At least when it comes to school.

• Wheeler exam:  completed.  Not sure I kicked ass, really, but definately did alright.  Answered every question, took about 1 hour (my hand hurt after two minues), and feel pretty good about all but one or two of the questions
• Basgall paper:  completed.  Its a decent paper.  I had actually read one of the assigned ( Read more... )

Or you were a student, or you hope to be a student again, some day...

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Today is a good day.  I woke up in a really good mood (likely due in part to the wonderful visit with my sweetie this past weekend, and the impending going-to-Berkeley-visit planned for next weekend).  I had a really good run, I'm not sore.  I fell asleep watching Master and Commander last night, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  I'm ( Read more... )

Ugh.  I'm writing my six page paper for History of Anthro, on cultural evolution (So, the Big Four - Morgan, Spencer, Tylor and our friend Saint Boas plus some Darwin for good measure).  I'm sitting in RIverfront, which is swathed in televisions and sports memorabilia.  A commercial came on with a marching band in it, and I got all teary eyed.  I ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my first day of school.  Today was supposed to be my first day of school, but I went to the Davis Chamber of Commerce meeting with Cathy instead (I got permission from all of my teachers beforehand).  I made a lunch schedule to help me plan what I need to make/ buy, and I've already ignored it.  I guess its really more of a guideline ( Read more... )

Reading the postings on ShovelBums.org really makes me feel as if I'll be able to get a field job next summer, with little problem.  People are still posting jobs, even this late in the season, and to places all over the country, including here in California.  This is very good to know.  It means that my plan of finishing my BA, going to field ( Read more... )

So, my room is almost clean and my laundry is almost completely done.  That's good ( Read more... )

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1. Father went to college
2. ( Read more... )

I'm looking up field schools for winter or summer of this upcoming school year, and found this.  For the click disinclined, its a paleoarch field school to Makapansgat, South Africa.  You know, the place where they found a whole bunch of Australopithecines.  The field school also includes a tour of Sterkfontein, Swartkraans and Kromdraai.  I'm ( Read more... )

The Great Ape Protection Act, which ends research on chimps and provides sanctuary for federally owned chimps.  Read the site, contact your congressperson.

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I went on a good, 40 minute bike ride with Max and Eric today.  I was slow, but I made it to the top of the Covell overpass without getting off my bike!  By the time we got home, I felt ( Read more... )