A couple years ago I saw a meme-like image similar to the one above. The text with it said: Fairbanks – Living here doesn’t change you. It just makes you unfit to live anywhere else. When I saw that the first time, I laughed and agreed. How many other places are there where you can call up the Tesoro gas station to get a report on the temperature sign kitty-corner…
By fall of my senior year, Pixie was showing her age. We’d never properly taken care of her teeth, and I could tell her mouth was giving her some pain. At some point that fall, she stopped eating and drinking. She weakened to the point where walking seemed difficult, so off to the vet we went. I don’t remember what they said was wrong with her, but I think she…
Once upon a time I was very silly and had convinced myself that I wouldn’t be a real person until I took Calculus I. I’d gone through Honors Pre-Calc in high school, but Calculus just has this history of agony associated with it that I felt I needed. I didn’t take it my freshman year at UAF. I thought about taking it my sophomore year, but the only class that…
On car trips parents will sometimes threaten their kids with the line, “Don’t make me turn this car around!” How often do they actually need to enforce that warning? Most times the words are just spoken words. Well, I’m proud to say that my health forced the captain to give the order to haul in the nets, turn our boat around, and head to Dutch Harbor early. Maybe proud isn’t…
2014 had the proper beginning for the makings of a very good year. The 2 key components? Running and ice cream. I know that’s not how most people welcome the start of a new calendar, but I try not to do things the way most people would. This year I spent my first Christmas and New Year in Fairbanks. With the way the UAF schedule works, I was always back…