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    My name's Anita Wirawan and I live in Anchorage, Alaska.

    I started this blog as a way to get things together after my brother Jody died, but it's turned into a lot more than that. I hope you'll find the stories that you need here.

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Alaska Dipnetting (A Story In Pictures)

This is a story about a dipnetting trip in Kenai, Alaska. It was the first time I’d ever gone dipnetting so I took tons of pictures. Go ahead and click on any picture if you want to see a larger version of it. All right, lets go…  Duct… Read more

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PR Lullabies

It’s weird to be browsing along on whatever random sites and see High Fructose Corn Syrup and BP ads telling me it’s all going to be alright…. Read more

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Linked to by Wikileaks, very cool.

The Julian Assange (from Wikileaks) Quotes page got linked to by @wikileaks yesterday. I have major respect for them so it was a very cool thing to see! So the story behind the whole quotes page thing is: While watching videos of talks… Read more

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Christmas Songs (Unnecessary Confession #152)

Unnecessary confession #152: I only like to listen to Christmas songs when it’s not Christmas… Read more

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Patches (Stories In Songs)

‘Patches’ by Clarence Carter tells the story of a boy who’s thrown into the role of breadwinner for the family after his father dies. The only thing that keeps him going is to remember what his father said to him two days before he passed… Read more

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The Inside Of Love

‘The Inside Of Love’ by Nada Surf…great sound, great lyrics. Today it came up on shuffle while I was typing away on the computer and it was enough to make me stop what I was doing and check YouTube to see if there was a video for it. Yes… Read more

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Oh fuck it, I’m gonna have a party.

Been listening to this song a lot tonight: The Blankest Year by Nada Surf. It’s a pretty snappy tune (especially considering it has somewhat dark lyrics) and makes me think of ‘time going by’ sequences in movies where they show the characters going… Read more

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What do you consider to be your greatest strength(s)? (Formspring Question)

Answered a Formspring question today: What do you consider to be your greatest strength(s)? Love of learning and compassion towards others. These two things have saved me more times than I can ever remember, as well as opening my life to all… Read more

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Google Making Public Data Searchable And Interactive

Google is rolling out some changes and features that makes public data a hell of a lot more accessible and easy to understand. This might seem like kind of a boring thing but it’s actually quite revolutionary. Seriously, this is the start of… Read more

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Seeing A Lot Of This Nowadays

Seeing a lot of this nowadays: Step 1) Get people to submit anonymous content to a blog. Step 2) Publish a book using the content. Step 3) Keep the profit$. Usually there’s no indication that a book’s going to be published until… Read more

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Let’s Get Lost In The Woods With No Flashlight (Formspring Question)

Answered a Formspring question today: What makes you the happiest? What makes me happiest is going for a day hike with Jennifer on an unknown (to us at the time) mountain trail and ending up lost in the dark with no flashlights, stumbling… Read more

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The Superpower That I Wish For

Been watching Anthony Bourdaine’s No Reservations back to back on Netflix the last couple days. Really wishing I had his way with words…just be in whatever random situation and pontificate about it in detail on the spot. Interesting detail. As… Read more

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