So, hi, I'm Lauren, 20-something, physical anthropology student, and apparently all around geek. Likes RPG, has been passing on the bug to friends and siblings since my teens. I travel a lot, and write a lot. I sometimes do large walls of text (duh), but try not to (the reverse is true in term papers). I tend to pick nits a lot, and like to think about the more pedestrian elements going on in settings I like: the big damn heroes are fun but they're part of a large world. Still I enjoy well-written character pieces. And I'm currently trying to go through House of Leaves. And Firefly.
And I guess I could kind of apologize for having a wall of text as first post >.>
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Welcome to Flare- dont sweat a wall of text- most of our rambling posts stretch far further.
What does "physical anthropology" entail exactly? As opposed to "spiritual anthropology" for example.
Posted by agnosticnixie (Member # 2219) on :
lol, it's a bit of a distinction without a difference at times, and it's relative to cultural (but physical/biological anthropologists still deal with culture anyway), and it's more broad than what I really hope to do after I graduate, it's things like medical anthropology, primatology (other apes), palaeoanthropology (hominids in general), etc. It tends to involve genetics, osteology (a good chunk of most anthropology degrees is biology ), thus the physical bit, and the last one is basically archaeology.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Say no more, I think you'll find there's an infinite number of apes to observe here. Welcome! (PS: Avoid studying the eating habits and grooming procedures, though, neither are meant for human eyes)
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Wait wait wait... hold on a sec. Are you a girl?
The last girl we had show up was becky and we're pretty sure she was a robot or something.
But watching Firefly... ok points for that. Do you love it? If you love it you can stay.
Posted by agnosticnixie (Member # 2219) on :
I actually loved it, I can't believe I never watched it in all these years, checking the dates on the dvds tells me I was just barely in HS at the time xD
Friends say I'm a robot at times (awkward hugs especially lead to this), does this count?
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
i'm into halflings and penguin Pr0n...
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Awkward hugs lead to restraining orders. Sometimes.
OK... you can stay.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by agnosticnixie: Friends say I'm a robot at times (awkward hugs especially lead to this), does this count?
I get that too- especially when I go around swing my arms and yelling "CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY!
So, I was thinkning that you could throw all your professors for a loop by studying th remains of primates that people have killed for cultural and economic reasons. Let them attempt to quantify that.