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1. Both my parents have been dead for years, my brother died last year and my sisters are in poor health. Those things have changed my perspective on death. I like to make fun of death and to have reminders of it (skulls etc). To ignore it would be unhealthy I think. Also I don’t believe in any afterlife.
2. I’m incredibly jaded and sarcastic. Sometimes that makes it hard for me to relate to other people.
3.I haven’t worked for 3 years, but it doesn’t feel like it other than some of my skills have gotten rusty.
4. I never went to college after high school and it’s always bothered me. Finally I will be able to say I have a degree (AA). But that doesn’t feel like much of an accomplishment so I’m trying to figure out how to go for a BA while working full time. Yeah, right.
5. I procrastinate like crazy with schoolwork. I think it’s partly due to depression and partly due to not wanting to get in the situation again where I can’t figure out how to do something and it takes hours and hours just to find out it’s something dumb. (which I'm in again right now!).
6. I procrastinate on doing crafty things because I don’t deserve to do it if I haven’t finished my school/house work. Catch-22!
7. I taught myself how to spin wool into yarn last year and it’s my favorite thing of all time! I love the colors and the textures of the fibers and I love the people I’ve met.
I recently joined the local spinning and weaving guilds and I can’t explain how wonderful everyone is. It’s like I’m home. Getting to work for a fiber dyeing artist this year was an amazing experience I will never forget :D
8. I’m losing my enthusiasm for Blythe. The collecting aspect of it bothers me now. Also I'm bored by the new releases. I find custom Blythe much more interesting. I’m starting to prefer BJD more, but I don’t want to collect 100 of them either.
9. I haven’t lost my enthusiasm for my Blythe friends! Getting to see/meet everyone at Blythecon was awesome. But I don’t know/can’t keep up with all the new people.
10. I’m totally annoyed that I haven’t learned to sew for Blythe or BJD. I just haven’t put the time and effort into it. The times I've tried it have been frustrating.
11. My health has been really crappy this year. I was worried that I have diabetes, and I found out that I had anemia, but they don't know the cause. I have been so low energy that sometimes it hurts me to be awake.
12. I like to watch the news and know what is going on. At least read news on the Internet. But I do hate the sensational or exploitive reports. I love when there is bad weather here and they play it up on NW Cable news. It's kinda funny because really, our weather is less extreme than so many other parts of the country!
13. I can’t stand cruelty to animals to the point where I can’t look at it in order to learn about what is happening.
14. I hate to hurt someone’s feelings unnecessarily, I think most of us have a reason for the way we act that might not be easily observable to people on the outside. I know that might be considered making excuses for a person’s behavior, but I know the times I’ve acted badly there was a reason.
I'm trying to be better with telling people when they do something that annoys me though.
15. Like many of you I have an issue with depression. Sometimes it’s just mild and sometimes I just want to be done with everything. Because of it, I feel I’ve not taken full advantage of things I should have in life and get mad at myself, but you can’t go backwards so…
16. Also social anxiety. As another friend mentioned doing, I’ve learned to hide my anxiety behind a smile and to try to always be happy and positive when I’m around people, even if I can’t stand them or I’m unhappy or upset. I only show my true self to Jacki and Jonna. This results in my finally freaking out every once in a while! My experience is that people don't want to see the "real you" anyway. Oddly there are some weird things about me that I can't keep in, so people do find out that I am weird.
17. I don’t want to have kids, and I don’t really understand people who do. I don’t hate kids (although I don’t find them fascinating either!) they’re fine, I just don’t want to take care of one.
18. Even though I love vintage stuff and going to thrift stores, I am beginning to hate bringing stuff home. It becomes just the same as the dolls. You can’t enjoy stuff when you have it in such quantity.
I don't want to need a whole closet to store collections of stuff from thrift stores!
19. Even though I don’t believe in religion or an afterlife, I love stuff about ghost stories! I really believed in Ghost Hunters until I saw some of the footage where they faked stuff. Now everything seems to be all electronic gadgets though, and I find that boring. I do love “Celebrity Ghost Stories” even though I don’t believe them at all!
20. Kind of tying in to #19, I love the dark side of things, momento mori, things with a goth edge, spooky scary stuff, especially if it has a old creepy ornate feel. Pretty funny considering nothing in my house is like that!
Extra bonus points: I think about stuff too much :P
21. I forget to thank people for sending me things and am really bad about taking pics of the things they send me!!
Greeting and play bow. Does this look familiar to dog owners? This activity caught my eye as I was scanning the landscape for coyote activity. Again, this is one of those noisy shots I've been lamenting. The interaction is marvelous, though. Cropped as close as I dared, but wetland habitat is visible, so perhaps that's a plus.
Pigeon Courtship Behaviors
Cooing: during courting pigeons make many sounds, such as "coo-cuk-cuk-cuk-cooo."
