happy easter!
wow it's been quite a long time since i've updated. been very busy with internships and school, and work, and time just flies right by!
i feel like it should document even just for myself what has been going on, but for some reason i feel i'd rather be out living it than writing about it. but it's probably because im just fickle about updating. For instance i would like to take more pictures, but i never seem to upload them to my computer and then online sites. i really want to be more on top of things like this. actually i really should be more on top of these things like with my internships, because it'll probably help me to understand what i've been doing, to understand what frustrates me in the work, etc.
i got to hold mummified body parts and put them on display for our egyptian health and medicine exhibit! that was last week. all these feet and hands, and i even helped with a head. the actually full mummies that we have are in their own cases permanently in the exhibit room because thats the only space with a consistent humidity.
i think i've had enough eggs to suit me for quite some time! easter eggs are really nice, and i do love my egg salad sandwich, however i feel like i've filled up my sulfur intake for at least 6 months.
summer oddly is right around the corner. i don't know if this is just something that happens as you get older, but it's really depressing the way time just starts to circle, and i feel like one thing moves to another very quickly. i haven't seen my family in 3/4 months, but it doesn't register as such a long time. winter to spring to summer, it all comes up so quickly. then i start thinking about time, and the freakish idea that i can consciously remember 97, ten years ago, and it does not feel like the "otts" are almost finished. was 2000 really 7 years ago? it's all just so depressing. like the other day at my internship in redwood city i came across a loan that is up in 2012, and the curator asked me how old i'll be then, and i'm really really saddened by the fact that thats 5 years from now and i'll be 30. is it because 2012 seems really soon? is it because my mind somehow envisions time passing more quickly at the beginning of a decade than the end? maybe thats it? how our society arbitrarily marks these decades and decides that there's this bright future for every 10 year period, it's like a fresh slate, but by the end of the 10 years everyone is sick of it and wants to get to the next set! maybe im just pessimistic because these last 8 years politically have really sucked, and the environment is going to hell (they're finding manatees in massachusetts!), and nobody likes to fund non-profits, or at least some foundations do, but then you have to be good at writing grants because there's so much competition, it all seems so frustrating. i want to have my degree and a job where i want to live and be happy, and be able to decorate a home, and drink wine while sitting on a deck watching the sun set with good company. i feel so stifled!
i feel like it should document even just for myself what has been going on, but for some reason i feel i'd rather be out living it than writing about it. but it's probably because im just fickle about updating. For instance i would like to take more pictures, but i never seem to upload them to my computer and then online sites. i really want to be more on top of things like this. actually i really should be more on top of these things like with my internships, because it'll probably help me to understand what i've been doing, to understand what frustrates me in the work, etc.
i got to hold mummified body parts and put them on display for our egyptian health and medicine exhibit! that was last week. all these feet and hands, and i even helped with a head. the actually full mummies that we have are in their own cases permanently in the exhibit room because thats the only space with a consistent humidity.
i think i've had enough eggs to suit me for quite some time! easter eggs are really nice, and i do love my egg salad sandwich, however i feel like i've filled up my sulfur intake for at least 6 months.
summer oddly is right around the corner. i don't know if this is just something that happens as you get older, but it's really depressing the way time just starts to circle, and i feel like one thing moves to another very quickly. i haven't seen my family in 3/4 months, but it doesn't register as such a long time. winter to spring to summer, it all comes up so quickly. then i start thinking about time, and the freakish idea that i can consciously remember 97, ten years ago, and it does not feel like the "otts" are almost finished. was 2000 really 7 years ago? it's all just so depressing. like the other day at my internship in redwood city i came across a loan that is up in 2012, and the curator asked me how old i'll be then, and i'm really really saddened by the fact that thats 5 years from now and i'll be 30. is it because 2012 seems really soon? is it because my mind somehow envisions time passing more quickly at the beginning of a decade than the end? maybe thats it? how our society arbitrarily marks these decades and decides that there's this bright future for every 10 year period, it's like a fresh slate, but by the end of the 10 years everyone is sick of it and wants to get to the next set! maybe im just pessimistic because these last 8 years politically have really sucked, and the environment is going to hell (they're finding manatees in massachusetts!), and nobody likes to fund non-profits, or at least some foundations do, but then you have to be good at writing grants because there's so much competition, it all seems so frustrating. i want to have my degree and a job where i want to live and be happy, and be able to decorate a home, and drink wine while sitting on a deck watching the sun set with good company. i feel so stifled!