tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post64792747279686991..comments2023-12-28T21:22:10.935-07:00Comments on Jill Outside: It feels good to complain about the weatherJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-70883319940516492702008-10-21T16:12:00.000-06:002008-10-21T16:12:00.000-06:00It's OK to complain about the weather. The weather...It's OK to complain about the weather. The weather where you are sucks most of the time. In Utah however... :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971829321577186599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-2581242420535491652008-10-21T03:53:00.000-06:002008-10-21T03:53:00.000-06:00Dear Jill, I just "stumbled" across your blog an...Dear Jill,<BR/> I just "stumbled" across your blog and have really enjoyed it.What caught my attention is that you seem to bounce between two places that are familiar to me. I lived in Ketchikan, married and had kids there.I've only been to Juneau a few times...but have had friends there. I'm in CA now. I frequently visit my daughter and family in Riverton, Utah....across Hwy 15 from Draper. They have two Pizza restaurants ...one on 13000 in Sandy and one in Riverton...both called Rock Creek Pizza. Next time you are down there, drop in and tell my son-in-law, John, that I'm buying you a pizza. My granddaughter is going to U of Alaska in Juneau...she lives in the dorms there. She grew up in Ketchikan. I enjoyed your writings and pictures in both places...saw familiar sites. You've got a real gift for writing...keep up the good work....and great adventures.<BR/> Enjoyed your sharing. Vinita in CaliforniaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717521458169302997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-29580271504923169842008-10-20T16:21:00.000-06:002008-10-20T16:21:00.000-06:00oh my god...Jill you need a forum.oh my god...<BR/>Jill you need a forum.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565341440837608907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-65018920337708700572008-10-20T10:20:00.000-06:002008-10-20T10:20:00.000-06:00Wow. Talk about the liberating veil of anonymity. ...Wow. Talk about the liberating veil of anonymity. If we were all at a party we'd be talking about the weather or saying, "That's great. Really great."<BR/><BR/>The only thing I get from this blog is that Jill is a good writer and Alaska lends itself to fine photography. <BR/><BR/>It sounds to me (from her above comment) that Jill has a plan to support herself while giving it a go at the writing thing. The girl is a practical bohemian, who knew.It seems to me that she is going about it just right. I wish her luck because even with the obvious skill she has, the writing biz requires a little of that. My only words of advice would be- don't wait too long.Craig, The Flanders Fat Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07440903092957497625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-57321574477998663802008-10-20T08:50:00.000-06:002008-10-20T08:50:00.000-06:00" "" "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-5364226381073278622008-10-20T08:01:00.000-06:002008-10-20T08:01:00.000-06:00My favorite part of anon's comments aren't his lon...My favorite part of anon's comments aren't his long winded diatribes or his ability to pigeon-hole people while taking offense when it's done to him, or his ability to pull some story out of one line.<BR/><BR/>Nope, none of those things.<BR/><BR/>My favorite thing is the double punctuation!.<BR/><BR/>Seriously - that's the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-46424263282676320832008-10-19T23:04:00.000-06:002008-10-19T23:04:00.000-06:00Greetings from Juneau Daily Photo!My family and I ...Greetings from Juneau Daily Photo!<BR/>My family and I are with you on the weather. In fact, I think I might be starting to rust, oh that's aging.;)I sure wish you or Geoff could have brought us back some sunshine.<BR/>Thanks for the info. about fuel prices. <BR/>Have a great week!:)Juneau Alaska Photoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368237733952591570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-80760539442111214192008-10-19T22:36:00.000-06:002008-10-19T22:36:00.000-06:00Okay. Money does not equal happiness. Has nothin...Okay. Money does not equal happiness. Has nothing to do with it! Security is important. Jill, you're doing great to support yourself, enjoy your life and thoughtfully consider your future plans including self-funding the time to write. You've got a good hand on the tiller of your life...if I was your mom, I would be very happy about how you've lived your life so far. And the rest of us hopefully know that having a job is not a bad thing, especially if you choose a job/career that allows you to go out in the world and actually accomplish things. Work can be very, very good for you and for our society. Having a purpose in life, and knowing what it is (somewhat akin to contemplating the divine, I think, at times) is the real pursuit. Riding the bike is fun, a challenge, and helps keep things in perspective. Sounds like you have it figured out, Jill. Really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-91015993378698439572008-10-19T22:04:00.000-06:002008-10-19T22:04:00.000-06:00I was serious in the first two paragraphs about "J...I was serious in the first two paragraphs about "Jack's" blog that was mentioned.