http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091001-oldest-human-skeleton-ardi-missing-link-chimps-ardipithecus-ramidus.html

Ardi is the new face, but they found 36 individuals, not just one

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/human-evolution/human-ancestor

this timeline is really helpful

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the fallacy of woman as strength
we are weak, falling noisily, wet, to the ground
broken and whispering prayers to ourselves
sharp pieces of our soul pierces our skin
ripping through easily as if there could be no container for this essence that is us

to all the survivors of 9/11/01

(artwork by Brian Davis)

 

"I am sure you are aware of all the speculation about this flu season.  Right now many task forces have been established to prepare for a difficult season.  Because of this, hospitals are now starting to request that students receive the flu vaccines that are available. 

Your h… Read full post »

i have a picture of a beautiful tree on my monitor
it has so many leaves and is covered with moss and ivy vines
peaceful but competitively integrated into it's environment
and I wonder why this is all so hard
I just want to press my lips against all that green
to taste the clean… Read full post »

the goddess loves me in all her forms doesn't she?
i worry about this
about changing
mutating
becoming unlovable
it used to be the depression
the rot inside burbling up in acne pustules
and the scent of failure that surrounded me
now it is the exhausted frustration
leaking out in my not smiles
in my inabilit… Read full post »

without me having to ask for it directly. I love you.

I've been missing my OS IV due to having to actually study and be present in RL :) cannot wait for this semester to be over and get back to reading you all on a regular basis.

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*fireworks*

Modulation by Ani Difranco dedicated to Todd and others in my past. I suppose I should thank you for getting me over the fantasy of 'being in love' in my 20s.

 

1.  Get Firefox (here is more info) (here is the actual download link)
2. Get Adblock Plus (here is more info) (here is the actual download link)
3. Find any ad you don't want to see- like the big one right below the post and above the comments. Right click on ad-
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http://open.salon.com/blog/stellaa/2009/06/17/all_that_twitters_is_not_gold

 It seems like a 'topic for our time' kind of thing. Read full post »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigelblake/sets/72157604504862533/show/with/2351451001/

hrc sent this out today, if anyone is interested:

(I'm going to be at home licking my wounds after my first week back at clinicals, but it does sound fun.)

 

Volunteers Wanted at
Andersonville Midsommarfest!

HRC needs you to be a part of our efforts… Read full post »

wonder why I didn't get any of the scenery, it was lovely- guess I was more family focused this trip

Dad and me

Dad and Patricia

Dad

Patricia

Nina- one of the two dogs they babysit during the day :D… Read full post »

didn't want anyone to worry :)

and the air is brisk, chilly almost, even with the heat of the sun. The smells are all Californian. On the walk, the strip of Eucalyptus, hot dry earth smell, resins and wood. I bake in the smells here. Patricia's pot pie- onions and bread smell, crispy crust falling apart in… Read full post »

if anyone on here has her phone # or knows where she lives- will you go check?

http://open.salon.com/blog/dakinidancer/2009/05/17/nekkid_glory/comment

 

http://www.plannedparenthoodillinoisaction.org/

 

"On Monday, May 18, 2009, Illinois State Rep. David Reis introduced HR 417 which calls for the elimination of all state funding for Planned Parenthood of Illinois in order to help the State balance the budget.

This would mean that at minimum o… Read full post »

I'd just finished an exam online (cut off time was 11:55 pm today, and I had 3 mos, so guess when I started it?), that's the reason for the pissy exhausted look 

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1.  I got a form letter from one of my new favorite writers off OS (what can I say, I'm easy to please ;) but it was kindly written and mentions a book that I hadn't heard, so am going to get to enter a brand new world that I know
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was that you never had anything I wanted. I'd always thought it was because I loved you too much to ever want anything more than I wanted your happiness. Boy, I was wrong. This wrenching feeling inside, this is anger, and anger is just masked jealousy in this case.

yuck. Personal… Read full post »

 

e, now I'm in deep shit, I thought she said 4 :( gotta go

some pics from the battlegroud:

come'ere boys

yeah, you read that right, it fires tampons (or maybe you can't read it- need to edit this pic, later)… Read full post »

Complicit in my

Own destruction, I am both

victim and rapist

 

the eater and the

dined upon, at the same table

who do I hate more? Read full post »

on SecondLife you can play around with shape and form in whateverway you choose. This is a shape I played around with last week (although, play is not the right word, because I don't do anything with the looks I put together other than look at them, maybe take… Read full post »