The [Butterfly] Garden of Eden

Today has been one of the most interesting days since I started at UF this fall. First of all let me point out that the high today was 79º and the low was 39º, point being that the weather is amazing. Anyways, there was a "poster session" at the Florida Museum of Natural History which counted for extra credit, and while I might have gone for the wrong reasons, I did throughly enjoy it. One of the posters I read about had something to do with mitochondria and Brownian motion, I guess the lab had disproved the common conception that mitochondria moved in a linear fasion. Or at least in this particular marine analid. Even while hardly understanding half of the poster, I was impressed and curious.

After reading a couple more posters, I found out that the Butterfly Garden was free for the day, because of the poster session, so Mike, Steve, and I wandered through the Garden. Let me tell you, the Butterfly garden on a regular day is nice, the Butterfly Garden on a day with temperatures in the 60's is the equivalent of the Garden of Eden.

While at the poster session, I realized that I had a paper due tuesday for my "Science For Life" class so when I got home (and woke up from my nap) I started browsing the database of professors and found a Dr. H. J. Brockmann who studies Animal Behavior, and while reading through her web pages I decided that I wanted to work in her lab, so I sent her an email asking if she wanted an undergraduate and a copy of my resume so hopefully I can get a job in a lab.