well it's all over now. i am back home and finished at kampsville. I had a wonderful time. although it was the hardest thing i have ever done it was the best decision i could have made and i the best experience i could have had. the funny thing is that i kind of miss it already. but alas my brain gets no break because its onto reading for the Class i am TAing and studying up on my physical anthro so i can actually be of assistance.
now the trick is to use this experience and get into grad school and do something with my life.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Sleep When You're Dead
Updates!
1 more week! thank GOD! I am so ready to go home. I'm done with this place. We got our Final projects and started them "early" cuz our prof. Got sick so then the last lab was postponed. But surprise! she got better and now they are do the same day! FUCK THAT SHIT! its bad enough I've never done Plaeopathology then to have to do it twice without knowing if I have done it correctly. So this weekend I have to actually do extra work. I have to present on my final Project Monday or Tuesday (yeah they like to keep everything a mystery and don't tell us shit) and my Lab is due by the end of the day. Not happy. I just need to suck it up and do my best at the pathology cuz i have been putting it off and have done everything I can but that practically. Seriously this final project is like writing Jr. IS but in 2 weeks.
On a Happier note We went to the state museum today... It was kinda lame but that is because before we went there we got to see the repository and lab. That was SO cool. there was a blue whale spine just chill'n in the hall way. and a room full of taxidermy animals (reminded me of the one room i slept in on band camp) and a pig with 6 legs. and a TON of African art artifacts and it was just amazing.
On weds. this week was when I had a real adventure. An Australian and a Belgian came and showed us iSpace (the started putting the i before stuff before apple did). ISpace is a program for your computer and ipod/ipad that allows you to map sites. but its better than that. you just take a stylus (type of tool but kinda like a huge pen) and draw the lines and it just takes the points via GPS and you can make 3D images of your site. its is sooo cool. we even mapped the skeleton of a dog burial that we have here. it came out amazing. Anyway.... the first night they were here they saw us all at the bar on our computer and told us that we HAD to come out for their last night to party. So we did.... I was going to go for one drink. and i almost got away with it. But you see I was hanging out with the staff (which was way cool the arky's are cooler then the lab staff) and then went to talk to my friends for a bit. then they dissapered and the Australian came and talked to me and my friend Anne for awhile. then we went back and joined the staff. Well the Australian decided that he was going to try and get me drunk. fortunetly for me he was already kinda there so I was able to fool him but he bought me and Anne a drink and we were hanging out and all was cool. Then these "local" boys came in (some baseball team thing) and were trying to hang with Anne and I and we tried to get rid of them but then they sat down by us. Anyway they hit on Anne hard core which made her stay longer, which made me stay longer to watch out for her since we were like the only students left. She was totally drinking up their bull shit and loved it (don't let her lie to you). Anyway they were dumb and obnoxious and told me Anne was prettier than me.... yeah well thanks. Anyway I stayed at the bar until 1am when we got kicked out. It was crazy I was not happy the next morning. But it was super fun. Apparently the Europeans hit a deer on the way home and so they stayed a bit longer and came to say goodbye to Anne and I (we were the only students they say bye to personally ^.^)and I got my first European style goodbye aka kiss on both cheeks thing. I felt super cool. lol
That's my exciting story.
Oh and my t-shit design got pick along with the iSpace dog pic. But now its a pain in the as cuz the TA's are animal and shit and "things aren't aligned" and "it needs to be higher resolution" and everyone bounced after dinner and couldn't even be bothered to give shirt sizes. and I missed going to Harry Potter cuz I couldn't leave fast enough cuz of the damn shirt thing I had to fix. its just a bitch.
Anyway the other bar is now open so tonight we are going to play pool. and karaoke again tomorrow! I'm excited I got a new shirt that i'm going to wear.
Stay Tuned 7? more days!!!!
1 more week! thank GOD! I am so ready to go home. I'm done with this place. We got our Final projects and started them "early" cuz our prof. Got sick so then the last lab was postponed. But surprise! she got better and now they are do the same day! FUCK THAT SHIT! its bad enough I've never done Plaeopathology then to have to do it twice without knowing if I have done it correctly. So this weekend I have to actually do extra work. I have to present on my final Project Monday or Tuesday (yeah they like to keep everything a mystery and don't tell us shit) and my Lab is due by the end of the day. Not happy. I just need to suck it up and do my best at the pathology cuz i have been putting it off and have done everything I can but that practically. Seriously this final project is like writing Jr. IS but in 2 weeks.