Bowing: a male puffs out his neck feathers, lowers his head and turns around in circles
Tail-dragging: a male spreads his tail and drags it while he runs after a female
Driving: one pigeon runs closely behind another
A walk around the local park on a sunny, breezy fall day. Perfect Sunny-16 conditions, so I used stuck with ISO 160 and manual exposure for most of these shots,
I travelled light with just my Leica M8.2 and two lenses, a Jupiter-12 35mm f2.8 and a Schact Travenar 90mm f2.8.
Currently considered a subspecies of White Wagtail, Motacilla alba. A vagrant at Pismo Creek Mouth, Pismo Beach, CA.
I often see college-age men and women observing the behavior of animals and taking notes. Happy Fence Friday, Flickr Friends!
Photo Taken At Sunny's Studio
Pose/Backdrop: On My Worst Behavior 1 & 2
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Wearing:
Brii Underground/V8 - COBIE SMULDER BLACK PUNK
DOUX - Cynthia hairstyle
CODEX_Erin earrings set (LEL)
I enjoy watching people talking on their smartphones. Many make the same gestures on the phone as they do in person to person conversation.The lady talking on the phone is very engaged.
This squirrel, a denizen of Washington, DC, seemed eager to interact with humans, even mastering a humanlike pose.
The Canada goose uses its head movements to guide the goslings. I observed ten families of geese around the creek and pond. This has been a wonderful year for the goslings. I was concerned with so much snow and cold this spring/winter. Unfortunately I didn't get out to investigate until they have grown bigger.
Male Sandhill Crane tosses a stick as part of a display to attract a mate. The Woodbridge Ecological Reserve, Near Lodi CA
Gettin 2 the core of wut u r feelin helps u 2 deflate self-centered behavior & renew ur sense of self-respect.
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Thinkin of pride as a feelin of justified
lacking a camera, i decided to do a short animation in photoshop. it took me a few days to search the internet for just the right pictures and music to collage together and form this silly piece entitled "behavior". like almost all of the films i make, the project started out with no real concept, but developed into a film with a theme. with this improvisational filmmaking, it's not as easy for the work to become stale. this stop-motion animation was made with photoshop (composing each frame, color processing, and halftoning), final cut pro (stringing the frames together), and shake (giving them film jiggle, brightness fluctuation, and film grain/scratches/dust). i'd like to thank brendan bellomo for compositing in a shot where i had animated the foreground but lacked a background at the time. sound was done in pro tools and audacity when i wasn't in the mood for pro tools. i'd like to thank the many people who contributed content to the internet. i'd like to thank mike hale, anya petrashen, and charlie mezak for support
2009
CA. SEA OTTERS: MONTEREY BAY
The Southern or California Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1977.
•Sea otters are highly specialized marine mammals capable of living their entire lives without ever having to leave the ocean, have the densest fur of any mammal and are one of the few marine species to use tools.
•Sea otters are an apex predator of the near shore ecosystem. The species is considered a keystone species because of their critical importance to the health and stability of the near shore marine ecosystem.
•They are also considered a sentinel species because their health reflects that of California’s coastal oceans.
•The southern sea otter population has exhibited high levels of mortality in recent years. Scientists attribute up to 40 percent of southern sea otter mortality to infectious diseases alone, many of which are known to have anthropogenic causes and land-sea linkages.
•The single greatest threat to the sea otter is an oil spill. One large oil spill in central California could be catastrophic, with the potential of driving the entire southern sea otter population into extinction.
Description
•The sea otter is one of the smallest marine mammals, but one of the largest members of the family Mustelidae, a group that includes skunks and weasels among others.
•Adult males reach an average length of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) with a typical weight between 50 and 100 lbs. (23 to 45 kg), while adult females reach an average length of 4 feet (1.2 m) and typically weigh 45 lbs. (20 kg).
•It has a highly buoyant, elongated body, blunt snout and small, wide head.
•Sea otters have an acute sense of smell and taste and have good vision both above and below the water surface. They also rely heavily on their sense of touch.
•Sea otters exhibit numerous adaptations, which help them survive in their challenging marine environment. Long whiskers help them to detect vibrations in murky waters and sensitive forepaws, with retractable claws, help them to groom, locate and capture prey underwater, and use tools.
•When underwater, they can close their nostrils and small ears.
•Hearing is one sense that is not yet fully understood, although studies suggest they are particularly sensitive to high-frequency sounds.
•Their teeth are unique for a mammal in that they are blunt and designed for crushing, rather than being sharp for tearing like most marine mammals are equipped with.
•With the exception of its nose and pads of its paws, the sea otter’s body is covered in dense fur. The fur consists of two layers. The short, brown under fur can be as dense as 1 million hairs per square inch, making its fur the densest of any mammal. By comparison, we only have about 100,000 hairs in total on our heads.
The plumages of the Rufous juvies are changing as the migrate southward to their winter quarters. I photographically document various stages of advancement on individual birds regarding these changes. The ID task is simplified when the Rufous juvie Hummer spreads its tail like this. Only the females have the mostly green inner retrices shown.
