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Sunday, April 7, 2002. 12:07 a.m.
I'm baaaaaack! I had such a great week in Fort Lauderdale. Every day was fabulous. It flew by so quickly I can't even recall how I made it back to Brandeis in any detail. We were all so tired by the time we got to the airport in Ft. Lauderdale that the whole time we spent in transit is little more than a blur. The week if still fresh in my mind though and I have the sunburns to keep reminding me. Ironically, I only burned on the first and last days of the week, and only on the last day because were spent the entire day on a fishing boat. I fried despite multiple applications of SPF 30 sunscreen.
Anyway. I am exhausted, so I am off to bed now and will hopefully remember to set my clock ahead... :( I am REALLY going to miss that hour...
Sunday, March 31, 2002. 10:45 p.m.
I'm back at Brandeis for a brief lay-over before heading out to Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow morning at some painfully early hour. I am very excited but I'm also a tad bored. Eddie Murphy as Dr. Dolittle is entertaining, but not twice in a row. I'm just hanging out, packing and doing laundry. What fun.
So since this is the last opportunity I will have to blog until I return from Florida... I'm blogging. But I don't really have anything interesting to say.
I want hot cocoa. :) I am going to make myself some right now.
Wednesday, March 27, 2002. 06:18 p.m.
Ah. :) Finally, my work is done. Now I have a nice relaxing evening to look forward to. Duty should be very quiet and now that I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow, I can relax about getting packed and staying up late tonight. I took a nap a little while ago so I am good for awhile...
Adila just left. :) My former roommate and I have not talked in awhile so it was good catching up. I am SO excited about going to Florida next week. Nothing sounds more appealing to me right now than spending the day lying on the beach. It has been awhile since I have experienced total relaxation, and frankly I think I am due.
Wednesday, March 27, 2002. 02:09 a.m.
Well, it's after 2am and I am not even close to being finished with this stupid lab report (which is, interestingly enough, worth 15% of my overall grade). It really sucks. I just want to go to bed and dream about being home.
If anyone knows anything about the co-transformation of bacillus subtilus... where the HELL have you been????
Whatever, it's my own fault I guess but I have so many obligations, lab reports tend to fall kinda low on the priorities list. Watching a movie with my QD and a bunch of RA's is obviously more important than 15% of my bio lab grade. And no, I'm not being facetious. I'm totally serious. I had a great time hanging out with "the girls", it was a lot of fun and I don't regret going. Now I simply have to pay the price...
This sucks.
Tuesday, March 26, 2002. 02:20 p.m.
Well, I'm here at work, arieling articles to various institutions. It is oodles of fun. Some of these articles are kinda long though so I thought I'd blog quickly while the article is scanning. Today is actually thursday here at Brandeis which is the most annoying thing in the world... besides squirrels. grrr... squirrels....
Monday, March 25, 2002. 01:47 p.m.
Well, I am into my last few days of school before break and couldn't be happier about it. :)
I am sporting an interesting new haircut. If anyone is interested in checking it out prior to my arrival in South Portland on Thursday, click here. I thought about surprising everyone but the whole exerience has been so traumatic that I feel that I need to share. Plus, some people reading this probably won't see me while I'm home.
I enjoyed watching the Oscars last night. I was overwhelmed to hear both Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford speak. That totally made my night. And Whoopi Goldberg kept everyone from taking themselves too seriously throughout the night. I just wish it hadn't been so damn long. Four and a half hours is beyond excessive. It's torturous.
Saturday, March 23, 2002. 12:39 p.m.
Here's a disturbing little link, introduced to me by Luda. It's a nice thing to wake up to Saturday morning after spending the night in a bean bag chair.
Saturday, March 23, 2002. 01:06 a.m.
It is cool to have Kali here are Brandeis. We are having fun, I think, although the ass-coldness of the day kept us from doing much. We did go on this masochistic walk down South Street at 7 o'clock just because Kali had to eat at 99. The food was great but the walk was somewhat agonizing.
Now she's watching Conan which is why I am doing something else. Late night television makes me want to beat myself with a hammer.
I updated my picture page again. The pictures of Luda are entertaining but I'm a little worried that if her communist revolution ever becomes reality the capitalist authorities will come after me and put me in a secret underground bunker to be mercilessly interrogated because off my obvious connection to a fanatic communist revolutionary.
But that's just dumb.
Thursday, March 21, 2002. 01:02 a.m.
BOOOOORED!!! I'm BORED!!!
It's 1am on a Wednesday night and I'm not sleepy. Why? Because I took a two hour nap earlier this evening. I'm such a loser. I have no more work for tomorrow and my writing has been kinda lame lately making me wary of trying to accomplish anything on that front.
