Mikessa speaks

Adventures in Billings

2010-08-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

What can I tell you? Billings was cool. I rather enjoyed myself. I got to visit the MSUB campus which I thought the tour was something else. I think I will go there next year. Even though I loved Bozeman, I think Billings would be the one place to go to. Then after spending a couple of days on campus, I moved into the Billings Hotel. It was a very classy place with a waterslide pool and everything. I usually end up in a very cheap motel, but this one was better.
I originally went there to look at properties, but I had very little luck finding one that will allow pets. So I took advantage of the car rental and drove to Pompeys Pillar. The famous Lewis and Clark Expedition carved their names on this rock. It was cool. The whole time I was in Billings, it was stormy...thunder and lightning and everything. And as I was coming home from Pompeys Pillar, storm clouds were rolling in and I got some really good video shots of the lightning. Its not everyday we get to see things like that.
It was sad leaving Billings because I had fun, but I had to go home. And when I did I caught a bad cold. Damn it!!!

pics and movies

2010-08-06T22:45:00.001-07:00

I cannot wait to go on my trip to Billings. I plan to get plenty of pics and movies on this trip. With my luck, there will be plenty to talk about. But I want to post the pics on Facebook so everybody can see them. If I post them on youtube, the only ones who will see them are my family and trolls. I cannot stand youtube trolls, they have the habit of picking on people and I dont want to have anything to do with them. I want all my friends to see my trip.
The movies, well, I am posting them on vimeo.com. I find its a lot better than youtube, at least thats what Timmyfan said. So my trip videos will be found there.

notice to spammers

2010-07-28T02:05:00.000-07:00

I am getting sick of people coming on my blog with these chinese writing. I think this is some kind of spam and I want it to stop. I cant read it so I dont know who is really sending them to me. I cant figure it out. Whoever keeps sending me these messages with the chinese writing, better fuck off and stay away from my blog. I hate spam mail.

Great Falls MT sucks? Maybe or maybe not

2010-07-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

There certainly was a lot of action today on the Montana page on Facebook. It all started when I was reading about a dinosaur display at the Montana State fair in Great Falls (I thought is was in Billings) and I was responding to someone who stated that Great Falls suck. I was agreeing with him and posted a comment about racist groups being formed there. Now I have no real proof other than a movie I saw years ago and I stated that. Anyway almost immediately after the comment got posted I deleted the message because I thought it was offensive especially to the people who live there and I didnt want to take it to the extreme. But at exactly the same time, another person saw what I had said and posted a response to it and then it turned into a heated battle between me and 3 other people. At the time I did not expect anyone to answer right away. It just seemed impossible. Everybody was also thinking I was "running away like a little girl" which I take offense to that. I may not like what I talk about sometimes, but I am not a coward. I am not gonna be responsible for someone else's actions. It wasnt my fault that this person responded right away just as I was deleting the message. It was a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Then there was in issue with Facebook. For a long time, FB would not post my comments and I kept trying to post a response to this person. I was told there was an issue with the phone and the internet went crazy. Next thing I know, there were about 20 posts on that board and I deleted all of them. But because my computer is slow on Facebook, I couldnt get rid of them in enough time to keep other dumbasses to post crap against me. One dumbass literally said that I should "leave Montana alone and go back to where I came from." Come on!! I dont care what people say. I can go anywhere I want to. Its a free country. The day that they wont let people into Montana without a passport is when I will stay away.

I personally have nothing against Great Falls itself. I never been there so I cant say much. I just think it sucks because there is not much to do there. But then this is just my opinion. If somebody doubts my opinion, well, thats their problem.

the graduate story

2010-06-16T15:58:00.000-07:00

It has finally come to this. After 23 years of being in and out of school since high school, I am FINALLY graduating from collage. I was waiting for this day to happen for a long time, but everytime I came close to finishing up my courses for a collage degree, we had to move, or something happened to me and I couldnt finish up. It just doesnt seem like it was that long ago that I started collage in the first place. I still remember when I started right out of high school. This was in the days before internet was invented. We had to either write out or type our assignments on a typewriter. We did have computers, but they did very little. To save anything, you had to use these huge floppy disks which was easy to get damaged, and computer classes were few and far between.

That was 23 years ago. Now everything is done online and we have more sources than we ever did before.

