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glacier_kitty) wrote2017-09-04 07:44 pm
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"Adelie, Chinstrap, Emperor, Gentoo..."
Yesterday at the hotel mom turned on the TV and discovered the hotel had Netflix! I was looking away when she was picking a show, but when it came on, I could immediately tell Sam, the narrator of the show (Atypical), was high-functioning autistic. Intriguing, but THEN he kept describing how much he loved Antarctica and penguins! My jaw dropped to the floor..wow, of all things! How had I not heard of the show before?! And THEN he kept making references to Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, and I was just like *IS DEAD* (I was waiting for him to mention Cherry, then I really would have freaked out lol.) Needless to say, we binged-watched the entire first season haha. Watching shows or movies with people with autism is hard for me, maybe because I'm reminded of myself and I'm constantly thinking "is that how I seem to people??" Sam would say stuff like "that's not what I expected a dorm to smell like," which is absolutely something I would say. When he was upset he would recite the names of the Antarctic penguins, which is like how I say "stick it" to myself when I'm in a hard spot. I very rarely cry when I watch movies or TV shows, but the scene where Sam had a breakdown on a bus and his mom comforted him definitely made me cry (the movie Temple Grandin had me bawling lol). Maybe because it's extremely real to me..or something like that? Sam also said autistic people have more empathy than "regular" people..I've heard that on a YouTube video as well, and that is DEFINITELY true, at least for me. People's emotions can definitely rub off on me. I hope there's a second season..there must be!! Haha
The drive home from Anchorage was definitely nicer than the drive down..it rained a little, but nothing like Friday, and eventually the clouds parted above the mountains and it was insanely beautiful lol. Alaska is beautiful even when it's cloudy, so when it's sunny you're just blown away. When we arrived at Fairbanks it just felt..like a warm comforting blanket was tossed over me. I think Fairbanks is just the right size..Anchorage is too big for me (and you spend FOREVER at traffic lights). Ahh, cozy Fairbanks. :D Weirdly, I didn't catch any new Pokemon in Anchorage (and I only saw one in the "nearby" corner of the screen), but as soon as I checked in Wasilla, one appeared! I also caught a Butterfree when we had dinner at Denali Park, which I had before only one of..I'm really surprised there weren't more in Anchorage! It's always a little weird returning to "reality" after a trip lol

Oooo, mountains :P

I'm really sad the red foliage didn't really show up, it was so pretty!

*SWOONS*


Alaska Range selfie!

Wow