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1. How have you recently kept yourself in check? Ummm..I didn't buy red velvet cake at the store the other day, even though it looked delicious haha
2. What’s the closest thing to a castle you’ve been in? Windsor Castle, which was interesting
3. What were the circumstances the last time you were hoarse? I woke up and hadn't drank water or anything yet
4. What’s your favorite song by Queen? "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Under Pressure," etc
5. For what will you likely pay a king’s ransom in the near future? Well..a couple weeks ago I ordered a four-poster bed online from England, but I hadn't said anything yet because I was worried they wouldn't ship to Alaska and the supply chain issues and stuff (that happened to mom, and had to get her money refunded), but today they sent me a message saying it should be delivered between Dec. 2-6 (though it hasn't shipped yet), so I THINK it's ok to finally mention it! Here's what it looks like:

I looked at other ones, but kept coming back to this one (mine will be a different color, kind of reddish). Waiting has been tortuous and exciting at the same time haha, I want it so badly! I hope it fits in my room lol (oh, and to answer the question, the bed it expensive, so I'm paying it off in segments). I'm very amused the name of the company is "GetLaidBeds" haha!

Thanksgiving yesterday was fun! Most of Jo's core group of friends came over (Maeve, Logan, etc)..I was worried they'd be too loud because they're very outgoing, but they weren't too bad this time..being full probably moderated them haha. Abby wasted no time in demanding to be held and pet LOL. After we ate yummy food we walked on the frozen lake with Sid (I mentally claimed one of the islands for myself LOL). Logan was like "I can't believe I live in Alaska!!" (It's his first winter!) After everyone left mom and I watched Plains, Trains and Automobiles, the best Thanksgiving movie! An amusing end to a fun day lol

Wednesday was Donna's last day as the Administrative Assistant at work..she's also tired and wants to do other things, like painting and spending more time with her grandchildren. She said she still wants to volunteer in the bookstore though, which is cool..her book knowledge is huge! Adam, who replaced her, is younger and has more energy. Heidi used to work with him somewhere else, so she asked if he'd like to work at the Literacy Council, and he said yes. Hopefully he'll have fun and do well!

( next journal entries: 7th or 8th grade english class! )

23. What kind of socks do you prefer to wear? Cozy fuzzy warm ones at home, regular ones in public

24. Do you have any family heirlooms? Mom gave me my great-grandma's watch a long time ago..I hope it's in Payson!

25. Are there any musicians you didn't like at first but grew on you? Sure, like Tyr

26. Is there anything you used to love but now dislike? Sure..I used to be obsessed with the Wheel of Time series, but now I'm just like "meh." Of course now it's a TV series..they should have made it while I was obsessed! Haha

Yesterday at breakfast Jo said he and his friends were going to hike at Wickersham Dome (around 27 miles from Fairbanks) later in the day, and invited me to go with them. It was a gorgeous day, it sounded like fun, and somehow I'd never hiked there before, so I said yes! (Mom has hiked there, and did the 14-mile round trip in one day..wow. O_o) As it got closer to leaving, I again got nervous before seeing his friends. I've hung out with them multiple times by now, I shouldn't still get that nervous! They were almost ready to go and I was frantically looking for mom's copy of the Milepost to take with me (it's a very cool book, with lots of information, though mom's is from 2007, so it's a liiittle outdated haha. She kept it because that was the year she drove to Alaska), but kept not finding it, and was worried someone would ask what I was looking for! I did eventually find it in a box. "Mile-POST!!!" I said in victory LOLOL

Eventually we were all ready to go..I rode with Jo and Maeve and the others (and Sid) rode in a separate car. Mom and Ryan video called from Payson a little after we left (though the signal wasn't very good, maybe because of the hills). Jo said "me and Heather and Maeve are on our way to Wickersham Dome to hike!" and mom was like "no way! Cool! Wait..how did you get Heather to go with you?? Was she peer pressured??" (Maeve said I should have said "no, I was queer pressured!" That would have been perfect. :P) I took the phone and told her it was too nice of a day not to lol, and then showed her I brought the Milepost along. It was hard talking though because of the bad signal, and eventually had to give up..we figured we would talk later when the signal was better lol. After we hung up, I told Jo and Maeve I realized I missed the perfect opportunity to say "I took your Milepo-po-post!" and blame the stuttering on the bad signal instead! That would have been so funny. :P Then I started telling them why that word is so hard (Jo had heard the story, but Maeve hadn't. She was curious as to what situations cause me to stutter, and said from being nervous or really tired, and sometimes it comes out of nowhere :P), and just kept talking! I was honestly tired of hiding it, and hadn't talked a lot about it except on the Internet, so it was pretty cathartic! I'm sure they heard/saw my struggle as I tried to say "post" way too many times in that conversation LOL, but I just laughed it off. :P The drive was really pretty though, lots of fall colors and awesome Alaska scenery!

