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A book you can read in one sitting: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (Apr 30-May 1). It didn't say it had to be read in the same day. ;) Haha

A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (May 1-8). Awesome, I can't wait to see the movie!

A book by a Latinx author: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (May 9-14). OMG LOVED!! Definitely better than the first one <3

An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (May 14-16). This won a bunch of awards, though I'm not sure why..it wasn't even that good!

A book that takes place during your favorite season: Escape from the Icecap by Bertrand Shurtleff (May 17-22). There was a bed in one of the camps that was described as a "box," with straw on the top and reindeer pelts as "curtains." Cool, an Alaska Native four-poster bed!! Haha

A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid: House of Glass by Susan Fletcher (May 23-29)

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I love when the scent of chokecherry blossoms comes through my windows on a breeze *drools*

28. What songs have you completely memorized? "Dirty Paws," "Your Bones," etc

29. When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with? Finding a book, for one

30. What takes up too much of your time? Hmm..overthinking?? Haha

31. What would be your first question after waking up from being cryogenically frozen for 100 years? "Are there any glaciers left?!?"

June
1. What would a perfect city be like? Medium size, good restaurants, nice people, cool trees, etc

Today's trivia: A computer study of over a million samples of normal English prose found that the longest word one is likely to encounter on an everyday basis is "uncharacteristically"

1. When have you yelled at a cat? When she jumped on the table haha
2. Would you please tell us you’re looking forward to the weekend without telling us you’re looking forward to the weekend? Milkshakes and sleeping in and spending time with family, yay!!
3. What first-world problems have you recently complained about? I hate how Alaskans have to dial "907" now when calling people lol, it seems like so much work now :P
4. You have one job this weekend: what is it, and how might you mess it up? Laundry..forget to put the laundry soap in?? Haha
5. What did you learn when you were today years old? The bear which inspired Winnie the Pooh is actually a girl

This year's "official" green-up was on Tuesday, the second latest on record (from all the snow probably). I thought it seemed late, even for Alaska haha

( 20. Do you have a 'and then it got worse' story? Will you share it? )

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Mom and I were searching everywhere for Abby before taking me home, but we couldn't find her! Mom was looking under dad's bed and stuff and then Abby gave herself away by moving haha. I bet she thought it was hilarious watching us search for her..it was pretty funny. :P She looked very cozy lol

I always love how green everything looks after winter..the chokecherries are starting to bloom too! They smell so good lol

( pics for may 20 and 21 )

1. When you’re having trouble staying awake, what are some things you do to make sure you don’t drift off to sleep? Eat something, try to distract myself..
2. What’s most likely to cause you a prolonged period of not enough sleep? Traveling, especially on redeye flights
3. When you’re going through a prolonged period of not enough sleep, what parts of your daily routine are likely to change, and how? I may not want to do anything..I might even get in my PJs and take a nap in the middle of the day lol
4. Who in your life seems regularly to have not enough sleep? Shirley, a coworker
5. In what ways does your personality change when you go through a prolonged period of not enough sleep? I might get grumpy

The trees are getting their leaves now, yaay! The News-Miner said "this year's official "green-up" was Tuesday, April 26, the earliest recorded. The average date is May 9." Wow (I love how we have an "official" green-up day haha). Not a fan of the birch pollen though..I hate having an itchy throat!

( Name something you'd find at a Renaissance faire )

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Yikes..this fire near Anchorage/Kenai has gotten pretty bad..my friends that live down there are all saying how bad the smoke is. It's 78,000 acres and was caused by a campfire..I'd feel SO guilty if my campfire did that. D: I don't think anyone's homes have burned though, which is good

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I can't believe the chokecherry trees are blooming already..usually they bloom in June! They smell SO good haha

( 20. be your favorite video game character or be your favorite movie character? )

Wow, it's been in the 70s the last two days! It always amazes me how fast the seasons change here haha. The trees are budding out too (ugh allergies). It's supposed to get cooler next week though (maybe we're having a Chinook..). The kitties are enjoying it too hehe:

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Cheetah and Snowy saw me giving attention to Abby and were jealous and wanted attention too haha. Greyboy likes to sleep on Ryan's bed during the day and go out at night..being a cat must be so hard :P

( Day 29- What Pack Animal would you like to be? )

Today has been so nice and sunny..it's nice to geocache when it's not freezing haha. And now we can find ones that are only "summer friendly" since a lot of the snow has melted. We also went clothes shopping at Fred Meyer and got yummy Thai food on the way home..mmmmm

