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Animals have always been a part of my life. I mainly had dogs and cats as a child. But during my teenage years I became a little more exotic and got into hamsters (if you can call hamsters exotic). Then it was fish husbandry and birds in my 20's, up to now.
Today I am a Veterinary Technician for an emergency clinic in which we see a wide range of animals from brown bear cubs to bearded dragons. I have been in this field for the past ten years. I enjoy my job. It is quite fulfilling.
I volunteered at Woodland Park Zoo in Washington for about 2 years. I worked with Black and White Colobus Monkeys,
Red Rufed Lemurs
De Brazza's Monkeys, Pygmy Marmosets
Goeldi's Monkeys
Ocelots, various birds, turtles.......
I also helped out at the Sarvey Wildlife Sanctuary.That place was a neat experiance because I was part of a team which rehabilitated the animals so they could be free to roam the wild once again.
But sadly that is not the case for every animal - some are to live the remainder of their lives at the sanctuary because they are not fit to survive on their own. But fortunately for them there are humans who care a lot.
My experience with animals, my education and reading many books has opened my eyes to a big world. A place where all organisms, including humans, are all products of the Earth. And how one interprets the earth, their surroundings, varies from specie to specie.
Each animal experiences life according to its' neurological pathways and networks - neurons lined up firing signals through out the body in response to the interactions of the external enviroment. Allowing the animal to interpret its' surroundings, information. And in some, allowing consciousness.
I am very fond of chimpanzees,
for they are so similar to ourselves -- in our physical and chemical makeup; our abilities to communicate successfully with others; to communicate in novel sentences; to express emotion of sadness, to laugh at a humorous situation; our abilities to develop strategies; to exhibit culture.....the list goes on!
It is evident that chimpanzees suffer emotionally when confined to cages to await their turn to be injected with a virus in the name of research; they suffer emotionally and physically when humans burn the forests down, their homes, in the name of human progress; when poachers kill their infants or other loved ones.....they are aware of who they are and their surroundings....they do have a sense of self.....
It is time to recognize that humans are not the only intelligent or self aware creatures on this planet. Thanks to Jane Goodall who contributed 40 years of research and experiance in the Gombe. To Allen Gardner, Beatrix Gardner, and Roger Fouts for their on going 40 year linguistic project. They have brought to light that chimpanzees are just like us humans in many, many ways!
They deserve equal rights to life as we do!
IMAGINE
IMAGINE there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
IMAGINE all the people living for today
IMAGINE there's no country
It's not hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
NO RELIGION TOO....
~ John Lennon
Fear of things invisible
is the natural seed of
that which everyone in
himself calleth religion.
~ Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
A GOD/SAVIOUR IS JUST ANOTHER PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION
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My Interests

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"Love, Having No Geography,
Knows No Boundries"
~Truman Capote

Hmmmmmm, MY INTERESTS:

Camping,
Fishing,
Sexy Girls

Motorcycles,
Mountain Biking,
Hiking,
Sail Boarding

Reading,
Golf,
Photography

Preserving the Wild,
The Outdoors

Writing Short Stories and Poems,
Music,
Movies,
Whiskey [it maybe the death of me],
Dancing,
Video Games,
My Dogs:

Sabastian

Sylvester

Wondering Through the Woods,
Collecting Rocks [i'm always on the look out for a beauty],
Animals,
Watching Pro Basketball & Football

GO STEELERS!

I love To work Out

I enjoy all sports though knee problems limit my activity.
My bad knees are due to too much running
when I was younger - i used to be a track star
{from what I hear my high school track records still stand}.

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I'd like to meet:

* Jane Goodall (I met her at a book signing once but I would love to sit and chat with her).
* Roger Fouts
* Bill Clinton
* Mike Patton
* Maynerd James Keenan
* Al Gore

* Jason Baldwin * Damien Echols * Jessie Misskelley

* I would also like to meet intellegent individuals who have similar interests as myself

Music:

AWWWWWWWW, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE MUSIC!
Some of my favorite bands and artists are
(no particular order):

A Perfect Circle
Faith No More

Alice In Chains
Sevendust
Soundgarden

Sheryl Crow
Alanis Morissette
Dave Mathews Band
Stone Temple Pilots
PJ Harvey
Madonna

Maktub
The Cure
Staind
Tears For Fears
Pink Floyd

Sting
The Police
Sade
Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac

Annie Lennox
Byork
Bone Thungs n Harmony
Sarah Mclachlan
Chaka Khan
Rufus
50 Cent
Randy Weston
Depeche Mode

Laundry
LL Cool J
Dream Theater
Bread
Ice Cube

Westside Connection
Doors
Jimmy Hendrix
Old School Michael Jackson
Led Zepplin

The Game
Candlebox
Korn
Bryan Ferry
Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre...

Movies:

Some of my favorite movies are:
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Army Of Darkness
Rosemary's Baby
Amittyville Horror 2: The Possesion
Blade Runner
Raising Arizona
Pulp Fiction
A Clock Work Orange
Ghost In The Shell
The Scanner Darkly
Snatch
Fargo
Friday
The Royal Tenenbaums
Edward Scissor Hands
Ravenous
Dolores Claiborne
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot
Frogs For Snakes
Jackie Brown
Crazy In Alabama
Kill Bill Volumns 1 and 2
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
The original Planet Of The Apes
The Shining
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolution
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien Reserrection
Paradise Lost
Requiem For A Dream
A Fistful Of Dollars
A Few Dollars More
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Diabolique
Bram Stroker's Dracula
Interview With A Vampire

Television:

I don't watch Television
[except for basketball + football, when i can]!
The news is depressing and extremely biased.
I find that you can't just watch one program
'cause you end up getting sucked into another.
And before you know it several hours have
passed you by.

Books:

My favorite author is Anne Rice.
I have read most of her books:
The Vampire Chronicles (9 books)
The Witching Hour
Lasher
Taltos
Servant Of The Bones
The Mummy, etc......
Hunter S.Thompson's Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
The Poisenwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
I am also a fan of Michael Crichton:
Sphere
Eaters Of The Dead
The Great Train Robbery
Time Line
Prey
The Lost World, etc....
I AM A PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLGY GEEK!
Thus I have read many books on the subject.
To name just a few:
Walking With Cavemen by John Lynch and Louise Barrett
Race and Human Evolution by Milford Wolpoff
In The Footsteps of Eve by Lee R. Berger
Primates by Barbara Sleeper
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
The Book Of Life by Stephen Jay Gould
Through A Window by Jane Goodall
Another Favorite Author/Scientists is
Richard Dawkins and his book The God Delusion
THE MOST INSPIRING BOOK
I have read is Next Of Kin by Roger Fouts
Charles Darwin is another favorite author:
The Voyage Of The Beagle
On The Origins Of Species
The Descent Of Man
The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals
RIGHT NOW I AM READING:
Spook by Mary Roach
Mary is a scientists who is out to
prove or disprove an Afterlife.

Heroes:

*JANE GOODALL

*CHARELS DARWIN

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Delusions

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