Friday, May 28, 2004
Wind
As the wind roared acrossed the tundra grass, it crashed against my house like waves on the beach. I love the sound of the wind out here--it is soothing and awe inspiring all at once. I slept so well last night and didn't want to get out of my cozy bed this morning.
Beans
Crisis at work. We couldn't find any coffee at the school this morning. I know that we are spoiled here in that the school provides coffee for the teachers in the first place. But I have another week of teaching...whatever shall I do???? I can handle living in a house with limited running water and no sewage system, but no coffee? That is roughing it.
Bears
I watched the Disney movie Brother Bear with some of my former students last night. I had avoided it at the theater because the previews made it seem like it had an anti-hunting message (which is just silly--how are people supposed to survive in the wilderness without hunting?). However, the movie had little to do with hunting and more to do with themes of tolerance, prejudice, understanding, responsibility, growing up, and forgiveness--good stuff! The movie is culturally confused--the producers describe the tribe as Inuit, but have given the characters Alaskan names (there are no Inuits in Alaska). The Native language spoken at the beginning of the movie is Yupik and the clothing, masks, and drums look Yupik or Inupiaq (Alaskan Eskimo cultures), but the characters have totems which is Tlingit (an Alaskan Native American tribe--not Eskimo). The moose definitely make the movie--they are very funny. It is also worth watching the Moose commentary in the DVD special features.
I think I'm done now. BTW, the buttons that make blogging so easy are not working from this mac I've been using. I've had to reach back into my memory to remember HTML code for links, italics, and bold. Aren't you impressed?
As the wind roared acrossed the tundra grass, it crashed against my house like waves on the beach. I love the sound of the wind out here--it is soothing and awe inspiring all at once. I slept so well last night and didn't want to get out of my cozy bed this morning.
Beans
Crisis at work. We couldn't find any coffee at the school this morning. I know that we are spoiled here in that the school provides coffee for the teachers in the first place. But I have another week of teaching...whatever shall I do???? I can handle living in a house with limited running water and no sewage system, but no coffee? That is roughing it.
Bears
I watched the Disney movie Brother Bear with some of my former students last night. I had avoided it at the theater because the previews made it seem like it had an anti-hunting message (which is just silly--how are people supposed to survive in the wilderness without hunting?). However, the movie had little to do with hunting and more to do with themes of tolerance, prejudice, understanding, responsibility, growing up, and forgiveness--good stuff! The movie is culturally confused--the producers describe the tribe as Inuit, but have given the characters Alaskan names (there are no Inuits in Alaska). The Native language spoken at the beginning of the movie is Yupik and the clothing, masks, and drums look Yupik or Inupiaq (Alaskan Eskimo cultures), but the characters have totems which is Tlingit (an Alaskan Native American tribe--not Eskimo). The moose definitely make the movie--they are very funny. It is also worth watching the Moose commentary in the DVD special features.
I think I'm done now. BTW, the buttons that make blogging so easy are not working from this mac I've been using. I've had to reach back into my memory to remember HTML code for links, italics, and bold. Aren't you impressed?
