My roommate here is a crazy person. Okay, maybe just eccentric. She is a combination of the three traits I can't stand - morning person, clean freak, and controlling. I have been nothing but pleasant and amenable. She wants me to lock the door all the time, even when just going down the driveway to get mail. Okay. Keep windows shut and locked at ( Read more... )

So excited that I just got accepted to a summer internship at the National Institutes of Health! I will be working at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases on NFkB cell signalling. Now, I have two weeks (2 days after finals!) to pack up and move myself and my cat to Maryland. Plus, I don't have housing yet! Eek!

Doing pretty good. Ridiculously busy as always. My Dad bailed on me for Thanksgiving. It's understandable, he had to fix up his car and some major things went wrong with it. Still, bummed. Will figure out what I'm doing for that later, I've got at least two place I am welcome to be, so it is not a wash. Plus, I have this gorgeous house that I'm ( Read more... )

So, the girl who friend-broke-up with me right before finals last year is now confused on what happened it seems. Apparently by "I am much too busy to ever spend time with you" [like I'm not also busy with things? I make time for friends.] and "You are a really hard person to get to know" [and apparently not worth the effort...] she thought she was ( Read more... )

My Siberian husky, Kiska, had to be put down yesterday after 13 wonderful years. In her old age, her hips began to hurt her, she went blind, she's diabetic, and she had a terrible tumor that became infected. I know that it was her time to go, I did not want her to suffer any more, but I will miss her a lot. (Mooky, Kiska's fraternal twin, better ( Read more... )

I find that starting anew in a new place makes me appreciate all of my "old" friends. I miss different aspects of my relationships with people. Sometimes I miss being able to just hang out at Ron and Anna's house, where we would spend all night playing board games and having a couple beers. Anna would bake something delicious for us to eat. She ( Read more... )

So, since it has been over a year now since my last post, I thought I'd post something. An update, I suppose ( Read more... )

Hopefully 2010 will be better than 2009, which kicked my ass for the most part. Since mangaka_chan posted this at year's end, I thought I would give it a shot too...

( About 2009... )

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Happy Birthday Winnie ( Read more... )