So my inner nerd is emerging and I also been inspired to actively pursue life and all that is has to offer. So I'm making a list of the plans that I'm doing this year and the next (so far).
-Canada, Niagara Falls *Aug. 27th-30th*
-Chicago *August 12th - 15th*
-Skydiving *June 12th*
-Ocean City (Given)*June 5th-6th*
-New York *July 3rd-5th*
-Two Weddings *July 10th *October*
-HFSfestival *September 18th*
-Flutag Penn's Landing *September 4th*
-Zero Gravity Flight (2011)
-Baby Shower *June 26th*
-Tubing in WV *June 19th*
-Chili Cookoff *May 22th*
-Rockville Twiligther 8k Marathon with Tom =) *July 17th*
This is so I don't forget since I do have a selective memory.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
When I Grow Up
I've been asking myself the same question almost everyday for the past coupe months.
What do I wanna do career wise? I'll be receiving my AA next year hopefully but I know I don't want to just stop there! If you do the bare minimum, you get the bare minimum.
I know I'm more than an office job and I want to do more.
I was thinking of my next degree options.
-Journalism
-Environmental Science
-Conservation Biology
-Astro-biology
are just a few.
My vision and foot problems hold me back from doing extra neat things.
I went to the air show this past Sunday and although I knew nothing about the planes in general, it got me thinking of what I could do with my life.
For a few months I honestly wanted to be an astronaut, but I should have started that journey a long time ago.
I wish this would have hit me sooner but what can you do? Just move forward and not dwell on the past. Hopefully going to different events and just experiencing more than just going out on the weekends will get the ball moving just that much more.
What do I wanna do career wise? I'll be receiving my AA next year hopefully but I know I don't want to just stop there! If you do the bare minimum, you get the bare minimum.
I know I'm more than an office job and I want to do more.
I was thinking of my next degree options.
-Journalism
-Environmental Science
-Conservation Biology
-Astro-biology
are just a few.
My vision and foot problems hold me back from doing extra neat things.
I went to the air show this past Sunday and although I knew nothing about the planes in general, it got me thinking of what I could do with my life.
For a few months I honestly wanted to be an astronaut, but I should have started that journey a long time ago.
I wish this would have hit me sooner but what can you do? Just move forward and not dwell on the past. Hopefully going to different events and just experiencing more than just going out on the weekends will get the ball moving just that much more.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Cause and Effect
I spend a lot of time reading articles on conservation {environment and wildlife wise) and I have discovered something. Our Conservation efforts have a giant flaw to them.
As a "species" able to change our environment to fit our needs, we still haven't been able to do so without affecting everything around us. If you know anything about wildlife... it is balanced. Every living thing helps to keep every other living thing in check. The ratio of prey to predators is balanced, disease among species is balanced... even the distribution of resources is balanced. We over-fish, over-farm, destroy habitat, pollute our environment and take out species like they will always be around or "our impact doesn't affect as much as some people think it does".
Our rain-forests provide the earth with an abundant amount of rain/oxygen to breathe. With the destruction of this ever so important habitat, there will be world-wide droughts and a lower amount of oxygen.
The coral-reefs filtered out carbon basically cleaning out air. With pollution and the depletion of the organisms and animals needed to sustain this ecosystem, it has no chance of surviving.
Most of the big fish populations has decreased about 80% in just 20 years. Some shark species are threaten which help keep fish (as well as seal) populations strong and in check eliminating the weak. Several species such as the swordfish have shrank in size due to fishing them so often not even giving them a chance to reach full adulthood.
With more and more species discovered each day, it makes one wonder how many go extinct and we don't even know about them.
To show just how important every species of plant and animal is important here's an example.
In Yellowstone national park... there is a tree that produces pine nuts. They are about 50% fat so packing on weight for the winter would be easily done. A tree squirrel spends the day collecting seeds which fall to the ground. A family of bear comes along and eats the seeds already taken from the pine cones. In turn the bear and her young can survive the winter months. The birds that also feast on them help spread them around so more trees can grow. Also with the wolves population back there, the moose population is controlled leaving more food for beavers that help change the water ways which create marshlands and create new habitat.
Everything is connected so when one plant or animal gets eliminated, a whole ecosystem could collapse.
The change we need to make need to ensure that we not only make life better for us but also protect the ecosystems around us. We have a habit to deplete a species almost to extinction and then make efforts to bring back the population only to deplete their numbers again. This way of doing things only makes thing unstable.
When we brought back bald eagle populations... there is question as to populations on the California coast could prove to do more harm than good. Their food sources had been decreased greatly which could lead to them feasting on remains of fish which may still be laced with the chemical DDT which almost eradicated them in the first place.
So if we don't change some of our habits soon, the very species we try to protect and save time and time again could be gone forever... just like the many species that have already succumb to this.
As a "species" able to change our environment to fit our needs, we still haven't been able to do so without affecting everything around us. If you know anything about wildlife... it is balanced. Every living thing helps to keep every other living thing in check. The ratio of prey to predators is balanced, disease among species is balanced... even the distribution of resources is balanced. We over-fish, over-farm, destroy habitat, pollute our environment and take out species like they will always be around or "our impact doesn't affect as much as some people think it does".
Our rain-forests provide the earth with an abundant amount of rain/oxygen to breathe. With the destruction of this ever so important habitat, there will be world-wide droughts and a lower amount of oxygen.
The coral-reefs filtered out carbon basically cleaning out air. With pollution and the depletion of the organisms and animals needed to sustain this ecosystem, it has no chance of surviving.
Most of the big fish populations has decreased about 80% in just 20 years. Some shark species are threaten which help keep fish (as well as seal) populations strong and in check eliminating the weak. Several species such as the swordfish have shrank in size due to fishing them so often not even giving them a chance to reach full adulthood.
With more and more species discovered each day, it makes one wonder how many go extinct and we don't even know about them.
To show just how important every species of plant and animal is important here's an example.
In Yellowstone national park... there is a tree that produces pine nuts. They are about 50% fat so packing on weight for the winter would be easily done. A tree squirrel spends the day collecting seeds which fall to the ground. A family of bear comes along and eats the seeds already taken from the pine cones. In turn the bear and her young can survive the winter months. The birds that also feast on them help spread them around so more trees can grow. Also with the wolves population back there, the moose population is controlled leaving more food for beavers that help change the water ways which create marshlands and create new habitat.
Everything is connected so when one plant or animal gets eliminated, a whole ecosystem could collapse.
The change we need to make need to ensure that we not only make life better for us but also protect the ecosystems around us. We have a habit to deplete a species almost to extinction and then make efforts to bring back the population only to deplete their numbers again. This way of doing things only makes thing unstable.
When we brought back bald eagle populations... there is question as to populations on the California coast could prove to do more harm than good. Their food sources had been decreased greatly which could lead to them feasting on remains of fish which may still be laced with the chemical DDT which almost eradicated them in the first place.
So if we don't change some of our habits soon, the very species we try to protect and save time and time again could be gone forever... just like the many species that have already succumb to this.
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