Oh, so you're undecided.

Dear Ocean,
In oceanography class yesterday, we breezed through a couple lectures because there were maybe 7 of us who showed up to class. Tennis match this, sick day that, beach party, what/? Anyways, we shifted gears from talking about tides to talking about "life in the ocean," and Dr. Trefry clarified the difference between Biological Oceanographers and Marine Biologists. He also directed a question like this at me,
Coolest Prof. ever: "Whitney- you're a Bio Ocean major, right?"
Lamest student ever: "er- um, no.. I haven't, uh, really..."
Coolest Prof. ever?: "OH. You're undecided. Okay. Aaron, you've got your life figured out, right?"

But anyways, in case you're curious, or you have nothing else to read today,
Marine Biology: scientific study of the organisms that live in marine environments Oceanography: scientific study of abundance and distribution of organisms and how they interact with their surrounding ocean environment

Love from someone who has to make 3 posters about quiet hours as result of her disciplinary conference,
Whitney!

...ignore the beginning, we had to warm up

We tried to show off our new moves of "Puente" and "Dos Exhibe" and "the wrap" and ...

I'm Not There

Dear Ocean,

This morning I'm so glad Sheree woke me up to go bike to the beach to watch the sunrise. The three of us (me, sheree, xerxes) rode all the way there to make it just in time for the sun to come up. We found Andrew on the beach, and he joined us in an early morning swim. While getting beat up by waves, we happened to catch a glimpse at some dolphins. So basically, I swam with dolphins today. And as much as I'm anti-dolphin, I admit, it was really beautiful. On our bike back we were completely passed by a jogger, stopped by the Sun Shoppe for breakfast, and jumped in Brownlie to end the morning. The Sun Shoppe Cafe has mugs that this girl would really love, because you can stick all four fingers & knuckles through the handle. I almost stole one, but decided she has to do it herself whenever she visits me.
Also, Dancing blog day 2 will be posted later, it's pretty awesome. And I think I'm going to take a break from movies, because I've been kind of acting like Michael (from the office) where he takes the movies he sees too literally.

Stay cool,

Love,

Whitney!

Lack of winter = need for bug hitman

Last night I saw a cockroach scurry across my floor.

I hate Florida.

Write me a love song?

Dear Ocean,

I'll be seeing you in a few minutes... today is spring break, and let me tell you it has been amazing so far. Yesterday Xenia and I, in our latest tradition, layed on a blanket in the "quad" for a few hours, attracting a funny crowd. Niko, Joshua, Armando, Jared, Andres, and a few others joined us for at least part of the time to enjoy the beauty of the day. Yassine also joined us (by request) and serenaded us with love songs as we dreamed about the world. After everyone else left, he played a very appropriate "just the two of us" and some great "somewhere over the rainbow" before we decided to waste away the rest of the day by the pool.

Today I was dared to wear my wetsuit to Evans Dining hall, which I did. And then dared Yassine to write me a love song. I don't care if it's a dare, he's still going to do it.

love,
whitney!

Squirrel Slapping

So my friend Chris started this game called squirrel slapping, and the object of the game is to ... slap a squirrel. I've never succeeded, but apparently he's a pro, and actually got one on video:
http://cnagel90.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/you-know-those-things-have-rabies/

I'm not sure if I approve, but it's pretty dang funny.

Quiet Morning

Dear Ocean,

I think that if we could have pets in our dorm room, and if I was more responsible, and if I had friends who supported my decisions, I would go back to the flea market right now and buy this puppy. Look how tiny she is! And then I would adopt a kitten from the Sarah McLaughlin commercials because they just rip at my heart. Yesterday I was watching Boondock Saints with Jonathan and Karan, and had Jonathan not changed the channel when that commercial came on, I probably would have started crying.

Family will be here next week! FUN! I'm going to make a really fun schedule of all the things we can do here and all the people to meet them. I hope they like it here. Anyways, I'm thinking about joining a spanish choir at a church nearby, but I can't decide if it is too far of a bike ride (google says 4.7 miles) for a Thursday night. Plus, I can't speak or sing spanish well. Good adventure, right?

See you soon!

love,

whitney!