Ethan Stranger

A Sequel to my 1st “ The Joys of Juneau” Post, I ( Ethan Stranger ) will be discussing more about my recent visit to my hometown of Juneau, Alaska (and how things were slightly different compared to last year).  For starters this year, I went up in May (compared to July last year) & it was nice to reconnect with the roots of the city where I was born, which is Juneau , while I was mainly raised within the Suburban area of Austin, TX.  Plus from all the commotion that I’ve been dealing with back in Hyderabad (read more about that in my “Hooray for Hyderabad! Post”), especially after my time at the animation academy I was attending didn’t go well as planned, it was nice to return to my birth-home. The first thing that my Grandma & parents & I did was attend this little music festival at the local library (Picture: Bottom Left). We then had lunch at the “Devil’s Hideaway” (it used to be called: The Hot Bite ). While they still make good cookie dough milkshakes, they used t

A little Follow-up to my Previous Band-themed Post ( Ethan Stranger’s Brass Bottom), as I’ll admit (when writing that post, I may sound a bit aggressive) due to my jealousy over how several of my band friends (particularly from the Trumpet Section ) are having far better successful within this crazy game called... life (whether it’s with jobs or having a family). The reason why I’ve decided to do a follow-up was that I stumbled across this old letter (that was written to me by my secret Santa, all the way back on Christmas of 2014 , right during my senior year, plus I was inspired by the season 3 teaser of Star Trek: Picard), especially when Picard mentions that “he’s not a man who leads a legacy” & that’s a line alone, is what I find relatable to my Secret Santa Letter, so let's dive deep into the meaning of Legacy… (Plus don’t mind me if I tend to break the 4th in any matter of way, besides, y’all are supposed to be my blend of humor by now, have we not learned from joker o