the crazy lady

In Sitka, she's known as "the crazy lady" by all. But who is she?
To those of us who have seen her around, she is a homeless woman with long brown hair and a large backpack. She is seen making her way from one side of the town to the other several times a day. We see her looking at and talking to her hand as if it were a real person or spirit. All we see is a Satanic emblem (an upside down star) tattooed on her hand. We've heard about/witnessed her jumping out from the bushes in front of people. We've also heard that she goes up to strangers wearing headphones and tells them that they will die. Sometimes she just taps people on the shoulder and says, "Hello," as if she's known the person forever. We know that she used to enjoy going into Market Center for hours upon hours, just wandering around and drinking coffee. The reason why she no longer hangs out at Market Center is because she was once found sleeping in the video department. Sea Mart and Market Center now have a "No Trespassing" order for her to abide by.
Now, we hear that she may be in jail for attacking someone. Or is she out now?

i love jesus

Kaari talked Bryanna and I into going to church with her tonight. -It wasn't "her church," but her boyfriend's friend's church. Upon arriving, Bryanna and I heard music. After exchanging worried looks, Bryanna begin dancing and singing, "I loooove Jesus. I loooove Jesus..." Bryanna and I giggled and then calmed ourselves in preparation for entering the "Lighthouse Fellowship" (the old kindergarten gymnasium). As we took our seats we could hardly keep straight faces. Kaari had been there several times, so she was pretty used to the ceremony; out of tune voices, Jesus lovin' songs, and repetitive drum rhythms. For the better part of the "service," Bryanna and I stared at our shoes or the ceiling in order to not burst out in childish laughter. 45 minutes later, it ended, we met all the church goers (all 12) and then left.

We then showed up at Blatchley, where they had "Rock the Vote for Tony Knowles." We listened to some more bad music. -This time it was some girl from Ketchikan singing al0ng with herself (on cd). It was pretty bad, so we left.

We drove around, looking for the "crazy lady," but had no luck... Another night in Sitka-town.

"i found some of your life"

Recently I stumbled upon a blog called "I found some of your life." Apparently, someone found a digital camera memory card in a taxi in New York. Ever since then, they have been posting a picture a day and narrating as if they know the people.
-I've been finding the blogs quite amusing, if you can only imagine why... The people in the pictures are rich white frat boys/sorority girls. The camera includes pictures from a complete year of this person's life. Some of them are even taken in Amsterdam.
Sadly enough, the blog has been discontinued, but I know not why... I am quite bummed. The blog, which used to contain several funny blogs/pictures, now just reads,

Monday, September 20, 2004

That's It
Sorry folks.
Contact: ifsoyl at gmail.com
posted by jordan 7:11 PM

I don't know what to do with myself

76-0, but still groovin'

So, the football team lost, 76-0 against a military school. But that didn't really matter. Homecoming was still pretty fun. 26 of us went to the Twin Dragon for Dinner before and then gathered at Cameo's for some ice cream and Dirty Dancing (the movie, not the activity).
The dance went quite well. The decorations/lights looked great and the music was superb.

old clothes and disco balls

This morning I went garage saleing with my mom. I've discovered that people possess lots of useless junk. And that is what their garage/yard/car-port sale merchandise consists of.

My favorite item was a vacuum. A small sign was taped to it reading,

$5.00

WORKS,

VERY LOUD.

My mom asked the lady just how loud it was. The woman replied, "Oh, its loud, real loud... But the neighbors never complained!"

Around 11 am, I showed up at the high school to help out with homecoming set-up. We hung MORE gossamer (the see-through fabric stuff that is hung above the dance floor), cleaned up a bit, taped things down, and I closed the blinds.

Before heading home, I went to the White Elephant and picked up an application to volunteer there. I get to choose between the following "jobs:"

Cashier

Misc. re-stocking,

Pricing special items,

Checking clothing, housewares, etc to dispose of if not selling,

Adopting a section to maintain, or

Maintain the hardware section.

Gee, I can't wait to get started... What should I choose? (There're just so many exciting choices.)