<BR/><BR/> The rest of it I just threw in, probably shouldn't have as wasn't really related to him, more as a comment on recent American culture in general.<BR/><BR/>Instead of ditching his job and his posessions to go out and find "happiness" he should have been looking to the root cause for his UNhappiness. When I read though his blog to see why he wasn't happy with having "everything" in life the dysfunctional family part immediately stuck out. He could ditch his job, start a new life, and STILL be unhappy unless he sees where the source of his real unhappiness comes from. No psychobabble there, just common sense.<BR/><BR/>As far as being an asshole goes, yeah, I'll admit to that. Alot of things I've said could have been more tactfully put or more politically correct. As far as being a stalker goes that really doesn't apply. I basically come here to look a the pictures like everybody else, and I'll read the blog part as captions to the pictures. I haven't posted any comments here in months, maybe back in early summer. My comments are just more memorable because they're out in left field, and usually wind up pissing everybody off. There is a grain of truth in some of them though. <BR/><BR/>Maybe I'll post my own blog, and and have $1 donation charge (that goes to charity) to post in the comments section, and everyone can insult me for my comments for a good cause. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-11501998191374066172008-10-19T19:55:00.000-06:002008-10-19T19:55:00.000-06:00I think its amazing that Mr Anon is able to gleen ...I think its amazing that Mr Anon is able to gleen so much about people from just reading a blog post. Mr Anon, you are obviously smart, but a tad psychotic, probably having to do with the fact that you have no friends becuase you pigeonhole people with sterotypes and black and white opinions to prove your smartness. this probably comes from years of taking care of people in a dysfunctional family, follwed by being bullied in school or having a sibling you couldn't live up to...I'm running out of psychobabble...lets just say you were just dropped on your head. seriously, shouldn't someone just delete this guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-78176230511753120252008-10-19T19:35:00.000-06:002008-10-19T19:35:00.000-06:00Man you pulled a troll out from under a bridge...J...Man you pulled a troll out from under a bridge...<BR/><BR/>Jill keep er up!FixieDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685170404057881390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-83117039661785422142008-10-19T18:17:00.000-06:002008-10-19T18:17:00.000-06:00I think Mr. Anon needs his own blog.I think Mr. Anon needs his own blog.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300419034169663494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-61045605629318050142008-10-19T18:14:00.000-06:002008-10-19T18:14:00.000-06:00"Jill said... Jack, who commented at the top, has ..."Jill said... <BR/>Jack, who commented at the top, has a really interesting blog that I recommend reading. He's in the process of leaving a $300,000-a-year job, a $400,000 townhouse, and a rather comfortable lifestyle behind to pursue a more abstract idea of happiness. (So abstract, that I'm not even sure he's certain of exactly what he's going to do once he's free). It's a perspetive that I think adds an interesting layer to this discussion. Definitely worth checking out.<BR/><BR/>Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity"<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>That is an interesting blog. he has it "all" but he's not happy with his life, and he's giving it all up for a simpler life. I think he's reached a stage in his life most people would call a "mid-life crisis", but he's doing it in his 30's, and not later on in his 40's like most people. The thing about him is that he has it "all" to give through years of hard work and a good paying job, and he can always go back to that type of high paying life if he wants or needs to. Most people don't have that option.<BR/><BR/>The other part I found interesting was his comment that he grew up in a dysfunctional family, with lots of divorces and drama. I believe that part of his being "damaged" early on is what has lead him to be ultimately unhappy with his present life, and his desire to give it all away because it isn't making him happy.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Some people believe the myth of the TV shows of the 1950's such as "Leave It To Beaver" or "Father Knows Best" where people were always portrayed as living in the suburbs and everyone had a perfect life and was happy. The truth was probably more like the father was an unfulfilled wage slave at his 9-5 job, while the mother was a bored hosewife stuck in suburbia with no individuality or career indentity of her own. Chances are neither one of them was happy trying to live up to "The American Dream", and the father probably drank after work, while the mother started taking perscription anxiety and depression medication that became popular in the 50's.