Welcome everyone into the month of March!

Well...school is ALMOST half over. Spring break is March 20th-24th. That'll be the middle of the semester. I'm doing okay this semester. Struggling a little in Bio and ESSP 280 (which is split into two parts -- the first half being econ). Statistics, Bio lab, and ASL are all going fine. I'm still not enjoying most of my classes this semester. Didn't help that I've had a cold for about two weeks now, but I just keep pluggin' along.

Last Saturday I volunteered at the National Ocean Science Bowl aka "Otter Bowl." I was a "rules judge." I basically made sure all procedures were observed and such. There was also a science judge, moderator, score keeper, and time keeper. It was pretty fun. My group was a nice lot and we had fun.

For those that don't know, the Otter Bowl is like a decathalon. They have a 6 minute "Toss-up question" period that various team members can buzz in to answer. Then there's two team challenge questions that the team members work together to answer in a given amount of time (varying between 2-5 minutes). Lastly, there's another 6 minute toss-up question period.

The team that won was undeafted through ALL the rounds. And that's a LOT of rounds. It was like 12 rounds or something. I was volunteering at the Otter Bowl from 8am-7:30pm. There was about an hour for lunch and an hour for dinner. With the double elimination periods, I was "working" for a good majority of that time.

Well, I do believe that is all for now.