Day 138

My new lap warmers:

Michelle and Dennis's dogs, Frankie and Pickles.

I'm going home in 4 days! I'm so excited! I made it through one semester! Happy Holidays everybody!

Day 137

Hey everybody! I'm still alive! In less than a week I will go back to Michigan for the first time in 4 months! It feels like 4 years! I'm so excited to see my family! So, I've been here a long time. Lately I've been hanging out with my awesome neighbors, they have the coolest dogs ever, they are called Pickles and Frankie:

Funniest dogs ever. The weather has been all over the place. It was pretty cold when I got back from my trip (-10) but then it was warm and balmy for a week or two (20s-30s) and now I'm not sure if it's made up its mind to be one way or the other. The other night we had some freezing dew that made all the bushes look very cute:
Then this morning there was about 3 inches of the wettest snow you've ever seen. Perfect for snowballs and snowmen. not that I made any of course, I was off to school. Oh school. How very much fun we had balancing chemical equations today.

4 more days. Just 4 more. I can make it.

See you soon!!

Day 357924857

Ok, so it hasn't really been that many days. I'm just lazy right now and don't feel like trying to figure it out. I'm pretty sure I'm past the hundred mark. Time has been flowing like molasses lately. So slowly you can barely tell it's even moving. But there's only 3 more weeks until I get to go home.

I went to Portland Oregon for a science teacher conference last week, it was freaking sweet. I got to go to a research facility where they house 4200 monkeys for experiments and stuff. Monkeys are sweet

This week was Thanksgiving. We had a staff get together, lots of food and games. 4 days off from teaching. Nice break, though it could be longer.

Well, I should probably get some work done. Toodle-loo!

Day 95

Hey, I'm 25 and still alive. Just sort of lost myself for a while in the little details of life. Not a whole lot new to tell, I've just been working a lot trying to teach some kids some stuff. The snow is enough to get everyone hopeful but not enough to go hunting on snowmobile. Or so I've been told. Basically no one has gone anywhere.

We had Halloween, that was mildly entertaining.

I think it was before that when we went out on a boat around in the bay, here's some pictures of that.When we landed down the coast we stopped for some hot chocolate and coffee by a stream. That's Jamie LeCount, Tim LeCount, Me, and Andrea Olson. I think in my head I was saying something like "I can't put my arms down!"


Now this one is a classic. Can't tell who anybody is. It's like where's Waldo, except it's where's Tara. I will tell you that I am one of these lumps of insulation and synthetic waterproof material. In this picture is also Tim, Jamie, and Andrea. Like you could tell.


This is a picture I took of the other boat at some point. That's Jeremiah Steck, Andrea (yes, she has a rifle), Brenda Woolley, and Justin Olson (he is camouflaged). Sam Bourgeois also came on this trip. Steck, Justin and Sam all shot lots of ducks and they were quite proud of themselves.


I just had a birthday, turned 25. In Alaska. It made me wonder how the rest of the world was doing. Then I was happy to see who our new president elect is. Good birthday present. (But if you ask almost any Alaskan Native, Alaska is not really a part of the United States, so forget it.)

I also received very nice packages from my Mom, my brother's family, and I guess Grandpa, but I haven't gotten to the post office in a couple days to pick it up. I plan to go tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for the cards and packages.

Oh, I guess I do have exciting news: I'm going to Portland, Oregon in 2 weeks for NSTA conference. It's always fun to be completely surrounded by other science nerds. (Though I do recall being slightly overwhelmed by this last year at MSTA). I got a $1000 PD stipend from the district, although it looks like the trip is going to go over budget and I will have to spend a chunk from my own pocket.

After that it's Thanksgiving then only 3 weeks til I come back to Michigan! I can just see the trees and taste the espresso now. I miss all you fools. Keep smiling.

Day 73

It's October 18th, there is 8 inches of snow, and it's still coming down! The tundra with snow:

There's been snow on the ground for a few days now, but it's super deep today because it snowed all night. I woke up this morning determined to go out and enjoy the snow, and enjoy it I did! Upon walking outside I discovered that the snow is perfect for packing. After a short snowball fight with Dennis, I spent 45 minutes making a snow man of monstrous proportions. Dennis helped me pick up the heavy parts. Here it is all said and done:

Then Jon stopped in between running errands in the snow, I feel the need to document his ketchup and mustard getup.
My roommate and I went down the hill today, got gas, had no mail, and grabbed a few groceries. Driving in the snow is sweet!

