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heather

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About Me

Wisconsin native, Wyoming resident.

wildlife biologist, buddhist, canoeist, hunter, nerd, aclu member, tomboy, smartass, basketball fan, and complete pottymouth.

I play guitar and sing sometimes, but rarely in front of anyone.

I love my dog more than I love you.

I can drink. I can play cribbage. Preferably at the same time.

mp3s of me ripping off other great musicians:
a matter of minutes
nightblindness
place to be
ricochet in time
shotgun down the avalanche

I have run out of self-promotional things to say.

Further bulletins as events warrant.

My Interests

paddling, hiking, camping, diskin with the dog, live shows, boozin with friends, public radio, road trips, euchre and cribbages and oh-hell, dominoes, any combination of those things is all the better.

I'd like to meet:



translucent souls

Music:

All over the map. Used to be a child of the 90's Industrial/Goth/Electronic dance scene; now more subdued and into Reggae, Folk, Jammy, Bluegrass, Funky Jazz.

Favorites include Marley, Dylan, Nick Drake, Wookiefoot, John Browns Body, Elliot Martin, Shawn Colvin, kd lang, Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, MMW, Phish, Panic, GD, Leftover Salmon, Lyle Lovett, Nickel Creek, Yonder, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, David Gray, Thievery Corp., Fugees, Portishead, Lamb, Imogen Heap, dM, Null Device, Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty, pixies, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Sandip Burman, Burning Spear, Alison Kraus, Ray Lamontagne, Jessie Harris and the Ferdinandos, Iron and Wine, Jamie Cullum, Soulive, Panjabi MC .. craploads more.

Movies:

Bladerunner (directors cut), Aliens (directors cut), Harold and Maude, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Year of Living Dangerously, Rushmore, Garden State, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Half Baked, others I'm not thinking of right now.

Television:

6 ft Under, Kids in the Hall, Aqua Teens, Robot Chicken, Simpsons, earlier MST3K, Conan, and NBA, NBA, NBA basketball. Go Bucks!

Books:

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

Mutant Message From Down Under by Marlo Morgan

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Vonnegut Vonnegut Vonnegut

Most of my reading involves ecology texts and research papers. Try not to be envious.

Heroes:

my gramps.

My Blog

holiday tribute

Happy 4 and 20 day!!It's been a while since I was a heavy duty celebrator of this day, so I ask that those of you who have the means, please think of me as you partake of the good gifts the earth has...
Posted by heather on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:22:00 PST

Auntie II: Electric Boogaloo

just an update:  my sister Lindsey had her second little sprout this morning around 8:30.  Jacob Ryan McDonnell, 7lbs and some ounces, 20 inches.  Apparently looks nothing like his olde...
Posted by heather on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:23:00 PST

rassafraken...

ma nature must be mad at me for chasing her critters around so much, because this is about to park itself right over I-90 for a couple of days:I almost tried to pack everything up last minute yesterda...
Posted by heather on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:02:00 PST

holiday 2006 tour!

friends!particularly wisconsin ones!  just wanted to send out a heads-up about when i plan to be home for the holiday season.  it's gunna be short but sweet, as i'm short on vacation days, b...
Posted by heather on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:14:00 PST

wisconsin trip pix!

hi!i just got back from a trip back to wisconsin to visit my family and friends, and to see two of my best friends marry eachother in a really sweet and wonderful wedding. so of course here are pictu...
Posted by heather on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST

professional boozehounds

this blog is for all you western people who thought i was exaggerating the level of drinking fortitude in milwaukee: "> irrefutable proof! Thanks, mousse for sending me the link! ...
Posted by heather on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:53:00 PST

wyo wind rivers weekend

i'm back at work?  booooo!especially after this weekend -- took a long-overdue trip back to wyo to visit one of my very best friends, aaron, his girlfriend christie, and his whole family at their...
Posted by heather on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:34:00 PST

more scenery

lots more pix from the past weekend up here..wes biking, trip through the uintas, and trip to timpanogos cave and sundance.  busy weekend!  busy is good.hope you are all well....
Posted by heather on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:05:00 PST

newpix

yo ho ho mateysthar be new pics in my image gallery.  pics of apartment, pics of mountains, pics of hiking in mts with wesman.  i will try to take more, i know there's not much at this point...
Posted by heather on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:13:00 PST

tiny, tiny omlettes

it's been at least 4 years, so i'm surprised by this despite all the signs, but my parrot at the ripe age of approximately 20 years, has laid an egg and will likely lay at least one if not two more if...
Posted by heather on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:24:00 PST