But I figure now is about time to graduate from collage and to move on. I am not getting any younger and I need to start getting on with my life. I will soon be attending school at Bozeman, but not when I really wanted to start though. For a graduation present, I got an all expense paid trip to Billings and I really want to go. I am going there to visit the MSU-Billings campus because I just might transfer there and to look at properties. I am noticing the job market is a little better than it is here, and they are always hiring in Yellowstone Park which is only a few hours away from Billings.

I am not so sure what I will do for the future. That has drawn a blank. I have a lot of possibilities and I just have to decide what is best for me and my family. But I can assure you that by the time I graduate, Timmyfan would be back here on the coast. If it was up to me, she would stay here. I really dont want to take her to Billings with me, but I dont have a choice. Its either that or she lives on the street, and I cant do that not even to my worst enemy. If I could give her a tiny home on the ocean or a lot somewhere in the area, I would leave her here. If there was a way I could leave her here, I do it right away. But I ran out of ideas and I cant stay where there are no jobs.

This area relies very much on tourism as their main industry. And because of the bad economy, no one does much traveling anymore. The hotels dont get enough business and jobs become scarce. I think IMO, if I were to come back to this state, I think I would go back to Mount St. Helens. Most of the nearby communities are bigger towns (well, bigger than Ocean Shores anyway) and may have a better job market. And there is Mount St. Helens itself. I think the park offers employment and there may be something in it for me. But I think first of all, I would like to give Montana a try and maybe get a permanent job at Yellowstone. If it turns out to be no better than Ocean Shores, well....Mount St. Helens, here I come. Or even to Anacortes, now there is another place I dont mind moving to. But I am not sure of the job market there. Population wise, its only about the size of Aberdeen, and I have never really been there outside of the ferry docks. But it sounds like a cute little town and I have got to check it out. But right now, its an uncertain future, but its nice to dream about it. We will just have to wait and see what REALLY happens.

I'm back

2010-05-31T14:45:00.000-07:00

I am sorry for the long delay on my blog posts. I have been in school all this time and my homework keeps me very busy.
I am taking this microbiology course, which is a lot of fun. But the problem is that I am so far behind everyone else because I cant seem to locate a second bacterial species and it looks like I might not be able to. And also to make matters worse, my stupid car breaks down, I cant go to the lab early in the morning before classes start and work on my lab projects. I have to catch the bus by a certain time, and that forces me to do so few tests on my bacteria guys. This just cannot be happening. My biggest fear: I will flunk micro lab if I dont do these tests soon. Everybody else has.
But I am so disorganized. I cant seem to get the tests done right, nothing is going the way I want it to go, in other words, I'm a screw up. Even my class journal is very disorganized. Is this what I have to look forward to when I get to Bozeman? Well, at Bozeman it will be a lot worse than this. The classes will be a lot harder and a lot more demanding. I hope I am ready for it.
I think the problem is also the instructor. I mean dont get me wrong, everybody says that she is the best teacher in the school. But I myself think that she gives very vague details about how she wants things done. I try to follow her instructions, but somewhere along the line, I lost it. I dont think she even realizes that I have a bit of a learning problem where things have to be described to me more clearer than other people. What I need is a lab partner, somebody who will work beside me and help me every step of the way. And at Bozeman, thats what I should do and I think I should request that. I need to find out if that is possible because my learning problem can get in the way and make it more difficult to succeed.

What a day!!

2010-03-05T20:06:00.000-08:00

I finally got my deposit sent to Bozeman, now I can finally get my dorm room. I cannot wait to get to Bozeman. I wish I was going now, but I have to wait. My financial aid hasnt gotten through to the school yet, and I have to finish up here. I am supposed to hear from them at the end of the month.

I am also looking forward to going to Billings too. I had yellvet from the Y-net forum tell me all the hot spots there. Look promising, but I am looking forward to having a great time. I have the feeling I will be going there a lot now. I know for a fact that I can go to Livingston on a free bus ride, although you dont want to go there in the dead of winter unless you have the ultimate protection against blizzard like weather.

I still need to get more winter stuff, and somehow I need to get that.

Timmyfan is starting her bird cages, and from what I have seen, its not so bad. Some of the wood boards had been cut funny, but thats not her fault. But everything needs to be straight in order for the cage to come out right. Wouldnt it be cool if we could put a light on top?

I think so!!!!

Happy B-day Yellowstone

2010-03-01T09:02:00.000-08:00

Today is the day that Yellowstone Park became the the first national park in the world in 1872. I just want to wish the park a happy birthday.

PETA Sucks!!!!

