W16 Reading Part A The Alaska of Giants and Gods

Reading notes are from “The Alaska of Giants and Gods” by Dave Eggers

• That first paragraph is happiness and contention. 
• A personal slum, sounds like the happiness of your own vices. 
• Well, The Alaska thing isn’t quite happiness anymore. 
• As a child, I’m not sure I would of been thrilled either for a surprise trip to anchorage! Too cold!
• An old beat up RV doesn’t help the kids enjoy it. But I guess you gotta suck it up. 
• “Ice priest” wow I can just visualize those chilling eyes... 
• Ana, epitome of all toddlers. 
• Bush people are really strong, that’s what I think of when I think Alaska living. 
• I’m surprise Josie wouldn’t be covered by her medical malpractice insurance, even though that’s not really malpractice. My dentist doesn’t even do the cleaning part... 
• Wow and divorced her husband and took the kids, Josie is intense. 
• I don’t think you’ll get the Alaska you dream of driving from anchorage. I’m pretty sure that’s like only by boat or plane?
• Blank... tabular rasa. John Locke invented that, and he was also a big influence of the writings founding our country. So I guess that makes good sense to me. 
• Wow, to not know where any of your family comes from or immigrated from, or to not have any culture to celebrate.. that’s a really sad life. I couldn’t imagine that. 
• Tugboats are really cute.. I’d watch one too. 
• Otters are also cute, but also very evil animals. But maybe a creator might really like that kind of thing. I like cute stuff.. but I’m not sure I’d include the violent side of otters. 
• The man is so shady, like a man in a van with candy, but now he has magic and a ship. 
• I’m not sure that I’d take my kids if I had some on a shady cruise ship. 
• Josie is like really trapped In this situation, with the kids more and more 8nterested 
• It sounds like a ship lacking class... this doesn’t sound fun. 
• That’s sad Josie doesn’t have any choices to be proud of... but I think that’s true for a lot of people. 
• Burgundy and like a liver... I can imagine the faux side seats with the stains in them now, bleah.
• Charlie is the guy you never bring to a movie. Not that when my sister and I go together are any better... 
• I think the first magician is a foil to Josie, having something in his life he’s completed devoted to and would consider it the best design of his life. 
• The children only clap when told, what kind of school did they go to? So rude in a way...
• Josie is fun, whooping and hollaring when everyone else has a stick up them. 
• Rules of magic... haha. 
• Oh Josie, being so loud and then getting shocked when the spotlight is on her. Me for sure. 
• From Luxeumbourg... Michigan, this is when you buy the wrong plane ticket. 
• Fire instead of water, that’s a fun trick I guess.
• Domestic magic no good for them? Some of the best magicians in the world are American. 
• The children are embarrassed, that’s fantastic, haha. 
• Wow the audience still didn’t clap for him, just rude!
• I don’t know any famous female magicians either Josie. 
• Be a tugboat captain.. um, I guess dream small and realistic? 
• The postal man is actually impressive, just knowing everywhere from a zip code.  I barely remembered mine when I swapped to another living place. 
• I love how that trick was the audiences favorite.