Ryan got a job at the university! (That's one reason we went shopping haha) He'll start out as a student assistant and then he may move up to a Grant Technician. Cool..I hope he likes it better than Safeway haha

( Day 15-What animal’s environment would you like to visit? )

Snow White: Do you consider yourself pretty? Name the part of your body you think is the most beautiful! Not exactly..I can for a couple seconds haha. My hair, smile..
Cinderella: What is your shoe size? 7 1/2-8
Sleeping Beauty: How many hours do you sleep each night? 9-10 maybe
Little Red Riding Hood: What is your favorite food? Popcorn, bread, strawberry smoothies, etc
The Frog Prince: What do you find disgusting? Puke, chewing tobacco, etc
Jack and the Beanstalk: What plants are in your room? None
Puss in Boots: Do you have a pet? Do you want one? I have my cat Abby hehe
Rumpelstiltskin: What is the meaning of your url? I saw someone say "goodness glaciers!" on a survey and had to have it haha
The Little Mermaid: Can you sing? Not very well..
Pinocchio: What is your greatest wish? Be happy, travel, etc
Peter Pan: What is your (mental) age? Depends
The Star Money: What is your most prized possession? My cat, computers, books..
Beauty/Belle: What is your favorite book? Game of Thrones, Touching the Void, Wizard's First Rule, etc

Yay, the chokecherry trees are blooming! They're so pretty..and they smell good haha

( Day 26: Give Yourself a Game of Thrones Inspired Name )

Would you rather cheat on your spouse and have nobody know and and not cheat and have everyone think you did? Ugh :/

Today's trivia: Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine have prohibited billboards along their roadways (!!! So THAT'S why I've never seen a billboard here..wow)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Dead Gardens"-Nightwish

I'm at mom's work cause they had burgers for Memorial Day..yumm. And it's better than sitting at home alone being bored. :P It always amuses me coming here..it seems everyone mostly just sits around and talks haha

OMG..everything just suddenly turned GREEN! One day the trees were bare and the next they were green! The hills look so nice. It's always amazing first seeing greenness after the long winter haha. It's like you forget what it looks like. :P Too bad I'm allergic to birch pollen. *sneeze* I can't believe it got so warm this fast too..it's supposed to be in the 70s and 80s this week! Seems like there's no in between here :P

( Day 18: Which Stark Would You Be? )

I've had a cold for a week now and it hasn't changed much (though today it seems somewhat better) and it seems like I've lost some of my hearing and when I got out of bed I was really dizzy. It was time to go to the doctor..he looked in my ears and in one he saw green stuff, which concerned him. He said I probably have an upper respiratory/ear infection (it started out as a cold and somehow it turned into the infection). Joy! He prescribed antibiotics and eardrops. He said I should come back in two weeks to see if my ear looks better. I hope it goes away soon, I'm tired of having a cold haha

It's so nice out we opened the doors at work..the nice warm fresh air felt amazingg haha. It breathes life back into you :D

( Day 9: Least Favorite Character? )

Would you rather chew shards of broken glass or sit on a lighted barbecue grill? D:

Today's trivia: The tiger orchid is the largest orchid in the world. Weighing up to 2,000 pounds, it can produce up to 10,000 flowers on a mature plant

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Anywhere in the Galaxy"-Gamma Ray

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Omg..that first cat is SO cute! Aw..the dog in the third one is a King Charles Spaniel! I love them. I wonder if its name was Maggie haha (all the ones I met were named Maggie :P)

Mmmm the chokecherries are blooming *drools*

( Day 17: A picture of something you wish was fake )

Would you rather tell someone famous that their fly is open or have someone famous tell you your fly is open? Me tell them

Today's trivia: The largest supply of alcohol in the universe is in deep space. Astronomers have spotted a methyl alcohol cloud in the Milky Way that measures 288 billion miles across

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Stein Um Stein"-Rammstein

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks is officially green.

The National Weather Service said greenup officially occurred on Thursday afternoon on the West Ridge at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Although somewhat subjective, greenup “is the rapid transformation of the landscape from brown to spring green as the leaves of deciduous trees burst forth,” according to greenup guru Ted Fathauer, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks.

Greenup occurs earliest on the lower slopes of south-facing hillsides and spreads more slowly upslope. In Fairbanks, the phenomenon is so abrupt that it happens in the course of 24 hours, Fathauer said.

