small world!!

i was at mike's house the other week and for some reason i thought to mention that i was entering the 5 gyres contest. he perked up a bit and went to another room and came back with the book plastic ocean asking if i'd read it. coincidentally i hadn't read it, but did own it, and in fact had even held up the book in my video, haha! here's the crazy part. mike's neighbor wrote the book. and mike is mentioned in it. and the reason mike knows much about gyres in general is cause he was with the author when he first like "discovered" the "garbage patch."

amazing cool!

since then mike has been EXTRA amazing. he wrote the nicest things on fb reminding people to vote. and he even talked to author captain moore about me to see if he had room for me on his next trip with his own organization: algalita marine research institute. the last few years i've really come to love mike. he's is always supportive and i have always so appreciated his giving me the chance to run the steering program all those years ago. he's taught me so much and i've really come to think of him as my mentor. :) so lucky to know him!