AKCameraGuy

Photography Website

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:55:00 -0800

M Photography Alaska

To my bride..

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:51:00 -0800

I love you..
~M.Peter

Happy Birthday, Nathan!!

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:35:00 -0900

Happy Birthday, Nate!! I love you man, Brothers forever! Dude.. so old..

2 Days in...

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:25:00 -0800

Today will be my third day on the job as LP/Security Officer for Carrs(Safeway)

Anyways, I like the job, We'll see how this next week goes...
And I miss my wife....
Lots...
:'(

Just a couple more days...

M.

Bike Trip 7/31

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Sat, 2 Aug 2008 02:26:00 -0800

Matt and I hopped on the bikes a couple days ago and decided to go for a 4.5 mile (one way, uphill) ride through the Chugach State Park.
We stop and turned around at this lake. (the trail can be seen at the tip of the lake)

We did a little hiking before we turned around and met this little guy, a pika.

I miss my wife...

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:06:00 -0800

I love you, Meg...

~M.

Hi Everyone!

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:15:00 -0800

Hey everyone. Just thought I'd say a quick hello from the middle of nowhere Canada! Hi.
Ok.
Talk to ya'll later, bye.

~AKCameraGuy~

Ernest as 'Corpral Davy Worrell, sir!'

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Sun, 9 Mar 2008 21:28:00 -0800

Here's a classic Ernest clip from his 'Family Album'

Second Class, Baby!

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:15:00 -0900

Got word yesterday that I am now Petty Officer Second Class! E-5! MST2!

Cool.

Umm..

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:48:00 -0900

AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

M.

hi

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:39:00 -0800

Hi everybody! Just thought I'd say hi! Things are going good here, Brandon got a Macbook, it's awesome..

Telephone Etiquette---

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:32:00 -0800

How ALL business phones SHOULD be answered!

GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .

Press '1' for English.

Press '2' to disconnect until you learn to speak English

And remember only two defining forces have ever

Offered to die for you,

Jesus
Christ

And the American Soldier.

One died for your soul,

The other for your freedom.

If you agree...... Keep it going

I held it... it's finally here..

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:46:00 -0800

It's arrived! It is here! All hail! HALO 3!!!
As many of you know, Halo 3 was released tuesday, and ever since I've been waiting anxiously for it to arrive in the mail... well, today, it came. It is here. Don't expect to here from me for the rest of the week, I'm gonna be a little busy saving the world from total destruction and stopping the complete annihilation of the human race. ah.. 7:30 cannot come soon enough..

Also late breaking news, tomorrow is my last day of work here at the college, and I leave for anch on the 17th, and continue on down to TN that sunday.

~AKCameraGuy~

Our wedding page

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:29:00 -0800

In case you're interested..

Micah Peter & Megan Shaw

I'm getting married, I'm getting married!!

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:03:00 -0800

Now, before ya'll start saying, "so what, that ain't news, you've been engaged for 6 months and 1 day now, are you just now realizing this fact?" just wait and read on.. might learn something new.
Due to a recent chain of events, late nights in which I may have OD'd on homemade sweet tea(
found out you can make it you can make it three times as strong and twice as sweet as anything available in stores,) and various other factors, we have decided to get married... in November.
So, that being said, we are happy to announce that the date for our wedding is November 24. If you want to know all the details, give me a call, I'll be sure to make noise until you hang up, knowing most of what I remembered to tell you, which I can assure you will be very little at all. If you want the story of the last several days and all the events leading to this decision, please call me, and I'll be sure to freeze up, crash and begin a system memory dump resulting in rebooting in last known good configuration, much like the computers I've been surrounded by for much too long. And if you want answers.. read your Bible, it'll give you more than I ever would, even if I tried.(big if) (kids, take note, don't surround yourself with microsoft, stay up late and consume large amounts of caffeine and sugar, or you'll end up writing nonsense.)
*clarification- second half of post is nonsense, first half is not*
Now that many are doubting my sanity, let me assure you.. I haven't lost it.. it was never present. :P J/K God blesses insane people, too, which is the only way I can imagine that I ended up with such a wonderful girl as Megan, and why we'll be getting married after 8 months of engagement!

~AKCameraGuy~

P.S. I love you, Meg!

:) / :(

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:32:00 -0800

Yes, I am both.
I am very happy because I have a new niece!
Now, maybe some of you out there are thinking, "About time you wake up, boy, you a day 'n' a half late!"!!! Well.. that's why I'm sad..

My computer died.. it struggled to live, but in the end nothing could save it.. :(
It started acting up a few days ago, it unexpectedly shutdown last night as I tried to post, and after startup today, I was finally able to post a comment on Bek's blog, but afterwards was promptly cut off as choked and breathed it's last.. it now refuses life, blinking a question marked folder at me as I vainly try to resuscitate it...

