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Mmm, butter. Our love is a one-way street. But pasture butter is the greatest! Avocado oil is also nice. Really high smoke point, nice butter replacement if dairy fats aren't your thing.
 
Regarding scary chicken & "cheese(?) product": sometimes CSA programs offer cheese, egg, & meat shares! No saline, no pink slime, no curious orange paste, just tasty food that's actually food. If you live with a group of people, it can be pretty affordable. There's usually not too much of a price reduction from buying local organic products item-by-item, but it's nice if you know you regularly eat, say, a particular type of meat. Saves you the trip to the farm or the market, if they're a long haul.

"Yeah, I'm a Level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything with a shadow."

"Yeah, I'm a Level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything with a shadow."

hollaaa at my fellow INFJs. i sometimes test as an INFP, but that's when i'm being moody & mother nature/estrogen is winning. -__-
 
Edit: does anyone know their OCEAN/Big 5  scores? i know i score moderately high on openness, & rather high on conscientiousness, but i can't remember the rest.

"Yeah, I'm a Level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything with a shadow."

"Yeah, I'm a Level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything with a shadow."

BAH HUMBUG. I had a nice, long, thoughtful response all typed out.. & then my browser crashed. :|
 
I'm not a rez kid, & I'm (to my knowledge, at least!) not at all Native. My work, my current program & school, my non-thesis research, & my personal interests (NAGPRA & repatriation, Indian Law, tribal status & sovereignty, preservation of cultural landscapes & resources, Native experiences + identities especially as they changed post-Euroamerican contact) have all been extensively intertwined with the good, the bad, & the rez-dog-level-of-ugly, though. Tribal councils & elders, academic peers, monitors, activists.. everyone has a different take. It really depends on the individual: their age, where they're from, their tribal affiliation, how they were brought up, all that. Obviously, nobody takes kindly to appropriation, but if you're seriously entrenched in the unpleasant side of rez life, taking an active stand against it is less of an immediate concern than, say, abject poverty or substance abuse.
 
Regarding the Ghost Dance imagery etc., the big problem is that the power is in the image itself, which is the case with Ghost Dance shirts, among other things. Australian Aboriginal "dot" paintings & ochre body paint also come to mind; the dots hide stories that only some people can know, & although it may seem arbitrary to an outsider, ochre body painting is deeply emotionally expressive, especially when it's on the face. For the most part, I'd say taking these images out of their context is ill-advised; without the context, the power & meaning is lost. Ditto anything related to Wounded Knee or other extremely painful & tragic events, but that's my personal take; I could just as easily see, say, a Lakota person, especially someone around my age, feeling the total opposite way. If you're confused or unsure about something, it's always better to ask. I can't tell you how many times asking "what should I do for this meeting?" has saved my buns.
 
Also, thinking of people who get "Native" tattoos while being totally oblivious to the meaning: even something as seemingly simple as ghosts is polarizing, to say the least. The Ghost Dance was not well received in areas of the SW where ghosts (really, the bad energy left behind by your final breath before death) & ghost sickness were not something you wanted to be involved with, & you definitely wouldn't want to make a point of bringing back your deceased kin. What I would see as a bone spoon or bird bone straw can be a sacred object for keeping the dead happy, or a component of a rite-of-passage toolkit that I'm not even supposed to be looking at, given my age & gender. If you don't know everything there is to know about what you're looking at, it's probably best to avoid getting it permanently inked, even if your friend who is "totally 1/64th Cherokee & her great-great-great-grandma was an Indian Princess!" (ick) says it's cool. There is no single "Native" experience or opinion or identity or culture, not even within the smallest rez; it's the same as any other group of people. Matika Wilbur's Project 562 does an amazing job of illustrating this - check it out, if you haven't already.
 
I hope that makes sense! I'm going a bit loopy from late-night readings.    &, again, I'm speaking as a non-Native person myself, & the majority of my Native friends & coworkers didn't grow up on the rez their whole lives, so I'm speaking about what I understand from a very limited, mostly secondhand viewpoint.

