1. What is your favorite shape for ice in a beverage? Uh..cubed?? I don't really pay much attention when drinking lol
2. When did you last apply ice (or something functioning similarly) to your body? Not sure..it's been awhile
3. What was the occasion for your most recently toting something with ice in a cooler? Probably a road trip or picnic
4. What is the iciest movie you’ve seen? 2012: Ice Age, The Day After Tomorrow, Happy Feet, The Grey, etc
5. What are some good songs with “ice” in the title or lyrics? "Immigrant Song" ("we come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow!"), "Under the Ice"-Blind Guardian, "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)"-Kamelot, "The Tip of the Iceberg"-Owl City, etc

Yesterday was work's annual Biz Bee fundraiser..it always amazes me how they go from words like "charitable" to "fatshedera" (there were a lot of plant words this year!). I thought "aegilops" was especially evil, because unless you're familiar with Greek, you'd never get it right. We did get first place though, yay! (Denise is super smart haha.) The winning words were "hudibrastic" and "Tagalog" (I didn't know it was pronounced "tuh-gaa-luhg"!). I went to the bar and asked for a fruity drink, and the bartender put rum and a couple other things I can't remember, and it was SO good I went back for seconds! (The glass was small lol). I felt warm and pleasantly happy LOL (curtains and alcohol and spelling crazy words, what fun! :P). The hotel where the Bee is at is next to where I go to the doctor and my pharmacy, and always admire the fancy curtains I could see in the windows, so as soon as I was able to I went to hunt them down, and OMG they looked more grand and epic than I imagined..I hadn't realized how tall they were! I was definitely swooning haha. I took a couple pics that weren't super great, so I figured I'd go back when it was dark. After the Bee was over mom and I went back, but there were a lot more people in the room then, and I felt super self-conscious..I definitely got some weird stares lol, but I got pics anyway. Vicki couldn't stay the whole night, so I sent her one of the pics of me and the curtain, and she said "yay!!! I have lots of Heather curtain pics now. ❤️" OMG she's too awesome for words lol. A fun night! (I'm pretty sure I'm still on a "curtain high" from yesterday LOL)

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18. What Role Did School Clubs and Teams Play in Your Life? In elementary school I took choir for a little bit (even though I'm terrible at singing haha) and in high school I took fencing for a couple years (super fun, even went to a couple competitions and got third place in both!) and Latin Club, which was also fun, and went to some competitions with that too

19. Which Photograph Stays In Your Memory?

Evans, Scott, Oates, Birdie and Wilson at the South Pole, one of the most powerful pictures I've seen. They're exhausted and devastated that Amundsen got there first

Drove home today..Jackie was in Anchorage with her daughter (they're gonna take the train to Seward and go on a glacier cruise) so we met up with them and hung out for a little bit. It rained from Seward to Anchorage..apparently the coast is always rainy (and snowy in the winter) like that..ugh (well..it is what makes the glaciers haha. I wonder why those over there are even retreating since it doesn't exactly get that warm and it snows so much). It's warm in Fairbanks though. We got some lunch at Wasilla (Sarah Palin's hometown! Haha). At one point you could see Ruth, Buckskin and Eldridge glaciers from the road (though the trees were mostly in the way). I looked hard and at the last second I spotted Eldridge before you couldn't see it anymore haha. I'm actually gonna work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so I'll hopefully get my pics up tomorrow!

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Trail shoe: A long, slender snowshoe that's everything a bear paw isn't. Trail shoes are built for long hikes, checking the trapline and anything else requiring sustained travel

Do you still use a landline at home, or do you rely completely on your cell phone? I still use a landline..it's my alarm on workdays haha (though today when I went to answer it I poked myself in the eye! Fail :P). Jackie's family was over recently and she told me about her adventures on the way to work. She drove through the Alaska Range and went on a glacier cruise and stuff..she loved it haha

It's the first day of the month. If you could have one wish come true this month, what would it be? Well..to turn 20 for one. But in the middle of the month I'M going on a 26 glacier cruise!! When I saw that it would to take us to College Fjord I about DIED haha. I'll get to see Harvard Glacier!!! And Brenda is coming again next week! It'll be warmer this time haha

How many languages do you speak? One fluently..but I know words in Latin, Spanish, Italian, etc

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Sled dog racing: Alaska's official state sport is commonly divided into two categories: sprint, or speed, racing and distance racing. Sprint races are run over a fixed course in daily heats. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has made distance racing the more widely known form

Mom's going to Anchorage next week for work..I can't go cause I have to work. Aw mannn haha. And she's flying during the day so she may see Mt. McKinley and stuff (yeah I know I've flown up there twice but still :P). When mom's gone Jackie's gonna eat dinner with me and take me/pick me up from work

Jamie came to work today! He was working on something and we talked for a bit. Only in Alaska do cartoonists come to my work and hang out with me haha (he came last year for the work anniversary big sale too). Here's some of his work: http://www.newsminer.com/photos/galleries/freeze-frame/ and http://www.newsminer.com/photos/galleries/nuggets/

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Galloping glacier: Most glaciers move at speeds that make snails look like sports cars. But glaciers sometimes gallop, or surge. The fastest was clocked at 1,000 feet a day (Uhh apparently not..the record for the fastest glacial surge goes to the Kutiah Glacier in Pakistan. In 1953, it raced more than 7 1/2 miles in three months, averaging about 367 feet per day). Oooh and some of Jamie's work is in this book! I told him and he was like "that was awhile ago" haha

Yesterday we saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button..it was good! Mom was bawling haha. The makeup artists did REALLY well too. Then we showed Jackie (mom's coworker) Bentley "Mall" and she was like "nice :P" haha. We also ate at a restaurant called Turtle Club..they have really good steaks!

Wow it got around 0 today! It doesn't feel like your face and hands will freeze off in like 5 seconds haha (though if you're out long enough..). It even snowed! It was clear for 2 weeks practically. It'll even get in the 20s and possibly 30s..woww

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Arctic haze: The north's version of smog is mostly industrial pollution imported from Russia by prevailing winds. Scientists worry that it will do bad things to the northern environment, particularly making it warmer by trapping heat