It's Fossiliferous

So! Haven't reported in a while. After a wild week of job decisions I've been offered and accepted....da dada daaa! A job as Senior Process Technician II at Wyeth Biotech in Andover. Should be something to look forward to...it's something totally different, at least. Training starts the 22nd, as long as I pass my drug test. Heh heh. Of course I will. ..... .....

Thanks to a friend who won't be mentioned (:P) I watched Moulin Rouge yesterday. Man, it seems way better than the first time I watched it. I think that's because it's SO DAMN SAD. Jesus, movies shouldn't be that sad. But they should be that good.

Got handed a pink teddy bear in SD that was on a journey from a sixth grade class in Illinois and has made it to Nebraska, South Dakota, Massachusetts and now Fukui, Japan (thanks Lisa, if you're reading this!) I hope all of this makes those kids happy...and that that bear is heavily disinfected upon arrival, who KNOWS where it's been? No, really? Besides the travel itinerary?!

And besides the pictures?!

On the paleo front, I've relinquished my mammoth days for my old footprint shenanigans. I've sold my soul to the Ecotarium in Worcester for no pay. Well, I get paid in the satisfaction of helping to design an upcoming traveling exhibit on dinosaur footprints. Woohoo. More updates as they come.

I hope everyone's doing well ^_^

They just don't make 'em like they used to.

I love the old Max and Dave Fleischer cartoons, especially the gritty, trippy older ones like this. They invented the technique of rotoscoping, or animating on top of live actors, along with developing the first sound cartoons (four years prior to Disney's famous Steamboat Willy). The Fleischers' early sound efforts didn't get as much notice and success because most theatres weren't equipped with the speaker systems to support their earliest "talkie" or "talkartoon" efforts. But with characters like Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman, they enjoyed quite a bit of notoriety and success throughout the years.

And come on, who doesn't like Cab Calloway? Huh? No one, that's who. Even Danny Elfman is a fan of this cartoon.

All my bags are packed...I'm ready to go.

Farewell to Rapid City, just in time for the holidays. There's no place like home for the holidays.

And on that note...the "Shrine of Democracy". Finally got around to seeing it. On that note, I'm off to Denver, and then back east...time to get back to where I once belonged. Get back, Jo Jo.

Just trying to see how many stupid song quotes I can use in one post...^_^

Cheers everyone, I hope you've enjoyed my rantings on my time in South Dakota. More updates to come. Shine on.

I had a really nice day today, got to head on up to Hill City again and meet with Pete Larson. He gave me sort of the grand tour and I got to meet a lot of his crew. Very nice folks, and very nice fossils and replicas. These are from a subadult T. rex.

Dinosaur skin! From an edmontosaur.

Fun times. I also got me a rock hammer, yay.

These boots are made for walkin'.

Standing beneath a full-sized Columbian mammoth...and I didn't even feel a bit scared. Just thinking about these animals wandering around, right here...it's a pretty awesome feeling.

Welcome to Hot Springs. Only two weeks left here, which is kind of sad. It's been quite a ride. And it ain't over yet! ^_^