So guess what I'll be doing tonight, yup, REFORMAT!! ugh.. oh well, gotta do what I gotta do..

Anyways, now you know all about my life again, now I can wait another 3 1/2 weeks...

~AKCameraGuy~

Bizarre Foods review..

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:14:00 -0800

Alrighty, I'm two days late, my apologies.

Here we go! Well, first, it's kinda cool that Bethel, and even more so, Alaska, is getting some publicity for the food, I can't begin to count how many times I've talked about the interesting food we have here. I just wish it wasn't by some a New York yuppie that can't pronounce a single thing right. Argh. From the Kenai Peninsula to the Kuskokwim River, and all the different foods that were consumed by the irritating Yank, rarely was something pronounced correctly. So if you come up to me and pronounce something the same way, I will, in a loving, gentle, and caring way, guide you to the correct way of saying things. (ya right, I'll probably rant and rave for 5 minutes about illiterate New Yorkers)
Alright, now about the food: The Akutaq: that delicious mixture of berries, hydrogenated veggie oil, sugar, and water. A staple food in Alaska, this is very good if made correctly, but for those of us raised on the best, subpar is.. well, difficult to swallow. I can also tell you first hand that Lucy Crow's akutaq is some of the best! Now, as for what the white boy mixed up for him out on the trail.. I could tell it was definitely subpar.. i.e.'white boy no make good eskimo food.'
Blackfish: I tell you what, just remembering watching them clean the bones of those little succulent morsels of aquatic life is making me hungry again! The little fish lives in the many streams and lakes, growing to a max of about 8 inches. Used mainly as bait, this little guy makes a tasty meal, as you've seen. Especially with seal oil..
Seal oil: As the name implies, this is the oil taken from the blubber of the seal, in a process pretty much identical to what you saw them doing with the whale. Yummy.
StinkHeads: Need I say more. Fermented fish heads and various other parts, this dish smells like none other. Personally, I have yet to try it, not everybody makes it and those who do rarely invite others to partake in their limited quantity of quality aged seafood. Hopefully someday soon.
Ptarmigan: If I remember correctly, he actually pronounced this one right. This grouse-family member has feathers on their feet, and tastes quite good, though I've never cooked it on my snowmachine engine before. Once again, hopefully soon.

Now on to the people:

Lucy Crow: Very good friend of my family and respected member of the community, especially for her food.
Evan Waska: Though I don't know him personally, his is a well known name, and is the typical Yu'pik elder, quiet and wise with the unique and quirky sense of humor found in many eskimos. (And very easy to understand, BTW, those who read the captions need to check their hearing)

Over all, I enjoyed the showing, was cool to see my hometown become famous. I just wish someone slightly less annoying could be the host, that guy is just irritating.

~AKCameraGuy~

Bizarre Foods in Alaska!

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:29:00 -0800

Hey everybody, tonights episode of Bizarre Foods on the travel channel is on Bush Alaska, much of it filmed right here in good ol' Bethel! check it out, 9pm tonight(or if you miss it, also a few hours later at 12am) Check out my life and foods that I consider 'normal.'
http://travel.discovery.com/tv-schedules/series.html?paid=26.6393.118719.33074.x

~AKCameraGuy~

P.S. I'll post my thoughts on it tomorrow

Happy Birthday, My Love

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:50:00 -0800

Happy Birthday, Megan Shaw!

Happy 20th, Love!

M&M

(right click-play to watch again)

hi

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:01:00 -0800

hi..hm..
ok..
bye.

See ya again sometime..

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0800

Until Then, We'll Miss You, Damon
You were a friend to all

Friends Forever

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:15:00 -0800

My Totally Awesome Friends

Hey ya'll, Meg and I just wanted to say Happy Anniversary to some of the most awesome friends around! about a week late.... hehe.. Love you Guys!!

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:43:00 -0800

Hi. Been busy. But not really in the mood to blog about it all right now.. But I'll be blogging again soon. Ho hum. De dum. I'll talk to ya'll soon!

~AKCameraGuy~

Product of Paint Fumes

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:49:00 -0800

This is interesting..

M by way of the M

camerahappy86@gmail.com (Me, Myself, and I) — Tue, 29 May 2007 11:22:00 -0800

Hey ya'll, here is Megan speaking on behalf of Micah. The lazy bum is too, um.. LAZY to actually sit down and take the time to write a post for all his dedicated readers, all three of them. hehe.

He was in Anchorage all last week for a CG drill and just got back late Thursday night. Ever since then, we've been running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

If all goes well, he hopes to have a podcast sometime tonight. Oh, and there are videos to post too. He can tell you about his spudgun that he is wanting to make and how MAN HAS MADE FIRE!!!

Later ya'll.

m. [as dictated by the other m.]