Monday, February 1, 2010

So you think you know me?

I think the impressions people get of me from just this little blog are very interesting. I mean, technically everyone here sees such a limited slice of my life. I focus a lot of this blog on my personal style/fashion/whatever you want to call it, but that's not the entirety of my life. I'm a lot less "girly" than I think many of you would assume, so I thought I'd give you all a little insight into other things that I do.

Here are a few videos I've taken over the past few years of various things. The first is a video of me flying with my Dad around Prince William Sound. I can't remember which glacier it is we flew by, but the face of that glacier is about 100 ft high. There are a bunch of seals laying around on ice near the end of the video.


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After that video was taken, we spotted one of my Dad's friends' boat down on the water, so we landed and went to say hi. We flew home with fresh Alaskan salmon!


These two videos are from when I commercial fished in Bristol Bay, 2006. It's hard to capture rough seas on video, it's one of those "you had to be there" kinds of things. Just imagine a tinier version of Deadliest Catch.
The last video is also from commercial fishing 2006. It's my Dad flying in to come pick me up at the end of the fishing season.

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Here are some more photos of commercial fishing. Yes. This is what I looked like for two months straight. I think I only took one or two showers the whole time. It's intense. 2- 4 hours sleep, at the most, per day. The pile of fish I'm laying on here was pulled in by hand. Appx. 5,000 lbs. Usually we have hydraulics that will pull in the net, but if we need to pull it in very quickly or if the hydraulics break, it's all man-power. It took a couple hours to remove all those fish from the net.

Two months on the water in a 32 x 14 ft aluminum gill netter.


This is me back at home with a huge king salmon right after stepping off the plane from 2 months of fishing. Better believe we cooked that fish up right away. I can't remember how much it weighed. I'm going to guess...30 lbs?

Snowmachining in Big Lake, Alaska. I love snowmachining, I hope we get to go this winter. For those of you who are like, "What the hell is a snowmachine?" That's what Alaskans call what most of you know as "snowmobiles." If you call a snowmachine a "snowmobile" up here, everyone will know you're from the lower 48.


Here is a photo of me in Nelson, B.C. Me and my three good guy friends road tripped from Spokane to Nelson and spent the night drinking, hanging out with crazy random people, climbing around on some abandoned mill, and illegally camping in some park. Look at how long my hair was!!


Here I am doing what I love to do most (though I haven't done it in years). I rode for 11 years and this is in Indio, CA at the HITS show. Me and my horse, Taco, showed together from 8th grade through my sr. year of high school.


And here is another one of my all time favorite things to do: show my car. I love classic cars and muscle cars. I have two trophies, a Best Hot Rod award and a Best In Show award from a car show I did in Alaska back in 2005. This is a photo from a car show in Port Angeles, WA from this summer. I'd never been to such a huge car show, it was magical! I'm always totally out of place, though. 90% of people who show cars are men over the age of 50, so I'm this tiny girl anomaly. People are always like, "Is that your car???" Haha!


So there's a little tiny insight into the me that nobody sees on this blog. I'd show y'all a photo of me playing hockey, but all I have is this photo of me watching the Spokane Chiefs back in 2006. So, photos of me playing hockey are still to come...

Haha, freshman me! And my glasses which I own but don't wear!

50 musings:

Sarah Rachel said...

Thats awesome chick your into all sorts of stuff! Im not very girly either and I LOVE cars!!! What car do you have??

xx

jenny said...

How cool are you! I felt so lazy reading this. I need to get some more hobbies post haste!

iliana said...

no wonder you are my favorite blogger :)

ElyZa said...

WoW! You make me wish to come to visit Alaska! It has to be a very strange place, above all for me, little italian girl... When I read something about U.S. everything here seems so small... We don't have such big cars, big salmons and big amount of snow...

Lisa said...

What kind of pilot rating do you have? I'm a long-deferred student pilot and I think it's awesome you've got such a scenic place to fly around in - and on floats!