Yup! A past co-worker of mine was Wovoka's relative, through the latter's "adoption." His family has always been in that area, though, so it was amazing to have someone who knew the significance of every tree, canyon, river elbow, field, mountain face.. pretty amazing. Apparently people still go to Yerington to pay their respects to Wovoka; the people who own the farm where a Ghost Dance rock corral is located have woken up smiling a few times to the sound of drums, singing, flutes, etc. coming from the corral. The Ghost dance was more or less all good & dandy in the Basin & Plains, but the Navajo — who, at least now, have a relatively huge membership — had (have?) a lot of religious ghost taboos, so the idea of bringing the dead (who never really left unless they were excellent people) back wasn't too popular.

"Yeah, I'm a Level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything with a shadow."

"Yeah, I'm a Level 5 vegan. I don't eat anything with a shadow."

Hah, sorry. From reading your last post I thought you were Native. My bad. Yea, generally speaking a NA tattoo on a non-NA is a bad idea. Never well received. Also, though, I had a TOTALLY different understanding of what the Ghost Dance was and how it was received... Wovoka, right? He was a prophet. He predicted the second comming of Christ and gave the people the ghost dance to inspire hope. I mean, I know each tribe gave it their own meaning, really, but there was no negative energy associated with it; except for the white people.

BAH HUMBUG. I had a nice, long, thoughtful response all typed out.. & then my browser crashed. :|
 
I'm not a rez kid, & I'm (to my knowledge, at least!) not at all Native. My work, my current program & school, my non-thesis research, & my personal interests (NAGPRA & repatriation, Indian Law, tribal status & sovereignty, preservation of cultural landscapes & resources, Native experiences + identities especially as they changed post-Euroamerican contact) have all been extensively intertwined with the good, the bad, & the rez-dog-level-of-ugly, though. Tribal councils & elders, academic peers, monitors, activists.. everyone has a different take. It really depends on the individual: their age, where they're from, their tribal affiliation, how they were brought up, all that. Obviously, nobody takes kindly to appropriation, but if you're seriously entrenched in the unpleasant side of rez life, taking an active stand against it is less of an immediate concern than, say, abject poverty or substance abuse.
 
Regarding the Ghost Dance imagery etc., the big problem is that the power is in the image itself, which is the case with Ghost Dance shirts, among other things. Australian Aboriginal "dot" paintings & ochre body paint also come to mind; the dots hide stories that only some people can know, & although it may seem arbitrary to an outsider, ochre body painting is deeply emotionally expressive, especially when it's on the face. For the most part, I'd say taking these images out of their context is ill-advised; without the context, the power & meaning is lost. Ditto anything related to Wounded Knee or other extremely painful & tragic events, but that's my personal take; I could just as easily see, say, a Lakota person, especially someone around my age, feeling the total opposite way. If you're confused or unsure about something, it's always better to ask. I can't tell you how many times asking "what should I do for this meeting?" has saved my buns.
 
Also, thinking of people who get "Native" tattoos while being totally oblivious to the meaning: even something as seemingly simple as ghosts is polarizing, to say the least. The Ghost Dance was not well received in areas of the SW where ghosts (really, the bad energy left behind by your final breath before death) & ghost sickness were not something you wanted to be involved with, & you definitely wouldn't want to make a point of bringing back your deceased kin. What I would see as a bone spoon or bird bone straw can be a sacred object for keeping the dead happy, or a component of a rite-of-passage toolkit that I'm not even supposed to be looking at, given my age & gender. If you don't know everything there is to know about what you're looking at, it's probably best to avoid getting it permanently inked, even if your friend who is "totally 1/64th Cherokee & her great-great-great-grandma was an Indian Princess!" (ick) says it's cool. There is no single "Native" experience or opinion or identity or culture, not even within the smallest rez; it's the same as any other group of people. Matika Wilbur's Project 562 does an amazing job of illustrating this - check it out, if you haven't already.
 
I hope that makes sense! I'm going a bit loopy from late-night readings.    &, again, I'm speaking as a non-Native person myself, & the majority of my Native friends & coworkers didn't grow up on the rez their whole lives, so I'm speaking about what I understand from a very limited, mostly secondhand viewpoint.

