In Alaska, I have learned...

I had planned on posting this with pictures and in-depth...but it's been over a year and something mediocre now might be better than nothing.  So, here goes: Things I have learned in Alaska

That festivals don't require folks to have: shaved, gotten fully dressed, been sober, showered within a week, money, or shame.

Most folks that do go to Fairbanks (et al.) festivals tend to have: a free spirit, a love for facepaint and free haircuts, 

Terrible pickup lines ("I'm in an open marriage". followed by a response of "I'm not".), 

And insanely amazing instrumental and/or vocal skills.  

I stopped to try to think about how the hell everyone, and I mean honestly everyone who lives here, is musically talented?  I was trying to think how they have the time or patience....and then I remembered.  THE ENTIRE WINTER IS DARK and below zero!  Okay, the whole winter may not be below zero, but the fact that it can get to -60 F and dark.  Hell, as musically inept as I am, I might even figure out how to bang on a pan to a beat after an entire season of cabin fever.