Archive for 2015
A few pictures of some lovely little guys... All are for sale by the way... you can hit up our website at:
I will also answer any general husbandry/genetic/photography questions as well!!
With out further ado...
Hope you all enjoy!!
www.Radioactivereptiles.org
I will also answer any general husbandry/genetic/photography questions as well!!
With out further ado...
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| Blood Red Dunner Het Hypo Het Trans Female |
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| Super Red Trans Het Hypo Male |
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| Orange Tiger Het Hypo Trans Male |
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| Super Orange Tiger Hypo Trans Female |
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| Citrus Rainbow Tiger Het Hypo Trans Female |
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| Orange Tiger Hypo Trans Female |
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| Super Orange Tiger Hypo Trans Male |
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| Orange Het Hypo Trans Male |
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| SHTCT |
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| SHTCT |
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| Abberant SHTCT |
Hope you all enjoy!!
A couple of years ago I went and filmed the amazing people of the SCA organization and made a music video for a class assignment. This was such a fun challenge for me and a wonderful experience indeed. First of all, the fact that I am a little obsessed with the midevial times, ancient cultures, ect really fed into my curiosity of this outstanding group of people.
I was invited to come to the March Hare Event, that was held in Kansas and not only was there awesome battling going on, but there was also a contest on who could cook rabbit the best. Yes that is right, I said it, rabbit.
This was such a fun experience and I cannot thank the people of Calontir enough for letting me film them for my assignment. I wish I had better video editing software then... this video would have turned out even more amazing.
I don't think this group gets enough recognition though. They told me that they don't reenact history they recreate it. It would get boring if they knew the out come of all of the battles.
The SCA is a global oranization and has thousands of members that all acurately recreate the historic cultures of this time period. The SCA holds events all of the time and has a lot to teach. It is a great community of well rounded individuals that love history.
For this particular group you can visit their website at: http://calontir.org/
And for more information on the SCA: http://www.sca.org/
And lastly, Here is another video that will astound you with how many people are actually involved with this organization. I always love a good battle! Check it out!
New Leopard Gecko Hatchlings!
A few months ago I obtained a pair of leopard geckos (my lovely husband thought of me) and they were a first for me. We own quite a few reptiles. We have a small collection and we do reptile husbandry as a side hobby. We have bearded dragons, a Tokay Gecko, a Veiled Chameleon, Ball Pythons, Uromastyx, and now we have Leopard Geckos in our collection.
Check out our website I built www.radioactivereptiles.org
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| Tremper Sunglow Male |
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| Super Hypo Female |
These guys are absolutely adorable. They are probably one of the easiest reptiles to maintain. (I do exhaustive research on all of my animals I own, so if you have questions I would gladly help out!) Anyway, the first two leos I received (after much research on my morphs) a super hypo (the female) and a Tremper Sunglow. They were already breeding and and after a couple of weeks she had laid eggs for me!!!
What is really neat is that the babies come out looking completely different than they will as adults. Their banding fades into spots or to patternless depending on the morph!!! A small reward for being a reptile owner is when you do produce eggs you really have to collect memories on the punnet square and you become a small time geneticist. You really have to understand the terminology of genetics as well.
So I wanted to share my results from breeding a tremper sunglow male to my super hypo female. I have two beautiful hatchlings that are eating great and are growing super fast.
I'll make sure to post progress pictures of their color changes!!
If you have any questions please ask!!!
So... I've been doing a lot of reflexive thinking and I have decided that I am not going to blog to cater to an audience anymore. I am going to write what I feel like writing even though it might not fit into the nerdy genre. I have a life full of experiences and to limit myself on just what I would consider nerdy, or nerdy cool is just hindering my experience as a blogger.
For example, I have recently started practicing yoga and I've been dying to share that on my blog (this will be a future post). I am a strong advocate of doing something physically active and for me not to be able to write about it really started to bother me. I want to use my blog for what ever I feel like writing about and I think that is what this world needs. This world needs more authenticity and less care for monetary value that you will gain. Sure it would be absolutely fantastic to earn money from writing on a blog, but I found that it was extremely difficult to just stay in one topic.
