http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4365&msg_id=4548 If you could actually travel back in time, what era would you go to? I'm having difficulty deciding... it would definitely change depending on whether or not I was female and whether or not my location changed... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Cognitive Surplus Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:36:45 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4365&msg_id=4548 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4547 Their results for women in 2010: ~26.7 years. Looks like Dave is average and I'm behind the curve. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:30:57 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4547 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4546 Thanks John! We figured after 6 years, we may as well tie the noose, eh? semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:26:27 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4546 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4160&msg_id=4545 Perhaps. I don't know if a writing tool will actually take the place of your essays, but I will cope. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Language; Literature; Writing Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:06:25 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4160&msg_id=4545 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4160&msg_id=4526 I am distraught! Josh, you better keep writing somewhere... we're going to hold you to that promise! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Language; Literature; Writing Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:23:15 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4160&msg_id=4526 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4522&msg_id=4525 I hope we return, too : ) semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:18:49 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4522&msg_id=4525 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4524&msg_id=4524 Should I sell my 2002 Honda Civic (manual) and buy my parents' 2007 Hyundai Elantra (automatic)? We're only bringing one car down to California, and Dave can't drive stick shift because of his leg. Logically, it'd make a lot more sense to sell the Honda and get a car that both of us can drive... But selling my Honda (whose name is Greta, by the way), my chariot of 10 years, feels akin to getting rid of the family dog. Any suggestions? semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:17:53 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4524&msg_id=4524 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4522&msg_id=4522 Now that I'm less than 2 weeks from quitting work and moving away from Alaska, I've realized that this is the longest-held job of my life: roughly 3 years and 9 months. Of course, no bank will recognize it as a 'permanent' position, as it's a federal SCEP (student career employment position)... and there is the question of of how many months I TECHNICALLY worked, since they allowed me to work part-time when school was in session... but overall, it's the longest job I've every held. Between NPS, USFS, and USACE, I think I've now worked a total of 5 years for the feds. I think, if the whole academia thing doesn't pan out, I may return to the feds. Private contractors may make a hell of a lot more money, but the benefits aren't as good and the work isn't as steady. And, although the bureaucracy often makes me want to run screaming out the window, I'm beginning to realize that there are very few employment opportunities where you can avoid it. Hopefully by the time I'm done with school (in another 5 years) the federal hiring freeze will be over. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:55:55 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4522&msg_id=4522 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4521 My absolute favorite photo is the one of my dad and Nick, dancing. SO AWESOME! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:34:23 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4521 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4520 Fantastic, Josh! I'm so glad that you were there! : ) semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:32:21 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4501&msg_id=4520 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3394&msg_id=3394 AHHHHHH 6 days but really only 5 because I leave for Kaktovik on Monday morning AHHHHHHHHHH. I hate writing theses. I have 14 different documents (Word AND Excel) that I now have to somehow meld together into something readable.... fuck. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:31:29 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3394&msg_id=3394 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3373&msg_id=3393 50% chance you don't make it, so bring a long book! The Corps won't let us fly Grant Air, just PenAir. And they're always late, or don't show up. : ( semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:27:59 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3373&msg_id=3393 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3348&msg_id=3392 haha no, but I would love to! I'm on the list for overseas stuff, but unfortunately they never seem to need an archaeologist... but I keep trying to tell them I'm qualified to carry luggage, too! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:25:34 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3348&msg_id=3392 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2360&msg_id=3391 I think Tyrion is my favorite character as well. Especially after the middle of the second book, when he becomes a twisted "good guy." Though Arya totally rocks, and Daenerys' character is so multifaceted I don't know what to think. mmmm I love good character development! