Thursday, August 13th, 2009
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8:45 pm
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Will be at the cuyahoga fair and the Berea area tomorrow with a friend from school. If you want to see me before I head back to AK this may be the only chance. So if you will be in the area let me know. :-)
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
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11:50 am
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Yeah, this thing is just about dead. Find me on face book.
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
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8:34 am - Honestly I don't know why I use this thing anymore
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but for those of you that still actually follow this I am home from Alaska until the end of August. However my grandmother passed as I was stranded in Chicago trying to get home so this next week will be very busy... plus to make matters worse I am ill (not swine flu!).
This summer is going to be full of studying and will probably be my last summer at home as I am hoping to be in India next summer for an internship. So I am hoping to see some of you whom I have not seen since I left for Alaska last August. :-) You know how to get in contact with me.
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
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8:56 pm
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Wow, it’s really been a long time! It’s amazing how fast time can fly by. I have already been back at Uni for almost three months and I’ll be coming home in a little over two months. It’s crazy. I have been horrible with keeping on contact with people back home, and I am sorry about that. I have been so busy here that by the time I can call anyone it’s too late on the east coast.
Let’s see, we have a volcano here that has been thinking about erupting for the past month or so. So far they still think it’s going to erupt just have no idea when. It would be interesting be here when it does. Granted it’s over 100miles away but we could still get ash fall here. Who would have thought I would be walking around wondering when a volcano is going to erupt?
So I have made a life decision which honestly I have been moving towards all my life. As some of you who know me well may know I have always been infatuated with India. Also, I have an incredible drive to help people, which is just apparent in the way I try to treat every living thing I come across. So I have been studying all sorts of fun environmental stuff and then it hit me. I plan to go to India to help in the effort to clean up the Ganges without interfering with the cultural and religious aspects of the river. As India’s main water source the Ganges needs to be cleaned up. I believe there has to be a way for this to happen without telling people they have to change ancient traditions. The river symbolizes purity and is considered holy by the Hindu people and I don’t believe that should be messed with at all. So I have a doctor back in Ohio from India who is super excited and is working on getting me connected with a Uni over there. Also my school may help me study over in India for a semester as well as help me get over there to work on my senior project. There is an NGO called the Sankat Mochan Foundation which I am going to write to. It was founded by Veer Bhadra Mishra who is a man I really respect and really hope I can meet. LOOK IT UP! Lol, learn something!
I’m working on learning Hindi now and really working on throwing myself into the Indian culture. For the most part that’s where all my free time has gone: endless hours of reading on India. Some of the reading is cultural but a lot of it is the nitty gritty science. But I am really enjoying it.
It’s great because I feel like I finally have a purpose. There is a reason I am putting myself through these grueling classes. I have found a way to be able to work the humanities and science… its freaking great!
I’m too excited for words.
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
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1:27 pm
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HAHA after weeks of windchill's in the -20's and -30's it finally warms up and we get THIS:
Freezing rain causes havoc in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Freezing rain is causing havoc in Alaska's largest city.
Schools and universities were closed Tuesday because of the treacherous driving conditions. The city's transportation department also has suspended bus service because of the icy roads.
Anchorage police reported 46 accidents between midnight and 8 a.m. Eight of those involved injuries. Another 100 cars were in the ditch.
Police are advising people to stay off the roads, if possible.
The city's transportation department says it's monitoring the weather conditions hourly to make a decision when it will restore bus service.
The Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood also closed Tuesday because of the conditions. High winds, with gusts of more than 100 mph, are forecast Tuesday afternoon in higher elevations and through Turnagain Arm.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2009-01-14-alaska-freezing-rain_N.htm#close-share-help
by Channel 2 News Staff
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
ANCHORAGE,Alaska -- Freezing rain and icy roads Wednesday caused multiple schoolclosures, including all Anchorage-area schools from Girdwoodto Houston, the University of Alaska Anchorage and its campus in theValley, and Alaska Pacific University.
Glacier View was the only school open Wednesday in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley.
Dueto continuing adverse road conditions, all after-school activities havebeen canceled for elementary, middle and high school.
ThePeople Mover bus service has resumed it's regular schedule aftertemporarily suspending service due to the icy road conditions. Channel2 News staff will monitor the conditions hourly to determine when otherservices will resume.
AnchorRIDES service has been reduced toessential trips only. Essential trips include trips to dialysis, cancertreatment, and trips to get essential oxygen or medical supplies.
This is a developing story. Please return to KTUU.com for updates.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=9673036
But hey at least I didn't have to go to class today! Who would of thought; a snow day in Alaska because of ice. Oh I also heard a public transport bus did a 360 on the highway.
current mood:  giddy
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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12:28 pm
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I saw the northern lights for the first time this morning around 3:30am. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen... I cried a little bit and cant wait to see it again!