BAH HUMBUG. I had a nice, long, thoughtful response all typed out.. & then my browser crashed. :|
 
I'm not a rez kid, & I'm (to my knowledge, at least!) not at all Native. My work, my current program & school, my non-thesis research, & my personal interests (NAGPRA & repatriation, Indian Law, tribal status & sovereignty, preservation of cultural landscapes & resources, Native experiences + identities especially as they changed post-Euroamerican contact) have all been extensively intertwined with the good, the bad, & the rez-dog-level-of-ugly, though. Tribal councils & elders, academic peers, monitors, activists.. everyone has a different take. It really depends on the individual: their age, where they're from, their tribal affiliation, how they were brought up, all that. Obviously, nobody takes kindly to appropriation, but if you're seriously entrenched in the unpleasant side of rez life, taking an active stand against it is less of an immediate concern than, say, abject poverty or substance abuse.
 
Regarding the Ghost Dance imagery etc., the big problem is that the power is in the image itself, which is the case with Ghost Dance shirts, among other things. Australian Aboriginal "dot" paintings & ochre body paint also come to mind; the dots hide stories that only some people can know, & although it may seem arbitrary to an outsider, ochre body painting is deeply emotionally expressive, especially when it's on the face. For the most part, I'd say taking these images out of their context is ill-advised; without the context, the power & meaning is lost. Ditto anything related to Wounded Knee or other extremely painful & tragic events, but that's my personal take; I could just as easily see, say, a Lakota person, especially someone around my age, feeling the total opposite way. If you're confused or unsure about something, it's always better to ask. I can't tell you how many times asking "what should I do for this meeting?" has saved my buns.
 
Also, thinking of people who get "Native" tattoos while being totally oblivious to the meaning: even something as seemingly simple as ghosts is polarizing, to say the least. The Ghost Dance was not well received in areas of the SW where ghosts (really, the bad energy left behind by your final breath before death) & ghost sickness were not something you wanted to be involved with, & you definitely wouldn't want to make a point of bringing back your deceased kin. What I would see as a bone spoon or bird bone straw can be a sacred object for keeping the dead happy, or a component of a rite-of-passage toolkit that I'm not even supposed to be looking at, given my age & gender. If you don't know everything there is to know about what you're looking at, it's probably best to avoid getting it permanently inked, even if your friend who is "totally 1/64th Cherokee & her great-great-great-grandma was an Indian Princess!" (ick) says it's cool. There is no single "Native" experience or opinion or identity or culture, not even within the smallest rez; it's the same as any other group of people. Matika Wilbur's Project 562 does an amazing job of illustrating this - check it out, if you haven't already.
 
I hope that makes sense! I'm going a bit loopy from late-night readings.    &, again, I'm speaking as a non-Native person myself, & the majority of my Native friends & coworkers didn't grow up on the rez their whole lives, so I'm speaking about what I understand from a very limited, mostly secondhand viewpoint.

We should do a TGC forum users field trip! "So, honey, who are these people we're traveling with exactly..?" "Oh, just some strangers I met on the internet 7 years ago."

True, very true. Things above the collarbones & on the hands are a big to-do. Fortunately, archaeology is a really body mod-friendly field! &, of course, I'm not going to get something distastefully offensive stamped on my forehead.
 
 
 
Ahh, I gotcha. Man, if you can stand the pain of traditional scarification & tattooing, power to ya. I guess the pain holds the meaning or the healing, but I would probably fail my initiation rights.
 
You other tattoo idea sounds awesome! I dig it. Also, that "super cool Native tattoo, bro!" bit reminded me of how it's "cool" to get tattoos of dream catchers, Zuni fetishes, dancing kachina, skulls with warbonnets… all without having the slightest idea what the spiritual importance of any/all of them is. :| See also: the Kokopelli craze of the 90s & early 2000s. Makes me face palm so hard.

I had the same thought, actually. Depends on the tribe, & the person you're talking to. My consulting experiences have always been fine, but they've always been off-rez & with a non-Native crew, save for a few monitors; I've heard plenty of terrible stories from peers, too, though. The choice of what you'd get would matter; facial tattooing, for instance, is often a serious honor & sign of resilience or of a particular social status (horizontal or vertical) that loses its meaning when taken out of context. I guess something like dots/stippled tattoos to show strength on the body might be fine, but... eh, I dunno. Mixed feelings, I guess. I would love to have something related to the Ghost Dance & its offshoots (especially the Earth Lodge & Dreamer religions) tattooed on me, but even the patterns on Ghost Shirts are so important & so spiritually powerful that I don't think I could bring myself to do it. It's my passion, but it's not my history, as much as I'm interested in preserving it.
 
