~*~The Slacker Uncensored Boys~*~

~*~Osh-Kosh-B-Josh~*~

Josh is one of those impossible-to-figure-out types... I met him when I was 17 years old and half of Anchorage knew me as "Punk-Rock-Whore". If you wanted someone to know who Josh was, all you had to do was describe that "funny-lookin' Elvis Costello guy with skunk hair* walking down Dimond Blvd.". Needless to say, we got along great from the get-go. (Hehehe) Josh and I like to talk about just about anything, really, but we usually end up talking about music, style, and literature over coffee at V.I.N.L.** There was this store above what used to be Woolworth's called Subterrainia that peddled all sorts of hip goods(owned by Dan LaPan), and just down the hall from it was a tiny (and I mean TINY), hole-in-the-wall 'zine shop called "Thee Extreme" (Owned by friend of all Anchorage punks, Rex). It was here that I met Josh, who was innocently thumbing through several publications and tappin' his feet to whatever barely-listenable record they were blaring at the time. Rex was there, too, and I walked in and introduced myself. The rest, as they say, is history. * For the longest time, Josh sported either "skunk hair" or "inverted-skunk hair", with one wide stripe on the top of his head and two on the sides, in shades of black and white. **V.I.N.L. pronounced "vinyl". Nickname for Village Inn on Northern Lights blvd, the local diner and gathering place.

~*~Calvin~*~

Dave is like a big brother for me. = ) I met him while I was a freshman in high school, and he was a junior. My parents wouldn't let me ride in friends cars until I was sixteen, except of course for Dave. Hehehe... He stood up for me when the upper classmen teased me, and was there for me to tell about a lot of my "firsts". We went on a lot of roadtrips together through Alaska, going to Seward to see the seals and the puffins, to Alyeska Glacier, and the bluffs to see the orca's and humpback whales. We drove around a lot, just talking and joking, and being kids. He always said I was the only one who would egg him on to do crazy stuff. = ) I can't imagine my life would have turned out the same without having him around...

~*~Be Excellent to Each Other!~*~