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B&GC Work

( Alaska )

Working at the B&G club is fun but also horrible. I enjoy becoming friends with the kids, I even enjoy catching kids breaking rules and disciplining them. There is something about making someone pay for wrong or stupid behavior. I wish I could do that with all people who have no morals or are just […]

Alaska 4th of July

( Alaska )

I spent the 4th of July weekend with the Tans family. We went on vacation to McCarthy. McCarthy is an old mining down nestled in a mountain valley. old buildings, a glacier, mountains, a river and history up the wazoo. well we camped the first night (Thursday) at a camp site along the highway…a state […]

Little Susitna and the Rest

So sorry it took me so long to do this, about a week now huh…
Well after working at the cemetary, I worked for 2 days as a cook at Anchorage’s Egan Center, a big convention center. There was a big marathon in Anchorage on the solstice (that’s a big thing here since the sun set’s […]

Weed-Whacking

( Alaska )

my arms are sore, i have a blister, and grass-stained pants.
After i had left my last journal entry, Adams and Associats called and hooked me up with a job weed-whacking at a cemetery. I started on thursday at 7:30 am and worked for 8 hours. I had a half an hour break, but otherwise I […]

Temping

( Alaska )

I had an interview at Adams and Associates…a Temp. agency. I will be getting jobs here and there all summer, but most importantly up until the 25th when I start at the B&G’s club. This friday and saturday I will be a cook for banquets that are being held because there is a big marathon […]

B&G of AK

( Alaska )

I am now an employee of the Boys and Girls Club. 7.50 an hour, 35 hours a week, and I start the 25th. The lady from the B&G Club hooked me up with a number to call of a lady who has warehouse positions open for me to work until then, and maybe even […]

Interviews

( Alaska )

I went to the first interview at 9:00 this morning, he said that they were looking for someone who was going to be around longer..so Asplund Janitorial Supply is a no-go
I went to my interview at the Boys and Girls Club just a second ago. I think i am going to get that job, they […]

Employment?

( Alaska )

So Asplund Janitorial Supply called this morning, they wanted to set up an interview. I interview there tommorrow morning at 9:00 am. I turned in an application at the boys and girls club today, they pay 7.50 for 30 hours a week, I have an interview with them tomorrow at 2:00 pm. I am going […]

Crow Pass

Monday and Tuesday of this week were probably the 2 most beautiful days of my life. I say this not because I met beautiful people, or had some movie-worthy emotional experience, but because I went backpacking.
Since I do not have a job yet (though I turned in my application to the janitorial supply place, and […]

Settling In

( Alaska )

I am going to turn in an application for that janitorial supply place, then go to a folk music store here in anchorage, then perhaps the library, then most likely a concert with Ryan: Peter Mulvey, Peter Case…and some other guy…
some day within the next 2 months i hope to play an open mic. or […]