FAIRBANKS - A pair of minor earthquakes shook the Fairbanks area early Tuesday morning.

The first quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 2.95, was centered just off Chena Hot Springs Road, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center. It struck at 4:38 a.m., 5 miles north of North Pole and 9 miles east of Fort Wainwright at a depth of 8 miles.

In Two Rivers, it was felt as a single strong jolt.

The second quake came at 7:58 a.m. and registered a preliminary magnitude of 2.55, according to the AEIC. It was centered in approximately the same area as the first quake.

I think I felt it! I don't remember what time it was..but I was sitting in bed against the wall (I'm super weird and wake up randomly and decide to do a crossword haha) and I felt myself get pushed away from the wall. It was a weird sensation haha. I figured it was an earthquake and meant to check in the morning but forgot till I saw it on Facebook a few minutes ago. Interesting haha

We had our first math quiz today..I'm not very confident about it even though it's just simple stuff. Sure I understand it when we go over in it class but when I try to do it myself I'm just like huh?? Ugh..I hope I did better than I thought

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Would you rather be unable to stand up for yourself or never know when to back down? Never know when to back down..maybe

Today's trivia: A kangaroo's jump can be over 30 feet long and 10 feet high

Yesterday we went to the festival..we met this guy named Erik who has autism and down's syndrome that's a published artist. He put his arms around me and rested his head against mine. Awwww. We got food and went to this theater to see how ice sculptures are made (mom thought it was the place where you experience -40 but that's at another place). We looked around more and went down to the river. I decided I wanted to go swimming! It was colddd so i just waded in it. This guy on the bridge yelled to me "watch out for the leeches!" Suuuure. :P There was a bunch of other people wading/swimming/boating on the river. Then we went over the bridge..it was sooo nice (the weather). We went over to the National Weather Service booth..mom told the guy there I wanted to be a meteorologist..he said you need 3-4 calculus classes, chemistry, etc! OMGGG. We looked around more and then went home

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Today's stupidest quote: I'm not very good at doing things I'm not good at (singer Shania Twain)

I took the math TAKS again today...I REALLY hope I passed this time...

scottish_elf's Halloween party:

__el_scorcho dressed as a fork.
akivaraii dressed as a raccoon.
anna_mathe dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
beejang dressed as a character from Harry Potter and the Cauldron of the Nurse.
camillesantiago dressed as Benjamin Harrison, though it looked more like a disturbing self-made character called "Dinky Wafflebrain".
castlesforlorn dressed as someone who just poked themselves in the eye.
elfinsamurai dressed as a 1980's yuppie child.
faythe_lily dressed as something rich, but what, specifically, you can't tell.
frog_consumer dressed as the spirit of their dead grandmother Alma.
gaidin dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Dinky Hamstertoes".
joansies dressed as a Level 14 barbarian.
judeaslinksta dressed as a mummy.
king_gravewater dressed as a new member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Intellectual Watcher.
kling_klang_bed dressed as a fiery shrub, and it suited them disturbingly well.
lkrain dressed as a scratch.
metallicdragon dressed as Lance Armstrong.
minuetcat dressed as Kevin Costner.
mistlerose dressed as a character from "The Exorcist".
mrfantastico dressed as Adam Sandler.
nightdemon forgot to put on clothes!
ohjesus dressed as a raccoon.
opera_lover_44 dressed as a resistance.
pagan_pentagram dressed as Optimus Prime, and it suited them disturbingly well.
pieni dressed as your aunt.
raehimura dressed as a pilot.
raven89 dressed as the President of Congo, though it looked more like a new superhero: Snow -wave.
rdyfrde dressed as a Colorado AssociatedCorp. employee.
sexy_kinda06 dressed as a fullback for the Raiders.
smart_texan dressed as the Viscount of Elmfield, and it suited them all too well.
softpaw gets drunk, strips naked, and somehow emerges dressed as the Cardinal of Freekyhlon.
sparcle_goddess dressed as a ghost.
spriteslytherin dressed as the love child of George Lucas and Mia Hamm, and it suited them all too well.
sydpenguinbunny dressed as Lt. Cmdr. Data from "Star Trek".
szarabasjka dressed as Jon Stewart.
tearless_weep dressed as Nicole Kidman's sister.
thefuneralmoon dressed as a bottle of Duonanmax.
thekelaal dressed as Dwight Eisenhower.
viciousvixen666 dressed as a can of Pepsi.