I updated my little page of web cam photos while I was sitting here with nothing better to do. Nothing real exciting went in there but if you're bored you can try deciphering my rudimentary Spanish.
Wednesday, March 20, 2002. 04:31 p.m.
Well, it's the first day of Spring and true to the consistently inconsistent weather patterns of New England, it's snowing. It's snowing a whole friggin lot. How cool is that?
I was having a very odd conversation today with a friend of mine who believes that a communist revolution in the US is inevitable within the next 50-100 years. Any thoughts? My stance was that a communist revolution could never succeed in the U.S. and I gave several different reasons why (I will not go into them at this time, but they should be fairly obvious to most of you reading this). Then my friend suggested that we genetically alter people in the future and eradicate avaricious and tyrannical tendencies in the human race. So, in essence, her solution to the great economic confusion of the 21st century is to genetically manufacture a race of altruistic communists and let them rule the world.
I guess it's an idea.
Friday, March 15, 2002. 07:55 a.m.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! :)
Friday, March 15, 2002. 07:47 a.m.
Well, since my father decided to call me at 7:30 this morning (fifteen minutes before my alarm was due to go off) I am ready for class way ahead of schedule. It is just as well, I can get a little extra studying in for my spanish quiz, but the call freaked me out a bit. For a second or two I didn't know what was happening and in my dream just before I woke up, I checked my clock and saw that I had slept through my quiz. Then I panicked and jumped out of bed, fumbled for my glasses and checked the clock again, relieved that it was only 7:30. I got the phone on the third ring. Impressive, eh? No, not really.
I am going home!!! Yay! After my bio lab quiz I am hopping on a train to Boston and then a bus to Portland. I am excited beyond words... almost. I am so eager to get off of this campus. I'm pretty sure it is trying to kill me. My life here has been way too easy I guess.
Anyway. A brief respite is exactly what I need.
Tuesday, March 12, 2002. 11:19 a.m.
Well, my life hasn't improved greatly since my last entry. The conflict on my floor is slowly being resolved, unfortunately too many people have become involved in it, it's very stressful for all parties. And, I have two exams this week, neither of which I have begun studying for. The first is tomorrow.
So. Luckily I am going home this weekend, and with the blessing of my very considerate quad director.
I spent four hours last night working the Housing Lottery as a runner. Guess what a runner does? It sucked. Somehow I managed to stay cheerful and animated for the duration, I don't know how. It is not easy to stay cheerful running back and forth along the same corridor for four straight hours. I was escorting people from registration to the "holding area" mostly and I had a partner at one point but he left early on so to keep things moving I had to literally run back and forth and escort every single group. Hopefully I will get a more interesting job tonight. :)
Thursday, March 7, 2002. 11:09 p.m.
What a day. It started out all right, I guess, and continued to be a perfectly fine day until about 7:00 when my dad called. Not that I don't love talking to my dad but I was distressed to learn that my grandfather, in all likelihood, has colon cancer.
Then, to make matters worse, the first person I interacted with when I returned from Wind Ensemble was one of my residents who was extremely upset and I unfortunately can't help her as immediately as I would like. So I'm bummed about that too.
Sigh. Well, there is nothing I can do about either problem (at least not tonight in the case of my resident) so I think I am off to get a good night's sleep.
Wednesday, March 6, 2002. 10:56 p.m.
Dum de dum. I should be working. But I'm not. Ho hum.
I don't want to read about the life of single mother in a Brazilian slum. I want to watch West Wing again. :):) I missed last week. I do so love that show.
I'm sooo sleepy. I must write my response page. I must! I must! I shall do it now. I SHALL. Goodbye.
Tuesday, March 5, 2002. 10:41 a.m.
Ah, Tuesdays. I love Tuesdays. I get to feel productive without going to any classes. And I get to play squash. I am realizing that I really suck at squash but I enjoy playing it.
My room has reached a level of messiness that is appalling, even to me. As soon as I finish my meeting with my QD I am going to start seriously cleaning it and doing laundry. It has gotten out of control.
I feel great. I love getting exercise. And now I'm going to go take a nice hot shower. :) Life is good.
Sunday, March 3, 2002. 04:49 p.m.
It is frighteningly warm out today and yet, instead of going into Boston with people and enjoying the day, I spent two hours in the stuffy bio lab counting and streaking bacteria colonies that I grew myself last week.
On a more positive note, I may be eating a piece of cheesecake later. :)
The bio midterm was... okay. It wasn't difficult but for some reason my brain goes stupid everytime I look at a test. It never fails. So I have no idea how I did and it's making me nervous.