I guess that's pretty much it, this week went a little faster I think. Had a couple long nights up at the school trying to get work done. I'm starting to feel settled, which is comforting. I guess the shock of the move is finally starting to wear off, thank goodness.

Oh there is one more thing that happened this week, I worked open-gym Thursday night (we charge people $1 to use the gym after school, we rotate through the staff for volunteers) and a kid broke one of the windows. I had to call the police and keep kids from cutting their arm off on broken glass. I found out later that it was a 2nd grader who broke it, for real. They have some tough kids around here.

Ok, on that note, happy day to you all!

Day 65

What do you say when someone says, "want to learn to make jam?" You say "Totally!" because let me tell you, you are in for a good time. This is what I did yesterday: I learned to make jam (which actually only took about half hour). Then we played dice for about 3 hours (I won both games, thus being named Zilch Queen), then we steamed for about 2 hours. So, want to learn to make jam?

Here's how Esther Thompson gets her jam on.

Measure out 4.5 cups of your favorite fruit, as Andrea demonstrates. (We have fresh cranberries.)Then crush them with a slicer thingy, the kind that's kind of circular but has a bunch of blades on it and you go crush crush crush in a big ol pot.
Then you put the pot on the stove and add 7 cups of sugar. Stir and cook until it's boiling violently like a "volcano" make sure it gets really "angry" then it's ready for 2 packets of Certa (stuff that makes it jell). Cook and stir until it is dissolved into the berry slurry.

Then comes the really intense part! You have to pour the slurry into jars as quickly as possible! This recipe makes about 4 jars. We used a measuring cup to dunk in the berries and pour into the jars. Make sure the mouth and threads of the jar are clean, then put the lids on and turn them upside down. FAST! Go FASTER! Leave the jars upside down for exactly 7 minutes, then turn them right side up. Wait a little bit and the jars will seal themselves!

Woo! I'm telling you, that last step was frantic. But, the dividends were rich, we had delicious cheese cake (Esther makes some killer cheese cake!) topped with our fresh cranberry jam and we each got a jar to take home with us.

So, I have a lot of work to do today because I played all day yesterday. Bleh.

In other news, it's cold but deceptively sunny. We had volleyball games this weekend, I was a line judge, we got our butts kicked by the other village. We also had a staff volleyball game Friday night, it was awesome. School was crazy Friday, the kids were so full of it.

I bought plane tickets, I'll be in Michigan from December 21 until January 2nd. Let me know if we can hang out!

Day 62

Well, look at that. I've lasted 2 months in Alaska. No Beaners. No movie theaters. No Meijer. Just teaching. And Theo's coffee. And beautiful scenery.

Anyway. It's October, which my boss told me, is the start of winter. I'm dressed in snowpants and down parka, scarf and hat to go anywhere.
Teaching seems to be going smoother. Most of the time anyway. I'm pretty sure that teaching is one of the hardest jobs you can have. You work millions of hours for mediocre pay and everybody gives you a hard time for not being a rocket scientist. Whatever. I guess I knew all this before I went into it. Sort of.

I don't know, it's been a pretty slow week, just kind of mellowed out, doing work for school, reading books, etc.

Went to the post office today, picked up a bunch of boxes for my roommate. Here's my ATV loaded up outside the apartment.
Oh, and here's that picture of the dents I made in the wall of the apartment building. Those 4 dents are from me running into the wall with a 4-wheeler. Pay special attention to how close I was to the water thingy.
I'm out.

Day 53

Great news! I didn't get eaten by a bear last night! We didn't see any bears or bear tracks, that's probably a good thing. We also were fortunate not to wash away in the tide.

There were 8 of us that ended up going:
That's Justin, Brenda, Lisa, Me, Andrea, Jamie, Jodi, and Tim. Yep, Brenda brought a tripod. We camped on the beach right near a babbling brook. We took 6 4-wheelers and 3 tents. Me and Lisa shared the little blue one.

