"In the rural West, where many people prize the freedom to go anywhere at any time, science can find itself at odds with local society." This article caught my eye the other day because the photo reminded me of YBRA. Hello, field station in the Rockies! It really doesn't address geology field work (other than a kind of lame quote from a USGS ( Read more... )

Talk about a power-packed day. Yesterday was pretty surreal, and lasted from 7:30 AM til 3:30 AM, but I think it was just the kind of day I needed to have right before spring break. My life is slightly less up in the air, and now that all the cards are basically out on the table, I can start to actually make some of the decisions I've been ( Read more... )

Hooray for perspective.  I think in the weeks just before and just after Thanksgiving I kind of lost sight of the larger picture (or some larger pictures, rather, because when you get down to it there really isn't just one).  Maybe while I was at home I didn't have enough time to regain that perspective, or maybe I wasn't ready to find it yet, but ( Read more... )

I have a linguistics midterm tomorrow, which I have zero desire to study for.  I realize this is bad, since I've been (somewhat) neglecting my readings for the class, but I just don't feel inspired at the moment.  Hopefully that will pass before 11:20 tomorrow ( Read more... )

*whew* so I only have 20 min until rehearsal (blarg, scheduled to go til one, but I really hope that doesn't happen...) but I'm way too wired up to be productive in those 20 minutes. I went to a geosciences pizza party/slideshow with Bonnie, in which we learned all about requirements for the major, class options for next year, and Bud's trip to ( Read more... )