Right, so the new plan is quick updates instead of the tomes I've been not-quite-finishing. We'll see if I can stick to that. (Unlikely ( Read more... )

I bought my first carbon offsets today. What a rip-off. I hope it helps. Gotta fix up this planet, and flying around for interviews isn't helping ( Read more... )

Every time I have something of note to say, I'm not in a position to type it up. And now, when I've spared a few minutes, I have no idea what I want to say ( Read more... )

I've been ridiculously busy due to my getting into that emergency medical technician course and not quitting my job yet, and deciding to apply to medical school again this year hasn't helped free up any time. Bullets it is. ( Verbose bullets. )

Today marks the start of the year I always thought would be the first best one. I expected, as a child, to have a good life. This is mostly due to a good upbringing and the positive outlook I've held for all but a few patches here and there over the years. I suppose I thought twenty-three sounded adult back then. I knew it was old enough to be ( Read more... )

Since both my my advisers are on vacation (wtf why aren't your lives about meeeee?), I've turned to my nearest and also dearest regarding applying to medical school again next year. So far, all I've got are questions about which I must talk to the advisers and the overwhelming need to quit my job. Sadly, before I can quit, I must find out if I ( Read more... )

I rented La Lengua de las Mariposas, which I hadn't seen since early high school when I took two friends to Portland's international film festival. It's a sweet film, full of childhood and Spanish history, and I did my best not to be visibly weepy at the end. Not much luck there. Civil war is no match for curiosity and bug collecting ( Read more... )

I spoke with the woman who is finding me a job (I hope) at OHSU last Tuesday. I will probably see her on the first, but I didn't want to call till Wednesday or Thursday. We'll see how this works out. I have a good chance. I need the work. I bet I'll be interested in the research, whichever lab I end up in ( Read more... )

My pot of Annie's is, unusually, perfectly al dente and has just the right balance of liquidy-cheesiness to the sauce. This must be because I have been attacked by the allergy gremlins. Their only mission to put me out of comission. Bitches. I ran out of Claritin in the middle of the school year and still haven't refilled one of my eight ( Read more... )

G'bye frying pan, I'm off to see what this "fire" thing is like ( Read more... )