The Field Notebook -- A Picture Post.

Today I did not go to the forest.

My scooter tire was flat so I took the day off and went snorkeling (got mad sunburned) and did a lot of cleaning/laundry etc. Since I was being productive and all, I also briefly considered typing up my notes from my field notebook. However, I realized how stupid this idea was as soon as I opened my notebook and remembered how awesome a note-taker I am! Let's take a look shall we....

Yeah I can't really read it either but in the beginning, I was such a good note-taker! I wrote down EVERYTHING, including (lower right): "Alpha male barfs berries --> after eats green leaves off the road."



And then we digress to horrible pictures and some mixed English script with Japanese characters. (Lower left): "Whitish but not too white -- (the word I'm looking for is...) FADED."



Then we have Buttermilk Spice Cake! That I made in a toaster oven with only one heat setting! This is totally related to monkeys because ______.


Don't forget the frosting. Right at the bottom of the recipe: "Double boiler cook 7 mins or until peaks form? Continue beating until consistency." Not surprisingly, the frosting turned into more of a sauce...


And this is basically and example of how the rest of my notebook looks. From top left it starts with some words about a 3-year-old monkey named Naja, including: "Naja only wants some lovin..." Then: "Naja whines and screams while Nancy (her mother) forages with baby --> poor Naja!" Then on the bottom half of the right page it appears that I can't figure out the date or the year. Then I find a group of males (written オス) and then I appear to have left the forest. As I remember, I went to some nearby villages and took note of some places that I saw along the road: "Iwasaki hotel is for big tours." "Hirauchi Spa on Seashore -- 平内海中"

And it just goes on and on like this, with weird descriptions of monkeys interspersed with recipes, places, or random feelings. One day I'm going to win the Nobel Prize for my research, you'll see!

And now for some zen:

You can't really see it here, but Jesus is cometh-ing to this nearby island to take advantage of the free Wi-Fi, so that He may download more lesbian porn. No lie.

Looooove!