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) The Good Books Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:20:55 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2360&msg_id=3391 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3348&msg_id=3348 I have a very strong love/hate relationship with my job: I hate being in the office - I want to throw my achingly slow computer out of the window and punch people in the face until they sobbingly promise to stop being complete dumbasses. When I'm out in the field, however, I forget about all the bullshit and redtape. ahhh fieldwork, how I love thee... Nifty places the U.S. Government has paid me to travel to: Akutan Unalaska/Dutch Harbor Grayling Kianna Kotzebue Noorvik Upper and Lower Kalskag Nome Sand Point Kaktovik/Demarcation Bay (in 2 weeks) semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:00:52 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3348&msg_id=3348 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3187&msg_id=3347 hurrah! I knew you could do it! now we just need glamour shots of you in your fire-gear with a polar bear in the background on the windswept tundra ; ) semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:51:39 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3187&msg_id=3347 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3327&msg_id=3346 Congrats you guys! your relationship makes the rest of us happy and hopeful that things really can work out wonderfully in the end : ) you two KICK ASS!! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:47:21 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3327&msg_id=3346 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2560&msg_id=2691 that was FANTASTIC!!!! when do we get to see you in more movies?! : ) semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Indiscernible from Magic Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:28:58 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2560&msg_id=2691 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2544&msg_id=2689 BOOOOO!!!!!! lol semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:18:09 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2544&msg_id=2689 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2544&msg_id=2688 that's a good point.... I think I do want the bibs to be the main point, though. one thing I would like to do which I haven't been able to figure out is how to make it let me organize the page titles how I want to... it automatically puts it in alphabetical order, which is annoying and doesn't make sense categorically. any ideas on that? wordpress is confusing for someone of my lack of computer understanding... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:17:51 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2544&msg_id=2688 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2544&msg_id=2544 so.... I've started a blog and I'd really like feedback from people. I have no idea what I'm doing (of course, being almost completely computer illiterate). Unfortunately it's all about my profession, which isn't interesting to many people, but if you guys could give me any input on layout etc, I'd really appreciate it! http://ossiferousarctic.wordpress.com/ semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Mercy General Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:05:35 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2544&msg_id=2544 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2488&msg_id=2543 I'll look into the farms in the valley and the bison at Delta Junction, and figure out pricing : ) semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2488&msg_id=2543 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2488&msg_id=2542 that is AMAZING!!! do you think they'd let me keep the skeleton, too? semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:05 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2488&msg_id=2542 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2140&msg_id=2490 Rothfuss' letter makes my heart go "pit-a-pat"! I'm going to buy every book he ever writes. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:05:15 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2140&msg_id=2490 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2447&msg_id=2489 thanks Josh! we may or may not need to move now... I just talked to my landlord the other day, and she's moving her husband to a home sometime in the next few weeks, but she doesn't know if she wants to stay in the house by herself, or sell, or rent, or what. Soooo we may not be moving? I have no idea. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:56:17 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2447&msg_id=2489 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2488&msg_id=2488 Where can I buy locally-raised or locally-hunted meat? I've just read "Eating Animals" and have decided that ease of access isn't worth animal torture and genetic monstrosities. "Omnivore's Dilemma" set the scene, and "Eating Animals" pushed me over the edge into near-vegetarianism. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:53:29 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2488&msg_id=2488 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2447&msg_id=2447 Does anyone know of an apartment to rent that allows cats? Dave and I have to move out in May/June (our landlords are selling the duplex).... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:09:24 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=2447&msg_id=2447 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=733&msg_id=1051 can we please add Mr. Wright to the list? is he still around? one of my fondest memories from high school is him telling us the dead baby joke in order to describe use of irony in literature... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:46:00 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=733&msg_id=1051 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=733&msg_id=1050 haha YES I love that idea! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:42:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=733&msg_id=1050 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=733&msg_id=1049 I've gone back and visited Mr. Kincaid and Frau Senden a couple times, but they both moved on to South and Chugiak, respectively, after we graduated. so I haven't been back to Service proper. It was great to see them, though... nothing had changed at all. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Asked and Answered Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:40:04 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=733&msg_id=1049 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=1048 thanks Ashley! it makes me feel a lot better to know other people are feeling "crisis-y" too! I haven't figured out whether this whole thing with Dave's accident is making life MORE crisis-y, or whether it's forced me to take a step back and re-evaluate what's important. things are still up in the air lol... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Status Report, 2010 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:38:24 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=1048 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=1047 yah... now that I'm not actually there I can look back at it and think "holy shit, that was an amazing experience!" I think I'll have to wait until our next Ice Age, however, before I try to repeat it. semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Status Report, 2010 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:34:52 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=1047 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=434&msg_id=1046 haha no, I don't game. Dave does, though, and he's the one who turned me on to Falcon Northwest. honestly I just wanted a machine that would be able to run quickly while all my thesis stuff (such as statistical software) etc is going at the same time. she's super pretty, though. and she has a fingerprint scanner lock (lol). semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Indiscernible from Magic Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:32:49 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=434&msg_id=1046 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=440 Additionally, two of my friends had babies (thankfully both Ian and Leo are handsome boys who don't look like demented prosimians, as many babies do), and one of my oldest friends is currently 3 months pregnant. Eep! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Status Report, 2010 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:56:47 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=440 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=439 I spent the majority of the past year dealing with a quarter-life crisis. (Anyone else spend their 25th year in a similar situation?) Namely, do I really want to be an archaeologist? Do I want to spend 6-10 more years in graduate school, just so I can get a job in academia that I could actually live off of? Would it be possible to be happy as a career federal employee, instead? Should I just say to hell with the past 7 years and try to open up a bakery/coffe shop/brewery/used book store? Would that even work as a business model? Do I every want to get married/reproduce, and if so, is the guy I've been dating for the past 4 years "the one"? etc... The following is a brief synopsis of the past year's events: I passed my Comprehensive Exams for my Masters of Anthropology (at UAA) and have submitted my Thesis Prospectus. I went to the Aleutians for the first time, and decided that Unalaska and Akutan are the most beautiful places I've ever seen. I spent 6 weeks in northern Kenya, excavating 1.5 mya fossils/artifacts, and learned that I cannot function in 110 degree weather and also that I hate the desert, scorpions, solafuges and paleoanthropological excavation techniques. I spent way too many hours being aggravated about my thesis and being angry at the people associated with my project. I presented a paper and a poster at the Annual Meetings of the Alaska Anthropological Association and the Society for American Anthropology (respectively). I found out that my cat will try to kill any kittens that I bring home. I spent an unhealthy amount of time in a closed lab surrounded by the remains of dead animals and humans. I did not get outside as much as I wanted to. One of my landlords developed Alzheimers. My boyfriend broke his femur; two weeks after getting metal screws drilled into his leg, his father died. My best friend's little sister got married, and my two roommates from college are getting married in the next 4 months. I've looked at semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Status Report, 2010 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:40:03 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=439&msg_id=439 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=208&msg_id=438 Congrats, that's fantastic! you guys totally kick ass... I'm sorry I kept missing your games : ( semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) The Sporting Life Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:54:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=208&msg_id=438 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=437&msg_id=437 Okay, am I the only one completely dumbfounded by the fact that Lisa Murkowski lost the Republican primary? Are we really that stupid, to vote for a guy who believes pushing the federal government out of a state where the MAJORITY of the workforce is employed by the federal government will actually create jobs for Alaskans? semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Machiavellian Cocktail Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:51:46 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=437&msg_id=437 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=230&msg_id=436 Do you guys remember Katie Riley? Her older brother was one of the passengers... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Machiavellian Cocktail Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:47:31 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=230&msg_id=436 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=126&msg_id=435 It really varies for me... depending on what I'm doing I can spend between 30 minutes and 8 hours online per workday. As I work for the government, almost all entertaining sites are blocked (i.e. Facebook), and I get dirty looks from my boss when I check my Gmail account (even though a few of the people I deal with for work use my personal email to contact me). Mostly, though, I spend my day reading old archaeology reports or looking at old bones, so not that much internet time... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Look down, look down... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:45:35 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=126&msg_id=435 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=434&msg_id=434 My new Falcon Northwest TLX laptop arrives in less than 12 hours!!! W00t! semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) Indiscernible from Magic Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:35:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=434&msg_id=434 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=395&msg_id=433 It makes me happy that you made a list of our previous books... semblance@idkfa.com (semblance) The Good Books Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:33:01 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=395&msg_id=433