2010-02-26T12:43:00.000-08:00

We heard the story of the trainer at Seaworld that got killed by the killer whale, which is sad. Now PETA wants to do the most idiotic thing by closing down Seaworld and letting the whale go out into the wild. Thats stupid!! Thats not gonna solve anything. First of all, you cant let an animal that was raised in captivity out in the wild, they could die out there. They wouldnt know how to survive. I mean you wouldnt put your pet dog or cat out there where there are bears and mountain lions roaming around, they could get killed. Its just as bad.

PETA is an organization that is made up of idiots. What I want to do is find the dumbass who started PETA in the first place and punch him or her in the face and strangle them. If they ever put their hands on my dogs to set them free, I will break both their arms and I will too. I dont give a fuckin' shit about what they think, they are the dumbasses, not me. I would be fighting to save the life of my dogs.

If PETA starts to take over this and lets that poor whale out in the wild, thats it. I will start a new club of my own that will go against PETA's rules. No one will be a Veggie either.

genkijapan.net

2010-02-26T02:45:00.000-08:00

I love this cool site. I have always wanted to learn to speak Japanese ever since I was a child. But in those days, we didnt have things like youtube or the internet to learn a new language. We had to learn from either taking a class or by learning from someone in another country, which was really hard. I would like to learn something other than Spanish, that I already know a little bit.

This site is really cool, I cant get enough of hearing those songs and playing them over again and again. I would like to get a copy of them if I can from youtube. Its a cool way to learn. I have learned quite a bit, can even sing "Mary had a little lamb" in Japanese. This is actually the best website on languages that I have ever visited. For the past few days I have been spending a lot of time on here and its really fun.

Learning a new language is exciting!

the mystery of wolfmtnlady

2010-02-20T10:49:00.000-08:00

Wolfmtnlady has come back, only this time, she signed in as Love Wolves & Nature. It was courer de bois that figured out that secret. I can tell you, he is very observant of who gets on the Y-net forum by the way they comment about wildlife in other states, and yet she doesnt bash her own. And she still gets on here acting so high and mighty like she knows everything. I think it was only a matter of time before ANYONE would find out.

Congratulations Stacy!!

2010-02-17T16:48:00.000-08:00

It is finally here. My friend on Facebook that had been pregnant for some time, finally had her baby this morning. All her friends and relatives are celebrating the baby's new arrival. We are hoping for more pics of the baby soon. She had a baby girl they named Loretta Rose, or Retta Rose is what she calls it. I am so happy for her. Congrats Stacy LaSalle!!

I am hoping for the best for her and Retta. She is going to be handfull when she gets older. Maybe someday, I would actually meet my friends in person while I'm in Bozeman. They go to the Y-net reunion every year at the park. One day I will attend. Cool!!

computer viruses

2010-02-11T00:50:00.000-08:00

I hate computer viruses with a passion. Since last Friday or Saturday some dumb virus kept dominating my computer and blocking out everything I tried to open. Its still dominating my computer, but I have to open it up several times just to get it to go away. Its a program called Personal Security believed to be an antivirus popup that is now taking over all the computer systems now. Other people have been plagued by this same virus too, all at the same time, so there must be a chain going on. Anyway, it will block all your files, programs, and the internet unless you buy this product, which is stupid. Its most likely if you buy it, the hackers steal your personal information, including your credit card numbers. For days, I have not been on the internet and it has been boring without it.

I am going to backup this computer and hope it goes away. I never want to see this crap happening again. Getting rid of viruses is a pain in the butt.

nursing or not

2010-02-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

Oh boy! the challenges I am going through. I thought I wanted to major in nursing. It just seems so cool to become a nurse and I had big plans for my family. But lastnite I really got to thinking, "is nursing REALLY for me?" Can I actually become a nurse and get a job? How well will I do in clinicals?

First of all, I am disabled, and it is known that most people frown on that. I have heard stories where some nurses had to hide their disability from their employers just to get a nursing position. The problem with that is that in some people its more evident and their employers find out eventually. By law it is illegal to let employees go on the basis of their race, disability, or background. But I think in nursing, a nurse with disabilities may not be able to perform certain aspects of the job and they often get fired. I do believe it is unfair, but thats society and the way it thinks. Plus employers are usually not trained to provide accommodations for those who do have disabilities and many of them do not want to go through all the trouble of getting accommodations. Its sad.

