Your Power Color Is Teal
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. I apologize for the second of two extremely corny entry titles. For some reason it just comes out that way and then I’m too lazy to think of something else more unique and creative (If you have suggestions for my future lake, bog, swamp, river, or fen trips, let me know ( Read more... )

The algae identification quiz took an entire two hours. I was beginning to think we were going to camp out in the lab. For some reason nearly every specimen looked a little strange and we all questioned just about everything he asked us. Maybe it has something to do with last night’s viewer discretion advised “Slime TV” review session, as the ( Read more... )

Saturday night. Had dinner with people on the dining room deck which I didn’t know existed before, and then hung out for a while at the “Corral.” Square dancing was a good time ;) There were a couple of banjo players, mandolin, fiddle, hammer dulcimer, and some brass. I thoroughly enjoyed myself =P. Ah, we circled to the left, to the right, do-si- ( Read more... )

I survived midterms. Yay.

Man, it's a hot one...like 7 inches from the midday sun...It literally felt like it yesterday, wandering around the Cheboygan county area examining the wonders of - you guessed it - dirt. We checked out several sites and determined wetland classifications based on certain characteristics of the soil and vegetation. It was ( Read more... )

I woke up in a state of emotional flux. I think it had something to do with the dreams ( Read more... )

It has been SOOO long, I am so sorry about not filling you all in with what’s going on up here in Northern Michigan. In only a few weeks, we’ve seen so many interesting places and experienced so much from field learning. It’s almost impossible for me to describe everything, and sadly I do not have a digital camera here (mine broke =( ) so I have to ( Read more... )

In stating the obvious…

God is awesome.

My family and friends are incredible.

Kenneth Dale Buck - You are an amazing person. Amazing. I love you so much.

I have never felt so alive…

…God is awesome.

My experiment didn't explode, and I am very much alive. =P It took forrrrrrrrrrever though, I thought I would never come home! =/ But I am now, and home feels sweeter than ever ( Read more... )

There’s nothing like waking up on a summer morning to take a 7:15am exam. In my prior experience with Orgo at U of M, I had only the worst possible scenario in mind, which is completing the test with the sort of feeling that I wildly guessed on over 75% of the questions. Well, today I felt considerably better than this, much to my immense relief, ( Read more... )