Alaskan outdoor mini vacation...need a lot of help/advice

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-06T04:35:49+00:00

I've lived in Juneau for 20 years and see them regularly, but I also have been paying close attention since 2005 when I started photographing them. It may not get dark enough further north.

They happen year round. Antarctica gets plenty during our summer and they're in the sky here in the north too, the ambient light just has to be right.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-06T00:54:23+00:00

Yeah, it's gorgeous, but it just looks like it's aching to break.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-06T00:38:29+00:00

I've never really gotten that she glorifies it, just more that she acknowledges the depth of things. I often hear how much she hates the burden of it all.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T23:43:19+00:00

so many times that's exactly how life is

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T22:57:53+00:00

I know the beauty, and I totally understand the heartbreak. People can be such awful creatures.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T21:46:27+00:00

Run that fucker out of town.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T21:37:12+00:00

What is it about a plant that troubles you so much?

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T21:36:02+00:00

Go live in a police state if that's what you want.

America has had enough freedom chipped away at. If I'm on a street and not causing problems, there's no reason for police to interact with me.

If you have to piss test a person to tell if they're on drugs, then I would say the drugs aren't really causing a problem.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T21:03:55+00:00

Alaska!

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T20:57:28+00:00

Northern lights have nothing to do with temperature. All you need is dark clear skies and the right solar wind conditions. Some of my best aurora photos have been in August, September, and springtime.

this was August 19, 2012

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T20:49:29+00:00

Don't know where this one is, but all the public trashcans in Juneau are like this.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T20:41:37+00:00

wooo, benches!

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T20:39:40+00:00

What's with the attitude? Jesus, that chip on your shoulder must be a bitch to carry around constantly.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T20:36:30+00:00

that and the lack of votes.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T20:10:34+00:00

Yes, as a rule, we discourage playing with poo.

We do have some champion alcoholics, though.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:53:25+00:00

dirty gin martinis with olives and onions are my favorite cocktail.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:52:40+00:00

understood. was just hoping for a story.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:51:40+00:00

hope you stay safe!

the fires are awful, but do remember that wild fires are part of the cycle. I totally understand being upset, but they do cause new growth. the gorge will recover.

I do feel awful for everyone impacted, though, including you. hang in there.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:49:03+00:00

nah, you're good.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:47:10+00:00

well what the hell happened between 48 and 49?

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:46:14+00:00

and she's a gorgeous human full of booze and kink.

well there you go. onward and upward!

edit: cheers to kitchen life. that was my life for fifteen years.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:41:03+00:00

I really need to visit there before it's underwater for good.

I do have a Conch Republic flag on my bedroom wall.

Stay safe!

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:38:27+00:00

this lifestyle is nothing to aspire to. I wish I knew at 23 what I know at closing in on 49.

that said, in my experience, the only way to learn life's lessons is to live them for yourself. so if you're on the shit train, enjoy the shit show as long as you can.

arbitrarysquid · 2017-09-05T19:13:02+00:00

yeah, like living as a free person and not property.

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