I love that you seem fearless and like to do stuff the rest of us people (not just girls - people) only think about. Cheers to you!

Latoya said...

Wow! Thanks for sharing your slice of life. It seems like you are definitely living your life to the fullest...like a scene from the buried life.

Au Lapin Blanc said...

Awww I loved this post! In the bottom picture, are those real tattoos or are you using a tattoo sleeve? Either answer is pretty cool :)

andrea k said...

loved reading this and learning more about you! You have a million sweet hobbies.

alya said...

Very interesting post. I always wonder what little secrets bloggers are hiding, because as you said fashion is such a small part of life, really. When I do a blog post it's the most thought I give to what I'm wearing and through out the rest of the day I'm someone completely different. I was sure if it was that way for me it must be the same for others, and this post just confirms my suspicions. I'd love to see others do the same...

Nova Persei said...

Awesome. I keep visiting your blog and thinking, I'm too much of a tomboy to be so stylish!! And then, this, which goes to prove it's much more fun having different "sides" to one's life. Thanks, you made my day!

Sara Lynn said...

I love this post! I have always wanted to go to New York, I still really do, but I find myself as of late wanting to go to Alaska. I live in Michigan, where it is plenty cold but I really want to go to Alaska. :) Your pictures are great, you look like you are having a blast in all of them.

ainikki said...

I love this post. I cant believe all the stuff that you do. But it kind of goes with the place (Alaska) or so I imagine. I love riding too.

tess said...

wow that definitely is a different side of you, and I must admit now that I've seen it, I can say you're even more awesome than ever!

Brittney said...

I would of never thought you like to do so many different things, it makes me want to visit you in Alaska and hang out. :)

Charmalade said...

I always think it's interesting that blogging is a very public, yet decidedly personal part of life. It's so cool that you have other interests-- it's like that song, getting to know you. x) haha, great post!

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❤Cate❤ said...

Girl you are hardcore, I'm inspired to make some adventures of my own now :)

Diana said...

Thanks so much for giving us a peek into other parts of your life. That fresh Alaskan salmon sounds delicious!

By the way, I gave you an award on my blog :)

Miss Marie said...

That is exactly why I stuck to your blog ! (I'm not sure the right word is "stuck"... I am a french speaker...)

Britta said...

Oooh I love this insight into your life! I ride horses too, though not competitively any more because I don't have time to condition my horse when I am away at school. My mom rides him for me thankfully. Hockey sounds so much fun! I am super jealous. The only snow/ice sport I do is downhill skiing.

CAITLIN said...

wow, you are seriously rugged. my bf and i got really into deadliest catch this winter and i thought it would be kind of cool to be that badass... but i'm definitely not. we also call them "snowmachines" in vermont... everyone always makes fun of me for calling them that. also! it looks like you have tattoos in the bottom photo??!!

The Fabulous Gloria Blackwell said...

Wow! What a cool life you lead! I'm glad you posted this...I don't think of myself as very girly, either, but that's not a bad thing! Rock on with your bad self!

ALLY said...

Wow I had no idea you were into all these hobbies!! Great pictures!

Li said...

Such an awesome insight into more of your life outside of fashion! You are a down ass bitch {and I saw that with love} hahaha. <3

Alejandra said...

you are kick ass!

Mich said...

haha that is soo awesome!!
so commercial fishing - is that a job or just something you did for fun?

thanks for showing us this side of you!

Little Ocean Annie said...

Oh, my goodness, you are so amazing!! I went fishing in Prince William Sound about 4 summers ago, and it was the most breathtaking scenery I've ever seen in my life! I think my husband and I are going back to Alaska this summer, and I really really hope to go there again, in spite of that scary tunnel you have to drive through!

Julia said...

Wow, too cool. Those tattoos can't be real, right? Since you don't have them in the other photos? But if you still look amazingly badass with them -- totally into it.

xx

Karen Beth said...