The movie Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell Val Kilmer and many other well known actors, was pretty medicore. Basically, Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp didn't do it for me. On the other hand, Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday was so cool. Val Kilmer has never really impressed me. I have only ever really like him in Willow but he was a great Doc. Doc Holliday has always been my favorite character in all Earp legends and Val Kilmer really pulled it off.
Also, I saw In the Line of Fire for the first time the other night. I have never been a Clint Eastwood fan but since both TNT and TBS have become Eastwood obsessed I have had the opportunity to watch some of his movies. They aren't that great. In the Line of Fire was pretty good but Clint Eastwood seems like the kind of actor who has to grow on you. He isn't such a great actor (all his characters are pretty much the same) but he's kind of fun to watch after awhile. I can't quite explain it.
Wednesday, February 27, 2002. 11:22 p.m.
OH my God. What a crazy trip this week has been... and it's only Wednesday...
Tomorrow is the big exam. What's so big about it? I'm not sure but it just feels huge and I am scared to death of it. So... by tomorrow night I will either be on cloud nine, relieved the test is over and feeling pretty good about it, or in the bottom-most pit of hell, constantly reliving a life-sucking exam with questions that may as well have been written in Yiddish...
It could go either way. But I LIKE genetics. I really do. There is no reason not to do well in this course. That's why it is going to SUCK even more if I do badly.
I am so exhausted. I should study some more... but I just want to relax my brain...I haven't written a word in one of my stories all day or even looked at one. :( This is not good... I'm turning into a productive member of society.
Anyway, hopefully next week will be easier. : Now I think I'm going to go peek at one of my stories before passing out. Goodnight.
Monday, February 25, 2002. 06:43 p.m.
Pitas has been quite friendly recently. My ire has waned.
An orthopedist could find nothing wrong with my shoulder and laughed when I told him the pain started after I struggled with a doorknob. He was a nice guy but basically humorless except for that little chuckle at my expense. As doctors go, he isn't one of my favorites.
Anyway, I need someone to give me a massage now. That was the doc's advice. Any taker's?
I've decided that I'm going to marry an orthopedist... either that or a chiropractor. They have such detailed knowledge of bones and muscles that they can give the most effective massages possible. And they make good money.
I wish interesting TV was on Monday nights. I'm so bored right now I think I'll study. (heh, heh)
Saturday, February 23, 2002. 12:26 p.m.
Well, I'm back at Brandeis after a fabulous week in Maine. It's a little depressing frankly but I'll just have to deal with it. Already I have so much to do. Yet, what are my plans for the afternoon? Why to sit around and chill out in front of the TV. Naturally.
Here's a philosophical question: What is it about the word "pants" that is so damn funny?
Friday, February 15, 2002. 12:51 a.m.
You know, I need to stop scheduling Friday morning classes for myself. Every time Thursday night rolls around I can't help slipping into weekend mode and I just assume that all of my homework will miraculously do itself.
I have lived almost twenty years and I have yet to experience any divine intervention in my homework. But I am ever optimistic.
My shoulder was feeling good for awhile (600mg of ibuprofen will have that effect) but now it's starting to ache again. So I am going to bed to dream about Maine where I will be heading tomorrow afternoon. :)Sigh.
Wednesday, February 13, 2002. 04:02 p.m.
Well, it is official, I am coming back to Massell as an RA next year. I am very excited by the prospect.
I have decided I need more exercise. It is a sure sign that one's body is falling apart when the simple task of opening a door can completely incapacitate one's shoulder. My shoulder still hurts. This happened Monday night.
I played squash today (yes, with my bad shoulder) but it didn't seem to aggravate it too much. However I got some good eye-rolling from the nurse in the Health Center. (No! Don't try to stretch it! Don't use it at all! Pretend you don't have a left arm!)
I love nurses.
Oh yes, I am coming home on Friday! Woohoo! I am bringing my friend Luda with me. If anyone in the vicinity of Portland, ME knows anything about genetics, please let us know. We have midterm right after break.
Now I'm going to go watch TV. :)
Sunday, February 10, 2002. 12:47 a.m.
Olympics! What fun!
I'm having a pretty good weekend so far. I finally got hang out with Natasha a little bit and got some great (free) food in the process.
The Pro Bowl was kinda dumb. But I guess I was expecting it to be. I'm glad I saw it though, just so now I can say that I did and will actually know what I'm talking about when I say it's dumb.
Friday, February 8, 2002. 11:17 a.m.
I love Fridays.
Today I can sit around, clean my room, do laundry, take a long shower, watch TV, work on RA stuff or write in my story... or all of the above. I have nothing that I have to do.
Isn't that great? :)
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