I am travelling back in time to when my Hawaiian adventure started. In truth, it is Thursday, June 12th, but these are the thoughts and ideas that I would have chronicled in the beginning if I wasn't such a slack-ass proscrastinator.
First off, let me set the context for this 'blog'. Somehow, I was selected to participate in the 2008 Summer Course in Microbial Oceanography at the University of Hawaii. This is a six-week laboratory-field training course for which all travel and lodging is provided along with a weekly stipend of ~$420. Apart from the obvious academic opportunity, I was also intrigued by the possibility of visiting the 7 National Park sites on the Hawaiian Islands. For those that are unaware, National Parks might be considered something of an obsession in my little world. Please refer to the complementary blog, NPU Adventures, for more information about this pursuit.
My goal is to provide some insight into my activities, both oceanographic and National Park-related, to friends and family who have given me the courtesy of acting like they care. For the first two weeks, I will provide themed summaries since I will be backlogging the entries. From here on out, I will try to update the blog on a daily basis, but I can't promise anything since we are in class or lab for 9 hours a day, 6 days a week. I don't pretend that what I say will be interesting, but Hawaii is certainly an interesting place so hopefully this 'blog' will be remotely entertaining.
2 comments:
Welcome to the internets!!
Congratulations on starting this up, it looks great already.
I'll pretend like this blog isn't in competition with http://npuadventures.blogspot.com/
I'll pretend that you will still post stuff there too...
I'll pretend like my feelings aren't hurt...
Just kiddin' keep it up, I can't wait to read of your adventures.
Oh, can I ask a favor? Would you mind making a quick post on NPUAdventures for each park realated post you make here? You don't need to add any content there (it would be redundant), but it would be really cool if you could just add a post THERE with
The Title
The Link (to your post here)
The Date
The right keywords (region info and stuff)
Then my feelings wouldn't be as hurt!
Frank doesn't usually allow me to participate in his blogs but since I haven't heard from him in a few days this is my only way to communicate. If anyone hears from him before I do, and I'm sure you will, let me know if he is still alive.
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