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Today's Latin: timor mortis morte peior (the fear of death is worse than death)

" All of the dreams held deep inside have a meaning to the soul, freedom to bring a thought to the wing is waiting to unfold for the crown and the ring, the power of the man who would be king"--"King," Manowar

Crystal has Reye's syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reye%27s_syndrome). It affects the body but not the mind...a teacher said she'll never get better from it but a site I was on said you could if caught in time or something. She can understand though cause a teacher held up two pictures of food to her and she looked at the one she wanted. I wonder what she thinks about...

Group counceling started again today! It was pretty good. Our councelor is Catholic and her church has a bell...she told me to drive over to see it (it's a little far away In Coppell)...yeah mom would really wanna drive out there just to see a church *asks anyway* haha

I had TAKS math tutoring this morning...the teacher and I got in a conversation about Robert Jordan (author of The Wheel of Time series). He's a nice person. I also found a teacher for a private tutor for math...she gave me her email address so mom can talk to her

( friend survey kathryn made )

Today's Latin: non sequitur (it doesn't follow)

"How can we trust them once again? They used to tell us lies, their voices will sustain cause nothing ever dies"--"Nothing Ever Dies," Kamelot

Well I took the retest of the TAKS math test earlier...it was kinda easy. I hope I passed this time!

This time last year I was in Galveston with Amanda *rejoices in the shiny memory*

In Europe we had a morning song called A Contracorriente and it's sooo awesome. It's on my Myspace if you wanna listen

( survey taken from amanda )

Today's Latin: ex animo (from the heart. Sincerely)

"You can fly, reach for the sky, it's the rise of the morning glory. Scream and shout, cry it out loud, we are coming back to life"--"Rise of the Morning Glory," Edguy

We finished FOTR in Latin!! I love the end battle and Boromir's last stand. We were watching the extended version. I really wanna watch the other two now. Yay LOTR!!

One of the assistant principals asked me if I've gone to Scarborough yet. *cough* He said he's going tomorrow and I told him to see Frank

We got out of school early today. Huzzah!

Mom said this summer before going to Europe I have to study math four hours a day. OMG!!! Ow my braiiin...

Tomorrow I'm going to Caitlin's party and Sunday I'm going to Scarborough...yay!

Today's Latin: immo vero (no, but seriously)

"All of the dreams held deep inside have a meaning to the soul. Freedom to bring a thought to the wing is waiting to unfold"--"King," Manowar

I've listened to most of the new Manowar CD and it's pretty cool. I find the lyric "the gods made heavy metal and they saw that is was good" extremely amusing. Courage is sooooo beautiful!!! My Spirit Lives On has the fastest guitar solo I've ever heard! Today is a Good Day to Die is a 9 minute instrumental song but I haven't heard it yet

I have lotsa math homework *cries*

I had a dream last night someone in my class was running around the school and finding people with "ugly heads" and making fun of them and me and other people were trying to stop him...

Today's Latin: omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis (all things change, and we change with them)

"Battles are fought by those with the courage to believe, they are won by those who find the heart"--"Courage," Manowar (ahhhh IT'S SO ME!!!!)

