Lookit! An update
So 北京欢迎你 (the 100 day countdown to the Olympics song) is totally stuck in my head right now. I really want to learn to sing it b/c it sounds so freaking Chinese (and not in the language sense).
Random updates on life:
Summer Work
Or lack of it. ): *sighs* I feel really useless. My animal protocol is still not approved, and will only be approved August 15th at the earliest. So I haven't been able to do any animal experiments for my project. And then my cells haven't been growing properly, so I can't do my in vitro stuff. So basically, in the past 2.5 months, all I've did was help provide control data for a former graduate student's experiment. Though I did get to meet a ridiculously cute grad student from another lab :D
At least I got paid for all that non-work. Though that just makes me feel guiltier b/c getting paid for not doing anything over a short period of time is nice but not so much when it's clear that I should be getting results and am not. That just starts up the endless litany of failure that likes to go off in my head.
Summer Non-Work
I got a car. And my driver's license (on the second try). So I got to drive around this summer, and having a car is amazing. It means I can go where I want when I want (as long as I can figure out how to get there). And a lot of what I've been doing this summer has to do w/ driving/being able to get places:
-Myrtle Beach trip early in the summer- got ridiculously tan.
-Carowinds- Was lots of fun, but the fact that the rides weren't quite as scary as they used to be made me feel old. That and the fact that my head was really dizzy after each one <--either another sign that I'm getting old or that roller coasters should be better designed, or possibly both. All the little middle schoolers (who often did not wear enough clothes, I disapprove of the new generation) wandering around probably didn't help much either. But overall, it was fun. I think we went on all the big roller coasters and went on one of the smaller ones 10 times (it was a good one).
-Legends- Gay clubs are fun, though I feel bad for not being gay/going w/ a gay person. Still, way better than normal clubs because of the smaller proportion of creepy straight guys. And slightly better music (if you can like crazy techno/pop as opposed to rap)
-Contra dancing- So country line dancing didn't really sound like my cup of tea (or sweet iced tea [please shoot me for trying to make that pun]), but it was pretty exciting. And also gives me an excuse to buy twirly skirts. Weeeeee!
-Shopping- One downside of being able to drive places is that I can drive places where I manage to spend exorbitant amounts of money. D: I need to stop spending money. Save, or invest, as is the more modern idea of finance seems to suggest.
-Bike riding- Okay, this has nothing to do w/ driving, but it is how I get to and from work 4 days of the week. In the beginning I thought I was going to die everyday from exhaustion or getting run over, but it's fairly enjoyable now. Though it does make me even darker because of all the time spent in the sun. Oh well, I never had fair skin to begin with.
-Crafts, aka Angela has ADHD like crazy- So I recently bought a sewing machine. I don't really know why, but I think 18 episodes of Gossip Girl might have factored into it somehow. I have a hard time sticking w/ projects though, a fact that became obvious as I sorted out my knitting stuff and came upon 7 or so unfinished items. Blah.
Plans, Or Things To Possibly Do
August 1st- Watch Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
August 1st throug 3rd- Go back to school shopping. Yay for shopping (I should probably do less of it though)! Let's see, I need (or just feel like getting) paper, notebooks... and that's all. I sort of want a new bookbag, one that'll hold my laptop safely. But I don't know if that's possible b/c my 17 inch or so screen means that no case will hold it. Tragic, but totally worth it b/c I love big screens.
August 4th- Figure out where the Jordan Arts Center is and to go see Ursula Vernon's art exhibit. I love her art b/c it's so freaking random, and plus she's a Terry Pratchett fan (<--a fact that automatically elevates her to Awesome Person status)
August 4th through 8th- Stay home and take care of my sister. And her friend <---yeah, my parents totally didn't tell me about that part when I originally agreed to take a week off. Oh well, at least I like that little kid.
Oh, I also get to paint Chelsea's and my new rooms. Hers is going to be sky blue, and mine is going to be yellow-green. With beech-colored furniture. I normally dislike light colored woods, but the room's too small for darker wood. Somehow my parents decided that, for the new house, I get new furniture while my sister has to keep her old furniture. That doesn't really make sense seeing as I only go home for the weekend every 3 weeks or so. But, hey, I won't complain b/c new furniture is win.
August 8th through 10th- Tentative visit to DC. Only impeded by the fact that I don't want to tell my parents (to save myself the 75484834 hours of worried nagging that'll be sure to follow), the high price of airplane tickets (o_O about $200 dollars), and my lack of desire to drive 5 hours to and fro. Other than that, no problem at all... D: Life is so expensive/efforful. Bother.
August 7th or 8th- Cake.
August 8th- Watch the Olympic opening ceremony. Well, or at least parts of it, seeing as it starts at 8 am. Apparently Jay Chou's performing.
August 14th- Dad's birthday. Cake.
August 19th- Classes start. NOOOOOOooooooooooo. I don't wanna go back to school. *whines some more* I love not doing anything and not having to do anything.
Anyways, this semester's going to be crazy busy (despite the fact that I'm only taking 15 hrs) b/c I have to do amazing from now on or else I'll never get into grad school. Also need to pretend to be a good student in order to rack up possible professors who can write good recommendation letters. And then I have to get some experiments done for research and prove that I'm not a total failure at research and science and life.
Sometime soon- find a roommate. Aaaaaaah, I just don't want to pay the subscription fee for those online roommate finder things. And new people scare me a bit. Poo.
