Yaay! The New England Aquarium in Boston accepted me as a summer intern in their Animal Medical Center! Validation! I am not useless! Exclamation mark!
In all seriousness, I’m really excited to be spending summer at the NEA. The stuff they do is really interesting, and the aquarium itself is pretty cool. It’s tiny compared to the Monteray Bay Aquarium back home, but they have pengiuns, jellies, sea turtles, and tons of fish (obviously). Plus, I really wanted to spend one undergrad summer in Boston, and this is my last one (omg).
On a related note, I’m interviewing to be a summer RA for Next House tomorrow. MIT has an RAA (resident associate advisor) program during the school year which pairs an undergrad with a professor to advise a group of freshmen for their first semester. I’ve always wanted to be an RAA, but have never been able to make the time commitment. Summer RAs are slightly different because there’s no academic aspect, but it’s still an awesome opportunity.
Random: I love falafel. So. Much.

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April 2, 2009 at 1:46 pm
crystaltricity
congrats christine! marine biology is so great!
April 2, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Jives
It’ll be great to see you around!
I’m sure you’ll end up appearing in the Rescue Blog at some point:
http://www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/blogs_webcams_videos_and_more/blogs/sea_turtle_rescue_blog/index.php
Or perhaps the Giant Ocean Tank Blog:
http://www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/blogs_webcams_videos_and_more/blogs/giant_ocean_tank_blog/2009/03/37-many-people-ask-do-fish-go-to-doctor.html
Best,
Jives
April 2, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Leeeeee
but you were supposed to come to berkeley and get tattooed and eat falafels with meeeeeeeeeeee :’(
i mean, aquarium! congrats! OMGJEALOUS.
April 2, 2009 at 9:18 pm
C
wheeeee! Congrats on your amazingly cool sounding internship. I love falafels too! Let’s go on a falafel eating date sometimes. :)
April 3, 2009 at 7:26 am
ytiffanie
aw christine congratulations please keep me updated on the penguins + jellies!
April 13, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Jenn
whoooooooo sounds awesome dude :) you’re gonna have a great summer ^^