The official greenup date of May 10 is about average, according to records dating back to 1974. The average date of greenup on West Ridge is May 8.

The earliest greenup during that time period was April 29 in 1993, and the latest was May 25 in 1992.

Temperature is the most important factor in the greenup process.

The warmer it is in late April and early May, the earlier greenup will be. While temperatures in April were more than 4 degrees warmer than normal, temperatures so far in May have been 5 degrees colder than average.

Meteorologist Cory Bogel said there are indications that a warmer air mass will move into the area by the middle of next week but that it’s too early to tell how warm it will be.

So far, there has only been one day this spring when the temperature hit 60 degrees — 61 on April 16.

The average date of the first 70-degree temperature is May 20.

Wow..that's very specific of them haha. It's definitely very rapid here. Greenup is an amazing feeling, but the bad thing is I'm allergic to the birch pollen and it's been super windy so my allergies have been going crazy. Sniffing, sneezing, itchy throat..ugh. Good thing I have Benadryl

Greyboy slept with me alll night..he even burrowed under the covers with me. Awwww <3

( Day 6: A picture of something you hate )

Today Nina and I dropped my applications off at Barnes and Noble and Gulliver's. Now I just have to wait haha. There's a new Japanese restaurant next to B&N and Nina wanted to see what it looked like..and ended up taking food home for dinner haha

The trees and hills are getting GREEN. That makes me super happy haha

( Day 4: A picture of your best friend(s) )

Would you rather as a man, have your testicles eaten off by a squirrel or your eyeballs pecked out by a bird? Wow D:

Today's trivia: The average cat has a total of 24 whiskers

1. What is your favorite condiment? Ketchup, salsa, etc
2. What is your favorite spice? Whatever tastes good haha
3. What is your favorite cooking oil (canola oil, sesame oil, butter, etc)? Mom cooks me food in olive oil and it tastes really good so I guess that haha
4. What is your favorite starchy food (bread, rice, potatoes, noodles, etc)? I love all those!
5. What is your favorite flavor for candy? Cherry

It looks so different at mom's house now that everything's green haha

( Day 72 - A picture of you with unbelievable scenery )

Today the executive director of the Literacy Council was showing these people around..one of them saw me and was like "I remember you, I sat next to you on that flight to Anchorage!" I was confused at first then remembered he was with a lady I was sitting next to. Soooo weirdd haha. Alaska is so small :P

Both HammerFall's and Tyr's albums come out June 7..what a great birthday present. :D Haha (I think Rhapsody's comes out July too!)

Mmm it smells good outside *drools*

( Day 71 - A picture of you with people you work with )

Would you rather eat a raw steak that has been left on a busy road for an hour or drink a glass that has been slowly poured through the wig of a sweaty woman with dandruff? Drink the glass (Whoever comes up with these questions has a disturbed mind haha)

Today's trivia: After the most recent North American glacier ended its southward advance about 11,000 years ago, it took more than 4,000 years for the mile deep ice mass to melt from the present site of Hartford, Connecticut, to that of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, a distance of 190 miles

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "My House on Mars"-Ayreon

I was gonna clean my bathroom after work..but as I was biking home it felt and smelled so nice I couldn't stop haha. Here are my pics from the outing (I'll do the bathroom tomorrow..maybe..I've said that this whole week :P)

These trees smell soo good

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Would you rather sleep on the sidewalk for seven nights straight during normal weather or for one night when it's raining? One night..I'll bring a tent :P

Today's trivia: Icelanders read more books per capita than any other people in the world (that place just keeps getting cooler and cooler :P)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "The Black River"-The Sword

Alaskan storms

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Would you rather always have to stuff a soggy washcloth in your pants whenever you go out so that it looks like you wet your pants or always have to wear a hat made out of a bird's nest? The hat

Today's trivia: It takes Pluto 248.53 years to travel around the sun

Yesterday mom and I went on a walk (to get ready for London but it felt good anyway) and got cool pics...I shall post them here

I haven't seen Kathryn since Friday *cries* And Dana even longer but I bet she's having fun in Europe ;)

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Today's Latin: amor caecus est (love is blind)

"The heart's a righteous wind that comes to fill the sail, for the glory of the king we fight to stay alive, by the power of the will, the spirit to survive, to be king"--"King," Manowar

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Dies Irae"-Verdi