IMO, clinicals may be very hard for me. You have to be able to make decisions very quickly. That is the biggest weakness of all. I can make decisions, but not in that short of time. I have to be able to think, but in a matter of life and death, thats not good and I dont want anybody to die because of me. That will make me drop out of the nursing trade once and for all.

Second of all, you have to be a people person. You have to know how to talk to them. And even if you are trying to be nice to the patient, they may take that offensively. I am not sure how to handle that. It is just best that if you are not a people person, nursing is not the best profession for you.

So I have been kicking around a bit and I decided to major in microbiology and become a lab technician at a hospital. I have always been fascinated with germs and how they cause diseases. It would be so cool. I'm still going to Bozeman. The 4-year schools in this state are always located in high crime communities much like they are in California. I feel safer in Montana, much like it is here, but without the ocean.

So thats my plan. I love nursing, but it may not be for me, plus I hate the site of red stuff and people throwing up makes me sick. I have a weak belly. Microbiology is the way to go. Maybe one day, I will come up with a more affective way to cure cancer, who knows.

Activity at Yellowstone

2010-01-28T19:41:00.000-08:00

I have been seeing and reading many posts on Facebook and on the Y-net forum about the many earthquake swarms that have been happening at Yellowstone these past few weeks. Many of them are small in magnitude, but they are happening more frequently than ever before, more than 900 earthquakes in one day. Is this a sign that Yellowstone will blow? Well, we will get to that.

This is the same thing that happened at Mount St. Helens before it went off, but Mount St. Helens is a whole different story than Yellowstone.

Everybody knew that Mount St. Helens was going to blow and the chances were great. Yellowstone on the other hand, the chances of that volcano going off in the near future is about 1 in 10 million.

But then volcanoes are very unpredictable. Many have gone off even without warning that an eruption was going to happen. So Yellowstone will blow. Will it happen in our lifetime? No one can answer that, but to be honest, the chances are not that great.

Happy new year-2010

2010-01-01T15:48:00.000-08:00

We have reached yet again another decade, hopefully a better one but I cant look that far into the future. Something always happens that we dont want to happen but does anyway. Its just life. I just hope I live to see the next one.

Well, I just applied for financial aid to attend Bozeman in the fall. I hope I get a full grant for everything, including nonresident fees and dorm room costs. If I want something bad enough, I will work hard for it. I already am by getting my shots updated. I will do everything I can to get as much aid to pay my way through Bozeman. There are scholarships, work study, and even other grants (though I think there more for Montana residents), but whatever I can get, I want to go even if I have to get an after school job. With this much on my mind, I could write a book about how I payed my way through collage. Just pray for me.

If I get it, Great!! If not, well, I havent decided much on what to do if it doesnt happen. Dad wants me to wait until the economy gets better, but with Obama in the office, it may never happen and I'm screwed. It may take years and by then I may be too old to read a book. I am not gonna wait until I am in my 60s to graduate from collage. I will find a way. When there's a will, there's a way. There's gotta be something I havent tried yet.

The only thing that I could do, and I am not longing for this at this time, is to physically move to Bozeman and establish residency. But this is an absolute last resort if all other options I have tried failed. But Timmyfan....what am I going to do about Timmyfan???? She cant move to Bozeman. She had a hard time adjusting to the altitude and dry air. And to be honest, I would much rather apply for a student loan than to let Timmyfan move to Bozeman with me. Thats about as low as I can go. But right now, I want my dorm room. It would be much more fun to live in a dorm anyway. There is usually a lot of activity going on in dorm buildings than there would be like in our own apartment.

But I am trying to change our lives by becoming a nurse, and thats what I am hoping for most of all. Its more important for me to get that collage degree, and whatever move I take, I will do it. This is for us.

what do we do without forums

2009-12-27T11:54:00.000-08:00

What I really think about my Y-net buddies, well, I think many of them are enviromentalists of some type and they seem to have a wide knowledge of wildlife, ranching, and politics. Many of them hunt so they are against gun laws. Timmyfan calls this type "tree lovers" and she cant stand the type because they tend to be the "save the world" type of people when certain species are doomed to extinction. At least thats what I got from that. But these people are the rugged outdoors type, they go to Yellowstone more than once a year, and really have a lot more to post.

Me on the other hand, I am typically a city girl. I know nothing about wildlife or ranching except from others' posts, I hate guns and would be for gun laws, and I am not an enviromentalist. I study volcanoes so you know where I come from. Other than a love for Yellowstone, we have so little in common. I'm not really the outdoors type because I hate bugs and animal droppings. I have only been to Yellowstone once in my lifetime; I would go more often if I lived close by. I really have got to take Timmyfan to Yellowstone someday. She would have a field day looking at all the wildlife.

