( Scopes II: PA Parents sue against Intelligent Design )

Corpse Bride is very, very good stuff ^_^. I highly recommend it- witty banter, music, sappy love gone awry- well worth it. Off to more adventures...

Life be goin' well. Making friends, managing to keep a well balanced schedule and diet, and even sleeping well every night. Autumn has fully set in- all the leaves are gone from the birch trees, leaving skeletal hands grasping the heavens. Methinks that my classes will pad my GPA up here, and while not so challenging, I am still learning from ( Read more... )

woke up to frost again this morn, and an extra bite to the air. On the plus side, the heavens are as clear as they've been, and I can see all the mountains 'round Fairbanks (such as McKinley and the surrounding Alaska Range). Was a beautiful sunrise too- sky all pastel pink and orange and the like. I guess there is a plus side to my 8AM chem lab

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I am a ScienceDaily slut.  But how can I not be, when they've got stuff like this? 
( Sleep Article )

Went for a walk with Bob and Josh last night, lol, finally able to pull ourselves away from the WoW to enjoy mother nature. And what a beauty she is- she pulled out all the stops and swept me near off me feet once again. The northern lights came out, vaguely glowing at first, but gaining in definition and strength with each passing gasp till they ( Read more... )

Finally getting around to doing some of these again ^_^
( Areas for Improvement: Self )

Been spending oodles of time with Bob, Chris, Justin and Keoni these days. While these boys be fun, alas, I'm itiching for a more diverse friend group up here in ye ol' Fairbanks town. Especially when Justin's sent off to work his magic elsewhere along the pipeline (he takes off on the morrow for Pump Station 4). The situation should be changing ( Read more... )

Had some of my classes so far- Inupiaq, Statics and Chem. So far, they're alright, if a little dumbed down from what I'm used to. Guess that's what I get for taking a new field of study, and taking all the prerecs, no? Gonna have to talk to the engineering department and see if I can't get out of hte Statics class though- it's pretty much a ( Read more... )