took the day to remember the talented, fashionable, and all-around lovely vanessa pham.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
nymphaeaceae, vallisneria, potamogeton, oh my!
FRIDAY
We have a new Lodge Lab Field Technician! His name's Ricky, and he'll be here through August helping with all of the intense sampling we're going to be doing. Yay! It's pretty cool having such a complete lab now because we can form some pretty great ultimate frisbee teams ;)
SATURDAY
I baked my first ~real~ german chocolate cake! It was for Ashley's birthday, and I know that she likes chocolate and coconut. It was a challenge (and a bit expensive) buying all of the ingredients from the store instead of just a cake mix (unbleached flour, buttermilk, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract, pecans, coconut, etc.) but now I can do so much baking! It Will Happen! And the frosting was sooooo good omnomnom.
To celebrate, we all hung out in A Apartment, and at one point there were four ukes being played! so wonderful!! I ended up getting the chords for Happy Birthday, so three of us attempted to play and sing when it was time for singing, but it wasn't very successful. oh well, it can only get better.
SUNDAY
plant workshop! ashley's boyfriend, eric/k, is incredibly knowledeable on plants (it's his thing) so we went snorkeling for plants and every so often stopped to talk about what we were collecting. then at the end we put them in different bins to compare and practice identifying. I don't think that I've got it all completely down by name, but it was helpful to hear the words and start recognizing the families. We need to know this stuff because in a few weeks we're going to be doing lake surveys on 10 different lakes as a follow-up to an experiment that was carried out 10 years ago. unfortunately, we won't have eric/k with us since he was just visiting, so it'll be all up to us (and our guidebooks!)
We have a new Lodge Lab Field Technician! His name's Ricky, and he'll be here through August helping with all of the intense sampling we're going to be doing. Yay! It's pretty cool having such a complete lab now because we can form some pretty great ultimate frisbee teams ;)
SATURDAY
I baked my first ~real~ german chocolate cake! It was for Ashley's birthday, and I know that she likes chocolate and coconut. It was a challenge (and a bit expensive) buying all of the ingredients from the store instead of just a cake mix (unbleached flour, buttermilk, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract, pecans, coconut, etc.) but now I can do so much baking! It Will Happen! And the frosting was sooooo good omnomnom.
To celebrate, we all hung out in A Apartment, and at one point there were four ukes being played! so wonderful!! I ended up getting the chords for Happy Birthday, so three of us attempted to play and sing when it was time for singing, but it wasn't very successful. oh well, it can only get better.
SUNDAY
plant workshop! ashley's boyfriend, eric/k, is incredibly knowledeable on plants (it's his thing) so we went snorkeling for plants and every so often stopped to talk about what we were collecting. then at the end we put them in different bins to compare and practice identifying. I don't think that I've got it all completely down by name, but it was helpful to hear the words and start recognizing the families. We need to know this stuff because in a few weeks we're going to be doing lake surveys on 10 different lakes as a follow-up to an experiment that was carried out 10 years ago. unfortunately, we won't have eric/k with us since he was just visiting, so it'll be all up to us (and our guidebooks!)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
pics on the way
FIELD 930 - 8
Papoose, High, Big Lakes
pics/mayb even some vids are on the way! the internet is incredibly slow tonight so I'll post them hopefully tomorrow.
today's tasks:
- native crayfish container checking in the three lakes
- collected snails (my favorite!!)
- set fyke nets in Big
Things I can now add to my Resume:
- boat usage: launch, steering, general care of Big Jon. trailer skillz.
- YSI water monitor
- fish collection: sein netting, fyke netting
- animal care: adult and young-of-year rusty crayfish, bluegills
Papoose, High, Big Lakes
pics/mayb even some vids are on the way! the internet is incredibly slow tonight so I'll post them hopefully tomorrow.
today's tasks:
- native crayfish container checking in the three lakes
- collected snails (my favorite!!)
