Let's party - American style

I've been convinced by two fellow geeks and travelers extraordinaire that I should join the blogging community. Alaska is still a blast and often an adventure, but many days my life consists of cursing at my computer and talking about geeky things that nobody else really cares about. So, for now I'll just post once a week unless something else comes up that inspires me to blab, rant, or show off some photos.

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A busy weekend. Saturday was the Equinox Marathon and Relay, supposedly the second most difficult marathon in the U.S. It's often considered a graduation requirement for graduate students in the geophysics department. Each year I tell myself that I'm going to run it and then chicken out. This year I ran the 3-person relay, along with Inari and my friend Anthony. We finished at 4:09, good enough for 16th out of 62 relay teams and 4th out of 22 mixed teams. Full results, if you're interested, are at http://www.equinoxmarathon.org.

On Sunday we celebrated Inari gaining resident status by hosting an American party. This required dressing as an American and bringing American food, which of course, was open to interpretation. We had a redneck, a hippie, a jock, a cowboy, an American tourist, and everything from ding-dongs to chili. It was a real hoedown.














As a resident Inari is now able to remain in the U.S. indefinitely, which means no more stress and no more unnecessary bureaucracy. For now. She'll have the option of becoming a dual-citizen in five years.