So it's been a bit since I've posted anything. PAW (Primate Awareness Week) went great! I loved Daniel Beltra's talk. Look him up on the web, he takes the most beautiful and thought provoking pictures! Another great talk was by the director of PASA, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. He talked a lot about the work they're doing in Africa with all their sanctuaries and trying to re-introduce as many primates as they can back into the wild. Awesome work being done! Check them out at pasaprimates.org. So it was successful and we got some good turn outs.
This summer instead of being normal and not having school I've decided to take classes. Lame I know! But once I take these last 2 classes I can focus completely on my Primate and Anthropology studies! I already have almost a third of my Anthropology classes done thank heavens. The primate classes are hard because there are only a couple offered every quarter so you have to get into them while you can. And they tend to conflict scheduling wise with my other classes. But PAW really got me re-motivated about classes and school. I still have a long ways to go with my double bachelors but then I can take a small break and get some work experience, maybe at a sanctuary here in the states, and then move onto my masters. I've been looking at Oxford-Brookes in the UK, which is the only other Primate masters program in the world, other than the one here at CWU. I would LOVE to go there! It seems like their program is centered a lot around primate conservation which is exactly what I want to do. Or maybe I'll just flat out move to Africa somewhere, maybe Rwanda, and just show up at a sanctuary and say "What's up I need a job because I moved all the way here for the gorillas." That's kind of what happened with the PASA director. He was a hollywood make-up artist and one day just moved with his wife to Africa and fell in with the sanctuary crowd. How awesome is that? I wonder if it'd work if I did it right now. Just up peaced out to Rwanda... that'd be AMAZING.
So on the music front a new great artist.../band? I've been listening to is Wakey!Wakey!!! Such a cool sound! I love the song 1876-The Brooklyn Theatre Fire and Almost Everything and Brooklyn... man the whole "Almost Everthing I Wish I'd Said The Last Time I Saw You" album is stellar. There some good upbeat songs that just make you want to go be outside and dance and some beautiful ballads. Another artist I'm loving right now is Andrew Belle. He does this duet with Erin McCarley called "In My Veins" It's so beautiful. His lyrics are great. I also love his song "Open Your Eyes." So look them up if you're in need of new music.
Well I'm at work and I need to start getting breakfast put together so I'm gonna peace out for now. I'll post again soon about some other great music I'm listening to right now.
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