But then I have been wanting to go to Idaho Falls for the past 5 or 6 years and it never has been done. Although last year, I almost had a chance until we started talking about actually moving to Bozeman and went there instead. Dont get me wrong, I had a great time and we saw what we wanted to see.

I am trying a new forum, allnurses.com, Many of them are professionals and already have nursing degrees and one section for students. I can learn from them even though I am not in nursing school yet. But prepare myself for nursing school thats what I need. I have also been visiting numerous sites for nurses with disabilities and some includes mentors and support groups. Its a way for disabled nurses to get together because they are so totally misunderstood in the workforce. The workforce has not recommended that disabled people become nurses so a lot of nurses have to lie and hide their disability just to get a job and keep it. Although I have done such things myself, its just not right.

We got a cool GPS for Christmas and we really love it. We took it on a trip to Oregon yesterday and it really gives accurate directions and tells you where to go. Its a wonderful invention that I am proud to have. It sure beats asking for directions because they are usually not clear and most people you ask dont know. Like that time we went to Bozeman and stayed overnight in Missoula. We was trying to look for a certain hotel and I asked someone at a convenient store for directions. It wasnt that clear and we ended up way out of town. It took a long time to actually find the place. If we had a GPS then, we could have avoided that.

We call her Samantha, the voice on the GPS.

Happy Holidays

2009-12-24T12:49:00.000-08:00

I want to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I had been very busy this year, mostly trying to get myself into Bozeman now that I got accepted. Next year though will probably be the same, except that I will be attending school there and actually be there. Its gonna be hard being there without Odessa for 4 years, but lets see what happens first.
Well, anyway, Be safe.

sports fans

2009-12-16T10:25:00.000-08:00

My friends on Facebook, well, thats a different story. They are also my Y-net buddies, although I havent seen one of them on the Y-net in a long time. I know that mtgirl is having a baby and we are all waiting for the day to come when it is finally born. She has got to take some pics of it.
And there is kalamitykatie...dont get me wrong, she is a very sweet person and I like having her as a friend on Facebook and Y-net. She knows what she is saying and she is very straightforward with her opinions. But lately, on Facebook, I have been responding to much less of her posts because she talks more these days about her Griz football games than anything I would be interested in. I try to be nice by pretending to be intersted...in a more humorous way. I have no problem with her being a sports fan if thats what she wants to be.
I do have to admit, some things about it is kind of cute; like that slogan that pops up all the time. I think it goes something like "Up with Montana boys, down with the foe! And the squeal of the pig will float in the air of the tummy of the grizzly bear!" The word pig is sometimes replaced with another animal or team name. At first, I thought Katie made it up. It would have to be the most creative thing she ever came up with. But every week this phrase gets posted on my wall.
And there was that time I think it was about a few weeks ago, Missoula played Bozeman, my future school, and I was kind of joking with Katie telling her that I think we are rivals. She really didnt say anything back but when I mentioned that it was just a game, well, she kind of rephrased my statement.

I dont hate it, I'm just not a sports fan. IMO, its just a game, although Katie thinks its the battle of the century. Most sports fans do believe that. I use to play baseball when I was a kid and I use to watch football games with my dad (I was a regular tomboy growing up). I just dont go for this competition thing. I would just play for the fun of it, not to beat someones brains out because my team is better.

birthday today

2009-12-08T01:00:00.000-08:00

Well, it is my birthday today and I am really excited. I am hoping to go out to the casino for dinner and also see 2012 at the movies. I heard so much about it that I am dying to see it. And also shop for a present too, and come home for cake and ice cream. YUMMAH!!!!!!!

I am trying to make this birthday a special one for me. This may be in fact the last birthday I will even get to spend with my family. I will be in Bozeman next year, and I wont be home on my birthday anymore. I will probably be getting ready for finals at that time. It will probably be very lonely for me spending my birthdays alone, but at least I can go into town and do whatever I want to do and stay out as late as I want. Well, maybe not too late. I dont want to worry anybody to death.

So lets make this one as memorable as we can.

It depends how you look at it.....

2009-11-29T20:34:00.000-08:00

Here is something of real particular interest.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_16e6f9e4-d9fb-11de-b842-001cc4c002e0.html

Remember Huey Lewis the 80s rock star? I had no idea he had ties to Montana.

