Cross Your Fingers!

Dear Ocean,

I know Harmful Algal Blooms probably aren't that great, but it'd be really awesome if there was one this fall! At our lab meeting today for my work-study this was brought to our attention that there's some cool research to be done about the affects Karenia brevis (sp?) has on the native species of Barnacles here versus the newly invasive Megabalanus coccopoma (sp?) barnacles. It could be pretty interesting, even if that means we won't really be able to go to the beach without coughing up a lung.

Unfortunately, the engineers (everyone) on my floor aren't really interested in going out late tonight to see the Pyrodinium (sp?) that's in the water right now. It's supposed to be pretty good at bioluminescing, which should be reason enough for anyone to want to see it! I'll have to work on those ignorant engineers some more.

Beyond all that I managed to pass my chem exam without a calculator, survive two weeks without doing laundry, order pizza to be delivered to a pool, get bitten by a crab at the beach, "make" the "dance" team, sleep through a class, tow for plankton in the lagoon, go rock climbing, and cooked noodles in a microwave. Isn't that what college is all about?

love,
whitney!