Welcome to the University of Michigan Biological Station, better known as
bug camp.
While the population of biting black flies is down this year, probably because of a great number last year and El Nino, plenty of mosquitoes and flesh flies are expected later on in the summer. This is a great place to be.

This page will provide much useful and interesting information about

bug camp
and my life therein, as long as the workload isn't too heavy. Don't worry, think of it as summer camp with exams and worse food.




So far I have:

  1. Taken a surprisingly normal amount of showers
  2. Cried zero times
  3. Met some cute chicks
  4. Ytalked with joe who is at math camp
  5. Snorkled
  6. Got pectoral cramps from swimming in very cold water
  7. Became van certified
  8. Played aquatic ultimate
  9. Learned (ugh!) euchre
  10. Played "Kick-the-Can Hide-and-Go-Seek"
  11. Waded (in waders)
  12. Keyed!!!
  13. Raised a hootenanny
  14. Been an asshole! Yeah!
  15. Swinged. Swunged?
  16. Played terrestrial ultimate
  17. Kayaked
  18. Rewritten
  19. Tried to research an original topic for General Ecology
  20. Failed
  21. Tried to cultivate facial hair
  22. Shaved
  23. Hurt myself
  24. Twinkled like a madman
  25. Swung some more
  26. Skipped stones on two Great Lakes in the same day
  27. Pictured rocks
  28. Sugared islands
  29. TWENTY TWO pages on leeches!
  30. Sailed the seven Douglas Lake depressions with Pirate Cap'n Tim
  31. Donated one hundred and thirty four critters without backbones to the Museum
  32. Left
  33. General Ecology = A-
  34. Invertebrates = A+



Course Program
numbernamedescription
B 330Biology of Birdsbugs
B 331Natural History of Invertebratesbugs
B 381General Ecologybugs
B 431Ecology of Animal Parasitesbugs
B 442Biology of Insectsbugs
B 453Field Mammalogybugs that bear live young
B 457Algae in Freshwater Ecosystemsbugs
B 475Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Managementbugs
B 482Limnologywaterbugs
B 486Biology and Ecology of Fishesbugs
B 492Behavioral Ecologybugs
B 556Field Botany of Northern Michigangreen bugs
B 585Ecology of Streams and Riverswaterbugs
NR330Habitats and Organismsbugs

UMBS Cafeteria Recycling Program

Actually, it's more like human composting. I'd like to document as many alimentary atrocities as I can. According to Waggs, this is at least two cuts above the chow at East Quad. "It's not that bad," says Tim, a kafe kid. And they play Squirrel Nut Zippers in the dishroom.

mealbecomes
grits------->fried grits
macaroni & cheese------->macaroni & cheese with meat
baked potato------->potatoes in the vegetarian stew (that same evening)
beef tips------->beef tip soup
sandwich bar(it's just a sandwich bar! can you believe it?!)



Cynicisms

This is a list of some instructions I have thought of for dealing with personal interactions. They tend to take a dim view because, well, I've had some pretty dim experiences lately.

  1. What people say and do can be entirely different.
  2. No matter how comfortable you are in a situation, never, EVER say exactly what is on your mind.
  3. The way statements are meant and how they are taken can be entirely different.
  4. If you don't censor your feelings before they are revealed to the general public, the general public may become annoyed.
  5. Life Without Friendship is like Cake Without Icing: Kind of sweet, sometimes you're in the mood for it, but it really just doesn't compare to the package deal.
  6. All the bathrooms will be cleaned at the same time.
  7. Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone?

Work

Lookit, I actually produced some stuff this summer besides a web page! Read these UMBS papers written by me and learn something.