But anyway, a lot of my Y-net buddies are hunters themselves and this kind of act would make them mad. Whats actually happening is that the wealthy are using public lands and keeping the peasants out. Huey Lewis and some of his neighbors are placing feeders around their property to attract ducks, causing duck season to close for hunters mainly because the ducks are very close to people's homes.

I am not a hunter myself. I wouldnt hunt unless its for survival. I think my Y-net buddies do it as a sport or something to do to pass the time away. These Montana guys are really tough and rugged. But I like ducks. I wouldnt really hunt them unless my family was starving.

Happy turkey day!!!!!!

2009-11-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. I also want to list some things on here that I am most thankful for:

1. my family
2. my dogs
3. my friends
4. the Y-net forum
5. I got into Bozeman
6. top 40 music
7. when Timmyfan accidently choked on food, I am thankful she didnt die.
8. Timmyfan went through her recovery from surgery well.
9. Ocean Shores (we finally moved here)
10. chocolate candy bars, which I am craving some right now.

Way to go, couer de bois!

2009-11-20T06:00:00.000-08:00

Oh boy! this is the last straw. Wolfmtnlady is really getting bold now. She said this to couer de bois:

Ya don't like what I say, don't read my posts!

You know what I think? I think that wolfmtnlady is a child or at least a 20 year old. She is a very ignorant person.

What can I tell you, couer de bois really let her down:

As long as you keep writing uninformed, uneducated, untruthful and highly biased comments about my home and neighbors, I will keep reading your posts, and countering your ignorance with facts and truth. If you don't like me always slamming your posts, you should try to write something that is not based solely on your uninformed and bigoted opinions.

I'm telling ya, these Montana guys can really lower the boom on you. I am not sure if this is gonna keep wolfmtnlady from the forum. I think she comes on here to stir up trouble.

Way to go, couer de bois! Thats telling her.

wildlife woes

2009-11-18T20:25:00.000-08:00

Dear God, I love my Y-net forum, but some people on there can really be a pain in the butt. Such as the case with wolfmtnlady.
She has been a problem on the forum for some time. This time she is putting down everyone but herself. This is in response to a story about a man in Alaska who shot down 3 grizzlies, but his case was dismissed because it was an act of self defense, and everyone on the forum is angry about it. But wolfmtnlady is making accusations like this:

Very sad, and he is a POS for a human. But it is Alaska, they care nothing about wild life in Alaska, sorta like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, they have it all, but could care less, just want to kill, kill, kill.....

I will admit that Palin may have a field day with this. But this forum has a lot of Montana and Wyoming residents that dont want to hear this crap.

How could she know about wildlife anyway? She's from Arizona.

Let me say one thing: states like Alaska, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho have less people and more wildlife. They would have nothing to do but save the wildlife in those states. Its all they got.

At least someone on the forum makes sense, like couer des bios (I'm not sure I spelled it right). He's cool and knows what he's saying. He's from Livingston, and who would know more about wildlife than someone who lives closer to the park:

Thats pretty unfair to say that,

"they care nothing about wild life in Alaska, sorta like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, they have it all, but could care less, just want to kill, kill, kill"....

First, All the states you mentioned are the last hold outs for alot of species. Grizzlies, wolves, mountain lions, elk, and buffalo lived in alot of states in the 1800's. But, people in those states KILLED OFF ALL THOSE SPECIES! I'd say locals in the states you mentioned care more about wildlife, then most people in other areas....because we actually share an ecosystem with them, and get to watch and appreciate them regularly. Most people in the urban centers of this country could care less about wildlife, or ever even think about them. But, Go to any social event in Montana or any of the states you mentioned and wildlife will be a large part of any discussion thats going on.

Second, Why do you always fail to mention your own state of Arizona? As I have posted previously there are tons of poachers, and game law violaters down there- read the news. Arizona is filled with redneck, whacko, animal killers. Why not save your insults for your own damned state....because, it seems to me that they apply more to AZ and alot of other places than they do for Montana!

Thats telling her dude! But you know what, I said what I think about the people in this state when it comes to wildlife:

I am not sure if I can agree with either one of you. I would love it if my state would think about wildlife for once. We have lots of wildlife here, but I have seen more people trying to kill off all types of wildlife in WA than in MT. People are too damn busy here to think about saving wildlife. Makes me mad. Too many urban areas.

Want more wacko animal killers, they live here. Thats why my state's starting to suck.