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile the children who grew up in suburbia in the 1950's saw that "The American Dream" was based largely on consumerism and "Keeping up with the Jonses", and they saw that under the thin veneer of the false front of hapiness their parents put on in public that things at home weren't so idyllic. They knew first hand that by seeing their parents unhapiness, drug and alcohol problems, and divorces, that it was all a lie.<BR/><BR/>These kids started to question "The American Dream". Is having to slave away at an unfulfilling job, keping up with the Jonses, and living in suburbia,<BR/>what life and "happiness" is all about ?. Eventually they said to themselves NO, there must be something more to life than material things. These were the suburban kids that started the peace movement, threw off their white collar suburban lifestyles and became the hippies and counterculture of the 1960's. The whole time they were on the road to "enlightenment" they were searching for peace, hapiness, and something that made them felt meaningfull. Some followed the Gratefull Dead around and partied, some joined the Peace Corps or worked for charities in third world countries, some joined religious groups, and some became protestors and environmentalists. All of them were basically searching for something meaningfull in their lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-43088677458131571382008-10-19T16:45:00.000-06:002008-10-19T16:45:00.000-06:00Wow you are all being way too polite...here is my ...Wow you are all being way too polite...here is my take.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, you my friend are an asshole who I must say has a "creepy stalkerish" obsession with the lives of two nice people who live in Alaska and ride bikes/run. You don't respect nor like Geoff, we get it. You laugh and like to play little sick games with Jill's blog and her commenters. Take a step back and think about what your actions/words say about yourself. Dude, (I am assuming your are a male...seems right...) get a freaking life, unsubscribe to this blog and get back to your "well rounded responsible life" that you are so proud of.The Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116874682901348318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-77346271435089681642008-10-19T16:15:00.000-06:002008-10-19T16:15:00.000-06:00Your only as free as you let yourself be. Money ca...Your only as free as you let yourself be. Money can only hold you down as much as you let it control you. You live once. Money and debt dont go with you when you die...<BR/> "Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy." ~Robert AnthonyKristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353312194696237562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-11495913160555047052008-10-19T14:09:00.000-06:002008-10-19T14:09:00.000-06:00your not free if your in debt.Camyour not free if your in debt.<BR/><BR/>CamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-87083665667700635482008-10-19T13:31:00.000-06:002008-10-19T13:31:00.000-06:00Jack, who commented at the top, has a really inter...Jack, who commented at the top, has a really interesting blog that I recommend reading. He's in the process of leaving a $300,000-a-year job, a $400,000 townhouse, and a rather comfortable lifestyle behind to pursue a more abstract idea of happiness. (So abstract, that I'm not even sure he's certain of exactly what he's going to do once he's free). It's a perspetive that I think adds an interesting layer to this discussion. Definitely worth checking out.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://adventuresinvoluntarysimplicity.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity</A>Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-8752824703997498932008-10-19T13:08:00.000-06:002008-10-19T13:08:00.000-06:00And what's more, I agree with matt, Jill is cute.And what's more, I agree with matt, Jill is cute.we;shcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521987816431156168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-89072444309988191952008-10-19T13:05:00.000-06:002008-10-19T13:05:00.000-06:00I believe I, we are all individuals who don't nee...I believe I, we are all individuals who don't need to be pigeon holed by anyone. Neither am I vicariously living out my life through the adventures of Jill and Geoff. I read a number of blogs, I read and come back to them, because I like what they have to say, why? Because it's for real, they have done these things, seen the scenery that they share with us, through their photos. It beats T.V., and fiction books, so this high inspection, analysis etc., just isn't required. Get a life!we;shcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521987816431156168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-90202613380916725812008-10-19T09:56:00.000-06:002008-10-19T09:56:00.000-06:00I think Jill is cute, that's why I read. :-)I think Jill is cute, that's why I read. