SharkLady - Kari J. Dammerman

Hey everyone! My name is Kari and I am a college student with the goal to travel all over the world. I'm currently back in Juneau for my last semester at the University of Alaska Southeast (whoohoo...graduation on May 9th). I am an undergraduate student working on a degree in Marine Biology and a minor in Anthropology. I am a big sports fan who loves animals (mainly sharks), scuba diving, and loves water in general. I love traveling and taking pictures of all of my adventures with my Olympus digital camera. I hope you all enjoy my blog and send me an email if you have any questions or comments!

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By SharkLady
January 29th 2010

down to the earth i fell, with dripping wings, heavy things won't fly...that's why i prefer a sunless sky North America » United States » Alaska » Juneau

Sunshine Cove on a beautiful Friday afternoon

It's a Friday here in Juneau and I of course am procrastinating and not doing my homework, listening to this ridiculous song that I feel has symbolized my life over the past year. Nina Gordon, Tonight and For the Rest of My Life. It's comforting in the silence though as my apartment is empty...only for the next half hour or so and I refuse to do my homework. I've always hated doing homework on Fridays. And since my primers for my DNA research have not come in yet, I am not in the lab, spending my afternoon with a guy who [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
January 18th 2010

reinvention... North America » United States » Alaska » Juneau

Eaglecrest, bright and early this morning

There's come a time in our life when we must take a deep breath, examine the world around us, and change the things that we have been dissatisfied with... Well, my past couple of weeks back here stateside have definitely consisted of this theme as I have engaged in many new firsts and am way excited for what else is to come. They're not necessarily amazing firsts...just different, new, and exciting. One of the best new ones was today -- my first time at Eaglecrest. I know, I know, it seems like a sin living in Juneau for almost five years [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
January 5th 2010

my family and friends in pictures: these accompany my last entry North America » United States » Idaho » Lewiston

Just the kids (minus April)

Since I finally just acquired these pictures from Christmas, I had to share them all with you too. My beautiful family and friends - Idaho 2009. See the previous entry for more details but we got together with my Momma's friend Ladonna and her kids that we all grew up with - Tony, Brandy, Linda, and Danielle. And Mom, Mandi, and I took pictures with them. Then my Japanese friend came to see me!! And some family shots near Christmas. It was a great Christmas break, even though I have become as pale as a ghost. hehe!! And on a side [View Full Entry]

My "sisters:" Mandi, Linda, and Brandy all with me

By SharkLady
January 1st 2010

reconnection, a beautiful christmas, and an awesome new year: let's see what 2010 brings!! North America » United States » Alaska » Juneau

Welcome to Kendrick, Idaho! Revisiting my old town...

It is 2010. Can you believe it?!? I find it pretty hard to believe at times. And yet it felt very exciting last night as I spent my first ever new years here in Juneau, Alaska. I've been back here for about two days, a return that I was actually quite dreading, but has gone pretty well so far. This is actually my first blog entry from the states since last August and so much has happened since then! Some days, the past summer seem like a whole lifetime away. Almost like a vague dream that happened so long ago, it's [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
December 21st 2009

Ha det bra, Norway: my semester above the Arctic Circle Europe » Norway » Nord-Norge » Bodø

Libby, me, Eugenia, and Shirley

Dear Norway, Today, this morning, is my last morning here in your little city above the Arctic Circle. These four months have gone by quite quickly haven't they? It has been a very interesting time and first off I want to say thank you for all that you have done for me lately. You see, I spent most of my time here dreaming of home, grieving for the Mendenhall Towers that I had left behind, and it was only a little while ago that I looked out over at your mountains and felt that same feeling of comfort that the ones [View Full Entry]

My desk in my flat, I'm a post-it-note fanatic

By SharkLady
December 14th 2009

Stockholm: Land of Ingrid Bergman, IKEA, Abba, Garbo, and so much more! Europe » Sweden » Stockholm County » Stockholm

The Ingrid biography I picked up

Yay, I am ALL done with finals and since the tests are FINALLY over, I can finally update this blog which I've wanted to do ever since I got back, but got a little bombarded with the studying. So after Copenhgagen, I arrived in Stockholm around 1pm and was so exhausted, barely able to keep my eyes open until I saw the Swedish welcoming pictures of famous people at the airport. And when I passed Ingrid Bergman's welcome picture at the end, I was snapped awake and really excited to go "tramping" (of the traveling kind, not the sexual...lol) around Stockholm. [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
December 12th 2009

There's something rotten in the state of Denmark! Europe » Denmark » Region Hovedstaden » Copenhagen

Den Lille Havfrue, The Little Mermaid

Wow, can't believe that it is December 12th and I have finished all of my traveling within Europe during this fall semester. It has been quite a semester and quite a time in my life. And this last adventure had some key excitements to it that made it totally worth the lack of sleep, going solo to one city, and just getting away from Bodo. Well first off, I should point out kind of a strange coincidence that happened here the night before I left. For most of us international students, we had our Norwegian Language final on Wednesday, December 2nd [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
December 9th 2009

the one that said, "Life is a party" Europe » Norway » Nord-Norge » Bodø

This entry is not about traveling, it's not about the things I've done over the past week or the new friends I've made or the laughs we have shared. It's about an old event, an old friend, one that passed away exactly 2 years and 3 days ago today. And when the date was pointed out to me earlier this afternoon, I just stopped and stared. I wasn't home, I was in Sweden on the actual anniversary of her death, but on that day (Sunday), I didn't know the date or the time or have any plans. I still thought it [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
November 30th 2009

An American Thanksgiving in Norway, Snow, Stars, Good Friends, and a Sad Goodbye... Europe » Norway » Nord-Norge » Bodø

The dinner table!

So I am a little behind in my updates, but last Thursday was Thanksgiving and it was by far the best day here in Bodo. It didn't start of so well as I just got agitated by some things of the past and it ruined most of the first half of my day. It just got me thinking too much and feeling bad about things. But around 4pm, when the people started showing up and I was running around helping Libby and Destinee get everything set up, that's when the day improved to become one of the best I've had since [View Full Entry]

By SharkLady
November 29th 2009

London to Bath: 5 Days of Pure Bliss in the U.K. (Part 2) Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

Wicked at the Apollo Victoria in London

Continuation from Part One... After an awesome day of sightseeing, I returned to my hostel to shower and get ready. Sadly, all of my roommates had checked out so I wasn't sure when or if I would be getting new ones. And then my phone started going off, reminding me that my GRE scores were available. So I went and got a Global Card, went to the nearest pay phone, and dialed in to America to check my scores. A definite improvement but not amazing - 1040 (better than my 910 before) with a 630 on the quantitative which will look [View Full Entry]

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