We built a fire, cooked some hotdogs and marshmallows, and took to our sleeping bags. I was pretty warm in my 2 pairs of wool socks, parka, snowpants, 3 hats, and sleeping bag rated for 0 degrees. But my nose was still cold. When we woke up this morning there was a layer of ice on the outside of our tents. Here's Brenda, she's pretty happy looking for just waking up.
Then you turn around and see the most amazing sunrise ever:
I love this picture of Jamie, pancakes can change your life. This is proof:Andrea, Lisa and Brenda wait patiently for the most delicious food they will ever taste:
We had pancakes, eggs and coffee for breakfast. We packed up all the tents and gear and took to beach trail. On the way back I quickly stopped to take a shot of this waterfall, pretty impressive, right?
The trip went off without a hitch, but not without a few humorous moments:
-me, falling down trying to get Brenda's 4-wheeler to pull start.
-Lisa, falling on me when she was trying to get into the tent.
-the bunch of us jumping like spiderman to cross the creek
-Lisa, almost floating away in the river when we were crossing on our 4-wheelers
-me, my snowpants getting a giant hole burnt in them from standing right behind Andrea's 4-wheeler when it backfired. (I'm fine)

So there you have it, group camping trip that worked out great. No one died and everyone was pretty happy.

Now back to reality, I get to work for the next 5 days. Bleh.

Day 52

Sha-Zam! I'm still alive and feeling awesome! Life is good (besides the whole, I have to go to work everyday). I guess work is not that bad.

My neighbors got a Wee, so we had a party last weekend, pretty fun stuff. Then it was the week, which lasted 3 years. I've been practically living at the school, I think I should just start sleeping up there, for real.

The sunsets are really beautiful here, so are the sunrises, for that matter. Here's a picture of the sunset the other day.
Last night I went to steam again, I forgot to drink a bunch of water before I went, so I started feeling a little strange. My heart was beating a little fast and it was a little hard to keep my eyes open. Brenda saved me by letting me have some of her water. I'm just not very good at steaming yet, I guess. Anyway, one of the ladies said that last summer she picked 74 gallons of berries. I was very impressed.

Today I went to the store, and paid $5.50 for a half gallon of milk and $5.50 for 4 apples. They actually get some pretty good Gala apples in. Crisp. Juicy.

I went to the post office, I was very excited to get a box from my mom, it had a bunch of food in it! Life cereal, my favorite, and probably about 5 or 6 pounds of nuts. Now I think my diet is complete: berries, salmon, chocolate and nuts.I guess we're going to have fresh salad greens in a couple weeks too. This is my roommate's neat plant growing contraption.
Justin Olson is working on trying to build a shed, he's going to use all this wood from the old school that's full of nails, so I've been helping pull nails this weekend. Fun stuff. It's really good weather today, so I'm happy that there is a project to work on that's outside. Though I should be at the school planning for next week.

Today I learned the Yup'ik word for white person, gosuk.

I saw the most beautiful bird today, it was huge, and all black with a big white V on it's back. I have no idea what it was.

Tonight we're going camping up the beach! I'm very excited. I borrowed a tent from Jon Sharp, who apparently has better things to do than sleep outside on the beach, in weather that might get down in the 20s where bears might eat us. Psh, yeah right. We're going to drive all the way up to 3rd creek, which evidently is passed 2nd creek, which is the farthest I've ever been up the beach. There might end up being like 10 or so of us going. About half of the school staff.

I'll leave you with yet another picture of the tundra at dusk. You can never really get enough of the tundra.
So, unless I get eaten by a bear tonight, I'll be posting more excited enthralling Togiak news later.

yo yo peace out G 5

Day 45

More bad news, Sirius radio doesn't get a signal up here. For real. What the heck. We're way the heck out here with no radio and we can't even get SATELLITE radio. Another reaffirmation that I really am at the end of the world, in case somehow I was starting to think I was still connected to the world in any way. What a silly idea. So, I guess radio will just be added to the list of things that I will live without. I am roughing it, I'm telling you. No car, no coffee shops, no book stores, no sidewalks, no tv, no radio, no restaurants, no movie theaters (though I just found out we can rent movies at the store, which is pretty cool!), no alcohol, no TREES, and pretty soon no daylight! But, instead of having all of that, we have lots of tundra, berries, 4-wheelers, dirt roads, ponds, little houses, steam shacks, and stray dogs. Not to mention the huge bay and the awesome river, FULL of salmon. And supposedly moose and bears, though I haven't seen any yet. So whatever, I guess it balances out.

