A Transition?

As my 10th grade year begins, I've realized that I truly have enjoyed writing on this digital website. And as much as I do like writing about my closest friends, I have also come to realize that I've ran out of friends to write about. And I know what you're thinking, "Well Karsten why don't you make new friends?" Well you see I'm extremely socially awkward and plus my social anxiety levels peak each time I start a conversation... so yeah. But I do just adore writing on this thingy (plus it would be great to look back on this when I'm old and grey and laugh hysterically at my teenage self.) So ima continue this blog and just write about my adventures/obsessions/environmental rants. Because since it's so hard for me to get out what I'm trying to say through speech, I'll just do it with typing I guess. And even if no one will reads my posts, well I simply do not care cuz this whole writing thing has become a stress reliever. So yeah I hope people will keep reading this thing but if not oh well cuz I think it's a blast! Btw I think the new name for this blog should be called The Nordic Hippie. So yeah thanks for reading!

Maybe a new background photo? Photo courtesy of meridian.com

A Reflection and Predicting My Future

This post is gonna be a wee bit different than my usual posts. I'm gonna reflect on how I've changed throughout my ninth grade year at Treasure Mountain Junior High. Cause what isn't more fun than to read/write that?

At the beginning of this year I was really unsure of who I wanted to be once my seemingly endless days of being a teenager ended. I knew that I wanted to leave Utah and travel to a place where I can find people who are more like me but I had no clue as to where that place would be or who those people are. But as the year progressed I became more familiar of what I wanted to do. And I've also found people who I relate to and feel comfortable being myself around. And thanks to endless google map searching, I've found the perfect area to live. The Pacific North West! I don't really know where in the PCW yet but anywhere from San Francisco up is good for me! And after being invited and going to an environmental film festival (thanks Faith!) I've discovered what I wanna do with my life. I wanna do something with ecology and human impact and basically just saving the Earth. So yeah I guess you could say that I've changed and realized what my path truly is.

And I guess you could say that I'm more in touch with my free spirited side after this year. I've always been a kind of a rule follower and a subject to societal norms, but after this past year I have become more adventurous. Before, I went on long trail runs to get a workout, but now I go on trail runs to get lost (and to get a workout). To get lost both mentally and physically. I love to just get lost in my thoughts and when I go running I can get totally misplaced in my head thinking about what my life truly means and such. And there's been plenty of times where I have just gotten completely disoriented and on a completely new trail, so I call my dad (who's an avid mountain biker and has probably been on every trail ever) and we figure out a way back home. So yeah, I guess I've changed in the way that I've become more acceptable to the idea of being free.

A picture that I took this year in California. And idk I just like this photo. I was
adventuring when I took this photo so I guess it relates to my this post.

And like every year of my existence, I have gotten to know myself a little better. I'm so happy to be on this absolutely glorious planet. And another year here has just heightened my fascination in living. So that was how I've changed this year, I hope I didn't bore you into your inevitable death. Thanks for coming along with me on my ninth grade blog journey!

An Update on Faith Staley! "Give Peace a Chance"

Faith styling withs some sick shades and a
little sister. Selfie courtesy of Faith Staley.

Now I know I've done like literally thousands of blog posts on Faith Staley but she's fun to write about so let's do it again shall we. My first initial post about Faith was probably back in quarter one or like quarter two so it has been awhile. So let's begin with what has changed in Faith's life since the last interview.

The Snapchat captions says it all. Selfie
courtesy of Faith Staley.

Faith's family has adopted a new puppy named Rosie. And let me tell you I love puppies! If I could take a bath in puppies I totally would. So when I heard that Faith was getting a puppy I basically squealed out of pure joy. Now raising puppy is not as cute as a puppy itself. So when I got my puppy I had to clean up a lot of her "accidents" so to speak. And now Faith has gotten accustomed to doing that as well. Animals are weirdly like extremely sassy and strangely jealous when a new pet comes along. So I wasn't surprised to hear that Faith's kitty (Lizzy) has been meaner than usual. So now Faith has a lot more scratches which is new. Another change is that Faith rearranged her room which actually isn't that     unusual. But still extremely amazing. You can read more about her spontaneous room reconfigurings here.

Some new addictions that Faith has developed are mainly focused on new musicians. Now you probably know this artist quite well Winds of Change (it's pretty A+++ tbh.) And there's another band that she's been listening to a lot more than before and that band is the ever glorious band called City and Colour.
from his undoubtedly famous song: Riptide. But Faith absolutely adores another song by him called

Yep so thats it for this blog entry and I hoped you enjoyed learning a little bit about what's happening with Faith's erratic and hectic life.

