3/16/10

-I am NOT a fan of waking up at 6 am to go look at things we trapped. Great its a possum. Great its 20 fucking rats. Oh, some of them aren't rats. They are "carnivorous marsupials". IT'S GOT A FUCKING RAT TAIL AND IT SMELLS AND IT SCAMPERS AROUND. ITS A FUCKING RAT. and its 6 am I don't want to watch this old bearded scientist man-handle a bunch of small furry things before I have breakfast. Oh, I also am not a fan of the 30 min hike to the start of the traps, and the 20 min it took to find all of them and the HOUR we spent looking at them, while Rob told us the same things over and over again.

-I hate scientists. They have so many rules. Especially Rob. He is a crotchety old man that likes things done EXACTLY how he has done them (since the dawn of time) and god forbid you put the traps in any other order besides elliot, (big fucking one I forget the name of), elliot. If you go elliot, elliot, (big fucking one) then you are essentially ruining the ENTIRE experiment. Because.... well I never really found out why despite my attempts to ask.

-Also, when tracking possums at night, I recorded the pacers steps when they we saw the possum. Not when we were directly under where It had been. Big mistake. everyone knows that the distance of 5 kelsey paces could ruin the entire fucking trip especially since WE WEREN'T EVEN TURNING IN THE DATA SHEET THAT I HAD TO WRITE ALL THE FUCKING INFORMATION IN. I COULD HAVE DRAWN A GIANT PENIS AND ROB WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.

-don't worry, only 3 more weeks of field study with Rob in charge.

-BIO-LUMINESCING FUNGI IS FUCKING AMAZING I WANT IT IN MY GARDEN AND IT WAS LIKE AVATAR BUT BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS REAL LIFE.


Courtesy of Travis


This was a pretty sight walking back to camp for breakfast (courtesy of Jack)