I didn't do much this week besides work. Lots of work. Physics is killing me. There's no books, no curriculum, no materials to do all these "awesome" labs with, nothing. So, you tell me what I'm supposed to do... I've asked some of my colleagues and mentors and stuff, the first thing they always say is, "dude, just wing it" I love it. To which I reply "well, if I knew enough about physics I would, but I don't, so what's the next solution?" Whatever, something will be decided.

My biology class spent the week trying to learn the organelles, so they made these sweet models from clay, they were totally into it. Here's Damien's model.

My family is all having their annual family reunion in Michigan right now. Makes me sad that I can't be there. Why can't it still be in July? Hm? It's a load, that's what I say.

Last night we had homemade pizza and watched the movie 21, great movie. It made me want to go to Vegas.

I ran all the way to the village today. It's like 4 miles. I didn't know I could run that far, but turns out it's not that hard.

Oh, so I got in my first (and hopefully last) 4-wheel "accident" today. Jon Sharp was at the post office when got there and he let me drive his 4-wheeler back because he felt like walking it. Then I ran into the apartment building because his breaks don't work. Yep. I was screaming and Theo was outside with her cat watching me and Dale came running outside asking if everything was ok. I was going pretty slow by the time I hit the building, maybe 5 mph, I don't know, Jon's 4-wheel doesn't have a speedometer. It dented the metal siding. Whoops. The 4-wheeler wasn't hurt and I was fine, didn't even budge. The main result was me feeling like a ding bat for not down shifting when the breaks obviously weren't going to work. Instead I put my foot on the ground trying to slow down like that. Yeah, pretty awesome, I know.

After all that, Andrea and Brenda called me up and asked if I wanted to go to 2nd creek with them, so we drove out there, pretty fun. Did you know that beach grass grows in Alaska?

Then on the way back, instead of going down the beach and back up in the road, we went through the tundra, which was really fun! It was all muddy and we were sinking in everywhere, I think we were pretty lucky not to get stuck. Supposedly there's mud around here that just sucks things in like quick sand. There have been at least a couple 4-wheelers completely eaten by the mud here. But not today! Woo!

Well, I hope you've all enjoyed this installment of "well, I've got a 4-wheeler, what kinds of stupid crap can I do?"

Day 39

It's been a while, let me tell you, not a lot has happened. Ha. Well, ok, that's not entirely true. But I am enjoying the slower pace of life. Not always having to rush around everywhere.

I guess I can start by telling you about the steaming experience last weekend. Steaming is pretty crazy up here, people have these little shacks for steaming. There are two rooms, one is really hot and small where the stove is, the other is cooler, there's more room to sit and relax. In Togiak the men and women go at separate times, I heard that in other places they have co-ed steaming, no thanks. The hot room is really hot, they really cook you in there, I heard that sometimes they get it up to 350 degrees. When I went we had it at about 260, not too bad. But then they splash water on the rocks-wooo! Hot! Anyway, it's a cleansing thing, it's also very social. You hang out for a couple hours, at least. Good time.

So, this week went by pretty good. I did lots of teaching. The kids did a little learning. Fun times. It's been raining A LOT, so I haven't gotten out a ton. Let me just tell you, it sucks riding a 4-wheeler in the rain without sunglasses. Your eye balls feel like they're going to burn right out of your head. Unless you just close them. which is always exciting too. Went to a teacher's house down in the village last night for some cajun food, that was fun. I also convinced Jon Sharp to help me make a mancala board.

I spent a lot of time sanding yesterday.

Also, in my spare time, I learned how to juggle scarves. Except my scarves are too heavy, so I'm not very good at it. Whatever. In Alaska you gotta have hobbies.

In tribute to the hurricane season, my current issues class made some models of cities which have been hit by different level hurricanes. This was a really fun project that got all the kids involved. Here they are, in order from 1 to 5





Hit by category 1 hurricane, this is supposedly somewhere in Africa?








Hit but category 2 hurricane, those are the twin towers, I think this group was a little confused.








Hit by category 3 hurricane, I think they named it hurricane Ling Ling







Hit by category 4 hurricane, they named it hurricane katrina, even though katrina was actually level 5.










Hit by category 5 hurricane, named hurricane Yo Momma (the blue stuff is water.)



Yep, this was a good project.

Thanks for tuning in to this week's edition of, "Well I'm out in the middle of nowhere Alaska... what am I going to do now?" Have a good day!

