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I love Orcas, they've always fascinated me. Andy (my boss) and I had a conversation at the time of the second trainer's death about how it shouldn't have come as a shock to anyone who knows anything about orca biology and intelligence. Orcas are highly intelligent and social, and what they did to Tilikum essentially amounted to cruel and unusual treatment. Any highly intelligent social creature who is deprived of the comfort of others of its kind goes mad. It amounts to  the equivalent of locking a child in a basement and denying it social interaction, and we all know how well those children turn out. I can't bring myself to watch Blackfish, it'll just make me too sad and angry.

When your plans of moving to WA come to fruition, you'll be in the perfect place. There are several places that run orca watches. I always wanted to go when I'd visit my mom when she lived out there, but it was always too early in the season.

Check with your local state park system. You never know until you try. As long as you don't mind starting out as a seasonal, there are usually opportunities out there. Audobon centers frequently hire for seasonals, too. Just remember the crap wages, though. My boss Andy's son is making more in his work study job than I do as a ranger. I do get really good benefits, though.

The fourth season is the one after Children of Earth, Miracle Day. I thought it was pretty good, but apparently general consensus differs with my opinion. But yes, Children of Earth was excellent.

I work for the government, there's always paperwork involved, lol.

As soon as I find my USB card reader, I'll post some pics. The one of the deer remains looks like it came out really well, but it's hard to tell from a 2" screen. I'm hoping the skull didn't get hauled off too far and that no one grabs what's left, because it would be cool to have for when we do nature programs.

So far, my adventures consist of stepping into a muck hole during low tide and almost getting a bootfull of mud, stepping onto what looked like solid ice and one foot going through into the stream below causing me to fall on my face, and slipping on a patch of ice and doing a Wile E. Coyote impression. All of which must have looked hilarious. I was laughing, I mean, if you can't laugh at yourself, wo can you laugh at?

Too bad FOX didn't appreciate the awesomeness that was Firefly, or we could have had that as an episode.

Divergent - I really liked the book, and that's probably why the movie was such a let-down. It's a better-written book than The Hunger Games, but comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges. They're both about dystopian futures and have young female protagonists, but that's kind of all they really have in common. as for The Giver, I didn't care for the book, but from what I recall, it really didn't have a whole lot in common with The Hunger Games other than being set in a dystopian future and having a young protagonist. Actually, come to think of it, The Giver has more in common with Divergent than it does with The Hunger Games. Hmm...

And I am oh-so-happy to be back, even though there's still a good fott or more of snow on the trails.

Actually, I spent it getting fat and lazy on the couch and now I barely fit into my uniform pants and am seriously and sadly out of shape. Oh, well. I'll be in shape again soon enough.

Cary is a guy, and that's the guy spelling of the name.