Wow! I'm so impressed and inspired by how you LIVE YOUR LIFE. You really take risks and have adventures and dance to your own drum. That is awesome. Love this post!

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Release Karma said...

How amazing are you? I feel so lazy now. Minus the fishing. Fish creep me out. But I'm totally impressed.

Camilla said...

1) AAAAAAHAHAHAHA. That picture of you lying on the fish actually made me laugh so hard I fell of my chair :)
2) wow, you have so many tatoes!
awesome!
3) LOL. You look like some 5os chick with your glasses.
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Camilla

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upatreecupatea said...

So, now I really want to visit Alaska!

You are so awesome, you love clothes and looking beautiful but can still get down and dirty! :)

khdz said...

that is an awesome collection of hobbies.
you must never get bored :P

Leah said...

Although I never figured you for the ultra girly type, it's definetly cool to get better insight into what one of my favorite personal style bloggers is really like. Fun post!

hello birdy said...

Dude, great post. I find it really interesting trying to imagine life in Alaska too (as opposed to merry little England). The fishing stuff is pretty mental. I can identify with the riding though, I have a horse but was never really in to the showing side..I just like hacking out mostly.

Athletiart said...

You need to show off your beautiful arms in one of my vintage leotards...see my blog dedicated to them:

http://athletiart.blogspot.com/

Ingrid said...

i don't think i've ever really thought of you as 'girly'! you come off as being very spunky and quirky and interesting and animated. :)

lori said...

Well how cool are you? And Alaska is beautiful! I wonder if the same is true for those of us who don't write about fashion, could our hidden life be more then jeans and comfie tennies? I really enjoyed reading your adventures :-)

Style Artisan said...

WOW! I bow down to your badass self.

You go, girl!

Meet Virginia said...

awesome! its really great to see another side of you

thanks
xx
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amanda said...

you're like a badass! love it. it's so cool to see those other sides of you.

Linda said...

Huge huge fish! Hey are you actually wearing tattoo sleeves? Hilarious!

pinkpositive said...

Those fishing pics make me smile. I am the daughter of a commercial fisherman and when all my friends were taking the summer off to "chill", I was checking weights on Brailer Bags in PWS or Bristol!

Love the Naknek Nikes (what we call x-tra tuffs!)

I miss it all the time...

Lovewine said...

Great Blog..I live in Nelson BC and received a google news alert about your post. Nice work!!

I sent you a couple of craigslist ads regarding Winnebagos...good luck:)

kate maggie said...

I loved reading this - thanks so much for sharing. Its so true that there is so much more to the individual then what you read on their blog. You have alot more to you than cute outfits and amazing hair. I love fishing - the pictures of you are so awesome.

Tieka, Selective Potential said...

I absolutely loved reading this. I've always known you weren't the typical girly girl which I adored, but it's great to read about your other interests! Some of the things you've done are so interesting and just so different.. honestly, you're such a unique person. I love it.

Tiffany said...

Your blog/pictures/videos makes me want to move to Alaska.

ChloroformPerfume said...

oh wow, it's crazy that I've been following your blog for some months now without even knowing what is behind this pretty girl in her lovely outfits :)
I am always thinking of doing some exciting and fun stuff to make life more interesting but never make it due to a lack of money and laziness and all... and then there's you with all this awesome photos here! Man I feel really boring right now ^_^

Daisy said...

I really enjoyed this post ! I would relly love to experience some of these things you have, it all looks such fun and so exciting !

lkfeely said...

wow! that fishing trip and flying over glaciers look amazing!i also love illegal camping, and mills (and illegally visiting abandoned mills...) nice post, it's cool to see how people are outside of fashion blogging.

-leanne
http://www.pawsonmyface.blogspot.com

haute.teapot said...

wow this post is so interesting--alaska just looks so beautiful. thank you for sharing a little more into your world.

 
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