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bending_sickleStarted working way late again and am incredibly bored. What I'm writing ought to be in the introduction, but then it just keeps spilling on into main-body territory. Ugh. I'm writing a basic description of the African wild dog - range, population, prey, etc. At least it's more interesting than population dynamic theories. It's still quite dull, though, as well as frustrating, because it's really just the equivalent of a textual jigsaw puzzle. *headdesk* *headache* Particularly hard because of old data contradicting new data or giving different values - I had three different estimates for weight! - and no one seems to know what's going in with the Serengeti Fiasco, which I might actually drop.
While historically the African wild dog population has always existed at relatively low densities (H, 1992; S-Z, 2004), its range has been drastically reduced in recent years. Once African wild dog ranged throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa (S&S, 1997; S-Z, 2004), inhabiting 34 countries (H, 1992; B, 1998). Now its range is heavily reduced and fragmented (S&S, 1997; H, 1992), with viable populations in only 6 countries (M, 1997): Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe (S&S, 1997).
Which is why I do random and unexplained googles, like CIA employment requirements. Not that I can - or would - apply, but it does my litle heart good to know that biology and languages aren't completely dead ends.
Laura called with news of an available room - no news on her friend's room - and a reminder that it's all pretty hopeless and I blathered on a bit and she couldn't follow and I felt like such a... *flail* Apart from grocery runs I've not been out of the house or even moved in a week and I've put on - or recovered - weight and that just sucks, man, sucks popsicles of suck.
And the computer keeps freezing up and going all non-responsive - not now, darling, I've got a headache - and that totally blows.
Blergh. *crawls away from desk* *facerubrubrub* *crawls back*
* Deepak Chopra
While historically the African wild dog population has always existed at relatively low densities (H, 1992; S-Z, 2004), its range has been drastically reduced in recent years. Once African wild dog ranged throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa (S&S, 1997; S-Z, 2004), inhabiting 34 countries (H, 1992; B, 1998). Now its range is heavily reduced and fragmented (S&S, 1997; H, 1992), with viable populations in only 6 countries (M, 1997): Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe (S&S, 1997).
Which is why I do random and unexplained googles, like CIA employment requirements. Not that I can - or would - apply, but it does my litle heart good to know that biology and languages aren't completely dead ends.
Laura called with news of an available room - no news on her friend's room - and a reminder that it's all pretty hopeless and I blathered on a bit and she couldn't follow and I felt like such a... *flail* Apart from grocery runs I've not been out of the house or even moved in a week and I've put on - or recovered - weight and that just sucks, man, sucks popsicles of suck.
And the computer keeps freezing up and going all non-responsive - not now, darling, I've got a headache - and that totally blows.
Blergh. *crawls away from desk* *facerubrubrub* *crawls back*
* Deepak Chopra
