Seasonal variability in temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrients content in the San Juan Channel in Fall, 2007

The most horrible moment of this quarter: “You’re a great speaker but that’s not worth anything because you didn’t make any sense. No one understood your presentation”
The most wonderful moment of this quarter: “Teddy, you totally nailed that. You did a fantastic job. I can tell you this time: EVERYONE understood that.”

Thank you thank you thank you JN. I am a better scientist now because of you, better than I ever would have been. It’s possible.

I don’t think I’ll ever be the same in many ways after this apprenticeship. My standards are higher for my approach as a scientist, my professional attitude, how much sense a paper has to make, how to use data, how to gather data and how to be a person in general. Now I go into the wilds of a science career, my pipetter in one hand and my guitar in the other. And I’m going to get paid for it!

My paper, to be bound and immortalized in the FHL library forever and ever and ever. Oh god.