Fall Semester 2018

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

9-21-18 10/100

Desk layout...even though it won't stay like this for long!

No class on Fridays! But I still have a lot of work to do today. Chapters to read and essays to write.

But first, I'm going to ease into it with my current fun read: The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. Accompanying me is my baby girl Dill and a chai coffee in my awesome Lord of the Flies mug.

Today's gonna be good!

9-23-18. 11/100

Got my next essay all outlined and (kinda) ready to go. I have to have it finished by tomorrow, but all I really want to do is decorate for Halloween!

Taking a night off from homework tonight getting cuddles from this precious little thing!

Introduction

So I've seen a bunch of studyblr bloggers do introduction posts and I didn't really think to do one because...I'm pretty darn shy!

But here is goes anyways

About me:

I'm a freshman at community college

I'm 24 (I took off schooling to take care of my mom from age 19 to 21)

My major is anthropology (if you couldn't tell from my username)

I'm originally from Colorado but I'm currently living in San Diego, Ca

My goals this year:

Pass all my classes (obviously right?)

Do all my readings BEFORE class

Do all the extra credit!

Complete at least one honors class (just signed up for honors english)

Meet new people (did I mention I was shy?)

Learn a new language (currently learning Norwegian on duolingo)

Hobbies:

Writing stories whenever I get the spare time

Reading

Watching documentaries

Day 02/100

Today I finished up some slideshow notes for Antropology and the outline for my first essay for my English class.

And my cat Dill kept me compay

Studyblr TAG

NEVER DONE ONE OF THESES BUT WHAT THE HECK!

I was tagged by @toxibilix-studyblr

Name: anthropologme

Age: 24

Field: Anthropology

Creation date of studyblr: Aug 17, 2018

This is my: Main blog

Laptop: windows surface pro

Fave subjects: Anthropology, history, and english

Fave stationary: my pens and highlighters, and paper clips those babies saved me so much worry

Fave study snack: cheese and crackers!

Mostly used pen color: green

Pencilcase: white with a gold zipper

Backpack: grey and white stripes

Handwriting: a combination of cursive and print

Currently reading: Starfleet

Motivational quote: "Never give up, never surrender" (Galaxy Quest) " You're a bad bitch and you got this" (my husband)

Languages I want to learn: as many as I can, currently working on Norwegian on the duolingo app, and will be doing all levels of American sign Language at college

Study goal: transfer to 4 year university

Career goal: archaeologists or traveling anthropologists

Thanks for sticking around and reading!

07/100

Went to my counselor today and made an updated education plan. Anyone else have their future classes planned out in advanced?

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

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