So - i've effectively scared two guys on my bike since moving into town. (Corvallis is a wonderful bike riding town - tons of bike lanes and paths, Plus cars look out for and respect bike riders - polic even pull people over on bikes and give them tickets). But I was riding on the sidewalk both times (which is an offense) and voiced "Left!" a ( Read more... )

This is the last day of Fall Pause - how sad. I was supposed to go apple picking today, but it's RAINING. What a rip-off. I don't want to go back to classes. I'm failing my English class - like actuall failing. Quite a new experience for me. I was just barely passing, and then I forgot to turn in a paper. But I got a 100 on my org. chem. lab ( Read more... )

well, i'm here in NZ and it's actually been awesome. If only anne were still accompanying me it'd be absolutely awesome b/c I get lonely sometimes and I've determined I am supremely annoyed by most people. but i went black water tubing in a cave filled with glowworms and the guide was really cool (and HUGE!!!) and let me go again for free on the ( Read more... )

went camping for the past four days in Lamington National Park (World Heritage Site). great time. We went on some excellent, long hikes involving rainforest, waterfalls, bubbling streams, really old, humongous trees (like 2000 years old) that are leftover from previous climates, some panoramic views, peanut butter and raisin sandwiches, and ( Read more... )

I am so SICK of sitting in front of computers attempting to be productive. I am so looking forward to a week from now when I'll have two finals and two huge papers DONE and only two finals to go, but over a week to study for them ( Read more... )

you guys won't believe what happened yesterday - i RAN for 20 minutes - not consecutively, but still, i don't think i've run that long since freshmen year of highschool when they made us run the mile! and my quads are out of control sore. i am so lame ( Read more... )

July 22 will seriously be the longest day of my life - like 30 hours long. I leave NZ at 6pm, get into LA the same day at 11am, and then have another whole day of flying, which is really the same day to jackson hole, WY (connection in las vegas and salt lake city). that sounds terrible. but i'm kind of going back in time or living the same day ( Read more... )

This is rather belated, but I went to the australia zoo when my dear pal abby and her characters of room mates came to visit and we saw Steve Irwin live with crikey ( Read more... )

so, i just returned from New zealand this morning (got up at 3:30am!) and am heading up to heron island in the great barrier reef with my Australia's marine environment class tonight. 9 hour bus ride! woo hoo! the weather here in brisbane is such a change from the crisp autumn of new zealand. today feels like late spring at Dickinson when ( Read more... )

so here I am in amazing New Zealand. I went whale watching a couple days ago and saw three sperm whales and a huge pod of jumping dolpins. we also spent a day hiking in abel tasman national park, which is right on the beach with clear green water, and mountains all around. we hiked through crazy different vegetatation zones. one minute we were ( Read more... )