a slow day at the office

-on the first warm night
low over point woronzof
and above my sulk

-mellow, dining moose!
hunker down on your moose knees!
allow me to leer.

-turkey, chicken, quail
the ova of a species!
devilled turchickail.

-"kids don't float" it says.
I immediately think
of horrid punchlines.

-a scenic surface
upon which to state your love
forever sea-lapped

-driftwood loveliness!
catalyst for poetry!
glint, you strumpet sun!

-my hair is mouth-length
in the mad wind at bird point.
I trip on this rock.

-nice roofline, stranger!
you could park a big truck there
and be like "awww yeah"

-lo! stuckagain heights!
your verdant hidden vistas!
I got eight bug bites.

-Alaskan backdrop
painted by the local school
to trick the tourists

-bad posture, bad teeth
liberal kids who don't call
a joyless sex life

wilted

-someone ordered something involving midori. it looked like antifreeze. they enjoyed it.
-the park strip.
-street life with coors.
-8th Ave, midnight.
-the overly dramatic filter. it's called "grunge 2", I'm afraid.
I love how everyone pulls over to observe the animals. this never gets old. people appreciate their surroundings here in the most uneven and unpredictable ways: throngs will appear to admire the sunset, for example, but nobody fucking recycles. the tap water is impeccable and comes from a pristine mountain lake, but they did away with vehicle emissions.
...this is another annoying subject for a more lucid time.
-the itty-bitty shitty kitty.
-sitting in my new car, which apparently has a fuel line issue and won't start. any other week I might find this slightly amusing. this isn't that week.

woke up this morning feeling fine

-whereas Seattle was a snooty, impossible-to-please, outwardly attractive bitch... Anchorage is that really nice girl who always makes you laugh and feel good, but she's not overtly too appealing until you catch her in a certain light and holy shit she's GORGEOUS. how did you not realize this sooner? she's kind, funny, AND alluring! and you realize you've been in love all along, you superficial jerk, and you don't really deserve her.
-misty mountain... stop. Girdwood.
-actually, it's "the Sally the", right?
-sexy, mysterious Anchorage skyline.
-another view of today's snowfall. I took it through the screen on purpose, but also because I am lazy. the snow's gone now and the sun is shining. NOW it shall be spring.
-from the coastal trail.
-Screeching Weasel on the Public Health building?
-ma chat d'amour.
-at the Captain Cook monument there's this placard of the various mountains and other things you can see.
-the secret, ultra-rooty trail by Chester Creek.

my babies

-8th & G.
-Denali Tower. ooh... I really like the way this turned out.
-THANK YOU, HUMANITY. I was in a foul mood, walking home from City Market, when I saw this at 13th & I. it made me laugh, and I needed that.
-narcissistic experimentation with my sweet new camera filter.
-on a fuse box at 38th & Lake Otis.
-secret little bike trail by Chester Creek.
-the bigger trail nearby. I was totally alone and Beck's "Beercan" came on my headphones. I know ALL the words to that song. meet some women, foreign plates... I appreciate how loud I can be in Alaska.
-more of the wedding-cake non-church debacle.

watching the dryer

-4-pronged streetlight!
-4th & D.
-bags in bushes. lots of litter here. is it winter accumulation, general indifference, both?
-from the coastal trail.
-sunshine plaza.
-facing south.
-this is one of the best thus far. midtown.
-atop a fuse box in town square. there are also many pairs of shoes scattered throughout this town. pairs! and these are not inexpensive boots!
-liquid, indeed.
-the cat from the outside.
-really, Fred Meyer?
-inside the Jedi mailbox on 13th & I.
-¡empanadas!
-beeitch.
-behind the BP tower.
-you are missed.
-attached to a hulking truck.
-11pm. yeah. didja know? anchorage has a "rub map" for such unlicensed establishments. this one is among the listed.