barnacles!!!

sooo im in florida and have successfully survived my first semester of grad school!  last night i was awoken by a nightmare.. i went to parking services to buy an evening parking permit for the admin garage, but was refused as i was no longer enrolled at stony brook due to my two D's.  i hope to god and buddha and allah and christ and anyone else who gives a rat's ass that this is not an omen...  i am still awaiting 3/4 grades.

barnacles on the underside of the dock at low tide

i got these pictures a bit precariously.. and am actually a bit terrified of barnacles and their inherent sharpness

the pelican swam by and looked back as if to say "wtf are you doing hanging halfway off the dock??"