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-504759879868657142008-10-19T09:50:00.000-06:002008-10-19T09:50:00.000-06:00"Geoff said... anon,we get the point, you have a p..."Geoff said... <BR/>anon,<BR/>we get the point, you have a passion for money... that shouldn't mean that everyone else needs to share that same passion. go ahead, spend as much time as you want pursuing financial wealth, but give it up with the disrespect of those who don't share your same passion."<BR/><BR/><BR/>No, nice try trying to put yourself on your little morally superior pedestal and trying to pigeonhole me as a person who lives their life only for money. Your self-deluding game on how you justify your own lifestyle doesn't work with me. You may think you are "better" than other people because you spend your entire life focusings on your hobby of running, but I see the bigger picture of how things really are. <BR/><BR/>Your "holier than thou" attitude about how you feel morally superior to other people because you're doing running races might work with your mom, your girlfriend, and your friends, but it doesn't work with me. I have an outsider's perspective and I see how things really are.<BR/><BR/>You think just because you live a non-mainstream "alternative lifestyle" and your sole focus in life is your hobby that you think you're somehow better than everyone else. That's where you're wrong. I see you as a person who is insecure about everything else in your life outside of your running, and needs to somehow put others down who you think only live their lives for money in order to make yourself feel better about yourself. If that's the attitude you need to cop to get yourself through life then so be it.<BR/><BR/>Just remember, there are plenty of us out here in the real world that support ourselves and our hobbies, and also have well rounded lives too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-40216486844840457562008-10-19T00:23:00.000-06:002008-10-19T00:23:00.000-06:00anon., i think without the internet, you would not...anon., <BR/>i think without the internet, you would not have a life. strange you follow the personal details with such attention. suggests you are lacking such details in your own life. some folks, myself included, enjoy following this blog because it is interesting, likely quite dissimilar from your life.<BR/>all the best.<BR/>ak-blog-readerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-32148615518336155182008-10-18T22:34:00.000-06:002008-10-18T22:34:00.000-06:00I want to know what group I fit into!1. I am an av...I want to know what group I fit into!<BR/><BR/>1. I am an avid fan of both Jill and Geoff<BR/><BR/>2. After reading Jill's blog and countless others I upped and moved myself to Alaska. They are not the only reason I moved here, but I am glad their blogs had this influence on me. <BR/><BR/>3. I had zero problem donating money to Geoff, even though I don't know him personally. I enjoyed following his and Jill's Iditarod experience last year. I do not feel like he was "begging" for money but reaching out to people like me who want to see others succeed in what they love no matter their background.<BR/><BR/>4. I work (and love) a 9-5 job and have time to do other things I am passionate about, like hiking and photography. I have not sold out to anyone. I have a job and feel like a free-spirit. Oh yes...it is possible.<BR/><BR/>5. Oh, and I blog to keep family and friends up to date on me.<BR/><BR/>There is no set path folks. Just because you didn't follow your heart doesn't mean you can be angry at others for following theirs.Karen Travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540548158220943992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-14787683634526256122008-10-18T21:09:00.000-06:002008-10-18T21:09:00.000-06:00WOW..what interesting comments.This is my first po...WOW..what interesting comments.<BR/>This is my first post to a blog and I would just like to say that along with alot I enjoy all of your photos and am very inspired by what you do, it kind of has inspired me alot more. And as for your writing style I used to be into cars and there was a writer for a certain mag that is similar to yours and was the only reason I had a sub to that mag. Please keep doing what you do and you have a follower for life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-82474779211838745692008-10-18T19:04:00.000-06:002008-10-18T19:04:00.000-06:00anon,we get the point, you have a passion for mone...anon,<BR/>we get the point, you have a passion for money... that shouldn't mean that everyone else needs to share that same passion. go ahead, spend as much time as you want pursuing financial wealth, but give it up with the disrespect of those who don't share your same passion.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238385683129822240noreply@blogger.com