I'm having a good weekend so far. Been helping my friends move back to the area. So, I guess the company is keeping me chipper. I have run into one little snag though. My friend and his girlfriend also have a mutual friend with me. Everyone gets along fine when we're together. But when our mutual friend isn't around my friend and his girl, he's...
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catiedid:
Happy Easter Cutie!! 
Ok, now I have the sun. I think someone forgot to tell the temperature it's spring! We're gonna have snow for easter! Geez!!!!!!!
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josephene:
Have a great Bunny day weekend... 
catiedid:
i'll be fine, i always am, thanks for caring.
happy easter!
happy easter!
Evil evil DSL! 
I've been on here all day not accomplishing anything. But it's so great! I can watch videos and listen to music. I can talk on the phone and not get the boot! Not that I have anyone to talk to, but I could if I wanted to. 
This just makes staying at home all the time that much better! Now I'm going...
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I've been on here all day not accomplishing anything. But it's so great! I can watch videos and listen to music. I can talk on the phone and not get the boot! Not that I have anyone to talk to, but I could if I wanted to. This just makes staying at home all the time that much better! Now I'm going... Read More
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catiedid:
I thought you were coming over to paint this morning? Where are you?!?!
ensatina:
Hi, Dresden,
Currently I am collecting samples, marking animals for later re-capture, and observing animals when found undisturbed. It's actually a simultaneous event since the tissue collection also results in a sample --toe clipping. You can't do that on your snakes
Usually, I only find them by disturbing them by overturning bark, etc, and so can't rely on what they do next as typical behavior. But when found "out and about", they are recorded as to location (GPS) and "tracked" for as long as there is remaining daylight. Animals found in the morning get longer records than animals found in the afternoon. This is what takes the greatest amount of time and is pretty mindless work--but very important to understanding their movements. They don't move a lot and their home ranges are small enough (a few hundred to 1,000 square meters--depending on sex) that sitting and watching, rather than climbing over hill and valley, is sufficient in most cases. And, of course, with small home ranges clustered around preferred feeding sites, may be similar to "islands"--which is my thesis: Reproductive isolation and genetic diversity will vary with respect to home range size and density of suitable habitats.
Still gathering background data.
Currently I am collecting samples, marking animals for later re-capture, and observing animals when found undisturbed. It's actually a simultaneous event since the tissue collection also results in a sample --toe clipping. You can't do that on your snakes
Usually, I only find them by disturbing them by overturning bark, etc, and so can't rely on what they do next as typical behavior. But when found "out and about", they are recorded as to location (GPS) and "tracked" for as long as there is remaining daylight. Animals found in the morning get longer records than animals found in the afternoon. This is what takes the greatest amount of time and is pretty mindless work--but very important to understanding their movements. They don't move a lot and their home ranges are small enough (a few hundred to 1,000 square meters--depending on sex) that sitting and watching, rather than climbing over hill and valley, is sufficient in most cases. And, of course, with small home ranges clustered around preferred feeding sites, may be similar to "islands"--which is my thesis: Reproductive isolation and genetic diversity will vary with respect to home range size and density of suitable habitats.
Still gathering background data.
DSL kicks ass!!!!!! 
I'm better today! Guess that's what new toys do.
What's everyone doin this weekend?
I'm better today! Guess that's what new toys do.
What's everyone doin this weekend?
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catiedid:
you WILL NOT stay miserable. that is my job. have a fantastic weekend
peggy:
Unfortunately I am too addicted to the internet and fast modem.
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catiedid:
come play sweetie!! josephene keeps slapping my hands away
Damn life is boring! I wake up, go to work, come home. Then I sit on this computer all night, go to sleep. And do it the same way the next day. Living in bumfuck PA sucks! 
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catiedid:
sweet boy, where are you hiding?
josephene:
Where is he??? 
I just don't have any ambition to get up and do anything today. Can someone call me off from work? I don't wanna dial the phone.
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evilwillow:
twinkies and loose change will suffice.
catiedid:
Hiya Cutie!!! happy day today! feeling the rain on my face and it feels good. you're right, I'll find a way to be on this weekend. I can't stay away...
The sun is shining. It's warming up. And the snow is melting away. I think I might go for a hike.
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josephene:
what? WHAT? Black corset...*sigh* really? *sigh* Dresden, I think my head will explode to see this beautiful creature in a black corset...*sigh* What a frustrating day this is turning out to be!
peggy:
It didn't amount to any snow here either but now it's just really cold and miserable. I need warm weather!!!!!!
Well, my brain is all cluttered up right now. Yesterday a guy I work with pleaded guilty to ten counts of invoulantary deviate sexual acts. WITH A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!! He was facing forty counts.
This guy is 33 years old. And he was a teacher! I worked with him for six months before I even learned about the case against...
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This guy is 33 years old. And he was a teacher! I worked with him for six months before I even learned about the case against...
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heartattacked:
I get why you're freaked out completely, but this guy was my first crush. I ADORED him in middle school, little did I know I probably could've gotten him. Ugh. He used to go to the pool and sit on my friends and my beach towels when we were young and in our little bikinis and talk to us online. We just thought he was a friendly, caring teacher. Jesus Christ.
I hate him.
I hate him.
catiedid:
Beautiful sunny day!! I hope it is where you are as well.
Well, here we go again. Monday, Monday, Monday! Maybe this is gonna be the week that winter decides to take a hike? I need warm weather and some sun!
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josephene:
Happy Thursday!
catiedid:
The sun is shining through my window, I hope you can feel it!
How do we know who we are? I can't answer that right now. I know about things I wish I had done. Things I wish I had done different. People I should have avoided, and some I wish I would have tried to meet. I'm doing alright as far as the physical, finacial world goes. But what about the rest. Where am I going? I...
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catiedid:
Goodness, it's about time you resurface!! Not nice of you to make me worry.
Weekend is pretty quiet. Had lunch with a friend I used to work with years ago which was fun. Dinner with friends tonight. I've been eating out way too much!! I need to hit the gym and work off some of the gross!!
What about you? Anything fun or just helping out mom? I wish it would get a little warmer so I could start working outside on my flower beds.
Weekend is pretty quiet. Had lunch with a friend I used to work with years ago which was fun. Dinner with friends tonight. I've been eating out way too much!! I need to hit the gym and work off some of the gross!!
What about you? Anything fun or just helping out mom? I wish it would get a little warmer so I could start working outside on my flower beds.
kesaresj:
All I can say is at least someone agrees with me. I saw his Lucretia comment before but thought maybe it was mood. Obviously not. Idiot.
BTW nice photo and I share your love for vampires.
BTW nice photo and I share your love for vampires.
Spring is almost here! I can feel it! I'm getting happier by the day. I have tons of things I can start working on now. I have my grandparents whole yard to landscape. Lots of things to start building for my apartment. Bookcases, wall shelves, a new desk that doesn't fall apart, and a headboard for the bed I built last year. I just hope...
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catiedid:
Everyone is napping right now so I am using this biref chance to be alone to see what is up on SG. Don't work too hard...it's Saturday, you should be going out on a hot date or something.
Glad you like the new pics...I don't even remember what it was like to be 24...but keep telling me I look 24, it does wonders for my ego!!!
Glad you like the new pics...I don't even remember what it was like to be 24...but keep telling me I look 24, it does wonders for my ego!!!
catiedid:
My mom just made a funny face, asked to see it again, grabbed her own breast with a look of pain on her face and walked into the next room. heeheehee!!