 
Visual appeal is a subjective thing (mostly), & tattoos are just a means of embodying what you personally find important & visually appealing. & sometimes, it's just about aesthetics! My S.O. has a forearm full of fire-scarred trees, species that are local to where he grew up; everyone always asks if it's because he's in fire, but he just likes the way it looks – no meaning beyond that. Point is, I think if a tattoo has appeal or meaning for someone, as long as they're 100% happy with how it looks, they're probably aware that not everyone who sees it will find it as appealing as they do.. but someone else's opinion is rarely the reason behind getting a tattoo.

I don't homebrew but I definitely enjoy craft beer. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that the person who starts a homebrewing thread is an archaeologist 

We should do a TGC forum users field trip! "So, honey, who are these people we're traveling with exactly..?" "Oh, just some strangers I met on the internet 7 years ago."

We should do a TGC forum users field trip! "So, honey, who are these people we're traveling with exactly..?" "Oh, just some strangers I met on the internet 7 years ago."

I had the same thought, actually. Depends on the tribe, & the person you're talking to. My consulting experiences have always been fine, but they've always been off-rez & with a non-Native crew, save for a few monitors; I've heard plenty of terrible stories from peers, too, though. The choice of what you'd get would matter; facial tattooing, for instance, is often a serious honor & sign of resilience or of a particular social status (horizontal or vertical) that loses its meaning when taken out of context. I guess something like dots/stippled tattoos to show strength on the body might be fine, but... eh, I dunno. Mixed feelings, I guess. I would love to have something related to the Ghost Dance & its offshoots (especially the Earth Lodge & Dreamer religions) tattooed on me, but even the patterns on Ghost Shirts are so important & so spiritually powerful that I don't think I could bring myself to do it. It's my passion, but it's not my history, as much as I'm interested in preserving it.
 
 
Visual appeal is a subjective thing (mostly), & tattoos are just a means of embodying what you personally find important & visually appealing. & sometimes, it's just about aesthetics! My S.O. has a forearm full of fire-scarred trees, species that are local to where he grew up; everyone always asks if it's because he's in fire, but he just likes the way it looks – no meaning beyond that. Point is, I think if a tattoo has appeal or meaning for someone, as long as they're 100% happy with how it looks, they're probably aware that not everyone who sees it will find it as appealing as they do.. but someone else's opinion is rarely the reason behind getting a tattoo.

I am going to sit on it for a few days, but yes, I think so. I also told them about my pregnancy and received yet another happy, positive response about it. 
 
They also told me that I could push back my acceptance for a year if I wanted to, but I think going part time will be just fine for me (I get bored staying home all the time, I NEED school!). I am feeling really good about UNLV now, especially now that I've told them my pregnancy news and got a positive reaction from them. 

I got into CUNY! so excited.

would Justin beiber generally be considered an unpopular thing you love or a popular thing you hate?

Finally finally FINALLY heard back from U of Toronto. I was offered a position in their MA program.

Funding is $15k plus tuition, which is standard.

Now I need to decide between U of T and McMaster (both MA programs) - does anyone have any advice for the decision-making process? Let's say that funding is irrelevant. The difference between both schools is pretty insignificant (a few thousand dollars), so it comes down to fit and the programs themselves. Does anyone have insight into either program??

Absolutely this. ADHD is really hard to recognize, and can also be mis-diagnosed pretty easily. I was diagnosed after multiple doctors, therapists and even a psychiatrist thought I had Bipolar Disorder or some sort of personality disorder.
 
It's also pretty common for more high achieving people to be diagnosed later in life, one of the more notable ADHD researchers around today wasn't diagnosed until partway through medical school, for example. Plus, it is pretty easy to think that everyone struggles to read more then a page at a time, and doesn't start writing papers until the night before they are due.