Mote Marine Laboratory's Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Project was featured on Waterways TV (a local science channel down here in South Florida) a few years ago, and someone was finally able to post the videos on YouTube. I was one of the lucky interns featured in the video, and ended up going on to do my masters thesis on sawfish (smalltooth and ( Read more... )

1.        Successfully defend my Ph.D. proposal

2.        Get down to 135 lbs

3.        Move in with Mike

4.        Get a tattoo

5.        Get a new/newer car

6.        Get another stamp in my passport

7.        Go skydiving

8.        Submit paper(s) for journal publication

9.        Establish a dedicated workout schedule

10.     Get dedicated to yoga ( Read more... )

Countdown20 Things to Do Before You Die1.:Earn my Ph.D. 2.:Establish a career in marine biology 3.:Get married 4.:Become a mother 5.:Travel the world 6.:Become a scuba instructor 7.:Become a professional photographer 8.:Become an amateur ballroom dancer 9.:Go skydiving 10.:Go sailing 11.:Learn to play an instrument (guitar, piano) 12.:Learn to fly ( Read more... )

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a A CORNUCOPIA OF QUESTIONS FOR A RAINY DAYTHE BASICS:NAME?:Katherine AGE?:25 BIRTHDAY?:5/30/83 ASTROLOGICAL SIGN?:Gemini EYE COLOR?:Green NATURAL HAIR COLOR?:Dark brown HAIR LENGTH?:Mid-back WHERE DO YOU LIVE?:Fort Lauderdale, FL WHEN DO YOU GET UP?:Anytime between 7am and noon, depending on the day WHAT IS YOUR FIRST THOUGHT?:Too early, need ( Read more... )

Things to Do for 2008 (now revised, as I'll be staying in SoFL for the rest of the year), thus far...

1.       Complete my capstone paper
2.       Successfully defend my capstone
3.       Have a wild, crazy night after defending
4.       Graduate with my masters degree
5.       Get into Ph.D. program
6.       Successfully defend Ph.D. proposal
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 It's amazing how your world can completely shift in the blink of an eye ( Read more... )

My grandmother, Linda Connel, died this morning, at the age of 69, after a five year battle with ovarian cancer ( Read more... )

I've been getting a bit stressed and down lately, so I figured that this might be a good exercise to help remind me of the good stuff in life...

150 Things That Make Me Happy (in no distinct order)

1. Family
2. Friends
3. The ocean
4. Traveling
5. Scuba diving
6. Autumn - not the piss-poor excuse for autumn that we have here in Florida...real autumn. ( Read more... )

Belize, Belize, Belize...

SAT 3/28 - And we're off to Belize...and I'm inordinately grumpy and not looking forward to the trip at all. The last few weeks leading up to the trip, between the stuff going on with my family and trying to write my thesis paper and work and everything else, not to mention my shady health as of late, just left me drained. ( Read more... )