gone fishin'...

well i'm off to Lake Huron for a 'research cruise' for my job at USGS...should be a nice change from my lab job of counting/measuring/digitally analyzing fish eggs. yeah, this is why i can keep up with emails almost to the minute on some days. anyway, we're supposed to get a lot of fishes, some of which i have not previously seen in the wild, which should be cool. it will be my first field mission on one of the Great Lakes, as all my previous research at Michigan has been in river systems (primarily) and wetland systems.

as usual, i have plenty of stuff to talk about, but virtually no time to do so. this past week has involved a couple bollywood parties at The Tank, the previous week's 'carnivore cook-out' (courtesy of the omaha steaks i got as a groomsman gift for Cryder's wedding), and a couple movie reviews and social outings. yeah, may as well leave it to future bullets and pictures, because the month of august is already filling up. oh, and it's set...the family is taking a weekend vacation (that means all of us together) to chicago in mid-august. yeah, that will be nuts. and our new york conference in september is shaping up to be a potentially epic adventure (damon/james/myself already signed up for the 5k...so i better get a little bit of running in at some point).

alright, that's all for now; i promise the next entry will be more substantial (therefore more of the usual asinine commentary, pics, randomness). peace out kids <:><

music:

"Take a Picture" - Filter

"Chanda Chamke" - Fanaa soundtrack

random pic:


bollywood party at The Tank (second that week) we watched 'dil chahta hai'...which was definitely different from 'dhoom' (the previous party's film selection). commentry to follow in an upcoming quotes entry. rakhi and priya were back in town for a few days to move out of their apartment, and we crammed as much craziness as possible into a relatively brief time. good times.