IMG_4851; Rufous Hummingbird
CA SEA OTTERS: Santa Cruz
Animal Classification
Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
Description
Sea otters are members of the weasel or mustelid family. Like other members of this family, they have very thick fur. In fact, at 850,000 to one million hairs per square inch, they have the thickest fur of any mammal. Their fur actually consists of two layers, an undercoat and longer guard hairs. This system traps a layer of air next to their skin so their skin does not get wet. Sea otters are usually dark brown, often with lighter guard hairs. Alaskan sea otters tend to have lighter fur on their heads. Sea otters are the smallest marine mammals. In California adult females weigh 35-60 pounds (16-27 kg); males reach up to 90 pounds (40 kg). Alaskan sea otters are bigger with males weighing up to 100 pounds (45 kg).
Range/Habitat
Sea otters once ranged from Mexico to Alaska and even to Japan. Currently, the California population numbers around 2,800 and is found from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay. There is a much larger population in Alaska, and sea otters are still found in Russia. Sea otters inhabit shallow coastal areas and prefer places with kelp. The kelp acts as an anchor that the sea otters use to wrap themselves in when they are resting.
Mating/Breeding
Females give birth to one pup and usually have their first pup at the age of four or five. Their pregnancies last four to five months. Pups can be born any time of year, but in California most are born between January and March, and in Alaska most are born in the summer. When born, the pups weigh from three to five pounds.
Behavior
Sea otters are social animals, with females and pups spending time together in one group and males in another. Pups stay with their mothers for the first eight months of their life. The pups' fur traps so much air that they actually cannot dive under water. When mothers leave the pups wrapped in kelp to hunt, pups bob on the surface of the ocean like a cork. Mothers spend much time grooming pups and often carry them on their chests. Pups begin to learn to swim at around four weeks of age. Sea otters are one of the few animals to use tools. They eat animals with shells, like clams and abalone, and use a stone to break open the shells. When sea otters are under water searching for food, they store what they have found in the loose skin folds at their armpits. Adult sea otters can eat 25%-30% of their body weight in one day!
Status
Sea otters in California are a threatened species due to past over hunting for their beautiful fur. Although sea otters are protected now, they remain vulnerable, especially to oil spills. Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters do not have a blubber layer. Therefore, they rely on their fur to keep warm. If their fur is oiled, it loses its insulating qualities and the sea otters soon chill. Otters are also affected by the oil fumes or poisoned by eating food exposed to oil. Most sea otters quickly die in an oil spill. Several thousand sea otters died in the 1989 Exxon oil spill in Valdez, Alaska. Other threats to sea otters include infectious diseases, parasites, boat strikes, entanglements, and toxins.
At The Marine Mammal Center
The Marine Mammal Center began rehabilitating sea otters in 1995. Since that time, we have rescued up to 207 sea otters.
Want to learn more about marine mammals?
SOURCE: www.marinemammalcenter.org/
Pippa and Buster in their usual positions. Buster plays with every toy Pippa has and Pippa either humps him, jumps on him, or tries to take the toys away. She's pesky!
Zoo Atlanta Wednesday, May 4
Training is a very valuable tool that we use with the pandas to accomplish many tasks. One behavior that we have trained with Lun Lun is to have her get her cub and bring him/her with her when shifting to a different part of the building. It is quite neat to watch her understand the command and execute the behavior. We first open a shift door and ask both Lun Lun and Po to shift. This will help Po learn what the shifting command means as he grows. Normally Lun Lun comes right in, whereas Po continues to sleep, usually on the climbing structure. Next, we give Lun Lun the command to bring the cub in with her and she goes into action. First, she vocalizes many times and walks under his resting spot to get him to follow her. If he does not follow, she will climb up and get him. Once he is on the ground, he will fall in line and shift with her. Hopefully, Po will catch on quickly and learn to shift without Lun Lun’s assistance.
I was actually stopped taking this picture by a security guard at Union Station. I was here because my connecting subway was late and I missed my own train. In it's infinite wisdom, Union Station has no benches on its platforms, so it's nearly impossible to sit anywhere on the platform if you're waiting for a train.
So, I wandered around, looking for interesting picture opportunities. I had never taken a low-angle picture close to one of the trains. So, I picked a platform without much foot traffic, so I wouldn't be in anyone's way, and quickly set up my camera. This was going to be a 6-image exposure blend. After the second shot, however, I heard this voice demand, "What are you doing?"
"Taking a picture," I said.
The reply: "Do you know where you are?"
Yeah, I think I do.
It used to be the country where you could take a couple of snapshots anyplace that it isn't posted: "Photographs Not Allowed" -- like Union Station.
It used to be the country where "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," used to be cornerstones of the Declaration of Independence.
And it now appears to be the country where the terrorists have already won by tricking us into denying every citizen our mobility, freedom and trust.
BTW, I still managed to coax Photomatix into blending a -3 and +3 exposure shot to produce this final image. I could have had better midtones if I'd gotten all six exposures, but this isn't bad for two wildly opposing exposures.