It didn't take too long to get to the trailhead, and I told Rachel "I'm out of shape and I have short legs, I'll be in the back, the first to g-get e-ea-eaten by a bear!" (Yup, still nervous. :P) Jo got his hiking pole out, which reminded me of winter hiking with mom and Bonnie and Ingrid, and took a deep breath and asked "do you know what ..postholing is?" and he said "what?" Nooo I have to say it again?? "Po-postholing," I said again, but still he was like "huh?" NOO YOU'RE KILLING MEEE haha! He got it the third time, but Rachel nearby must have been like "what is wrong with her?" Thankfully that's when we started hiking haha, which was REALLY hard at first because I'm so out of shape and was panting way too much (so embarrassing!). Rachel probably thought I was kidding when I said I was going to be in the back, but nope, that's where I was. :P I felt like a grandma LOL. It was still a really nice hike though, with nice colors and great views of the Alaska Range, and possibly the Brooks Range! I think this was everyone's first time up there, and we were all like "woooow" haha. I think we hiked a mile or so, but I'm not positive. It was tiring, but fun!

We drove behind the other car the way back, and when we got back to town, Sid stuck his head out the window, and we could see Sid was drooling, which he never does unless he's sick (one time he ate a poisonous mushroom and he was leaking from both ends and collapsed and had to go to the vet!). Jo was like "oh no, he is not ok!" When we got home a couple of us watched Sid (who definitely wasn't feeling well, and was wobbly when he walked) while the others made dinner. When Sid started having diarrhea, I got Jo, who called the emergency vet, and was placed on hold for a long time (really??). After we ate he finally got through, and they said to bring him in, so I went with Jo to the vet. She gave him some anti-nausea medicine to stop his drooling (which didn't work) and some charcoal to bind whatever toxins he ingested to it (he might have eaten another mushroom). His fluid was fine, so she sent us home with more medicine (Jo thanked me a couple times for going with him). Sid was SO tired, and he's still very tired this morning, but he did stop drooling, which is good. Poor guy! I hope he recovers quickly, and learns not to eat mushrooms :P

( pics from the hike! )

I can't believe yesterday was the 20th anniversary of 9/11..that makes me feel old. O_o Definitely a sad day :(

11. When was the last time you visited the park? Who did you go with? Hmm..I went geocaching at a park with mom this summer..

12. What language did you take in high school? Spanish and Latin

Recently Jo made a group on Facebook called Queers on Gears, a place to invite people to bike ride, get ice cream, or whatever we want to do. Yesterday we hosted a barbecue at the house..some people I knew, but there were some new faces too. Not as many people came as we expected, but I like smaller groups better anyway. Everyone was so nice! A few weeks ago a lady came into the bookstore and said she and her wife just moved here, and said her wife worked at the university..I thought about asking if they knew Jo, but I was like "ehh what are the chances?" Well, she and her wife came to the barbecue! Fairbanks is small haha. Another guy moved here a couple weeks ago, and kept saying "I can't believe I live here!" (After 13 years, I still say that!) People brought their dogs, which had fun running around, playing and splashing in the lake (I'd never seen Sid that active before!). We had yummy food, some people kayaked and played badminton, and we just sat in the grass and talked. They insisted on playing rap though, especially someone called Megan the Stallion..bleh. It was still cool though, but eventually I had had enough of being social haha, and went home to check on Pretty Kitty. I was SO tired when I got back to their house (Jo definitely was too, and he's more outgoing than me haha)..I was trying to tell Jo about Abby and her Greenies addiction, and totally couldn't get the words out right. Jo knows I stutter when nervous or tired, so I just laughed (that's what Drew Lynch would do!) and said I was tired, and he said "you got this!" I really appreciated that, Jo is so awesome and supportive! Going to bed was awesome haha

Here is a pic of some of us!

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I don't remember everyone's names, but Jo is behind the person in the pink shirt, Maeve is behind him, Logan is the guy in the blue shirt behind me, and the dog's name is Shadow. Yay!

