Bought (last night we were) the delicious wolves yesterday. Still need to give the lyrics more attention, but not tired of it after six listens.
later...
1. if goals are resolutions, then yes
2. lemon meringue pie
3. prefer wine gums
4. no--too many memories of failure would arise
5. v, g
6. "holy hannah" "surviving"
you are so sweet, thank you for the birthday wishes
1. yes ma'am
2. turkey or stuffing
3. um, red?
4. no, fish stink
5. D or N or S
6. TWA... if you say it over and over really fast... well... you get the idea... try it.... also i love to say Donglar.
1. So far my resolution is to write daily, but I need to make a few more resolutions...
2. This year my friend made these Italian wine biscuits, so now that's my favorite! Yum!
3. Yep - not sure. I like so many...
4. I have 2 - one for each betta fish, but I'd love to have a huge one with a variety of fish.
5. G
6. Honestly? I love saying any variation of fuck b/c it can be used in every part of speech... but I also like saying actually.
Thanks for the happy new year wishes. Same to you, my dear sylvan. So glad to hear that your man will be in attendance to ring in the new year. It's just not the same without one's beloved near.
1. My resolution is to ever strengthen my potential, let my spirit grow large and peaceful and follow through on my goals. (Ever hoping to beat the demon Procrastination.)
2. Stuffing and gravy, poppyseed sherry cake
3. Cherry and cream soda in sweet, sweet combination
4. I have a small vessel, which serves as home to Umou Mizu, my beautiful blue betta. Anything more would be too much work for lazy girls like me.
5. m (teehee!) and s (so many good things start with s)
6. I have to chose just one?! Aum is always good, but otherwise it varies with my mood and vocabulary. Today, I like the word penultimate.
Brightest blessings and abundance to you and your loved ones. *hugs*
My answers:
1) Yes.
2) Christmas cake (but mostly just the marzipan icing).
3) Don't know, not sure what this is.
4) I like the idea, but time and money must be directed elsewhere for the time being. I like those little mini-shark critters.
5) Don't have a particular favourite, but I'll pick "E" because it's the first letter of the name of somebody I like a lot.
6) "Probabilistically".
On another note: I loved the Juan de Fuca Trail too. I've hiked it a couple of times (it helps to live nearby). The West Coast Trail has more dramatic scenery (I think), but it's a hassle to book it, pay the fees, etc. The other nice thing about the West Coast Trail is that it tends to stay closer to the ocean, and you can hike a lot more on the beach than on the Juan de Fuca. Oh well, they're both great.
Yet another note: salmonid evolution is interesting because (among other reasons) there was a whole-genome duplication in the ancestor of the salmonids, so they have 4 copies of every chromosome, instead of 2. The two pairs are diverging, though, so in another 200 million years or so they will be diploid again, but with twice as much DNA. This is a great chance to look at how genes diverge once they duplicate, since the copies are still similar enough that we can identify them fairly confidently, and see how they're diverging. More generally, does the genetic flexibility granted by having spare copies of every gene have a significant effect? Maybe related to their sudden speciation into salmon, trout, etc? Maybe related to their ability (in some species) to thrive in both fresh and salt water? Inquiring minds want to know. It's also interesting because there is considerable evidence for at least one, and possibly two, rounds of whole-genome duplication in the human lineage, but in the more distant past (distant enough that the evidence for the duplications is controversial). Maybe we can learn more about how we got here by seeing what is happening with the salmonids. My particular task is to analyze a huge pile of RNA sequences to extract patterns of divergence since the genome duplication (as well as compare the salmon-trout gene pairs, etc).
I didn't make it to the Leading Edge conference, unfortunately. I'm administratively in computer science for peculiar reasons (maybe "peculiar" should have been the word I love to say ), so I don't always hear about stuff that's happening in biology, and when I do it's harder to justify attending. Oh well.
Well, this comment has gone on long enough, so I'll just say, "Cheers, and Happy New Year!!"
P.S. Regarding your comment about being scared of people some days... I feel the same way (except maybe I'd say "most days"...). Let me know if you find your dream job...
1. es, but it was the same one as last year..so I will most likely break it again
2. Sweet Potatoes
3. YES!! The orange ones.
4. OOh yes again with fish that suck on the glass, so they look like they are givihng you kisses.Forget what they are called.
5. L
6. Innocense cause it also sounds like in the phrase "well in a sense I like him" or "She has innocense".
1. Nay.
2. My NaNa always makes cocktail shrimp...mmm
3. Of course! Buttered popcorn is highly underrated. Has anyone tried the sardine flavor...ahhggg.
4. I tend to kill fish. RIP Mofo.
5. T!
6. Belligerent.
Looks like it will just be my brother and I ringing in the new year...*sigh*...
1. yes. im going to stop doing things under my control that make me unhappy.
2. pie......oh pie.
3. yes. buttered popcorn or the aforementioned pear.
4. yes, but no fish....keep the water out and put a hamster in it.
5. e.
6. indeed, infinite, and random.
1. no, not really. just that this year will be better than the last.
2. hmm.. i dont know, really. cookies?
3. LOVE 'EM!! watermelon and rootbeer.
4. maybe. i dunno. i prefer reptiles to fish, i think.
5. favorite letter? i don't think i have one. i like most of them.
6. LOVE.
1. I have a long list and I'm keeping all of them!
2. Turkey with gravy. Mmmmm.
3. I liked the toasted coconut one, or was it toasted marshmallow?
4. I would, and I would have little neons in it.
5. V
6. ophthalmic ointment, yes, and good. I'm a simple woman!
Happy New Year, pretty girl! I hope you're having fun!
1. drop more tonnage. don't be a doormat.
2. mini crab cakes and my mom's scallop's marinara.
3. hell yes. strawberry cheesecake, margarita and watermelon!
4. i'll sitck with the canine department. although if my dog could swim i'd get her a pool.
5. j, d, s
6. massachusetts, insane, dude
2. what's your favorite holiday food?
cheese cake and beef and noodles but havent had it for years.
3. do you like Jelly Belly? what's your favorite flavour?
yeah i loved the pear ones...we cant get them here.
4. if you could have an aquarium, would you? what fish would you put in it?
nope. i dont like fish. they creep me out. its hard to enjoy the ocean that i live close to because i get so creeped out by anything alive in it.
5. what is your favorite letter? e... its what i get called a lot. Shortened Elizabeth i guess.
hmmmm.
1. 2 days without a cigarette so far!!
2. ??......er cake i guess
3. dont really eat em much,i'll go with watermelon.
4. i havent had much success with previous aquariums with goldfish.....i wouldnt mind having a tank with some frogs or salamanders.....or maybe crabs,but those guys shouldnt really be in tanks.
5. er......some look better in upper case,and some in lower and then it depends on the entire word
6. sensational
*hugs* 
loud and long a cleaaar...