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
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4:16 pm
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You told me today you miss me. I have missed you for six years and the feeling never goes away. I hope you can find happiness because I can be happy just knowing you are.
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
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2:02 am
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I’ve been so friggen nostalgic tonight and it’s driving me a bit nuts. I read through my 2005 early 2006 live journal entries and it just made me so sad. For the most part they were wasted years; though I do understand that they were all learning experiences which helped make me the person I am today. Sometimes I think about all the drama and trouble going to the Chamber brought me and still brings me to this day. Sometimes I HATE that Aaron ever took me there and let’s face it I was too naive and trusting and too innocent and somehow during that time I got lost; though I did meet some nice people and friends that would change my life forever. It’s funny that it took a 75lb box falling on me to wake me up and finally get back on the path I was on before Aaron returned home from Maryland. I almost got sucked into the hole I see so many stuck in but I managed to get out by the skin of my teeth. I look back and am embarrassed by how I acted and how I treated myself and others but ultimately I have come out of it a better person with a better understanding of my fellow humans. Tonight I find myself really sad that I’m leaving but I keep asking why? Other than my family and the few friends that stay in contact there is nothing left for me here.
It’s time to continue on the path I stopped walking three years ago.
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
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11:16 pm - a month to the day
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I just realized about an hour ago that today is the 15th meaning that next month on this day I should be close to landing in Alaska. I can’t believe that six months have passed since I have been accepted. There is still a lot I need to do but when I stop to think about what needs to be done I can’t really pin point more than one or two things, but I know there is more. I still want to lose some more weight that I’m sure of but I am also feeling a lot better in my skin again. I also know I will lose and not gain once I’m there since I will be highly stressed and I don’t eat when I’m stressed.
It’s still hard for me to except that I’m going to be leaving everything and everyone I know. I guess that’s something that will hit me closer to when I leave. I mean I know I’m leaving, but the gravity of that hasn’t hit me yet and maybe it won’t until I’m there once my mom leaves and I’m alone. I’m so excited about this journey I’m about to be embarking on and all the possible places it could take me but I’m also very, very scared. I am not one that normally deals well with change and this is a lot of change at once.
On another note Amazon was having a foreign film sale and I ended up with two box sets of anime another anime movie and an Indian movie for $70. All together there were 10 DVDs for $70 can’t beat $7 a DVD!!! :-D
My phone screen took a shit during my trip so I now have to replace my phone. Though it’s still usable since I know where everything is in my phone I just can’t read texts. I’m not in a big hurry to replace it.
I became very ill after the trip and am just now starting to get better. Hopefully this is that last illness before I leave.
My back is doing better but still causing me problems. My sisters and I got massages wile in Florida which helped a lot and I’m thinking that I should get another one here soon and see if I can knock this out before I leave.
Anyone wanting to see me before I leave better speak up since I won’t have a lot of time in the upcoming weeks. Well I might, but I might not. Though I’m not expecting too many people to say goodbye to me and that’s okay with me. :-D
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
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4:35 pm - Lyrics for you my love..
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Seabound-Avalost
Slow motion movement
Into the light
Steadfast I walk
Into the brightest sight
Fusion of day and night
The stars are frozen
Layers of ice
Ice moving, peaceful
Exalted but quiet
The chill and the sea
Hurl back memories
Moments of clarity
You are caressing me
I've been travelling all night
To reach the coast of New Found Land
To meet the girl from my dreams
But she's not there
I sit down by the sea
At the coast of New Found Land
And I dream, I dream
About leaving
I could smell you
Right through the walls
These were the days
Sedateness put in its place
With you I let go
Did you know?
I had a thousand lives
Now the count is down to one
Playing safe was fine
But I'll stake it all this time
As I wade in
The icebergs sing
I've been travelling all night
To reach the coast of New Found Land
To meet the love of my life
She's not there
I sit down by the sea
At the coast of New Found Land
And I smile
As I dream
About leaving
Seabound- Rome on Fire
I'm staring at the wall
Thoughts dried up like desert sand
I fall
Time means nothing anymore
The clocks have simply stopped
I drop
Curious child, shallow mind
When will we meet again?
And will we still be friends?
Check the footprints in the sand
It all got out of hand
Now you say it's not yourself
You just turned to someone else
You are laughing
And you're kissing me goodbye
Tousled playmates on the shelf
You keep shouting 'Rome's on fire'
Indifferent
But now and then
You panic for a while
VNV Nation-Beloved
it's colder than before
the seasons took all they had come for
now winter dances here
it seems so fitting don't you think?
to dress the ground in white
and grey
it's so quiet I can hear
my thoughts touching every second
that I spent waiting for you
circumstances afford me
no second chance to tell you
how much I've missed you
my beloved do you know
when the warm wind comes again
another year will start to pass
and please don't ask me why I'm here
something deeper brought me
than a need to remember
we were once young and blessed with wings
no heights could keeps us from their reach
no sacred place we did not soar
still greater things burned within us
I don't regret the choices that I've made
I know you feel the same
my beloved do you know
how many times I stared at clouds
thinking that I saw you there
these are feelings that do not pass so easily
I can't forget what we claimed was ours
moments lost though time remains
I am so proud of what we were
no pain remains, no feeling
eternity awaits
grant me wings that I might fly
my restless soul is longing
no pain remains, no feeling
eternity awaits
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
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4:26 pm
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I'M GOING TO ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL!
