Things have been settling in since I got back from NAFEW. I came home for a day before going to see Daniel in Terrace for a day- we hadn't seen each other in two weeks and it was good to spend even that little bit of time with him as he was flying to Kelowna to visit a friend who was having some problems. I arrived around 3 and dropped him off at ( Read more... )

You Are 7: The Enthusiast
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I'm writing from the SUB of at the UBC campus in Vancouver. I'm currently attending a three day conference that frankly gets me kind of excited about my job. It's the North American Forest Ecology Conference, a conference that happens once every two years and draws people from all over the continent. I have seen presentations from Malaysia and ( Read more... )

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I am just amazed by these kids... They give it their all and it's impressive. I'm also glad to have first heard one of the tracks off Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints album, "The Obvious Child". it's catchy and energetic and I feel energized just listening to it.

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I've been postponing writing again... There seems to be so much to write about yet so little reason to bother explaining it all. Just a few days ago was the anniversary of when I first came to Smithers a year ago. Fresh out of school and all excited about the first 'real job'. I don't want to start into a long rant about my subsequent slow ( Read more... )

After my parents had moved to their new house and after my mother's last exam was completed, my parents decided to drive up to Smithers! We had a few days together up here, I could finally show them the places that I was so impressed with before. They stayed at the Smithers guesthouse, as Daniel was in town for a forestry course. We cooked, we ( Read more... )

Well, I have arrived safely at my parent's new place in Victoria. My old internship contract with the Ministry of Forests is over, and at the end of my time here on May 7 my new contract as an auxiliary employee will begin. Yay for finally logging seniority and a recall list ( Read more... )

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It's always handy to have somebody around to help out, and this little guy does the job VERY well! Also known as the Sucking Loach, I much prefer the name of Chinese Algae Eater, Gyrinocheilus aymonieri. I've decided to call them all sequentially Settler, because this fish was the first fish that ever went into the tank the first time I got it. ( Read more... )

The whole office had to deal with a swamped septic system and revolting smell this morning, with many people suddenly finding other places they needed to be and generally fleeing the office like rats from a sinking ship. Many people took early lunches as the whole office of over 70 people had no bathrooms. My supervisor and a friend were singing ( Read more... )