On a Happier note We went to the state museum today... It was kinda lame but that is because before we went there we got to see the repository and lab. That was SO cool. there was a blue whale spine just chill'n in the hall way. and a room full of taxidermy animals (reminded me of the one room i slept in on band camp) and a pig with 6 legs. and a TON of African art artifacts and it was just amazing.
On weds. this week was when I had a real adventure. An Australian and a Belgian came and showed us iSpace (the started putting the i before stuff before apple did). ISpace is a program for your computer and ipod/ipad that allows you to map sites. but its better than that. you just take a stylus (type of tool but kinda like a huge pen) and draw the lines and it just takes the points via GPS and you can make 3D images of your site. its is sooo cool. we even mapped the skeleton of a dog burial that we have here. it came out amazing. Anyway.... the first night they were here they saw us all at the bar on our computer and told us that we HAD to come out for their last night to party. So we did.... I was going to go for one drink. and i almost got away with it. But you see I was hanging out with the staff (which was way cool the arky's are cooler then the lab staff) and then went to talk to my friends for a bit. then they dissapered and the Australian came and talked to me and my friend Anne for awhile. then we went back and joined the staff. Well the Australian decided that he was going to try and get me drunk. fortunetly for me he was already kinda there so I was able to fool him but he bought me and Anne a drink and we were hanging out and all was cool. Then these "local" boys came in (some baseball team thing) and were trying to hang with Anne and I and we tried to get rid of them but then they sat down by us. Anyway they hit on Anne hard core which made her stay longer, which made me stay longer to watch out for her since we were like the only students left. She was totally drinking up their bull shit and loved it (don't let her lie to you). Anyway they were dumb and obnoxious and told me Anne was prettier than me.... yeah well thanks. Anyway I stayed at the bar until 1am when we got kicked out. It was crazy I was not happy the next morning. But it was super fun. Apparently the Europeans hit a deer on the way home and so they stayed a bit longer and came to say goodbye to Anne and I (we were the only students they say bye to personally ^.^)and I got my first European style goodbye aka kiss on both cheeks thing. I felt super cool. lol
That's my exciting story.
Oh and my t-shit design got pick along with the iSpace dog pic. But now its a pain in the as cuz the TA's are animal and shit and "things aren't aligned" and "it needs to be higher resolution" and everyone bounced after dinner and couldn't even be bothered to give shirt sizes. and I missed going to Harry Potter cuz I couldn't leave fast enough cuz of the damn shirt thing I had to fix. its just a bitch.
Anyway the other bar is now open so tonight we are going to play pool. and karaoke again tomorrow! I'm excited I got a new shirt that i'm going to wear.
Stay Tuned 7? more days!!!!
Friday, July 8, 2011
'Chu Crazy Bitch!
yeah soooo the holiday weekend... ROCKED we did karaoke and I sang a lot and did a solo of Crazy Bitch it was a hit... >.< eeek. we had a cookout on the 4th which was really fun. Today was fieldtrip day to Cahokia and it was super fun I got sunburned which kinda sucks.
I've been kinda home sick lately and freaking out about Sr. IS and my lack of ideas for my paper. I just want to go home and see my friends and have a summer before i go back to school.
I'm also freaking out about future things like grad school and what the hell I am going to do. I'm so screwed.
I'm going to saver my last two weeks here though i love my Kampsville friends and I will miss them. Jake tells me everyday not to go back to Ohio. and my roommates want me to transfer to ASU. They have all seen the "wild" side of me cuz i wont be seeing them again so i just kinda don't care.
I want to go home so bad. We have started on our final projects we have to do a biological profile on two individuals an adult and a child. so that means we need to Sex, Age, and do a pathology assessment of each one (aka health). it will be kinda hard. Quizzes are over though! I didn't do well on any of them. but I have kinda accepted that this place makes me feel dumb. our final lab needs to happen yet but our prof. is sick so she hasn't been able to give the lecture on it. which isn't very helpful cuz its the paleopathology lab and we need to learn to do that before we can do our final projects.
Stay tuned for the final Chapters!
I've been kinda home sick lately and freaking out about Sr. IS and my lack of ideas for my paper. I just want to go home and see my friends and have a summer before i go back to school.
I'm also freaking out about future things like grad school and what the hell I am going to do. I'm so screwed.
I'm going to saver my last two weeks here though i love my Kampsville friends and I will miss them. Jake tells me everyday not to go back to Ohio. and my roommates want me to transfer to ASU. They have all seen the "wild" side of me cuz i wont be seeing them again so i just kinda don't care.
