So I could be working on an Essay...

Or I could update my blog.

Yesterday, Angie and I met with Marc to finalize our idea for our project and iron out details of asking for permission to work on the dig/use images from the Archeological Park etc. It was a productive meeting, and I feel like I have a much better idea of what our project actually is and who will benefit. I had been a little confused about the logistics of who controlled what at the site where we are working. Apparently at this park there is a museum and an already excavated site that are open for the public. Over to the side of the park, there is a NatGeo funded dig. NatGeo is extremely jealous of the information it gathers so the finds from the dig are going to be pretty hush-hush until they are ready to publish. The pamphlet that Angie and I are putting together will only include information from the museum.

That evening I met with my Bio class (all five of us) to design a lab for Wednesday. We are comparing tyrosinase and DOPA reaction rates in Apples, Bananas and Avocados at room temperature and kept cool. Yep. That will be lab...

Bio lecture was pretty interesting this morning. We learned about cowbirds, an invasive species of bird that takes over the nests of other birds, knocks the original eggs out of the nest and replaces them with their eggs. Then the other bird parents end up raising the cowbirds young as their own. The study we were looking at involved warblers, I want to say. They were 1/2 the size of the cowbirds, so they were not able to keep up with the nutrient demand of the cowbird and their own health. There population was declining so some biologist did some biological stuff and fixed the problem (if you want technical details, let me know, and I will get those to you).

In History/JINS we finished up the discipline presentations. Again, it was cool to see what other people are studying, why and how. We also managed to waste quite a bit of time talking about our blogs and finals. I think there's a possibility we're going to try to publish a book about this trip as a class, but I don't know if that was actually decided. We'll see...

In other news, I got a very early (2 weeks early) birthday present today. My friend Tony sent me a Yale shoot glass :). I was pretty excited because I bought him a Truman shot glass for his 21st birthday in September and then realized I didn't actually own a shot glass myself. But now I do, and it is prestigious. Also, we are having a potluck tomorrow to get to know each other a little better. That will be fun.

Blast, I am now out of stuff to say so it is off to work on my scintillating essay.