. . . . . entries for 30.7.10 . . . . .
This does not work, not really. Would that the fear and anger it induces could stay and motivate people to actually change - but it can't.
. . . . . entries for 26.7.10 . . . . .
Getting emails from an old professor talking about ecohydrology research in Kenya is DISORIENTING! And I mean, not talking to me, in terms I get, but talking about the nitty-gritty of the research that I don't get. She must have meant a different Erin.
. . . . . entries for 23.7.10 . . . . .
I must be totally insufferable to some people.
. . . . . entries for 21.7.10 . . . . .
Holy cow I am driving to school tomorrow and to the city the next day for my internshippy video shoot. Stress! and something bound to go wrong, somewhere, somehow!
. . . . . entries for 19.7.10 . . . . .
My uterus and cohorts have unfortunate timing.
I wish talking to my parents about stressful things did something other than stress me out more 90% of the time.
. . . . . entries for 15.7.10 . . . . .
ohhh my head
it goes, "Erin you are not at all used to Responsibility for Leadership yet"
and I go "yes I know good grief please stop feeling clenched and wet styrofoamy"
and it goes "nnnno!"
(in other words, my internship is going somewhat bizarrely and busily)
. . . . . entries for 12.7.10 . . . . .
Sometimes I'm really glad I get enviro emails lobbed at me from various organizations, because sometimes, I get to write things like this to places like the WSJ:
"To whom it may concern,
My uncle is a smart guy. He's revered in the field of operations research, involved in women's education projects in the developing world, good to his kids, takes his golden retrievers for a run every morning, and looks ten years younger than he is. Since he's so smart (and otherwise pretty okay), it's not surprising that he reads a publication like WSJ.
Well, look. You've got my uncle confused, along with plenty of other Americans. Of all the people to somehow misunderstand what makes good science, you'd think a seasoned academic and author of several books and innumerable articles would, you know, not. But plenty of respected physicists, meteorologists, and other scientists are in the same boat as my uncle because they (being smart and otherwise pretty okay folks) read WSJ and other media outlets that keep telling them that the breach of U East Anglia email records last November was "Climategate." They hear a lot that climate science is politicized science, that something fishy is going on in the review process, that nothing bad is going to happen because of the way humans have altered the atmosphere.
Here's the weird part. My uncle believes in all sorts of environmental problems - he knows full well about the dangers and possibly catastrophic conflicts that could result from fresh water depletion in Central Asia, for example - but not climate change. It's a very specific opinion applying to a very specific problem that you have been misleading him about for months. I am writing to ask you to stop, because frankly my uncle is the type to stir the pot, although he is a pretty okay guy, and I am getting tired of his sending flat out lies to me, my sister, and my cousins every week.
Science is complicated. The Wall Street Journal owes it to its readers to tell them when what it boils down to is simple: if we don't dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions within 40 years, millions of people will suffer in the next 200. Their croplands will either drown or disintegrate into dust, and they, starved if not dead, will migrate in the greatest numbers seen in human history, causing enormous social problems and possibly even wars.
Not one, not two, but three comprehensive, independent investigations of the breach at East Anglia have determined that the affected scientists were innocent of scientific fraud and misleading the public with false data about the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. I wish the same could be said of you.
Set the record straight - you owe it to my uncle and the rest of your readership.
Sincerely,
[me]"
. . . . . entries for 8.7.10 . . . . .
sooooo many birthday notifications on Facebook. o.o cannot wade through them all before work.
. . . . . entries for 7.7.10 . . . . .
I feel kinda old but people keep telling me I am not all that old anyway. Oh well.
. . . . . entries for 2.7.10 . . . . .
You know, if I could be an artsy-fartsy model, even just for fun - if I had some artsy-fartsy photographer who wanted to take pictures of me - I think it would be cool.
Ham ham ham ham.
. . . . . entries for 1.7.10 . . . . .
ENTHUSIASM!
Looking at all of these enviro college programs, I realize that Princeton could be construed as a BA+MA program (or whatever) in 4 years. A bit extreme, perhaps, but then . . .
I posted something on enviroblog. Whoa.
Unfortunately it is not especially inspiring or original or well-informed, just . . . sad.
come home?
.:people:.
{ting}
she looks like the real thing
{mari}
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[kelsey]
THIS IS AMERICA
{yianni}
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{alisa}
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eating knowledge
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my dm
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{max}
approach focus
[natalie]
wait a minute
[susan]
solitude
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manbeargreg
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