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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
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Friends Welcome Here
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
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Just finished my thesis prospectus. Have sleep madness. Is it worth going to bed? Yes'm, I think so. Not coherent, but clearing hurdles to actual MS degree is AWESOME AND GRUELING AND MY BRAIN IS MUSH.
BYE!
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
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If anyone is interested, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) volcanosummer is up and running once again! Join me as I cavort across ten of the world's coolest volcanoes in the next two weeks. After that I may be heading back to Hawai`i for more research, and I'll also be travelling to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to work on my thesis (mapping the rift zone of the submarine volcano Loihi)!
Updates for the next two weeks will be arriving via VolcanoSummer's new Twitter account. There will be pictures immediately, and better ones after I return home. I'll be hiking Mount St. Helens, so this could get interesting.
You can also find both regular and Twitter updates on the original VolcanoSummer site, so stay tuned for more!
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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So, when's the last time you read a post on your friends page that was written from the middle of the Pacific Ocean? On a research vessel? Wooo! We finally got underway around 3pm HST after a morning spent refueling and waiting on one of the crew members. We took on 70,000 gallons of diesel fuel. That is a mind-boggling amount to me. Just wow.
Anyway, I've learned that I will be a video logger when Jason (the ROV) is down in the water. That's pretty awesome. The ship is rolling like a mother right now, but the seas are pretty darn calm. That's the ocean for you, I suppose. It's dinner time, so I should head over to the galley. I miss Benji, and I'm very happy to be here. Let's hope for continued good weather, etc. I think I'll have internet access the whole time I'm here. Rejoice! The connection is 56k, but hey...it's a lifeline. I'll be continuing to update volcanosummer, so keep it on your friends list, etc. Bye for now!
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I'm in a volcanic vent. On the top of the world's largest volcano. This volcano is active. This is quite possibly the coolest thing EVER.
Sleep. Now. Yes.
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I read 2 good quotes today. One is from Inherit The Wind, and it is as such:
All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away - by standing still.
The other is from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vickinicole:
Love doesn't stop people from leaving.
Too true, too true.
More on Zzyzx later.
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
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It is hard to post from my phone. Oh well. The trip is awesome. I love my department and my field. Volcanic fields and slot canyons and flat tires oh my. I have limited punctuation so sorry. Time for beer and a fire and hilarity. Catch you guys on the flip side.
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
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Isn't my poor little EmoCat adorable? He just looked so down last night that it was actually comic. Poor Mew. His life is fraught with difficulties, such as whether to sleep on the ridiculously comfortable bed or on the warm, sunny windowsill. He has it very hard, people.
The second thing is that my Marine Geo class made me insanely happy. I couldn't stop grinning every time a new subject was discussed. We get to go on a research vessel! To do research! It is taking all of my self restraint not to capitalize every word in this post.
Sometimes I'm deep, and sometimes I don't even scratch the surface.
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Hold on to your horses, guys. This is the most exhaustive book list I've seen yet. It's kind of heavy on the Terry Pratchett and the Robert Jordan (never read either) and there was NO VONNEGUT until I took a stab at it. I didn't go nuts with the Irving or Vonnegut, and I didn't add all of the Terry Brooks books I could've. Moderation, and a fair sampling are what I tried for with my additions. I had to add the rest of the Chronicles of Narnia since the Potter books were in there separately. I know I'm going to add a bunch more of what I've read, and I hope some of you guys'll do this for yourselves too. The bolded ones are those I've read, and the italicized and bolded are the ones I've added. Reading rocks! ENJOY!
( The ultimate book list. )
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
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I am wearing a shirt with anthropomorphic teeth on it. Thank you, that is all.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
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I know he died in 2003, but at times like these I just really miss my grandpa. I hope he's still with me somehow, and I hope he's proud of me.
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
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I started the day by learning how to do a back handspring. What will you accomplish today? The best part of that question is that you never know the answer until you've lived it.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
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INSANE.
excited.
worn out.
indescribable.
content.
morose.
contemplative.