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7 years ago on February 7th, I went to the Maricopa County Animal Shelter. I had just moved to Arizona 2 days before, and I'd just freed myself from the flaming pile of crap that was my life in Massachusetts. I went in to the pound knowing that I had to find a dog under my new apartment complex's 25lb weight limit. Other than that, I was open. I ( Read more... )

You know that day that you sometimes have? The one that leaves you wondering where, exactly, the off switch for the life-blender is situated ( Read more... )

No, I haven't dropped off the face of the planet. Any type of writing is tough for me when I'm happy, so this should be a testament to how happy I've been as of late. Life is pretty glorious, overall ( Read more... )

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!

If anyone is interested, 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 ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

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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 vickinicole:

Love doesn't stop people from leaving.

Too true, too true.

More on Zzyzx later.