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Amid everything else, I have spent the past couple days still in a bit of disbelief that Jane Goodall is actually dead. I read two of her books for my science class in middle school, and they were the pair I loved reading most. I've been interested in chimpanzees and great apes at least a little since. (I would read Birute Galdikas' book too, largely because of Goodall.) Though it's only as an adult that I've come to understand how how big everything she spent her life trying to do was, and just how much respect and admiration one has to have for her. I haven't opened her books in many years, but now I'm wondering if maybe I should get them down from the shelf, and look again.
I also, of course, have now seen the first episode of Critical Role's new campaign. I've noticed before how the first episode of a new liveplay campaign, their third included, can be a little slow, but not in this one; I was engaged immediately. These were fourteen players who know both the game and each other well enough to keep one captivated even during the stretches of the episode when they were merely gathering together. ( And when towards the end of the episode... )

Right after this I'll probably get my suitcase down from the attic and start packing. I'll have enough to do tomorrow before I go to catch the train.