- set fyke nets in Big
Things I can now add to my Resume:
- boat usage: launch, steering, general care of Big Jon. trailer skillz.
- YSI water monitor
- fish collection: sein netting, fyke netting
- animal care: adult and young-of-year rusty crayfish, bluegills
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
one week later
LAB 9-2
FIELD 2:30 - 9:30
I just had an incredible conversation with a temporary roommate we had here in B2, Kim T. Kim is a post-doc who is researching at Chapman, and travelled here for a few days with her colleague, Steve, to collect research supplies. We talked about science, what biology means, when exactly is it that you become A Scientist. We talked about her past when she attended Chapman for undergrad as well, where she studied nudibranches (!) and coral reef ecology with Dr. Wright, and her experiences doing her master's in Japan. She was telling me about how she got so far along in her scientific career was basically due to the fact that she just wanted to keep learning, and didn't really know what she wanted to do. Also, I think it's time for a biostats class.
There are days when I'm here that I'm really excited to be A Scientist, but there are times when I can't help but think how intimidating it all is, and is this the direction I really want to go? Writing grants and building crayfish containers? Although, I gotta say. I'm getting pretty good at using a drill and the whole visiting a hardware store thing.
Today's Tasks:
- Buoy construction
- Crayfish feeding experiments @ Trout Lake w/Ashley. First mortality.
- Supposed to set fyke nets in Tenderfoot, ended up just walking through it instead.
Also, I took my camera out today for the first time! I'll upload some pics hopefully tomorrow.
FIELD 2:30 - 9:30
I just had an incredible conversation with a temporary roommate we had here in B2, Kim T. Kim is a post-doc who is researching at Chapman, and travelled here for a few days with her colleague, Steve, to collect research supplies. We talked about science, what biology means, when exactly is it that you become A Scientist. We talked about her past when she attended Chapman for undergrad as well, where she studied nudibranches (!) and coral reef ecology with Dr. Wright, and her experiences doing her master's in Japan. She was telling me about how she got so far along in her scientific career was basically due to the fact that she just wanted to keep learning, and didn't really know what she wanted to do. Also, I think it's time for a biostats class.
There are days when I'm here that I'm really excited to be A Scientist, but there are times when I can't help but think how intimidating it all is, and is this the direction I really want to go? Writing grants and building crayfish containers? Although, I gotta say. I'm getting pretty good at using a drill and the whole visiting a hardware store thing.
Today's Tasks:
- Buoy construction
- Crayfish feeding experiments @ Trout Lake w/Ashley. First mortality.
- Supposed to set fyke nets in Tenderfoot, ended up just walking through it instead.
Also, I took my camera out today for the first time! I'll upload some pics hopefully tomorrow.
Monday, June 20, 2011
weekend updates
what a lovely weekend!
SATURDAY
- morning grocery shopping
- afternoon p90x yoga
- hammock loungin' on property w/ Carol (an undergrad from UVA who works on the cascade project and lives in Ward) and knotted friendship bracelets.
- ultimate frisbee
- casino! I didn't win a ton of money, but since it was my birthday week, and now that I'm a Superior member, I got $15 promotional dollars to play with. I could only use it on certain machines that were less likely to win, but I still left with $10 in my pocket! but I had also given my apartment mate Katie $1 to play on the machine next to me, and she ended up spinning a bonus round which lead to her getting 3 mermaids in a row which lead to her winning $50!!! we were hysterically yelling as the credits kept goin' up and rockets (on screen) were shooting in the air. She gave me the $1 I had given her back :)
SUNDAY
I joined the undergrads who are here for a 6cr class on their field trip to an Ojibwe village, a re-creation of the historical reservations. Nick Hawkings and his wife created the village 19 years ago and it has been visited by many scholars and referenced for museums like the National Museum of the American Indian. It's been cool to be so engrossed in so much native culture, apparently four of the undergrads are 1/4 -- 1/2 native and they were all very open discussing their cultures. I've never been so exposed to hearing about so much native culture.