I want to go home so bad. We have started on our final projects we have to do a biological profile on two individuals an adult and a child. so that means we need to Sex, Age, and do a pathology assessment of each one (aka health). it will be kinda hard. Quizzes are over though! I didn't do well on any of them. but I have kinda accepted that this place makes me feel dumb. our final lab needs to happen yet but our prof. is sick so she hasn't been able to give the lecture on it. which isn't very helpful cuz its the paleopathology lab and we need to learn to do that before we can do our final projects.
Stay tuned for the final Chapters!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Beer, Tattoos, and Smart Phones...
... are apparently all thing archaeologist have. so, I'm a hot mess today. Last night was crazy fun. but ended in drunk'n ness. Archaeology day was fun. I played with Atlatl's all day and face painted. I turned painted all over myself... and anyone else who would let me haha. after Achie day was over we got free pizza and beer. Beer is gross but it is growing on me. All archaeologist ever do is drink cuz there is nothing better to do in the middle of nowhere. I played with my bubble machine all day yesterday that was great fun too. my parents send me bubbles, and toy boats for the flood. and other silly things. everyone is jealous of my toys.
soo onto the learning part. We are finally past learning the skull parts. now we have moved onto vertebra which we have a quiz for tomorrow. I'm so bad at these quizzes. I will be lucky if I ever get to a 60%... lets just say I keep the average low... I've accepted that I suck at these quizzes... damn text anxiety. however though all of this I feel like i am learning a lot. I just don't reflect it well. and this will end up making me a kick ass TA for physical anthro next year. Well this BLT is calling my name. and I need to study a bit.
Stay Tuned!
soo onto the learning part. We are finally past learning the skull parts. now we have moved onto vertebra which we have a quiz for tomorrow. I'm so bad at these quizzes. I will be lucky if I ever get to a 60%... lets just say I keep the average low... I've accepted that I suck at these quizzes... damn text anxiety. however though all of this I feel like i am learning a lot. I just don't reflect it well. and this will end up making me a kick ass TA for physical anthro next year. Well this BLT is calling my name. and I need to study a bit.
Stay Tuned!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
boats and bubbles
I don't know what to say anymore really. it is the same thing day after day. Saturday is Archaeology day which will be exciting i'm helping with Atlatl throwing! The water is going down. go figure after I get my flood safety kit from my parents. They sent me arm floaties a bubble machine aaand three plastic boats... one of which i promptly lost to the river cuz the wind blew it the wrong way. umm.... I can't think of any stories because its late and i'm tired aaand yeah. long week. we shall see about this weekend. and what happens then.
Stay Tuned!
Stay Tuned!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
the weekend is here!
first I'm so mad. I typed out this sweet blog and the damn thing deleted itself. so now this will probably be short.
My feelings of the place have sort of changed. my friends have gotten better. aka I made friend and we hang out and stuff. Class is still really hard and I am still doing bad on the quizes. but fun fact Jane who is in charge here was the teacher of Kathy Reichs who is the person who wrote the books that BONES is based off.
the flooding is getting really bad I'm gunna try and post a picture of where the water is at now. I have more but i'll post all that when I get home.
Last night the TA's came out with us to the bar. and we all had a LOT of fun...aka lots of people got shwasted. (not I) but I did have my first beer. my first full beer all by myself. it was a blue moon.
yeah so sorry this post is short now it was longer before but now i am sick of typing cuz i've been at it.
OH i finished my first lab. its due monday. I hope it is good.....
ok no picture because apparently it's not going to work.
Stay Tuned!
My feelings of the place have sort of changed. my friends have gotten better. aka I made friend and we hang out and stuff. Class is still really hard and I am still doing bad on the quizes. but fun fact Jane who is in charge here was the teacher of Kathy Reichs who is the person who wrote the books that BONES is based off.
the flooding is getting really bad I'm gunna try and post a picture of where the water is at now. I have more but i'll post all that when I get home.
Last night the TA's came out with us to the bar. and we all had a LOT of fun...aka lots of people got shwasted. (not I) but I did have my first beer. my first full beer all by myself. it was a blue moon.
yeah so sorry this post is short now it was longer before but now i am sick of typing cuz i've been at it.
OH i finished my first lab. its due monday. I hope it is good.....
ok no picture because apparently it's not going to work.