I watched Ben-Hur yesterday...finally! I was only gonna watch half and I did but I really wanted to see the rest and there was only an hour left sooo I watched the whole thing...it was good! It kinda had the story of Jesus in it too. Judah Ben-Hur was a slave and everyone was getting water and Judah fell and said "God help me" and Jesus gave him water. Then at the crusifixion Judah was gonna help Jesus carry the cross but the soldiers kept him back and then Jesus fell and Judah almost got to Him but a soldier pushed him...into water. Judah gave Jesus water. I about cried. They never showed Jesus' face either. There weren't any epic battles but that's ok. There was a chariot race...never fall off *shudders* Definitely a good movie

I have to go to school at 11:30...I have Latin (for two hours!!) and psychology today. I think we're gonna watch Hercules in Latin (the class, not the language...but that would be awesome). Tomorrow I have the math TAKS test...and I have to pass it to graduate...I'm horrible at math...*is scared*

Today's Latin: date mihi sultis crustum etruscum (give me, if you please, the Etruscan pastry). Haha I thought that said the Etruscan party. BARBARIANS FOR EVERYONE!

"I watched the four riders raise their weapons into the air. Without warning, screaming their war cry, they led the attack, down to the battle they rode. They met the armies of the world with a mighty clash!!"--"The Warriors Prayer," Manowar

Sleeping over at Caitlin's was fun! We watched Alexander first...she didn't really like it except for the battle of Gaugamela...she was all like "CHARGE!! FIGHT!! YEAAAH!!" We also watched Scary Movie 1 and 3 and most of Star Wars 2. We also walked to Grapevine Lake (in the dark) and has SoBe while sitting on rocks listening to the waves and the moonlight glinting on the water...it felt so good. We ate out at Chili's. We went to bed at...10! I dunno why we were so tired...I hardly slept at all cause Caitlin fell asleep in like 10 seconds and was snoring the entire night. Ah well. This morning she made me a smoothie and it was yummy. I got picked up at 11...mom and I got water then I packed for Florida...and here I am! I smell like Caitlin's house now...

My exams yesterday were SO EASY!!! I GOT A 100 ON MY US HISTORY EXAM!!!!! I got a 71 on my algebra 2 exam, 64 on Latin (meh I thought so...it was hard!) and a 64 on my TAKS one (stupid math!!). Mom said she's taking me to Mi Patio...I don't think I've ever gotten a 100 on a test...

I also heard Descent of the Archangel by Kamelot...OMG it's soooo awesome!! Luca's solo is amazing!! I definitely need the album Epica

Thursday's ER was much better than last week's...Luka was in almost every second of it! He's sooo handsome *drools* I hope he has lotsa secnes in next week's ER (my grandparents better have a TV...)

I'm leaving for Florida tomorrow and I dunno if I'll have Internet access...I'll miss you guys!

Someone named Arslan loves me...he hardly knows me...but I don't love him back...he said "You know why i love u ? because i have never seen or herd a girl as a cute as a sweet as a nice and beautiful as a you are i know i dont even know u but i love u very much and that's all. that's not easy to say i want to say you this to last long time but.......... well i have tell u truth write me back please t.c bye bye"...*blushes* What am I supposed to do??

Today's Latin: perscripto in manibus tabellariorum est (the check is in the hands of the messengers). Yesterday's: non sperabam vos domum tam cito revenire (I didn't expect you home so soon)

"Bathed in moonlight I'm proclaimed by angels cry. Think well, do take your time, because your soul will be mine the day you die"--"Descent of the Archangel," Kamelot

So I've been sending songs to Kathryn and listening to them with her...it's very addictive and fun! It's cool to think what she thinks of the songs and all. I'm gonna send her everything of my music since she seems to like almost all the songs I send her...right now I'm sending Blind Guardian songs and she's becoming obsessed. ;) Before she met me she didn't like metal at all...now she likes Rhapsody, Blind Guardian, Kamelot...and I send her classical songs too...

I have to get my hair trimmed later...I want more layers too...

I have an algebra test tomorrow *is scared*

( luca captions...these are the funniest luca pics i've ever seen... )

"Fierce blows the wind, infinite fires on Elnor sea. Hail to the king!"--"The Wizard's Last Rhymes," Rhapsody