Howdy, Y'all!

Greetings. It's been awhile. What's been goin on? Well, Canada day for one. it was pretty rockin here - a wicked band (the local pit band with a stand up bass player from the island) -  bought the cd which is pretty good. lots of drinking, lots of partying. i'm also learning to play poker - just done a lot of watching, but i'm catching on and almost ready to invest 5 or 10 dollars in a game. i guess that's what happens when you hang out with a bunch of dealers from the casino. had a good canada day -worked and made a lot of money (double time and a half, hello Yukon). Then, for the 4th of july, Jamie and all the girls she lives with (kate, anne, sarah, and kristen) and I went to Chicken, Alaska to party. photos will be up soon. can you imagine that there is a place called chicken? it's strange - there's a bar, a cafe, and a souvenier shop - all together - and that's the "downtown" core. there's nothing else - and going for any other reason then a party would be pretty boring. so, we got lots of "where y'all from" and "what can i get  y'all"  with some kinds of southern drawl. only 3 hours away and it's a different world. also got a really cool caribou stamp in my passport from the border. there was a live band that was really good, and some crazy colorful people. i don't think one of us girls paid for more than one drink - and i don't think that the same guy paid for any of them either. it was a night of revelry. they also have an underwear cannon that they utilize on occasions like the 4th of july (or whenever someone offers their underwear.) we came prepared - bought matching underwear and wrote all of our names on them - with "chicken 2005" on the front. they cut them off you, put them in the cannon and shoot them off - then you take the remnants, and hang them on the wall of the bar (looks very much like big bad johns) and you get a free shot. needless to say it was a lot of fun - photos will be up shortly   

i also tried this beer called Arrogant Bastard Ale (arrogantbastard.com) which was pretty interesting - a very dark, bitter beer - but i enjoyed it. the bottle looks pretty cool and i bought one to take home and drink at some later date...

Anyway, after crashing for the night, we drove back and proceeded to have a very lazy day. Since then, not much has been happening. Just working and hangin out. part of me still really wants to stay here for the winter, but i know that now is not the time...

anyway, i should be posting photos of Chicken soon, panty cannon and all

Susan