General Exam: Day 3

Today was the third day/ third question for my general exam. I woke up at 5am this morning, which was a nice improvement on waking up at 3:30 am the past two days. I felt pretty well-rested and ready to start writing. I’ve been enjoying all of the snacks I prepared for the week, but today’s highlights were a bowl of plain almond milk yogurt, dried cherries, pecans, and a smidgin of maple syrup and some delicious toast. Before I switched to a vegan diet, I ate huge quantities of yogurt–it was one of my staples. Then, when I cut out all dairy, I gave up the yogurt completely (the soy yogurt didn’t cut it for me). I’ve tried the coconut milk yogurt, which is pretty good, but very sweet. So, I was delighted to find at the grocery last week a large container of plain almond milk yogurt made by Amande. It hit the spot. I also had a piece of Squirrelly bread toasted with avocado, salt and pepper. Heavenly!! I liked it so much, I tried a piece with pickles added, which was also quite delicious:

Now, I get to have a little fun for the rest of the afternoon. A friend and I made soap last Thursday, and it is now ready to cut before we let it sit for a month to cure. I will be posting a recipe for a lovely peppermint vegetable soap and a lavender shampoo bar in the near future. It smells SO good and I can’t wait to be able to use some! Tomorrow is the last day of the general exam and then I’m done (well, until the oral examination portion)!

The question for today was:

What are the implications of Brown and Rasmussen’s (2010) footnote #10 that reads, “The quotation marks here [around “humans”] are meant to mark the ever-present contradiction that, of course, biologically speaking humans are animals.” for a.) political geography and b.) nature-society studies in geography and c.) your own research?  

One more day and then back to the regular blogging. I’ve been saving up a recipe for roasted baby red potatoes and mushroom gravy that will make you very happy, I think.

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