It's too nice here. Why does if finally get sunny and warm when I have to study?

Karma is a bitch.

So things are getting a little insane here in Australia. After much research, editing and stressing we finally turned in our rainforest papers. That means that now should be the time to start focusing on writing the lab report for Heron Island or the research proposal or start studying for the finals which are a little more than a week away. ( Read more... )

Too much has happened here and it's not even over yet, but I'll go through some of the highlights ( Read more... )

I'm sunburned and bruised...but it's worth it.

As usual the trip to our next destination, Kroombit National Park, started with the nus ride. Let me start by saying that this trip was supposed to be out “outback” or remote experience and necessitated a six hour bus ride to the north. It just so happened that the bus ride fell on Yom Kippur and for some reason I decide to fast. To be honest I did ( Read more... )

The next major stop on this crazy journey in Australia was Lamington rainforest. The drive over was uneventful except that before we started the drive up the hill (as Lamington is at the top of a now extinct volcano) we stopped in the last little town for some last minute provisions. The true snack-o-holics that we are Calvin, Robin, and I headed ( Read more... )

I'm done with midterms and it's a bittersweet feeling.

So I am 100% for sure going to Japan!!! You suckers are going to miss out.

Shoot games here are expensive. Tetris was $70!!! Even if you factor in the conversion back to US it's still over $50. As such I say (with some regret) there will be no massive on-line multi-contenent tetris wars.