The Fall 2006 semester is officially under way. I am taking an easy course load this semester to leave plenty of time to work on my thesis. I have enrolled in Biological Proxies in Paleoclimate Research Seminar, Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management, and 4 thesis credits. I also have a TA for Geography of the Human Landscape - the students are FANTASTIC.

Went for an early morning bike ride today, and I'm in the lab picking head capsules until 5. Party tonight - should be nice. Tomorrow, repeat minus the party. I am a creature of habit, I need things planned out – I need structure or else I feel lost and frantic.

I’m leaving on Thursday for the ‘Dacks to spend my birthday at camp. Hopefully the leaves will have begun to turn. Fall Fest, biking, maybe a hike, kayaking for sure, drinking – what more could I ask for? Yeah, life is good.

I'm rocking out to RHCP Stadium Arcadium. I am completely obsessed with Snow (Hey OH!).


"When will I know that I really can't go
To the well once more time to decide on
When it's killing me, when will I really see
All that I need to look inside
Come to believe that I better not leave
Before I get my chance to ride
When it's killing me, what do I really need
All that I need to look inside
Hey oh listen what I say oh, come back and
Hey oh look at what I say oh
The more I see the less I know
The more I like to let it go...hey oh, whoa
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover of another perfect wonder
And it's so white as snow
Running through a field where all my tracks will
Be concealed and there is nowhere to go."