Ah, yet another day in typical arctic Alaska. You know, just normal blizzards with 30 mph winds and .8 mile visibility. The plus side of having a blizzard: the results i.e., exceptionally warm temperatures and tons of snow! Although I've never been good at digging tunnels and perfecting them into mini-houses like my brothers, I still look forward to it every year. Kinda like the kid who joins basketball every year knowing he'll be on JV for the whole season or the girl who runs the race and dreams of winning but is plenty satisfied with just actually finishing the race. I dream of someday building a tunnel that will go beyond anybody's wildest-tunnel dreams!
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Today I learned an amazing yet very puzzling and quite sorrowful concept. In chapter 25 of "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck describes the amazing ability and knowledge that humans posses that can do amazing things like grafting apple trees with a pear branch. However, those same humans posses the coldness and heartlessness to destroy the fruit that blossoms from the trees right in front of the starving people who traveled miles in hopes of getting food. It truly breaks my heart.
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I must say, I wasn't as disappointed with Valentines Day this year as I had anticipated. My physics class has a pet spider who, although he didn't have a choice, was my valentine. I knew what I was getting myself into, you know, giving up getting chocolates or a kiss and other valentines related things, but I was happy. Sammy the spider did not disappoint me because I didn't have any expectations in the first place :)
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random fact: Will Ferrell= one of the greatest actors. End of story.
Notice how I put fact and not opinion. That's right.
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