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I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season!

Even Charles was in the spirit!

I wanted to share some new books I acquired over the holiday with you, I’m very lucky to have a family that encourages my interests.

From left to right:

No Bone Unturned by Jeff Benedict

Dr. Mütter’s Marvels by Cristin O’keefe Aptowicz

Illustrations of the Gross Morbid Anatomy of the Brain of the Insane (1908) by I.W Blackburn

A Forest of Kong’s by Linda as he’ll and David Freidel

Jungleland by Christopher Stewart

Haven’t been here in a long time, trying to get back into it!

Here are some skull pieces I got a couple weeks ago from a flea market

2/12/19. 4/100

Haven't posted in a while! I swear I'm trying to work on my consistency

Anyways! Knocking out some human geography notes between classes

Free books from the University Library!!

1,/31/2019. 3/100

Geology lab days 😍😍

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Today I learned:

So the University that I am attending, is one of only two universities in the US that has a forensic research institute AKA body farm

And apparently the institute takes on student volunteers who are waiting to meet requirements for internships!

I could not be more ecstatic at this possibility

1/24/19. 2/100

Today I discovered there is an Einstein's Bros. Bagels in my university library!

Rocking out some Geology chapters with my avocado bagel and chai tea. Good way to spend time between classes

1/22/19. 1/100

First day of the spring semester! Lots of nervous energy!

And since i got a little slacky with my 100 days of productivity, I'm starting over.

Gonna do this shit right!

Book haul!

The other day, my brother and I went to lunch on Main Street, and I absolutely had to stop at my favorite local bookstore.

Where I found these:

I already tore through Invitation to Anthropology, and I absolutely cannot wait to read The Human Odyssey!

I also went to the college bookstore and got 3/4 of my textbooks for the semester.

Needless to say, I am excited to dive into these babies.

Have not posted in a while! My life got super chaotic, but I'm back at it!

First off, I hope everyone had a splendid holiday and a great new years!

I recently got my official grades from the Fall semester, and I'm pleased to say I passed both my honors classes!

And today I registered for my Spring 19 classes! Yay!

This semester I will be taking:

Introduction to Anthropology

Human Geography

Geology of Colorado

Art History: prehistoric to renaissance

Needles to say, I am excited!

I wish everyone luck this year!

Charles is really feeling himself today

When you have work to do but your cat is comfy

Good luck to everyone doing finals!

When you have work to do but your cat is comfy

I have not been home for a holiday in over 3 years.

I currently live in sunny California where it is like 75-90 degrees all the dang time.

But today, the last day of my trip home, IT SNOWED! I have not seen snow in 3 YEARS! I am so dang happy right now!

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My fall break has officially begun!

Four weeks from today the semester ends. It's going so fast! And I still have so much to do!

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe fall break!

I thought I would share a book for some of those who would be interested, especially those studying or interested in Anthropology.

Lissa is an ethnography in graphic novel format. It is a powerful story set in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. It looks at politics, culture differences and similarities, and how American and Egyptian cultures look at and deal with death and disease.

That's all I'm going to say because I dont want to ruin it for anyone interested.

And, today in my Cultural Anthropology class, we did a Skype Q&A with one of the authors, Professor Hamdy, where the class got to asks questions about this book. It was an amazing experience, she had so much information to share and you could just feel her passion!

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Name: Kyla

Gender: Female

Height: depends on my shoes

Nationality: American 

Hogwarts house: Ravenpuff! 

Favourite animal: Giraffe - did you know their horns are called ossicones!

Average hours of sleep: 8-10hrs - I love to sleep

Cats or dogs: Cats

Dream job: Marine Archaeologist or Forensic Anthropologist

Dream trip: To Ireland, my Dad’s family is from there but I’ve never met them

When did you make this: 3 pm

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Recently I went on a mini vacation to Seattle Washington. On the trip, I went to the Art Museum and I thought I would share with you all some of the cultural art that stuck out to me. 

If you ever get the chance to go to Seattle, I highly recommend visiting this museum. It is absolutely amazing!