After we got back, I did go to hang out at the Taj by myself for the first time, which was nice, but not overwhelmingly awesome. We played pool with our feet and watched a fairly strange HBO show titled "Game of Thrones." I'm glad we don't have a tv in our apartment.
MONDAY
Joined the undergrad class again for their field trip to the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Comission office in Odanah, WI. This agency works with the 11 native tribes to protect and enforce the treaty rights granted to natives when they gave their land during the 1800s. I learned a lot about how the tribes work in relationship with the government, and how it is the native's right, not privilege, granted to hunt and fish. but even though they have that right, it is not an unlimited free for all to hunt & fish. To ensure ecosystem survival, there are still limits as to just how much anyone is allowed to take from the lakes/forests, and the GLIFWC communicates and regulates between the 11 tribes to ensure that over-fishing/hunting won't destroy a population. Pretty interesting stuff. It makes me want to take the Native American culture course offered at Virginia Tech.
SATURDAY
- morning grocery shopping
- afternoon p90x yoga
- hammock loungin' on property w/ Carol (an undergrad from UVA who works on the cascade project and lives in Ward) and knotted friendship bracelets.
- ultimate frisbee
- casino! I didn't win a ton of money, but since it was my birthday week, and now that I'm a Superior member, I got $15 promotional dollars to play with. I could only use it on certain machines that were less likely to win, but I still left with $10 in my pocket! but I had also given my apartment mate Katie $1 to play on the machine next to me, and she ended up spinning a bonus round which lead to her getting 3 mermaids in a row which lead to her winning $50!!! we were hysterically yelling as the credits kept goin' up and rockets (on screen) were shooting in the air. She gave me the $1 I had given her back :)
SUNDAY
I joined the undergrads who are here for a 6cr class on their field trip to an Ojibwe village, a re-creation of the historical reservations. Nick Hawkings and his wife created the village 19 years ago and it has been visited by many scholars and referenced for museums like the National Museum of the American Indian. It's been cool to be so engrossed in so much native culture, apparently four of the undergrads are 1/4 -- 1/2 native and they were all very open discussing their cultures. I've never been so exposed to hearing about so much native culture.
After we got back, I did go to hang out at the Taj by myself for the first time, which was nice, but not overwhelmingly awesome. We played pool with our feet and watched a fairly strange HBO show titled "Game of Thrones." I'm glad we don't have a tv in our apartment.
MONDAY
Joined the undergrad class again for their field trip to the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Comission office in Odanah, WI. This agency works with the 11 native tribes to protect and enforce the treaty rights granted to natives when they gave their land during the 1800s. I learned a lot about how the tribes work in relationship with the government, and how it is the native's right, not privilege, granted to hunt and fish. but even though they have that right, it is not an unlimited free for all to hunt & fish. To ensure ecosystem survival, there are still limits as to just how much anyone is allowed to take from the lakes/forests, and the GLIFWC communicates and regulates between the 11 tribes to ensure that over-fishing/hunting won't destroy a population. Pretty interesting stuff. It makes me want to take the Native American culture course offered at Virginia Tech.
Friday, June 17, 2011
skills I learned today
- how to use a PVC pipe cutter
- increasing knowledge of drill usage
- silicone glue
LAB 9-5, 730-1030
today I built the aquaria for my bluegill experiment, filling in pvc pipes splitting in upper and bottom halves. In the evening, Bradley and I went to Trout Lake with Ashley to feed her crayfish Afterwards we went to Ward for fun tiems.
- increasing knowledge of drill usage
- silicone glue
LAB 9-5, 730-1030
today I built the aquaria for my bluegill experiment, filling in pvc pipes splitting in upper and bottom halves. In the evening, Bradley and I went to Trout Lake with Ashley to feed her crayfish Afterwards we went to Ward for fun tiems.
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