This was a problem when I started a previous blog. I stuck myself to one topic and it got extremely difficult to keep writing about it, I wanted to write about everything. For one, this is more of a personal thing for me. It will help me develop my writing skills and I can come back on later days and reminisce over the progress I have made in some aspect of my life.
It doesn't always pay to short cut yourself to make a little money. Limiting myself just to cater to a certain audience really started to hurt me. I started to put off writing posts (even though there are not that many) and it wasn't that fun anymore. I created this blog so I could have fun and share my experiences (even though most of them are nerdy) I do have other things to talk about as well.
So... I guess this is a cautionary warning ha! I will be writing about everything and anything under the sun!!
And the most important lesson here: Be Yourself!!! The right people will come along!
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| My Tokay Gecko: Haku |
2015 is here and it is time to say goodbye to 2014. As we make our New Year resolutions it is important to realize that they don't always have to be made to impress other people. We often make goals that set ourselves up for failure before we even get close to achieving that goal. Instead of putting down a long term goal that seems impossible and far away, put down smaller steps that will lead you to your ultimate goal.
For example, I used to put down "get six pack abs." Realistically, we would all love to have that, do I have a six pack? Ha! No I do not. I put that down for years and I still have never accomplished that goal. Well, I have come to realize I need to be more realistic about the goals I set and how long I give myself. A more realistic approach that could drive me to this goal is perhaps: do a 15 min workout 3 times a week. If that's even too complex you could put down: do 50 crunches a day. Those steps are more doable and can be visualized better than just saying get six pack abs.
Secondly, have realistic time demands for achieving your goals. I know myself better than anyone else. So a realistic approach for the six pack abs would be do 50 crunches a day for a year. Guess what I'm probably (well hopefully) going to have some kind of ab definition which still driven to the long term goal.
I know my example has been purely physically based and New Year resolutions don't always need to be that. They can be spiritual and mentally driven as well. That is why I mentioned that resolutions shouldn't be written based upon impressing other people but based upon yourself. Mindfulness is a powerful tool and the better you know yourself, faults and all, the more room you have for accepting improvement and inviting in change that can ultimately help you out in the long run.
That being said, I have put a lot of thought into my New Year resolutions. I did not compile a list of a thousand things, but I made it simple and based on self improvement that I can achieve realistically. This is rather personal and I would really enjoy seeing what you guys have to say about this and would also love to see your New Year resolutions as well. Well.... here it goes... 5 New Year resolutions.
1. Love myself more (probably my most important one on the list)
We live a world surrounded by vanity and a multitude of popular media telling us what we need to look like to be beautiful. So much so that we often lose sight of what really makes us beautiful and our life becomes filled with absolute negativity. We should focus on our positive aspects. The more positive we are about ourselves the more love we have to give.
2. Listen without the intent to reply.
I find myself lost in other people's words because I am too nervous thinking about what I am going to say back, then what they will think about what I am going to say. Instead, I am truly going to try and listen to others with undivided attention. This is a hard one but it will be doable! You don't always have to say something back. More importantly it doesn't have to be about myself. I used to look at it as showing commonalities between the other person and I, but i met someone that talked exactly like myself. It sounded selfish and that they genuinely didn't really care about what I was saying.
3. Make more genuine friends.
When you get older the amount of friends you have becomes so unimportant. Really it is the quality of friends that you have. I went through a period of my life were I was making big changes and found that I really only had one "friend". I have also realized that it takes effort to maintain and gain friendships so I will take time to get to know possible friends better and perhaps they will become life long.
4. From the above: Workout at least 3 times a week
I don't really need to explain this one...
5. Lastly, to try something new frequently.
This one is very vague for a reason. This could range from a new hobby to trying some food I've never had. I recently tried power yoga and I have decided it is a very wonderful form of exercise and is different from what I usually do.
(And a small side resolution is to write a blog post every week)
Well there you have it! 5 new year resolutions that I can totally achieve. It will be really fun to come back to this post next year and see how much I have grown from now.