Stay Tuned!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Day 2 (mental breakdown)
Remember that one time when I was excited to go to field school... yeah that was silly of me. Today is my breakdown day, which means I have been overwhelmed and just want to cry. I actually have been randomly tearing up and chugging water all day to stop myself. Apparently I am overdue for a really good cry.
anyway why am I so upset? well here is what happened. Today we have been in the lab all day long. The lab is windowless with super cold AC for the remains and so it doesn't get gross and hot. So I'm freezing my butt off all day long with no signs of life just bones in front of me. I am freaking out because I am completely lost trying to start my first lab and study for my bone quiz that is tomorrow morning. I am really far behind everyone else and although we are broken up into Beginner (me) intermediate and advanced I still feel like I lack a lot of knowledge. This has however lead me to want to make Wooster add at least a Bioarchaeology course. Anyway it makes me feel really dumb and it is very frustrating.
I feel better now thanks to Paul, my mom and Katie, whom I called (Paul I have been texting}. So I think this evening will go better for my brain and emotions even though I have to lock myself up for another 2 hours and hardcore study.
You see these quizzes are going to be really hard. No word lists or anything. we are identifying bone FRAGMENTS and have to come up with everything on our own and I have forgotten a lot of my physical anthropology. Granted this quiz is on 3 bones but we need to know left from right and know them is fragmented form. Its going to be a challenge here to say the least. Oh and the quizzes are cumulative which I hate but I guess it will make me retain it better.
ok enough of my bitching. So fun facts. The place is flooded we are right along the river which is flooded so that's fun. We cross a ferry to go anywhere, breakfast and dinner. speaking of we eat at this ladies house who is amazing she had the most kick ass house ever (I think it is her house) with the best view. THE BEST! They have a chimpanzee there Crazy! Yesterday we went out to the site where the field students work... it's a mound site in the middle of a corn field so it doesn't look all the impressive. My two roommates are both in the field program so I never really see them. which is good I guess because I wont get sick of them. their names are Shantele (she rocks) and Monica (she laughs a lot).
Almost everyone in the Bioarchaeology program are girls we have one guy. The field program has 4 guys.
so yeah. I don't remember what else I was going to tell you about this place. Very little cell reception. apparently all the kids go up on the hill to the cemitary to hang out (good cell reception there) I think this weekend I will venture up there. The people at the bar across the street are nice. They let us use their WiFi. I'm working on getting photos up. I think I will do that on the weekend when I go to Louie's and am sitting eating some food.
So yeah. I think i have made it though mental breakdown number one and have learned that i will never transfer because this must be what it feels like and it sucks.
Stay Tuned!
anyway why am I so upset? well here is what happened. Today we have been in the lab all day long. The lab is windowless with super cold AC for the remains and so it doesn't get gross and hot. So I'm freezing my butt off all day long with no signs of life just bones in front of me. I am freaking out because I am completely lost trying to start my first lab and study for my bone quiz that is tomorrow morning. I am really far behind everyone else and although we are broken up into Beginner (me) intermediate and advanced I still feel like I lack a lot of knowledge. This has however lead me to want to make Wooster add at least a Bioarchaeology course. Anyway it makes me feel really dumb and it is very frustrating.
I feel better now thanks to Paul, my mom and Katie, whom I called (Paul I have been texting}. So I think this evening will go better for my brain and emotions even though I have to lock myself up for another 2 hours and hardcore study.
You see these quizzes are going to be really hard. No word lists or anything. we are identifying bone FRAGMENTS and have to come up with everything on our own and I have forgotten a lot of my physical anthropology. Granted this quiz is on 3 bones but we need to know left from right and know them is fragmented form. Its going to be a challenge here to say the least. Oh and the quizzes are cumulative which I hate but I guess it will make me retain it better.
ok enough of my bitching. So fun facts. The place is flooded we are right along the river which is flooded so that's fun. We cross a ferry to go anywhere, breakfast and dinner. speaking of we eat at this ladies house who is amazing she had the most kick ass house ever (I think it is her house) with the best view. THE BEST! They have a chimpanzee there Crazy! Yesterday we went out to the site where the field students work... it's a mound site in the middle of a corn field so it doesn't look all the impressive. My two roommates are both in the field program so I never really see them. which is good I guess because I wont get sick of them. their names are Shantele (she rocks) and Monica (she laughs a lot).
Almost everyone in the Bioarchaeology program are girls we have one guy. The field program has 4 guys.
so yeah. I don't remember what else I was going to tell you about this place. Very little cell reception. apparently all the kids go up on the hill to the cemitary to hang out (good cell reception there) I think this weekend I will venture up there. The people at the bar across the street are nice. They let us use their WiFi. I'm working on getting photos up. I think I will do that on the weekend when I go to Louie's and am sitting eating some food.
So yeah. I think i have made it though mental breakdown number one and have learned that i will never transfer because this must be what it feels like and it sucks.
Stay Tuned!
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