Happy New Year! Yesterday mom and I saw The Last Jedi with Yanina..I HATED what they did to Luke's character (even Mark Hamill didn't like it!), but I loved the crystal fox creatures! I could tell that scene was filmed somewhere awesomely icy (*swoons*), and was happy to learn it was filmed in Iceland lol. We were just in time to watch the fireworks from the university after the movie was over..nice! It was +11, and there was a nice bonfire, so it wasn't too bad

( some pics! )

Instead of reading as many books as possible this year, I think I'm going to try this reading challenge (not necessarily in order lol). Looks like fun anyway :P

( an awesome 365 day meme one of my lj friends made! )

Happy 2014! Yesterday mom and I saw the New Year's fireworks in Goldstream. They're 100 times better than the university's haha (someone else watching the show said the same thing too). Last year my camera died after like a minute, but this time I brought an extra battery and my phone haha. My hands were soooo cold, but I got epic shots! (There was also a guy at the bonfire who was smoking weed and kept asking mom if she wanted to try his whiskey..wtf lol)

( here they are! )

Yesterday we went to watch the fireworks at the university. For once it wasn't super cold (it was in the teens or 20s!) so we had to take advantage of that haha. We parked at the place where you can get water..which turned out great cause there was a bonfire! That was SO nice haha. We Alaskans do it right. ;) The fireworks were alright..the university's have never been that great to me. Then we went home and had a little time before the fireworks show in Goldstream by Ivory Jack's. There was a bonfire there too but it looked crowded and the place we were at was perfect anyway. OMG..their fireworks show was AWESOME!!! 29765869 times better than the university ever does. It's probably the best fireworks show I've ever seen. It was cool listening to it echo across the hills haha. Too bad the battery in my camera died..I shouldn't have wasted my pics on the university's fireworks. I'll have to see if anyone posted a video. I'll post my pics tomorrow or later in the week (apparently you can't charge the battery unless you choose that option on the set up menu. Wth..I've never had to do that with my other cameras!). At home we watched the ball drop in Times Square..yay! I hope 2013 is good!

I'm gonna post all the books I read in 2012! I'm gonna keep posting them here cause it's fun and useful and is a good motivator to read haha. I'm gonna put what I rated them on Goodreads here too

( books! )

Yesterday we ate dinner at Ivory Jacks (who wants to cook on New Years Eve? Haha) and earlier in the meal this group came in..one was a guy who had THE most annoying laugh ever. And it was LOUD and often. Apparently he didn't care about the other people eating. Ughh. After eating we went back home and walked down the hill to see the fireworks from the university. We couldn't see some since a hill was in the way..it wasn't too exciting. Dad had bought some fireworks so after that we set off our own. It was awesomee haha. We saved some to do tonight too (though I'm going back to my apartment..aw). Of course we watched the ball drop..and now it's 2011! Wow haha

( next meme: state challenge! )