Today is September 6th, 2007 – Last tuesday August 28th, I took the initiative to crawl out of my cocoon-like bed at 4:30 in the morning in the hopes that I would get to witness the second (and last) lunar eclipse of the year. I wasn’t disappointed. Over the course of two hours, I watched the stationary-appearing moon turn blood orange and disappear behind the earth’s shadow. I also took pictures. Some are so good I may make a poster out of them.
Just as the eclipse began, the moon turned a bright orange color and began to slip behind the shadow of our planet.
The moon is vanishing!
The first week of classes has come and gone (so fast!) and I’m collecting my brains from the mad rush of the first seven days on campus. You see, Richmond is so good at giving you things to occupy your time that you want (or at least I wanted) to take advantage of the opportunities. That means, I had meetings every day of the week (sometimes more than once a day) and homework and classes and trying to eat and trying to sleep. Surprisingly, though, I am not exhausted. I am excited about the rest of the year. It looks like it should be a good one.
Only two days ago I submitted a short story to a magazine, so I’ll also have to keep you updated on the progress of that little gem (or piece of poo, whichever it happens to be).
I will be working as a greenhouse assistant for Dr. Hayden, a professor of biology, this semester so I have included pictures of the greenhouses when I take them. I am also a lab assistant for Introduction to chemistry and last night I had my first lab where we—I mean the students, hehe—worked through an experiment. It was fun…jogged a lot of information for me too!
Orchid Alley. They’re in full bloom tonight!
Okay, it’s not in focus, but this is my favorite flower in the greenhouse–the butterfly orchid. The first time I saw it I thought it was a bug! Pretty fantastic, huh?
Oh yeah, and I am JONESING for a movie. The Spider shuttle wasn’t available this weekend, so I couldn’t go, but I’m going to try to see Shoot ‘Em Upstarring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti this weekend.
Will write later!
Preserve and create,
Jordan
Quote of the week:
“When are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.” – Stockard Channing, Practical Magic
