Aloha!

So, I totally lied and didn't end up blogging at all when I was living in Los Angeles, but really, you all didn't miss much. Besides, the majority of you (if not all of you) were there with me. It's okay. I suppose I could have turned my boring lab job into a series of entertaining stories, but it essentially boiled down to me at a fume hood, pouring acid into plastic containers and then heating said containers for hours on end.

I suppose I could also blog about the last few months and my adventures in Israel, Jordan, Norway and Sweden, but again, many of you already know those tales. Perhaps I shall put them in later, but don't hold your breath for them, they're only slightly more likely than A Day in the Life of a Kirin Teacher: Part 2.

But now I'm on the move again, living it up in Hawaii with the turtles. So I think it's time to start again, especially since I'll have way more internet than I had on the boat.

Oh, also, I think I'm Halley now, rather than Kirin. It looks like blogger wants you to know my true identity after all.

As far as things to say about Hawaii so far, I suppose this will merely be an information post. I'm living in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (my home has the word volcano in it, how cool is that???) and working on the Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project. That means that I am now officially a turtle girl. That's my job title dudes (not really). I'm living in a house with nine other people and am heading out for six days of camping on the beach as of tomorrow afternoon.

I hope you all don't mind me switching from kirin42 to this, but I like being able to play with the layout and I can now put pictures into posts, which I think is pretty cool. I know Vagabond Tree Hugger is a little silly as far as titles go, but you guys know I'm kind of a hippie anyway. I haven't decided if I really like the background or think I've overdone it a bit. Let me know what you think.