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So, after a super long evening of driving, I just had my first meeting with all the people at the Indiana University Geology Building. My initial thought upon getting to the meeting room was "Holy Shit am I really doing this?". Ha, I am feeling pretty intimidated right now about the work ahead. Though to be fair I can't really know what's in store. The books they handed out at the meeting are pretty comprehensive and fairly detailed on the Geology of the West. The head honcho should prove to be quite a character. He had a flannel short sleeve button up on with a ridiculous mustache to boot. Not to mention that he had on Sam Nellis type "pedophile glasses" you know the ones with huge lenses and the silver wire frame. The group I am traveling with seems pretty diverse. Happily there are about 5 or 6 people from the MD/DC area going. So in honor of this todays musical selection must be from Wale, my favorite and only successful DMV area rapper.

Wale - Chillin' featuring Lady Gaga.

The weather is pretty nice out in Bloomington. However, the sun is still beating down on you at 7pm which is crazy. A nice cool breeze does wonders to cool you down.

I am really thankful that due to a crazy turn of events last night, I left for Indiana earlier than 4am. This allowed me to watch the USA men's national soccer team soar to new heights. Not. After witnessing a historic 2-nil advantage at halftime, the men fell to Brazil 3-2. Big Bummer.

In other news, there is this old bike tire out back behind the Geology Building that legend has it has been there for a decade.

And lastly, there is an early candidate for smarty pants/ annoying question asker already in the group. In what was only a 30 minute meet and greet, this black haired woman managed to find time to ask 3 utterly unimportant questions.

I am off to somewhere in Iowa tomorrow. Not sure when I'll be able to update again but I will be logging entries until I can get back online.