| 1st & 4th of July |
[03 Jul 2009|10:41pm] |
An affection for this song is about as patriotic as I get. As a teenager, for me, Yes music was as real an element of the landscape as the lakes of Northwestern Ontario and the Red Rock deserts of southern Utah. I first listened to the "Close to the Edge" and "Fragile" albums while staying with my cousins at McKenzie Lodge in Big Stone Bay on the North end of Lake of the Woods. What can I say - it was an edifying obsession for a teenager.
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| Advisory Board Election Winners |
[01 Jul 2009|02:41pm] |
And the Winner Is . . .
The votes have been tallied, the results are in, and we have a winner (two, actually). Congratulations to the newly elected user representatives to the LJ Advisory Board: from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) lj_election_en, it's ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kylecassidy, and from lj_election_ru, it's nekbke! You can see the full breakdown of results for lj_election_en here and for lj_election_ru here. Thanks to everyone for your participation.
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[27 Jun 2009|01:09am] |
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Hm. I've been juggling a lot of issues with my lack of attention for internet tropes and I think I've come to a conclusion about how I interact with the world. I'm feeling more and more as though I'm a cultural abstainer. By that, I mean I choose not to involve myself in the morays of cultural trends as they exist in the masses today. I don't care about getting ahead, money, social interconnectivity, internet popularity, etiquette, political correctness, property, consumer indulgence... I think this list could go on and on. I'm not certain I've ever taken any of these things for essentials and I doubt I ever will considering I don't believe much in needs as a basis of approach to life. I wonder how large a counter-culture there could be to constitute that basic belief.
I now realize I haven't posted an entry in over a year. That seems fine. There's not much to say. I'm impoverished as many people are now (11%?), but that's neither here nor there. I have less in terms of physical ownership than I think I ever have, but have access to more culture and information than ever. So, it's still functioning, I suppose. That... is all.
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| A Fishing Report..... |
[26 Jun 2009|09:50pm] |
  
  
I keep getting requests for a fishing report..... and there are already too many fish photos in this journal, but the word on the dock is that this has been the best fishing year that anyone can remember. Paul Korsmo was in the office the other day and he said he has been coming here for over 40 years, he slept in a tent in the rain under a tree his first trip to Buena Vista, and this is the best fishing he has ever had. Avenson went all the way to bouy 12, never got lost, and had three days of wonderful fishing, the best ever. I fished the last two days with Mr. and Mrs. Glassman and they thought we caught over 100 walleyes the first day, so the second day, I brought my clicker and we counted 73 fish. The second day was more windy than the first so I'l accept that we caught over 100 the first day. Get your passport and come to Lake of the Woods.
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| A Song For the Longest Days of the Year |
[24 Jun 2009|12:45am] |
In another younger day I could dream the time away
In the universe inside my room
And the world was really mine from June to September
And if it wasn't really so I was lucky not to know
And I was lucky not to wonder why
'cause summertime is all that I remember
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