It does sound a little bit much but it is true. I have the feeling that my family are the only ones in this state that cares about saving wildlife. But with all these big cities we have here, people kill animals and laugh about it. THAT REALLY MAKES ME MAD!!!!!!

Jack Horner on Sixty Minutes

2009-11-12T12:18:00.000-08:00

Here is something of real particular interest.

Horner, Schweitzer scheduled to appear Nov. 15 on 60 Minutes

BOZEMAN -- A "Sixty Minutes" segment featuring Montana State University paleontologist Jack Horner and former MSU graduate student Mary Higby Schweitzer is scheduled to air Sunday evening, Nov. 15.

Meghan Frank, a producer for the CBS TV magazine, said the date is "pretty definite," although major late-breaking news could postpone the air date.

The piece will focus on Horner, his discoveries and his unorthodox approach to thinking about dinosaurs, Frank said. The segment will also feature Schweitzer, her work with Horner and her discoveries from an Eastern Montana dinosaur originally nicknamed "B. rex." The 68-million year-old dinosaur yielded protein, soft tissue, blood vessels and tissue typical of a female bird.

more of this article at http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7733

todays fun

2009-11-11T23:29:00.000-08:00

Well today I went out to help a lady who was delivering papers. I am really serious about getting that job and I want it. Hopefully it will help us through the holidays. The only thing is that I may have to quit when I get back to school, but its gonna happen anyway. I am graduating this year....finally, and hoping to make it to Bozeman next summer. I will have to work real hard to keep those grades up. I dont ever want to make another mistake like I did 20 years ago.

Anyway we went all over town delivering papers, even to places I have never heard of and seen parts of this town I never knew existed. It is really amazing that this person could really pay 70 dollars a day for this kind of work. Now I dont know if I will be working everyday all day, since I only put in for part time, but any little bit helps.

racism sucks

2009-10-29T21:16:00.000-07:00

Racism really sucks. I just cant imagine that people would hate so much just because they are not white. And what is this thing that white is "the right color?" If they would think for a minute where they REALLY came from....who would know? Either they dont know or dont want to know.
I am writing this because I heard on internet radio where a team of white supremacist group was going to invade Bozeman (it was Bozeman radio that I heard it from). This makes me mad because this is what I gotta look forward to. I heard some people calling on the radio saying "dont bring crap into our town." I said that I agree with them. I definately dont want those kinds of groups invading Ocean Shores, or any town for that matter, especially one that I plan to attend school in. Stay out of Ocean Shores and leave Bozeman alone. I cant stand white supremacist groups. If they find out that I'm part Mexican, they will hang me.
I once read an article and saw a movie about hate groups existing in Montana, but they are usually confined or more so in and around Great Falls, which is why I dont ever want to go there. I will try to avoid it if I can. Are they now moving south? And of all things, why Bozeman?

Lets get one thing straight and I have said this numerous times: the whites are the invaders in this country. The Indians were here first. This is their land and always has been. And who discovered the new world? It was us, the Spanish. Look at Christopher Columbus. And if whites would think back to its earliest ancestors, they came from people of color. Human beings came from Africa originally. The reason their skin got so white was because humans migrated north into Europe where the sun is not as potent.
So there is color in their background, and yet some of them want to fight against them. People are just ignorant. IMO, people like that should be wiped off the face of the earth.

I miss school

2009-10-22T00:04:00.000-07:00

This is one of those days that I wish I was still in school. At least it was never boring and I always had homework. I know I cant always have my way, but spare me. I am trying to leave for Bozeman next year. Now I cant go until next spring, and that is a long ways away. Well, at least I can rest. And when I do go back, I will have homework up to my ears. I wont have time for nothing. But it will be worth it when I graduate....finally.
We are planning to head to Bozeman in January (if we can fight the cold) so that Timmyfan can explore the film making course. It will be a roll of the dice whether she likes it or not. The decision is hers. But at least get a first look at what they do and all that other cool stuff. I would like to at least give Timmyfan something to think about: If she does go for it, UMG Studios will become a reality and she just might make the big bucks.
If not, she can stay here and go into medical billing. That too is a very good position and she can work at home, which I think is more convenient for her in the long run.
But its Timmyfan's life, and the decision about her future is entirely hers. I cant make the decision for her, its not my department. I will however give her support in whatever she chooses.

what the???????