Beneath each picture, I have added info about them from the museum.

Turban Cloths

Cotton with brocade border - Jodhpur 20th Century

Mehrangarh Museum Trust

Men chose their turbans carefully - a wrapped headdress is said to be akin to an unspoken language. Each social group in Marwar has a distinctive style of tying the long cloth and might add accents with ornaments that say more about who they are. Men also wear turbans for specific seasons, ceremonies, or moods. The wave pattern seen here is worn during the monsoon season, when the coming of rain is celebrated. In the harsh summer months, a turban is a shield against the blazing heat. It can also be a form of protection in battle. Many rulers wear turbans that are like crowns, loaded with jewels, which denote their rank in court society.

Masks of the Animal Kingdon Dance

Performances featuring masked dancers are the birthright of particular families and derive from long-ago auspicious encounters between human ancestors and supernatural beings, in the guise of animals or unique spirits. The “Dance of the animal kingdom” represents a heroine ancestor’s adventures among the animal beings who in turn bestow the dance and masks upon her for use by her family and subsequent generations.

Drum with skull painting - 1991

Animal hide, acrylic, wood, bone

Art by: Susan Point - Canadian, Musqueam

The First People

Red cedar, yellow cedar

Art by: Susan Point - Musqueam band

The homelands of the Musqueam of the Fraser River Delta are punctuated by meandering pathways as the Fraser reaches the Strait of Georgia. The faces within the tendrils represent the hereditary bloodlines that connect the families in the region, and the waterways that were lifelines yielding food resources, sustaining the Delta people from time immemorial.

Food bowl: Frigate bird with shark - 20th century

wood, mother-of-pearl shell

Melanesian, Eastern Solomon

Men in the Solomon Islands consider fishing or skipjack bonito (a member of the tuna family) to be a sacred endeavor. The fishermen watch for frigate birds feeding off of schools of smaller bait fish and observe the bonito that follow, in a season that lasts from November to April. Sharks swarm this whirlpool of frothy activity and devour what they need to survive. This vessel features two predatory creatures merging together to suggest the cycle of consumption, with the humans who eventually feast on the bowl’s contents completing the cycle.

Pyramidion of Hori - 1350 B.C

Limestone, pigment

Egyptian, Abu Tig. New Kingdom

18th Dynasty

My friend got me a crown, and I thought it would look dashing on Charles.

10-23-18. 20/100

My cultural anthropology professor approved my survey and interview questions today!

I can officially start my research for the honors project!

I'm so excited! It's a step closer to being an actual anthropologist 😍

Inspirational quote from my Dad

"Decide what you want

Aim for what you want

Then you just go, go, go!"

10-19-18     19/100

Overall today was a pretty good day!

I had orientation for my new job this morning! Afterwards, I cam home and read for a while before working on my personal narrative assignment. 

I’m almost done with all my assignments for the next two weeks so I can have a stress free vacation!

10-17-18. 18/100

The end of this week is going to be extra busy!

I am going on a mini vacation starting next week and I'm trying to cram 2 weeks worth into three days so I'm not missing out on my vacation to stay on top of classes.

This includes:

An Essay on The Great Gatsby

A quiz on The Great Gatsby

An Essy on an American Icon (I chose Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

A personal narrative essay

My second Anthro test

Three chapters of my Cultural Anthropology textbook

Creating survey and interview questions for my honors Anthro project

So needless to say I will be exhausted by the end of it, but it will be worth it when I have a worry and stress free vacation!

10/13/18. 17/100

The semester is already halfway through!

How did this happen?!

In celebration I will be spending my morning reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and working on my first honors essay for English.

Eight more weeks to go!

Accidental Overachiever

Welp...it has happened.

In my Cultural Anthropology class I have officially become the person who raises their hand so much that the teacher asks, "anyone else have an answer?"

But it kinda makes me feel like Hermione.

10-10-18. 16/100

I thought I would share this little chart of Kinship diagram symbols from my cultural anthropology textbook.

Kind of want to make a little kinship diagram of my own using these.