Day 31

I've been in Alaska for a month! And I'm still alive! I would say that's quite the accomplishment. So I've taught another week, it was a long week, even though it was actually only 4 days. I won't go into detail about my students and so forth, but I'll just tell you it's different from Michigan.

My physics curriculum finally came (2 and a half weeks into school) so it's going to be fun trying to find all the materials that I will need for all the freaking labs. But I guess the kids will like it because of how labby it is. I haven't looked at it closely enough to figure out if these labs are actually going to teach them anything about physics. We'll see.

Other exciting news, we just had a Step Up marathon, consisting of Step Up on Thursday night, and Step Up Two, The Streets, Friday night. Both excellent movies, I recommend them to anyone.

Oh, Thursday was also Parent night at school, so several of the families came to the school to meet teachers and stuff. It was sweet because these cool Yupik dancers played and danced a few traditional songs, that was awesome. Sorry I didn't have my camera with me, but I can tell you that it was neat.

Today I hiked out past the dump up Two Hill with Mark Snell, middle and high school special ed teacher, and Maddy, an energetic dalmatian. My feet are pretty tired, but my new hiking boots worked great and my feet don't feel as bad as they could after hiking about 8 miles. In this picture you can kind of see the village, waaaaay out there, then the bay just past it. So, the first row of buildings is the school, my apartment and some other newer housing, that's called Togiak Heights, then all the way down to the water is where Togiak proper is.

Look at all those lakes! If you like lakes, Togiak might be the place for you! It was very windy on top of the hill. You could see pretty far, even though it was kind of cloudy.

Well, um, still haven't decided to buy sirius. I got a gas can. I'm about to go steam for the first time. I'll let you guys know how it goes!

Chow!

Day 25

Hello all, great news! I haven't died yet! Yep, still alive. That's pretty much all the news I have. So, I thought I would tell you about some of the mundane things, like berry picking. You're probably wondering, who cares about some berry picking? Well, I'm here in Togiak to inform you that berry picking is the be-all end-all. You pick berries or go home! Ok, maybe I'm just being silly.

Anyway, picking berries here is not like picking berries in Michigan.

First off, you have to wear rubber boots. Because there is standing water in the tundra.

Second, berry bushes are actually little tiny plants that grow close to the ground. So you can either bend over, or you can crawl to pick them. Exhibit A:

Third, these are wild berries, not commercial, so these blue berries are about half the size of the ones you're used to. If you're lucky. Here's what I got after picking for 45 min. Exhibit B:

Fourth, people eat berries on everything. It's just how it's done. You pick gallons of berries, freeze them, then eat them on everything all winter long. Don't argue with the conventions! You fill your freezer with fish and berries! Exhibit C:

Now you know everything there is to know about berry picking in Togiak. Hope you're happy.

Also, it's about time I put a picture up here of the mystical, magical, expensive, and source of all joy and light: the 4-wheeler. I found out that it has an automatic transmission switch. This means I can perpetuate my laziness to yet another venue in my life. Not bad. It's kind of rainy today, sorry there's no sunshine in this photo.
Yep, it looks just like everybody else's. I haven't named it yet. I was thinking either:

-Burton, the dusty road I grew up on
-Flash, in memory of my pony
-Herman, in memory of my first cat
-Daffy, in memory of one of our crazy goats
-Stubby, in memory of that one chicken that lost it's feet to frostbite
-Chief, because it's fun to say chief

So far Stubby is winning. Cast your vote now!

Day 22

I'm sad to report some unhappy news, the shortwave radio is not strong enough to work out here. All I get on it is static. I feel incredibly isolated. Civilization is merely a foggy memory, full of exhaust fumes and busy people.

Also disappointing, my speakers that I sent to myself are busted. So I have no way of listening to good quality music.

On a more exciting note, my 4-wheeler finally came! I drove it to get the mail and go berry picking today.

A bunch of teachers left for the weekend to get a moose or a bear. I'm not really sure what I'm going to do with a three-day weekend. I suppose can get some work done for school. Yippy.

Tomorrow I will get my first real paycheck. I should be excited. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I don't know if I'm mentally prepared to be a part of the working world. I guess it doesn't really matter if I am or not because I'm definitely a part of it now. It is what it is.

