Intro Post

Hi!

My name is Nathan Andrew-you can call me Nate. I'm a freshman, and my major so far is chemistry. I grew up in Dillingham, Alaska, and came to Fairbanks and UAF in search of an education. Why Fairbanks? Several reasons, really. It's "competitive" tuition prices, it's closeness to home, it's familiar "Alaska-ness"... but yeah, mostly it's price.

When I have time to get away from my schoolwork, I enjoy reading Wired, the Economist, hanging out with my friends, reading tech and news blogs, and, on the rare occasions when I have more than 2 consecutive hours of free time on my hands, I like reading actual books-right now I'm working on "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Favorite things? Drinking decent coffee, sleeping in, enjoying the pretty things in life...

A piece of writing or a book that has had an impact on me? "The Great Gatsby", for sure. With each consecutive reading, I get something new out of it-wether it's new understandings of the characters' thoughts, or different feelings about Fitzgerald's conclusions about the nature of life and desire (as seen through Gatsby). And of course, theres always that sense of awe of the authors masterful prose-his ability to so flawlessly and beautifully put into english the deepest and most subtle emotions, thoughts and desires of his characters. Every time I read it, my appreciation of writing and reading grow.

Will update soon!