An Update on Morrison Haslock! "A Fanatic Harry Potter/Percy Jackson Fan"

Morrison in her natural habitat just
chilling and such. Photo courtesy of
Morrison Haslock.

The last time that I interviewed Morrison was so long ago I don't even remember doing it. But alas I did, and I thought that it was time to write another post on this hardcore fandom obsessor.
First off, Morrison is still quite obsessed with all of her past T.V. shows and books and such, but she does have a couple of new things that she likes as well. This includes the newest Avengers movie (god it was the best tbh) and so now she breaths, eats, and drinks DC comics/Marvel comics ever since she saw that truly wondrous movie. But along with her newest addictions, she still has her old  ones as well. I mean she still loves Harry Potter (it's a true classic if you ask me) and she also still enjoys Percy Jackson fanatically. So she still the same ol' Morrison.

Morrison has also started to draw a lot more frequently than she used to. Most of her works are inspired by her fav T.V. shows and movies. And all of them are of people as well. This girl carries her sketch book practically everywhere and is always showing me some work (and they're all really good tbh). I personally can't draw a anything even close to a human without the head being way to ovally shaped and the eyes to look like demented eggs. And my trees just look like green blobs on top of overly thick and long sticks. So yeah, props to you Morrie!

Well I do hope that that was fun and satisfying for you to read. I mean cause it sure was a blast to write! I hope that y'all will come back to some more of my posts, thanks!

A drawing that Morrison did of a character she created named
Lena. Photo courtesy of Morrison Haslock.

Chloe Geddes: "A True Animal Lover"

An adorbs cat! Courtesy of Barts and The London.

Chloe is a bright individual with a big personality. She has strong opinion and a gargantuan spot in her heart for animals. Chloe loves cats, like I mean she really, really loves cats. She would probably be a cat if she was given the opportunity. She even stated that her biggest inspiration is her pet cat. That is one seriously different individual.

But anywho, Chloe loves her horses along with her cats. In fact, her favorite memory was the time that her little bitty baby horse crossed a stream for the first time.  And Chloe remembers that tingling sensation called being proud because her horse finally faced their fear and had a blast enduring it. But besides for that memory, she has a couple more that she absolutely adores. Chloe also loved the day that her cat came home for the first time and she got to name him. Oh how I love the feeling getting a new pet! You just feel so happy and all you wanna do is, hug and cuddle and kiss your new family member until they've had enough of it. But the best part is naming them. You can truly make your animal feel welcomed by giving them a personal name that means so much to you. Or it can just be a name that you love. But anywho, Chloe also likes the day that her war with a squirrel began.

Another thing about Chloe is that she is obsessed with Disney. Like you could ask this girl anything about Disney and she would tell you lickety-split. But she does not enjoy swear words (me too, unless their added for comedic effect). And one more activity that she an intense passion for is adventuring. I too love adventuring! I just feel so free and I'm filled with glee from top to bottom. But Chloe love to adventure with the animals that she loves, which is fun as well. But anyways, I love getting lost in the woods, and honestly I think that trying to find my way back is the best part. It's just such a blast cause at the beginning you don't know where you're gonna end up, and I just love that feeling.

When Chloe is older, she wants to live in a place with lots of trees and a lot of snow. So basically, she wants to live in a place like Park City. And want she wants to do as a job is actually pretty interesting. She would adore being a world class spy.

So, all in all Chloe is an amazing and truly fascinating human. She is a hardcore animal lover and a gritty adventurer. She battles with squirrels and cuddles with cats. Chloe is a disney obsessor with a big soft spot in her heart for her furry friends.

15 Questions for Jeff Pack

Welcome to the last part of my little social experiment. The last person that I chose to give 15 questions is Jeff Pack. It was in quarter one when I last wrote something about him. And as far as I know, Jeff is still a gargantuan fan of Cher. So let's get onto the responses!

1. If you had to date one male celebrity who would it be and why?
Jeff would date Chris Evans simply for the reason that he's Captain America. I mean, dating a superhero wouldn't be so bad.

2. If you had to date one female celebrity who would it be and why?
I was actually extremely surprised when Jeff said that he would date Jennifer Lawrence instead of Cher. I mean like what has happened to him? But then he explained himself by saying that he wouldn't date Cher because she couldn't have kids (which makes sense I guess). And I guess Jennifer Lawrence is his second fav female celeb.

3. Would you rather live at the South Pole or at the North Pole
He would rather live in the North Pole (he'll be near Canada eh).

