I went on a sweet scuba trip this quarter. We had our share of unfortunate circumstances, but it all worked out alright!

We drove out Wednesday afternoon, but a huge wreck in the mountain passes kept us from arriving at Rosario until 1:30 in the morning! We slept in our cabins until late morning and then started our training. Lots of talking and then time to gear up! Sadly, there were not enough wetsuits in my size, so we went to a nearby dive shop to rent. They didn't have enough either. Thus, I ended up wearing a small woman's suit. It didn't quite fit right and after about 20 minutes it flat out hurt, but I did look pretty sexy :)

The second day was a lot better - more fish, plants, and we hit 50ft instead of just 20 from the first day. I even got to borrow a fancy underwater camera (eventually I get those pictures)! Now that it is warm and sunny outside, it's easy to forget that it was snowing as we got into the frigid water.

Anyways, I loved the experience and it only gets better from here - better visibility, warmer water, more wildlife, etc.

My good friend Yong just cooked up a beautiful Korean meal Sat. night for some friends! Hot Kimchi, rice, soups, and tea - lots of fun! So that's Mexican, German, and Korean. I think African and South American are next on the list...

I'd had my eye on the movie "300" for a while. It caught my interest because it was based on a graphic novel and it was historical. I didn't have high expectations, but went to the midnight showing last Thursday. I was quite pleasantly surprised - a solid entertaining movie that got some of the main facts right! Even better, a bunch of crazy college students were dressed up, driving around the parking lot at the cinema, and yelling. Basically being macho. Almost as entertaining as the movie.
300 is a retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans held a pivotal pass through the mountains for several days against Xerxes and his Persian army. There are a wide range of estimates on the size of the army - Herodotus claimed 2.6 million, but even at modern conservative estimates of more than 200,000 the odds weren't pretty. King Leonidas and his small group of soldiers delayed long enough for the rest of Sparta and Greece to assemble forces and effectively defend against the Persians. An epic story to say the least.

I love Friday. It's the end of homework for the week, it's the beginning of Sabbath, and it means Ultimate Frisbee! From 2 - 5, a few dozen of us play some hardcore frisbee. I've played few other games with such a positive, upbeat, team attitude the whole time. Everyone is out to have fun and get some fresh air.Enough of me talking. Here are some pictures as well as a link to more (thanks to Adam White).Aside from Frisbee, it was also a lot of fun playing games at Amy's apartment as well as geocaching at 2 in the morning around town ;)

More on the scuba trip later, but I've gotta put up a nice shot or two from Rosario where we stayed... Such a great sunset!

There was also an amazing moonrise last night up in the hills near Walla Walla - I had some fun with a long shutter speed! No photoshop.

Red hair pretty sweet on Michelle - I couldn't resist showing off a little :P I just wish I was around to enjoy it in person, though...