Thursday, July 10, 2008

NZ Video I

Since I have been back in the states, my life has certainly returned to the hectic and rushed nature of this country. I have had no lack of activity since being home. I work 40hrs a week in a theoretical botany lab at the University of Michigan, while taking a poetry class to fulfill humanities credits to graduate in December, and have spent the weekends playing drums, attending the Michigan Energy Fair in Onekama, parading and camping in Connecticut. I feel a bit flustered not having quite readjusted to the speed of all this activity, but I can remember how I once did it, and am slowly reigning in on sanity.

This is the first video in the promised series from New Zealand. Just before we arrived in Kaikoura, we pulled over on the side of the road to observe this flurry of natural activity that is a seal colony. Enjoy!

[Hint: Pause is a very good tool to get a chance look at something you think is exceptionally picturesque, although the quality of the video is far from exceptional.]