4. If you only had to eat one thing for the rest of your days what would it be and why?
Jeff made it very clear that he would DRINK his all time fav drink:
Diet Coke. This makes sense since he sends me daily snapchats of his Diet Coke addiction.

5. What was the last lie you told?
Another very typical teenage response, "I don't have any homework."

6. What is your ideal pizza?
This a new fav pizza, barbecue chicken from the Snake River Brewery in Jackson, WY.  I'm kind of surprised that we got no just cheese responses.

7. What was your first thought this morning?
"I need more sleep," that's a good one (I need more sleep too).

8. If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be?
Jeff would be 25 years of age. Kind of interesting that both Jeff and Ava said ages in the twenties, while Faith said that she'd be nine.

9. What cheers you up?
Typical Jeff said, "Diet Coke."

10. Have you ever eaten a crayon or glue?
He made it very clear to me when he said NO to this question (kind of suspicious if you ask me).

11. What is your favorite word?
Jeff's favorite word isn't an English word. It's a Spanish word, the word is tonto. Which I guess means stupid (I take Chinese so I didn't know this). I guess its not the kindest word ever but whatever.

12. What is your least favorite word?
The word frivolous is Jeff's least favorite word. He just hates the way it sounds. And frivolous means (according to the Apple dictionary) is not having any serious purpose are value.

One of Jeff's favorite pictures from Wyoming. There are the
Tetons. Photo courtesy of fishinginyellowstone.com

13. If you had to named after a city or area, what city or area would it be?
Jeff loves the great state of Wyoming, and he would love to be named after an area there.

14. Have you ever had any relatives in jail?
Once again he has typed this word in a capitalized state. It's the word of NO.

15. Mountains or the beach?
And once more its MOUNTAINS. Typical Parkite.

That's it! Some very interesting responses. I hope that was entertaining to read, cause it was definitely entertaining to write!

15 Questions for Ava Hamilton

So here's part 2 of the 15 questions posts. I decided to do this one on another past blog honorary: Ava Hamilton. Now you may remember her as the "Spiritual Helper". But let's see what she says when I give her the same 15 questions that I gave Faith. So, here we go!

Chris Pine stunting it. Photo courtesy of
People.com

1. If you had to date one male celebrity who would it be and why?
Ava would absolutely love to date the one and the only Chris Pine. And it's because he is very attractive. Plus he also looks really funny on all of his gifs in his interviews.

2. If you had to date one female celebrity who would it be and why?
She doesn't know. Ava doesn't know which celebrity because they're all too amazing.

3. Would you rather live at the South Pole or at the North Pole
Ava would much rather live at the South Pole because it is simply just more redneck (in theory). I mean, I don't hate that.

4. If you only had to eat one thing for the rest of your day what would it be and why?
Noodles. Ava would obviously eat noodles because they are the so-called bomb.

5. What's your least favorite word?
Isabelle. This'll make more sense once we move onto question número 12.

6. What is your ideal pizza?
So this next one is kind of interesting. Both Faith and Ava love their pineapples on pizza apparently. Cause they both wrote the same thing for this question.

7. What was your first though this morning?
Ava's first thought this morning was, "What day is it?" And, "Why do I have to go to school?" Those sound like the most stereotypical teenager thoughts ever.

8. If you could be any age for a week, what age would it be?
She would be 21. Simply for the reason to be drunk and then get videotaped (interesting person).

9. What cheers you up?
A thing that cheers Ava up when she's feeling down is looking up completely random and unrelated things on the world wide web.

10. Have you ever eaten a crayon or glue?
"Yes . . . don't remind me." That's her exact response, and its just perfect.

11. What is your favorite word?
Ava's favorite word is whatever noise that she makes up during a day.

12. What was the last lie that you told?
The last lie that Ava was what you read previously in question number five. She stated that her least favorite word was Isabelle (probably the name Isabelle, as in Isabelle
Fernandez, one of Ava's closest friends). But Ava actually doesn't hate Isabelle she instead, "Loves her."

13. If you had to named after a city or area, what city or area would it be?
Ava would enjoy being named after Moon, Pennsylvania. It's part of the Pittsburg metropolitan area, and it actually has a surprisingly large population.

14. Have you ever had any relatives in jail?
Ava says that she has had relatives in jail. But then again who doesn't? Well Faith Staley doesn't.

15. Mountains or the beach?
The mountains, no doubt the usual Parkite response.

So that was fun! Well at least I hope that it was fun for y'all, but if it wasn't fun, then oh well I guess.