Well, anyways, I need to go change cell media. *crosses her fingers for this experiment to work*
Random updates on life:
Summer Work
Or lack of it. ): *sighs* I feel really useless. My animal protocol is still not approved, and will only be approved August 15th at the earliest. So I haven't been able to do any animal experiments for my project. And then my cells haven't been growing properly, so I can't do my in vitro stuff. So basically, in the past 2.5 months, all I've did was help provide control data for a former graduate student's experiment. Though I did get to meet a ridiculously cute grad student from another lab :D
At least I got paid for all that non-work. Though that just makes me feel guiltier b/c getting paid for not doing anything over a short period of time is nice but not so much when it's clear that I should be getting results and am not. That just starts up the endless litany of failure that likes to go off in my head.
Summer Non-Work
I got a car. And my driver's license (on the second try). So I got to drive around this summer, and having a car is amazing. It means I can go where I want when I want (as long as I can figure out how to get there). And a lot of what I've been doing this summer has to do w/ driving/being able to get places:
-Myrtle Beach trip early in the summer- got ridiculously tan.
-Carowinds- Was lots of fun, but the fact that the rides weren't quite as scary as they used to be made me feel old. That and the fact that my head was really dizzy after each one <--either another sign that I'm getting old or that roller coasters should be better designed, or possibly both. All the little middle schoolers (who often did not wear enough clothes, I disapprove of the new generation) wandering around probably didn't help much either. But overall, it was fun. I think we went on all the big roller coasters and went on one of the smaller ones 10 times (it was a good one).
-Legends- Gay clubs are fun, though I feel bad for not being gay/going w/ a gay person. Still, way better than normal clubs because of the smaller proportion of creepy straight guys. And slightly better music (if you can like crazy techno/pop as opposed to rap)
-Contra dancing- So country line dancing didn't really sound like my cup of tea (or sweet iced tea [please shoot me for trying to make that pun]), but it was pretty exciting. And also gives me an excuse to buy twirly skirts. Weeeeee!
-Shopping- One downside of being able to drive places is that I can drive places where I manage to spend exorbitant amounts of money. D: I need to stop spending money. Save, or invest, as is the more modern idea of finance seems to suggest.
-Bike riding- Okay, this has nothing to do w/ driving, but it is how I get to and from work 4 days of the week. In the beginning I thought I was going to die everyday from exhaustion or getting run over, but it's fairly enjoyable now. Though it does make me even darker because of all the time spent in the sun. Oh well, I never had fair skin to begin with.
-Crafts, aka Angela has ADHD like crazy- So I recently bought a sewing machine. I don't really know why, but I think 18 episodes of Gossip Girl might have factored into it somehow. I have a hard time sticking w/ projects though, a fact that became obvious as I sorted out my knitting stuff and came upon 7 or so unfinished items. Blah.
Plans, Or Things To Possibly Do
August 1st- Watch Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
August 1st throug 3rd- Go back to school shopping. Yay for shopping (I should probably do less of it though)! Let's see, I need (or just feel like getting) paper, notebooks... and that's all. I sort of want a new bookbag, one that'll hold my laptop safely. But I don't know if that's possible b/c my 17 inch or so screen means that no case will hold it. Tragic, but totally worth it b/c I love big screens.
August 4th- Figure out where the Jordan Arts Center is and to go see Ursula Vernon's art exhibit. I love her art b/c it's so freaking random, and plus she's a Terry Pratchett fan (<--a fact that automatically elevates her to Awesome Person status)
August 4th through 8th- Stay home and take care of my sister. And her friend <---yeah, my parents totally didn't tell me about that part when I originally agreed to take a week off. Oh well, at least I like that little kid.
Oh, I also get to paint Chelsea's and my new rooms. Hers is going to be sky blue, and mine is going to be yellow-green. With beech-colored furniture. I normally dislike light colored woods, but the room's too small for darker wood. Somehow my parents decided that, for the new house, I get new furniture while my sister has to keep her old furniture. That doesn't really make sense seeing as I only go home for the weekend every 3 weeks or so. But, hey, I won't complain b/c new furniture is win.
August 8th through 10th- Tentative visit to DC. Only impeded by the fact that I don't want to tell my parents (to save myself the 75484834 hours of worried nagging that'll be sure to follow), the high price of airplane tickets (o_O about $200 dollars), and my lack of desire to drive 5 hours to and fro. Other than that, no problem at all... D: Life is so expensive/efforful. Bother.
August 7th or 8th- Cake.
August 8th- Watch the Olympic opening ceremony. Well, or at least parts of it, seeing as it starts at 8 am. Apparently Jay Chou's performing.
August 14th- Dad's birthday. Cake.
August 19th- Classes start. NOOOOOOooooooooooo. I don't wanna go back to school. *whines some more* I love not doing anything and not having to do anything.
Anyways, this semester's going to be crazy busy (despite the fact that I'm only taking 15 hrs) b/c I have to do amazing from now on or else I'll never get into grad school. Also need to pretend to be a good student in order to rack up possible professors who can write good recommendation letters. And then I have to get some experiments done for research and prove that I'm not a total failure at research and science and life.
Sometime soon- find a roommate. Aaaaaaah, I just don't want to pay the subscription fee for those online roommate finder things. And new people scare me a bit. Poo.
Well, anyways, I need to go change cell media. *crosses her fingers for this experiment to work*