Juneau is still waiting for our hydroelectric power to be reconnected. There was a stretch of very pleasant weather here for a couple of weeks after last month's avalanche that allowed the power company to complete most of a temporary repair – bypassing the one fallen tower – and they were only a couple of days from completion when then weather returned to "normal". The remaining work should only take a day or two; the trick is keeping the avalanche chutes clear long enough to get workers on the wires.
I [Michael] have been making use of facebook lately (here's my current "face"). It was Sheryl's idea that I join, and I was somewhat reluctant...
Yes, reluctant. Despite my techological savvy, I must confess to a certain disdain for all the accoutrements that come with a technology driven society. I don't even have a cell phone!
...at first, but now that I have a presence there I've been able to reconnect with some old friends, and even better than that, I've become reacquainted with several of my high school classmates from Texas.
I have been quite pleased with this reintroduction: these are people whom I hardly knew back then, people who hardly knew me. In that day I was a shy kid, and my timid nature did not lend itself to what could have been happier teenage years. As a result, my classmates then were not much more than acquaintances and certainly didn't fit the definition of "friends". Now that I'm older, more confident, and more comfortable with myself (or maybe because I just don't give a darn), getting back in touch with these folks is just like old home week, except better: it's like reuniting with old friends.
I have also been taking advantage of facebook's photo album pages. When the snow fell hard I was posting snow pictures. I posted some pictures from the beach a week later when we had some good weather. When the rains came I took some pictures of some flooding in our creek. Then when we got some serious rain I took more pictures of the resultant lake. After posting all the flood pictures I thought a brief history of the West Creek project was in order, so I put that up too.
And all this despite a disdain for technology. I don't know. Maybe I just don't like cell phones.
