Response to Crater Lake (My Research Project)

I have an interesting observation that I would like to share about my research topic on Crater Lake. Showing above is Wizard Island; an island on the west end of Crater Lake. Wizard Island is what remained after the ancient eruption about 7,700 years ago when in was Mount Mazama. Take a look at the island for a second. What does it look like? Yes, it looks like an arrowhead from an Indian spear. I share this because Crater Lake is also part of an culture called the Klamath and Modec Indian Tribes. Back in the mid to late nineteenth century, these tribes protected Crater Lake because it was a sacred place. The Klamath and Modec Indians believed that ancient spirits lived deep inside the lake and would terrorize anyone who stepped near it. The Indians that did seek Crater Lake never came back because the spirits would engulf them. The arrow head island, Wizard Island, must be a connection between the spirits of Crater Lake and the Indians. While doing my research, I did come across another belief of how Crater Lake became to be. Instead of the eruption 7,700 years ago, it is believed that two spirits, The Chief of the Overworld and Chief of the Underworld battled which caused a massive explosion of Mount Mazama. Interesting hey? My beliefs are that what was left over from this battle was Wizard Island; a sign that this battle evidently took place.

Mental Map of the WOrld

I thought this map was cool. It sort of ties into what Dr. Dobson was taking about two weeks ago. Is geography fading away? This is a mental map of a college student of the world. Should it be better than this or not? I know it's a mental map, but look at South America and Europe. I ran across this to looking for a world map for another class,so I thought I would share.

A dog named Jupiter

I thought I would blog about my new roommate's dog named Jupiter. He is a male Jack Russell terrier about seven years of age and weighs about twenty pounds. I classify him as "one weird dog" because of all things I have seen him do that normally other dogs don't do.

Here are a list of things that I would consider abnormal from a dog:

1. Jupiter has his own bed in my roommate's bedroom, but sometimes he wants to make his own bed on my bed. He does not sleep like an ordinary dog and sleeps under the covers. When I go to sleep, he will crawl under the covers to go to sleep with his head poking out like us humans do.

2. He is always passing gas under the covers and I usually have to end up kicking him out of my room because it stinks so bad. Dog farts are far more worse than humans.

3. When Jupiter gets into a playful mood, he always thinks that his tail is a playing toy. I have sat there and watched him many of times going round and round into circles like it wasn't his tail at all.

4. I cannot take Jupiter anywhere in the car. Most dogs, after a while, will eventually lay down after being in the car for a while. Not Jupiter. He stands up in the front passenger seat all the time. Even when I come to a stop, slam on the breaks, or make sharp left and right turns, he crashes into the dash and cannot hold still. He still stands and you would think that eventually it would lead him to the back. Jupiter thinks he has a seat belt on or something.

5. Jupiter cries like I have never heard any other dog cry before. When I take him for a ride in my car, while running errands, I make a stop at a store and he starts to cry out load where the whole parking lot can hear. He cries and does not stop because he wants to get out also. On my way back, he is still doing it. This dog has one pair of vocals I have never heard of in my life.

Although Jupiter has these characteristics as an animal, I have grown attached to him the few months I have been living here with my roommate. I find alternate ways to try to break him out of these habits by discipline, but I am finding that doesn't work either because he just keeps doing these habits.