Who wants a postcard? :DDD
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zolac_no_mikoQuick drive-by update, since it's been a while. Since I wrapped up my USGS Avian Disease Project job my life has been brief flurries of adventuring all over the island in between bouts of being too sick to move. For serious, I have had this horrible cold off and on for weeks. Finally got my energy back (for the second time) in time to hike down to the bottom of Pololū Valley (FINALLY) and go dancing to The Olliephonics at the Blue Dragon in Kawaihae and eat piles and piles of delicious food (omg the lambchops with the fig-pomegranate sauce and the fern shoots and the goat cheese mashed potatoes and the jaboticaba sorbet a;lhsdlgha;ksjgkahsldfk). Had great fun dancing with a guy who just moved to the island from Eugene; he's in Kona but he swears he'll come to Hilo often so he can dance with us. All I can say is, HE'D BETTER, god, young, awesome dancers really need to move here more often.
So that was Sunday, and we got back late Sunday night, and I had just enough time to get my shit together Monday morning before taking off again into the field for the first couple of days of my new job. Up to Hakalau with grad student Josh and an intern who will be leaving shortly, taking a side trip to the summit of Mauna Kea just for fun, spending an enjoyable evening eating teriyaki and char siu axis deer and talking about Science, and waking up early to spend the day in the forest looking for birds. So many excellent sightings of ‘akepa and Hawai‘i creeper, among other things.
In theory I am now full-time employed, although I haven't actually seen my boss' face since February, and I haven't heard from him where or when I'm needed tomorrow or what I'll be doing. *SIGH* Pat is an excellent scientist and a super nice guy and I owe him a lot and I will owe him even more over the next few years, but... he is not terribly well organized. OH WELL.
The big big news is that in ten days I'm taking off on a massive trip with my mother that will involve a day of poking around in Baltimore/Washington D.C., a day of poking around London, many days hiking, biking, kayaking, etc. through Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, and a few days exploring Bulgaria during which time I will FINALLY meet my dear friend![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sirona_gs and maybe I will meet up with my friend Toni as well? GUYS THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME OMG I AM SO EXCITED.
Which brings me to the question, If I don't already have your contact info you can give me your address (send me a PM if you're leery of leaving it in a comment, or email me if you have my email, or whatever); if you have a preference for where you'd like your postcard from (Baltimore, Washington D.C., London, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, or Bulgaria) let me know, and I shall do my best to comply. I'll be spending the most time in Croatia and Bulgaria, so I can pretty much guarantee satisfaction for those two locations, at least.
So that was Sunday, and we got back late Sunday night, and I had just enough time to get my shit together Monday morning before taking off again into the field for the first couple of days of my new job. Up to Hakalau with grad student Josh and an intern who will be leaving shortly, taking a side trip to the summit of Mauna Kea just for fun, spending an enjoyable evening eating teriyaki and char siu axis deer and talking about Science, and waking up early to spend the day in the forest looking for birds. So many excellent sightings of ‘akepa and Hawai‘i creeper, among other things.
In theory I am now full-time employed, although I haven't actually seen my boss' face since February, and I haven't heard from him where or when I'm needed tomorrow or what I'll be doing. *SIGH* Pat is an excellent scientist and a super nice guy and I owe him a lot and I will owe him even more over the next few years, but... he is not terribly well organized. OH WELL.
The big big news is that in ten days I'm taking off on a massive trip with my mother that will involve a day of poking around in Baltimore/Washington D.C., a day of poking around London, many days hiking, biking, kayaking, etc. through Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, and a few days exploring Bulgaria during which time I will FINALLY meet my dear friend
sirona_gs and maybe I will meet up with my friend Toni as well? GUYS THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME OMG I AM SO EXCITED.Which brings me to the question, If I don't already have your contact info you can give me your address (send me a PM if you're leery of leaving it in a comment, or email me if you have my email, or whatever); if you have a preference for where you'd like your postcard from (Baltimore, Washington D.C., London, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, or Bulgaria) let me know, and I shall do my best to comply. I'll be spending the most time in Croatia and Bulgaria, so I can pretty much guarantee satisfaction for those two locations, at least.
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Date: 2012-09-05 09:51 am (UTC)yay again for being employed! so awesome that you get to do stuff you like and get paid for it :)
I still have to go back through twitter and look at your pics! :)
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Date: 2012-09-05 10:06 am (UTC)Oh man, I seriously can't believe I get paid for some of this stuff. T_T
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Date: 2012-09-05 10:47 am (UTC)*twirls you some more* :D stuff like that makes me happy, can't help it :D
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Date: 2012-09-05 11:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-06 12:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-05 12:33 pm (UTC)Also congratulations for employment!
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Date: 2012-09-05 11:26 pm (UTC)I can definitely send you a postcard from Eastern Europe! Your address hasn't changed since the last time I sent you something, right?
Thank yoooooooouuuu!! Man, check me out with my real adult-person job that pays real adult-person wages~! And it's the best kind of real adult-person job because it's still really not a real adult-person job, I mean can you believe people want to pay me to go camping in remote Hawaiian wilderness areas and do science? OUR CAREER PLAN IS THE BEST CAREER PLAN. *brofist*
(Look I finally made myself a honeycreeper icon it took me like two seconds IT WAS SO HARD.)
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Date: 2012-09-05 11:35 pm (UTC)Dude, your career plan is working out better than mine. I'm still in school. I'll brofist you when I have a real adult job, haha.
d'awww i'iwi
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Date: 2012-09-05 11:46 pm (UTC)Pffff, what are you talking about, you are ahead of me, I'm not going to school until next year! And then eventually we'll both have real real adult-person jobs. (Yeah, a field technician is only kind of a real adult-person job, it's just... exciting to be getting paid above minimum wage in a full-time position?)
d'awww fairy tern
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Date: 2012-09-05 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-05 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-05 11:37 pm (UTC)Wow, I am so jealous of your epic camping trip, it sounds like it's going to be great!
Can I have a postcard from anywhere but London, please? :D I will PM you my address.
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Date: 2012-09-05 11:55 pm (UTC)But yes, we'll have to take a raincheck I guess... I definitely want to spend more time in the British Isles, there's so much to see for a relatively wee part of the world, and I've loved every bit that I've been to and I would just love love love to explore more of it. And of course if you ever come to Hawai‘i I would be THRILLED to show you my volcanoes and wilderness and everything else. ♥♥♥
Sooooooooo exciiiiiiiiiited, omg. TT_TT
WHAT, YOU DON'T WANT A POSTCARD FROM LONDON, WHY NOT. Lol, of course, got your PM, will do!
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Date: 2012-09-07 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-07 08:38 am (UTC)Sure thing, bb, I will definitely send you one!