Women's Day

The woman I appreciated today was Janis Joplin, a very famous blues and rock singer born 1943. Like many rockstars she died at the age of 27. Not before leaving behind an immensely inspiring and powerful legacy. Hailed as one of the greatest singers of all time, her career took her from her first recording in 1962 to performing at Woodstock 7 years later. Joplin has had an effect on anyone who has ever thought of dabbling into music. Especially my girlfriend, who follows a very similar trend, starting with listening to old old blues musicians, picking up a guitar and letting it carry you away. My favorite quote would be one from her highschool days, "I was a misfit. I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers".

Sarah Blog 2/25

It isn't hard to deny the US was a white supremacist country. It was true, white owned and abused black for a very long time. I don't it still is supremacist. I believe enough generations have passes that people are incredibly more accepting.
I don't have evidence. It's an opinion. As far as I know, it's the truth.

Internship #16

This internship held a great deal of personal weight. In some way I feel that it was luck that I re-encountered these feelings of fascination and wonder from my childhood. I learned a lot about what I need to do, want to do and will do for my future.

Internship #15

I've been learning about dozens of kinds of marine animals, but one of the most fascinating is the mollusc. One of the first kinds of life, molluscs date to the Pre-cambrian era arpund 500 million years! Today molluscs range from a common sea snail, to the collosal squid, cuttlefish and chambered nautilus shown above. Maybe I'm just a geek but the history of these animals is immense and they can tell us much about the past. They truly fascinate me.

Internship #13

These jaws belong to Megalodon. A shark that lived over 20 million years ago. A massive predator that went extinct millions of years before humans took over the planet. When I see things like this it allows me to see in perspective. That life was struggling and evolving for hundreds of millions of years, but in the course of a few thousand, humans took over. It's an eye opener for how signifigant and sudden our impact was.

Stereolepis Gigas, the giant sea bass. A once mighty and plentiful creature. Now endangered. One bass can live to 75 years, weigh over 600 pounds. With it's size came its sport value. Within the course of 40 years they were fished nearly to extinction. Humans have a weight to every action we take. We took far too many of them and they almost disappeared, we created marine reserves and their numbers are replenishing. Every action we take makes a difference. I know that now.

This is a shot of La Jolla shores. When I see this I think of what it must have been like thousands of years before people changed it. I imagine it without the hotel and roads. I am grateful that it is still in the condition that is, but I believe everyone can learn something from contemplating the earth's condition without Man's existance.

Internship #12

In one day, I normally only work directly with 2 to 3 people. Indirectly, if I do my job correctly, I'll be helping any person who uses my powerpoints.

If I am directly working with someone I will most likely be helping in a class, or setting one up.

Hopefully my work will help future volunteers understand the classes. The better the classes run, the more the kids learn. So maybe I'm helping kids

internship #11

This week I spent most of my time at my desk editing powerpoints together, but a couple times per day I sat in on classes and would take pictures. I enjoyed helping out and watching kids learn about the sea. It was a memorable week. I started re reading my biology books and had a lot of fun.