2009-10-15T18:28:00.000-07:00

by the number of hits, and responses on this site, looks like if your not an animal who cares

This was posted by wolfmtnlady on the Y-net forum in response to a news story about a 6 year old boy that floated away in a homemade balloon. Everybody thinks she is a jerk for bringing that up.

Sure we love our animals, I know I do. But there are people who do care. I still think its sad when children die so young because they never really got to experience life.

But she thinks that just because this did not happen to an animal, that no one on the Y-net forum cares. A wolf or bear dies in the park becomes a lead story on the forum. But a 6 year old kid apparently gets hurt or killed (he was found alive, hiding in the attic at his home), wolfmtnlady thinks people dont give a damn.

There are people on the forum who have kids of their own, and I am sure that they would think that if something like that happened to their kids, they would care. Believe me, if I had kids, I would think the same thing too. True, I may not go for these charities set up to help children, but that doesnt mean I dont like children. And I think that wolfmtnlady needs to fix that statement and think before she posts it.

I wanted to have kids when I was younger, but that feeling went out of me sometime ago. I was always afraid that I would not have a totally healthy kid, and the fact that my child could also inherit my problem as well, and I would not know how to handle it. Thats the thing with dogs, you dont have to worry too much, and it hardly cost anything to raise dogs.

Now, sometimes I do regret not bringing a child into this world, but I love my dogs, and thats good enough for me.

Fun with 20 year olds

2009-10-12T14:03:00.000-07:00

I am having my fun with these 20 year olds on Facebook. I swear they are so dumb and immature, but it gives me a chance to say that older people rule!

Lastnight, I posted something on the 2012 wall on Facebook, and some dumbass named Anthony gets on there and calls me fat, ugly, and even has the nerve to say that I have a mustache, like some kind of damn circus freak. I told him that he better stop and shutup and stop judging people on how they look. I also told him that I was too old to fight with him, but he wouldnt stop. So I did the next best thing: I blocked him. Soon another idiot named Michael really puts the bite on me and says all kinds of disgusting things, and I blocked him too. I will bet that both of those guys are 20 year olds. But I will tell you, I was having fun telling them what I really think about them.

And just now, some "kid" named Karl sends me messages asking me if I was a fag or if I was fat. I told him I am fat, do you have a problem with that? Then he' saying he's horny and that he has a girl friend. Then he calles me a fag. I tell you he has no respect for elders, and if he calls me a fag one more time, I will break both his arms. I told him that he better leave me alone and that he stick with his own kind. I will block him if he ever bothers me again. But I am having fun calling him every name in the book.

I was 20 years old once and I was the same way, so I know for a fact that everybody goes through that "stupidity" stage. Its just so fun for an older person like me in her 40s for crying out loud to put those 20 year olds in their place. I tell you they deserve it. They havent got the sense that God gave a slug. I dare them to make me look stupid.

One thing I love telling 20 year olds is that they dont ever get back to me until they "grow up." And I hope they do when they get to be my age. But sometimes thats not always true. I have even heard of 50 year olds that act like dumbasses, and I tell them that I am much younger and more mature than they are, and I expect them to behave a little bit better than me. But what can I say, men especially never grow up.

I may be more comfortable with women than men, but that does NOT make me a lesbian. I dont like the idea of two men or two women kissing each other, I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and I am not too fond of gay rights. So why does Karl think I am a fag? Probably because he doesnt have anything better to do than to act stupid.

swine flu in MT

2009-10-09T01:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_49eeb606-b45d-11de-a1af-001cc4c03286.html

Here is an article that one of my Y-net buddies posted on Facebook. It appears that swine flu has already hit parts of Montana. I am more afraid that Bozeman could be next, and then what will happen? Now would be a great time to get the swine flu vaccines, preferably before I leave for Bozeman.
But I have always been a very healthy person, never caught anything massive before in my life. But swine flu does not discriminate. It can turn a person like me into a bed ridden patient in minutes. The worst I ever got was a bad chest cold 20 years ago, and it only lasted for about 5 days. I get colds every now and then that only lasts 3 days. I have the better genes in my family.
So far, the swine flu hasnt reached Ocean Shores, but that doesnt mean that it will never get here. Its only a matter of time. There are some cases of it in this state, so its like prepare yourselves and get the vaccine ASAP.

My first blog

2009-10-07T12:45:00.000-07:00

Welcome all, my name is Mikessa and I would like to welcome you to my blog. I will post just about anything that I can talk about. But mostly I am making a blog for my Y-net buddies to view. I dont have myspace anymore, so I gotta post something.