I'll leave you with a couple pictures from when we went out to second creek last Sunday. A bunch of people went, Andrea, Justin and Joel, Brenda, Lisa, Melissa, Dennis, Michelle and myself. Here's one of my roommate, Melissa, fishing:


And one just to prove again that I am in Alaska. For real.One last note: I'm beginning to discover that I'm a little bit of workaholic. Maybe it's just because there really isn't anything else to do. Yeah, that's probably got something to do with it. Man, when the corporate world hears of this it will be huge for the business sector, I can just see it now. "Want to boost productivity in your company? Well, just send everyone to bush Alaska where there's not really a whole lot else to do besides work!" Yeah, you can't even listen to the radio!

Whoa, I just got a great idea.

Dude, why didn't I think of this earlier, I should get sirius radio! I bet that would work here because it's satellite! I'm so looking into that...

Ok, well that's all I have for now. Peace!

Day 18

I'm recovering from a big day yesterday. We went up Togiak river and caught a bunch of salmon, made a fire and cooked some salmon, caught some more salmon, then came back. Then we cleaned all the salmon and filleted it for the freezer. We have 10 salmon in our freezer!

Here's the crew before we set out, minus Melissa and Sam. So there's Ellen (she didn't go), Lisa Wicke (new elementary teacher), Tricia Wick (principal's wife and middle school math teacher), me, Jeremiah Steck, and David Wick (the principal).


Sam is the best fish cleaner in the whole world! He's also very good at convincing people to eat things like fish nose, cheek and eyeball, he made it sound like such a delicious snack! I think he's holding a bunch of fish eggs in this one.

This picture is a little misleading, I didn't really catch this trout, it was caught on the net. But it definitely made a good dinner! I did do some pole fishing, I caught 2 great big silvers.

Here I'm holding a beating heart from a salmon, it was so freaking sweet! Cool science fact: if you squeeze a heart right after it stops beating it will start beating again!

Here's Jeremiah Steck the shop teacher pulling in a silver salmon off the net. I think this is the owner of the fish heart in the previous picture.
When we were eating we found some gigantic bear tracks... we were all glad that Sam brought a gun. We also saw moose tracks, which got everybody excited because moose season opens in a couple days or something. Yeah, that's my foot.


So, I think it was a pretty great day all in all. Still haven't seen any bears, but I did see some tracks. I learned how to clean and fillet a fish, which is awesome. I also developed a deep deep appreciation of rubber boots, rubber gloves, and rain gear.

We went shooting at the dump the night before, that was interesting because we ended up having some issues with the 4-wheeler starting. Only to find out an hour later it was because the kill switch had gotten hit. Yep. I suck at shooting nazi shotguns.

So, what's the vote, should I buy a gun?

Day 16

I did it! I haven't died yet! I finished my first week (well, it was only 3 days) of teaching in Togiak. It's a pretty sweet deal, I'm telling you. Highlight of the week: the lunch is FREE!!! I'm so excited! Not only is it free, but it's ok to get seconds! Even thirds if you are that hungry! I was informed that it would make me fat, but I don't know if that's really possible. We'll put it to the test. A very cheap, tasty test. :)

At least I know I'll get one good meal a day.

My students are pretty sweet. I feel lame because I still don't know all their names. My class sizes are perfect: 10, 6, 17, 6, 8, 9. That's right. My biggest class has 17 kids. You have time to be jealous later. My 4-wheeler still isn't here, they keep telling me "tomorrow!" but I know better. So for now I don't really have a way to pick up all the stuff that is probably sitting at the post office for me. I'm going net fishing with the vice principal tomorrow, which is freaking sweet. I might go shooting this evening. We're either going to the dump or to the beach. The dump is funny, lots of stuff from a long time ago, just sitting in a big pile. I haven't been to the beach yet, so I hope that's where we're going.

My tea came! I almost died without it.

I ran out of milk and cereal. Now having to eat oatmeal. Bleh.

I got pretty home-sick last night, I couldn't fall asleep because I just kept thinking about everybody in Michigan that I wished I could see. I hope you are all doing good.


Stray dogs outside the apartment? Sure why not. There are 6 more where this came from.



Oh, I took a couple pictures of my room at school so you could see how sweet it is. I like bragging.


It's pretty well stocked... tho the microscopes only go up to 400x. Whatever. It has a fume hood. That I probably won't use. Bam. They also don't have the gas hooked up. Great.

The view out the window shows the tundra and the bay, pretty much the same thing you see from my apartment.

I can't wait til I get my shortwave radio. Should be here soon!

Stay alive!