“ the world can’t hold me….too much ambition
jay-z, from his album ‘the blueprint 3’
eskimo power
“ you make me a better inuit!….you have a clear idea of your values. You walk your talk. You do what makes you happy, you hunt eat talk and live like a modern inuit!
mikisoq, strong inuit man and filmmaker, from nuuk, greenland
a father and son, out on the spring ice, looking for seal. may 2007
inuit fashion: dyed seal skin patches. pink ones too. off the cuffs from an older greenlandic chick.
alaskan nates can learn alot from greenlandic nates.
iqaluit, northwest territories. inuksun.
kaviaq....
rrrrrrrrr!
a father rapping about life at fishcamp in the summer sun as his baby son looks on. july 2008
think sharp, bruce lee style
some observations i’ve made about alcohol:
when i don’t drink alcohol for awhile (cheap whiskey, good vodka, any kind of beer), i think sharp.
when i don’t drink alcohol for awhile (cheap whiskey, good vodka, any kind of beer), i think fast.
when i don’t drink alcohol for awhile (cheap whiskey, good vodka, any kind of beer), i feel like a bad mutherfucker.
now i know what bruce lee did—he abstained from alcohol.
“ I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed
Michael Jordan (via justojusto)
OBESITY: a growing problem
obesity and diabetes are a growing problem in america. alaska too. bush or rural alaska. you can look up ‘county by county’ numbers by looking on the cdc website.
in southwest and northwest alaska, obesity rates are very high. too high. according to the cdc, in 2007, approximately 31% of adults in southwest and northwest alaska, aged 20 or higher, are obese. http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html#Race
bottom line, the number of fat and obese eskimo people is growing. motivate others. inspire others by your own actions. challenge others to live healthier. encourage healthy eating habits. enable others to exercise.
eat native foods. soul food, baby.
last year, this week, i drove out on the ocean ice in front of kotzebue with my car. that’s right, with my SUV! the locals were fishing for tom cods and smelt. if you look at one of my earlier posts, you will find a picture of the car, on the same day, out on the ocean ice in front of town.
its really cold out today. really cold. according to wunderground (my online temperature reader), its -18 F, but with windchill, its -37 F!
this picture was taken nov. 13, 2008.
this is my friend randi, her precious baby oscar, and her hubby, i forgot his name. sorry! anyways, randi is just a lovely lady. i knew her before baby oscar came. she’s half inupiaq, from point hope. i met some of her family in point hope. excellent peeps, her family.
the hubby is pictured here rockin a huge beard. he entered the world beard and moustache championships earlier this year. i remember seeing a picture of baby oscar sporting a moustache too in the anchorage daily news. of course, his moustache was colored in! meet randi, baby oscar, and hubby.
great american smoke out!
Thursday Nov 19th is the Great American Smoke Out! http://www.cancer. org/docroot/ subsite/greatame ricans/Smokeout. asp
The Smoke Out is an event of the American Cancer Society and this is the 34th year.
Encourage a smoker to use this as a date to make a plan to quit tobacco for good.
By doing so, we are taking an important step towards a healthier life and healthier community – one that can lead to reducing cancer risk.
Forward this message to someone you care about and ask them to make a healthy choice for themselves, family and community.
big sister clara and little brother coltrane. waikiki beach. nov. 10, 2009
