May 2012
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November 2011
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‘A Toad-Eat-Toad World,’ and Other Tales of Animal... →
Animal cannibalism used to be considered accidental or pathological, but scientists now realize that it can sometimes make good evolutionary sense.
October 2011
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September 2011
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And we call it field work.
Man, Chapter 1 and i have some serious love-hate relationship. On one hand, the writing is mind-numbing. You can only make so much prose out of a list of specimens. But at the same time, it makes me dig through old field photos to confirm the species identification. And then photos like these ones pop up and i’m reminded how awesome my field work was.
This beach is on the island of...
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August 2011
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Choosing death can be like a 'birth,' advocates... →
I am all for assisted suicide. I hope to go with dignity and on my own time, if i’m so lucky. And i’ll send out a farewell invitation and everyone can say their goodbyes properly. Wouldn’t that be nice?!
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Comment functionality is now on!!
Thank you, Disqus!!!
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“Love well, seek the good in all things, harm no others, think for yourself, take...”
– A.C. Grayling, “The Good Book.”
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Chapter 3 is off of my hands. Fuck yeah.
Submitted my Chapter 3 to Jim today. Back to the salt mine with Chapter 1. I think it’s doable. I think.
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Heisenberg and Schrodinger were in a car speeding...
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He comes to the window and says, “do you have any idea how fast you were going?” Heisenberg replied, “no but I can tell you exactly where I was.” Hearing this strange reply the cop decides to conduct a search of the car. After opening the trunk of the car he immediately returns to the front window where he startlingly asks, “did you know there’s a dead cat in your trunk?!”...
Go to sleep, Brain!!!!
Having one of those nights when your body’s dog tired but your brain wouldn’t shut the fuck up. I need to sleep. Shooting with Mark tomorrow, would hate to show up with dark circles under my eyes… :-/
The death of the text message →
Funny, i just had this conversation with my friend Simon not an hour ago. He got me to install What’sApp on my phone today for texting (he lives in Vancouver so my unlimited txt plan doesn’t do shit), and it works wonders. No, i don’t feel like i’m stealing, because like the article says, the rate structure for texting is basically a royal assfuck for the customer, unless...
Me? Bad driver? Nawww... →
I’ve seen this type of article time and time again, regarding our double standards when it comes to judging ourselves versus others (e.g. “other people can’t text and drive, but i’m ok; this won’t take long”, etc.). And i admit to being a judgmental driver; i always think other people drive like dicks. So maybe i’m really guilty of not seeing the plank...
I heart my family
I guess it’s Ben’s family, to be precise, but it doesn’t matter at this point, it seems. They love me and i love them just as much as i do my own family.
Today Ben’s parents threw a farewell party for Ben and me, and we had a good showing from the Fresno bunch: Aunt Rhonda, Aunt Nance, Grandma Bev, and Uncle Chris took the long drive to hang out with us one last time. ...
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Size 6/Small. Seriously.
So while killing time waiting to hang out with Mark the other day (i think it was Sunday the 14th), i decided to stroll into Ross and try on some clothes. (Yes, it’s one of my guilty pleasures. But enough on that.)
I started out with size 8 dresses. Guess what, they’re all too big. I switched to size 6 dresses, and whoa, they fit. They’re a little snug up top (thanks, big...
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Jonny Tran and his Life-saver of a Blog Importer. →
Can’t thank you enough!!!!!!!
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BBC News - Internet Explorer story was bogus →
I don’t know how i missed when this was exposed as a hoax, but i did see it when major news channel like BBC themselves and CNN just swallowed the story up and regurgitated it wholly. Oh man, what an awesome prank. Readers Beware, indeed!!!
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Chapter Fuckin' Two is Fuckin' Done.
Turned in my Chapter 2 first draft to advisor today. Now onto Chapter 3. About 4 more weeks to go and two more chapters to do!!!!!!!!!!! F my life!!!!
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The Many Faces of Ron Swanson
Did i mention that i’m a BIG fan of Parks & Rec???? :-D
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Cracked.com: 5 Scientific Reasons Your Idea of... →
My daily dose of Life’s Lessons Taught by a Comedy Site.
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
Mythologies, cultural fetish... What's the... →
They found the body of one of the Vernal Falls... →
We were just there in Yosemite hiking to the top of Vernal Falls last Monday. They had flyers around asking people to be on the lookout for the bodies and to report any sightings. Glad there is closure to at least one of the families. Hope they find the other two.
5 weeks to departure
My dissertation’s still lagging pretty far behind. F me. F my life. :-(
Ha.
Just rediscovered this blog. Might be time to write again soon. Many changes are afoot… :-)
July 2008
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On being responsible and being an adult
So… I lost my ATM card on Saturday night. Again. The replacement card that they’re sending to me is my fourth one WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. Woop-dee-doo, i lost my ATM card twice. I feel so effin’ stupid. Kids lose their stuff all the time, because they’re kids. They leave things lying around and forget about them. They set things down and leave them behind. They don’t...
May 2008
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Bad joke (or Sensitive me)
So yesterday Ben took the Corolla that is going to be mine down to El Cerrito… (that’s right; a mid-week visit!!). He let me drive from school to my apartment, a story that’s probably worth an entire entry by itself. It SO, HARD driving with Ben in the passenger seat!! He’s a total backseat driver and he managed to make me flip out and raise my voice at him within minutes...
I'm a very, VERY happy girl!!!!
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Ibex Hills, originally uploaded by shobster. So i made it back from Death Valley (an exemplar of the awesome photos that i managed to take while there is presented above) with relatively little additional tan to my...
April 2008
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Camera envy
Wow, i went 8 days without adding another entry!! Goes to show just how dead my creativity has been. I’m still waiting for it to come back around, but no light at the end of the tunnel so far… So yeah. Today i learned that the XSi has been released a few days ago. Needless to say i went green with envy towards all the people who helped made it the #11 best selling DSLR camera on...
The starving student
Just how tragic is it that i have $12,000 in research money, but nearly zero to live on? I have no idea how i am going to make ends meet this time. All the extra money that i have is floating around. I have almost $700 that will not get reimbursed until after the evolution meetings in June. After my landlady cashes my rent check this week i will have less than two digits in my checking account,...
