Birthday jive.

Celebrated it early with the family since we're taking Ami to the airport in a few hours. Had hot pot and he came over and joined. It was pleasant and warming. Afterwards we had a round of uno heh. On the actual date, he took me out and spoiled me rotten lol. Did breakout KC and we did surprisingly pretty good with only two members, probably would have made it if we had 10 more minutes realistically. Even Papa J had to admit we were good especially with two people. Had Sama Zama's and it was delicious! I never thought of ramen to be anything to gloss over especially after trying out the shop in Hawaii but damn this place is good! Can't wait to try the new ramen shop! 

Been so busy lately.

Sorry.

Encounters in life.

Attended the Japan festival. Watched Miyuki as usual but I got a candy this time, a dragon! Nothing really exciting at the bazaars. Met a few guys who wanted to "chill" but I'm gonna guess they wanna become something more than buddies so I avoided lol. Trying to focus more on school. Made a few more friends but they always turn out to be males, which could become problematic later on but honestly I just don't get along well with females. It's like oil and water with them. Had a dream the other night that I ran into my former boss and we caught up and he told me how much he missed me and how much his kids missed me. I'm guessing he was hoping that somehow his son and I would get along and date. But he grabbed my hand and we went onto his rooftop to look at his daughters, K and E through the windows? Yeah it was weird and they didn't look like themselves not to mention they had a pet too. 

One afternoon as I was in my way to pick up Keo, I saw this poor baby raccoon near my house like over one street and 4 houses down. The little fella was skin and bones and it seemed as though he had an injure on one of his hind legs because he was waking gingerly, limping almost. Poor baby! I tried to call it to me making cat calls lol. I don't know how to call anything else besides cats. He just stared at me like "what the heck, weird lady just leave me alone and stop making those strange noises" 😂.

#1

Last night as I was driving home, i witnessed a major letdown. There was three lanes, I was in the middle with a middle aged man in the passenger side of a jeep in the left lane and a middle aged woman in a suv on the right. He kept hollering, trying to get her number and she just kept shaking her head and avoided eye contact. I would feel disappointed for him but his friend was driving like a dumbass going 60 on a 40 street. I'm sure she had a good time when she got home and told her husband. 😂

#2

Earlier, while driving back on US69 I saw my first (wild too!) turkey on the side of the road on the grass strip just staring at the cars going by. It was all black except the red head with the red gobble gobble on the throat but nothing on top of its head which was fleshy pink with no feathers. It didn't look like the typical fat ones. It was more on the average/slender side like a pear shaped body. Pretty sure it wasn't a vulture? But it was so cool seeing that on the side of the highway as it stood there calmly watching cars go. 

Homonid notes

HOMONID SPECIES

A. Afarensis (lucy)

PA: mixture of ape and human skeletal features. Bipedal = (laetoli footprints: showed she walked upright) Africa

Time Period: 3.8-3.1 million years ago (Pliocene)

Discovered by Donald Johnson and Timothy White

A. Africanis (Taung Child)

PA: Slender, skull had more of a globular shape similar to modern humans’. Short. 5Y Molars

Time Period: Between 3.2-2 million years ago (Pliocene)

Cultural/tech aspects: Most likely used simple tools such as sticks and rocks. No special modifications or techniques. Africa

Discovered by Raymond Dart

A. robustus (Zinji)

PA: Sagittal crest, heavier jaw, robust body

Time Period: 2.25-1.8 million years ago (Pliocene-Pleistocene)

Cultural/tech aspects: Olduwav pebble tools. Africa

 Discovered by Robert Broom, later Louis Leaky

Homo erectus

PA: Brow ridges. Modern man from the neck down. Built and slightly shorter than modern.

Time Period: 1.89-143k years ago (Pleistocene)

Cultural/tech: Survive cold temp. Harness fire/cook. Hunt. Hand axes, spears, ect. Skull just a bit smaller. First to set out of Africa.

Discovered by Eugene Dubois

 

Australopithecines Hunt?

Yes. 1960s-70s bc animal bones + pebble stones

No.80s-present bc tool marks over bite marks indicating scavenge