52. People were asking me if I got a bluetiful sweatshirt and I thought they were all mispronouncing beautiful, but there really is an employee sweatshirt called BLUEtiful. It’s blue.
53. My manager showed me a special spot in a building facing the ocean that he called the ‘binoculars corner’. There are comfy chairs and binoculars you can use.
I zipped down my jacket and showed that I already had a pair of binoculars. He said ‘oh yours are better’
Then I told him about how I went to someone’s office just before that and she had a SCOPE SET UP FOR WHALES (that anyone visiting her could use)
54. Idea for a blog post title describing my new job going from tech to tech in an aquarium: From Monads to (Octopus) Gonads
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55. I just read an obituary for a stingray and it made me cry
56. I posted a question in Q&A ‘Will a science-y person tell me the name of this fish?’ (It was long spine combfish, and a director of animal operations personally responded)
Now people are saying they should change their job titles to ‘science-y person’
57. I just saw a video of a penguin and an otter getting eye drops
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/animal-training-enrichment
58. I met someone at work who said ‘I’ll be your whale watching friend, we can go any time’
Achievement unlocked!
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59. You might have missed this if you haven’t seen my other threads about Monterey. But here’s a sight and sound I see / hear on my way to work in the morning
60. here's an aquarium personality quiz from my workplace: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/exhibit-aesthetics-quiz