I have already been granted a schooler ship of 28,000 over four years which is 7,000 a year and will be able to get more once I get the right forms filled out. I don't plan on coming home at all over the time I'm there because of the expense and I get a discount if I stay there all year round including summer..
So you all better throw me on kick ass going away party and write me and all that stuff.
I'm so happy and scared.... it really hasn't sunk in yet.
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
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7:53 pm - What truly GREAT people do on a Saturday night:
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Get drunk on wine... go outside in the middle of a snow storm...and spend a half hour building a snow man.
Pictures coming soon...maybe.
Maybe once my hair dries out I'll make a snow dog!
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
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9:37 pm
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Hey all,
Sorry I have been gone so long; after Brian and I got back together I lost all interest in the internet.
Things are changing again but for the better I hope.
This past month I have not been able to work because a 75lb box fell on my shoulder at work and really messed up my shoulder and back. I have been going to physical therapy and am FINALLY starting to get better. I am hoping to be able to lift at least 15lbs next week which means I should be able to go back to work. Because of this absence from work I have no money right now and will have to wait until workman’s comp goes through to get any. Also because of my injury I haven’t really seen anyone (even Brian! :( ) and haven’t kept in contact very well so I apologize.
What good could come from this you ask? Well I have done a whole hell of a lot of thinking this past month and have decided that I am going to go to school for Marine Biology. But I’m not just going to half ass it this time, I’m going to find a college that has a great program move where ever it is and start a new. Though it’s going to require student loans and a lot of work it’s what I want to do. I also don’t plan on living in a dorm since that would drive me crazy so I will probably end up having to use some of my student loans for housing.
For the most part I’m looking forward to moving away from a lot of things that still haunt me here. Memories never completely fade but it will be easier I hope once I’m farther away from them. I have been doing a lot of looking at schools and requesting information from schools in Alaska, Hawaii and everywhere in-between.
Really that’s about it, this is really a lot more complicated than I wish I write down and there are so many different factors that I need to asses and deal with.
So that’s all, I just wanted to give you guys a little update. I hope you all are well and I am sorry that I have not stayed in touch with most of you. Feel free to drop me a line and yell at me for it. :-p
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
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6:33 pm
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So I have been incredibly ill for the past week and am now just getting over it. I don’t do fevers well and un luckily I continued running one all last week which meant no sleep and just being miserable. Now the fever is gone but I am still really weak and still have a wicked cough, chest pain and difficulty breathing. :(
Thankfully the illness kept me from thinking too much about the move but now that my mind is clear I’m stressing out about it badly and it will get worse as the week continues. So much to do and so little time; so much change it’s hard to take in my weakened state. Oh well.
A person I still love want to be friends and I don’t think I can handle that.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I am still alive and will try to start getting back into contact with everyone who has been contacting me over the past week.
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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4:40 pm
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Do to the recent blows and violations against me I died. Don't look for me because it's not me behind these empty eyes. Congrats. My empathy is gone, my walls are thick. I no longer care.
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
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1:41 pm
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The one good thing to come from this: I must no longer feel conflicted. Fate again pushes me towards my other half.
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2:05 am
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So I didn’t cry at all today…
Then I left for work and was so completely inside my self to keep from feeling that I didn’t notice my brother parked in the turn around until I ran into his car.
That was a last straw and I completely broke down..
Guess I wasn’t supposed to go into work, since apparently I am too upset to be driving..
Oh well.
If no one else cares then why should I?
This is why I let my self love but never let my walls down….
Because when I do the damage is always too great.
Lesson learned and noted…….
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
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8:39 am
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What a GREAT weekend… so being sarcastic. Guess I’m single again.. That is all.
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
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12:31 pm - For Robbie
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
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3:05 pm
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I know a few people tried to contact me last week and most of you I didn’t realize had tried to contact me until I looked at my phone today. I strained a muscle at work last week through really no fault of my own and was doped up on pain killers. I finally remembered Ash had called me a few days after the fact only because I jumped on myspace and saw her picture which triggered the groggy memory of her call. So simply, I’m sorry if I missed you or didn’t miss you and just don’t remember talking to you. I was in a lot of pain and on heavy medication.
That’s it, no other update. I’m really getting bad at this kind of stuff.
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