptoms just went away. Like magic. 10.30 I felt crappy and was making plans to leave work early; 11.00 I could think clearly and I had energy and felt happy to be alive. I finished out the day and carried my productivity home.
We had dinner with some friends this weekend at A Taste of Thai. I love Thai food, but usually follow a few standards that mainly keep me ordering the same food over and over: Pad Thai, cashew chicken, panang curry, masaman curry. A Thai rut of yumminess.
But this weekend I ordered something else, something I've never had before, something new. Sidewalk Noodle. I have no idea what this dish exactly is, because Sidewalk Noodles appears to be a category of Thai noodles that includes Pad Thai. It was not terribly memorable, but still good.
22 FEB
2010