Mom took this pic of Pretty Kitty and her twin haha:

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I'll have to show this pic to Liz (her owner) haha

( next journal: mammoth 2004, where i obsess over hammerfall LOL )

17. Do you like going to museums? Any particular type? Yeah, natural history/science and history museums are my favorites

18. What time do you usually go to bed at on weekends? Around midnight

Tonight me and my coworkers had a "Girl's Night In" at Holly's house..we had pizza and snacks and watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with popcorn. It's always fun to watch, especially with people who have never seen it before lol (you know you're watching it with Alaskans when the scene in the beginning with the kid's frozen eyes comes up and everyone's like "yeah right" LOL). I love how we enjoy hanging out with each other even when we're not at work..we're like a family! We should do it again sometime :)

A few days ago I was at a store looking for a present for work's Christmas party..I spied some books on a shelf and one of them said something about Arctic and Antarctic explorers..I opened it excitedly..but there were only a few printed pages and the rest was BLANK! Then I saw it was an old library book repurposed as a journal. Interesting idea, but that's just MEAN haha! I bought it anyway though :P

( pics for dec. 2-4 and 6 )

Today's trivia: Canadians say "sorry" so much that The Apology Act was passed in 2009, declaring that an apology can't be used as evidence of admission of guilt

Ilyssa can go to Scarborough with me next weekend! She called me on Sunday to say she could go but we had already left. She wants to meet Frank sooo bad

I feel like listing my LJ friends who I've talked to on the phone or met in person...so I shall. akivaraii (Chrissy, in person), camillesantiago (Mary, phone), castlesforlorn (Angelo, phone), faythe_lily (Sonja, in person), lkrain (Nick, in person), minuetcat (Amanda, phone and in person), opera_lover_44 (Kathryn, phone), smart_texan (Taylor, phone). Man I've been wanting to do that for a long time

Here's Genesis! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5054462402980803324

Today's Latin: quando prandebimus? (when shall we have lunch?)

"High in the sky, all of the clouds are passing by. Wait for this storm, wait for the rain, and wait for the tears to fall down on me"--"Blank Infinity," Epica

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Majesty"-Gamma Ray

I feel sooo embarassed...Nick read my old LJ entries...he probably thinks I'm an idiot now or something...oh man...

I got

pagan_pentagram's Christmas card yesterday! I swear her handwriting looks exactly like Amanda's! She drew a really awesome pic of baby Luca holding a guitar and long curly brown hair and a huge pink bow in his hair...what I always wanted! Haha...I also got a present from my aunt and her family...it's tiny! (haha I wrote shiny instead of tiny...ooo I rhymed!)...well in two days I shall see what it is!

I'm gonna embarass myself more by putting really weird pics of myself here! And I shall post some surveys I did last night...I had waaaay too much SoBe and I think you'll be able to notice that...

( the lifeclock strikes and you obey...time! isn't here to staaaay... )

"By the ruins he stands, and he's waiting for me to enter Tanelorn"--"The Quest for Tanelorn," Blind Guardian

Current Mood: embarrassed
Current Music: "Punishment Divine"-Blind Guardian

Today's the day we get to see "Seussical" and go out to eat with my friends!!! YAY!!!!! *spreads shinyness everywhere*

I get to talk to Amanda on the phone Sunday. We shall have funnnnnn!!

OOO, shiny Luca is here...

Shiny....

"Past the point of no return, the final threshold"--From POTO

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: "The Charge"-Alexander soundtrack

I got to talk to one of my old Internet friends yesterday (the one who showed me Blind Guardian, Rhapsody and HammerFall). It had been so long...I thought he was ignoring me. I still can't believe I'm talking to him again.

I don't get this...why, when it's warm outside it's cold inside (the air condtioner is not on, of course)? My house is always cold...*shrug*

I get to see Alexander today...YAY! *eats computer from happiness*

"Born with a king's heart, but hate fooled me"--"Mordred's Song," Blind Guardian (I thought this song was about King Arthur...I was right!)

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: "Feel for You"-Nightwish

That was the fastest week in the history of school! And now I'm rocken' to Iron Maiden wating to go to my guitar lesson. NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND!! YEAH!!

And I think I have a *real* friend at school. She doesn't treat my like I don't know anything and treats me equal. She doesn't use that "fake" nice voice. She has an awesome sense of humor. I hope she stays true.

*gasp* I haven't had any SoBe today...HOW CAN THAT BE?!!!!! *falls over*

"Fight for the honor, fight for the splendor, fight for your life!"--"The Duellists," Iron Maiden

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: "The Duellists"-Iron Maiden