a more balanced state

[silveraspen]

I live! Thanks to everyone who commented with advice for how to deal with sore throats -- I tried most of it, I must say, and as a result was able to keep my voice well enough to sing in the RequiemThat, by the way, was an amazing experience. :) It was a combination of two cathedral choirs in one setting -- Episcopal and Catholic communities in

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[pteropod]

I'm really glad to hear what you're up to lately, and I'm looking forward to seeing you this weekend!

[silveraspen]

It was so nice to catch up -- and yay baby!

[vureoelt]

It was a combination of two cathedral choirs in one setting -- Episcopal and Catholic communities in a joint effort, along with the Denver Philharmonic acting as the orchestra-- and the music was all you might expect it to be in such a case. It was a late afternoon service, too, which meant that the light from the setting sun slanted through the stained glass windows and cast explosions of color all over the cathedral's stone pillars.

It's really awesome what people can do when it's for God. :)

As for your courses, ugh. Stats, distributions... I vaguely remember similar stuff. Painful. Not as stats heavy, but mind numbing nonetheless. Sounds like a lot of the work you're aiming at will be in China.

[silveraspen]

It truly is. :)

As it happens, I did a research paper last semester on the health care system in China, with the purpose of designing an intervention strategy that could be used by a nonprofit with $5 million to devote to a project or projects. It was a fascinating experience.

[vureoelt]

*ponders, glances your way occasionally*

... you're Chinese, aren't you?

[silveraspen]

It is a source of never-ending fascination to me how perceptions derived from online interactions may compare with "reality."

Actually, no, I'm not. :)

I'm your standard American mongrel-type Caucasian female -- Irish (about three-quarters) and German (about one-quarter) descent primarily, with probably some Native American blood -- the family suspects Cherokee, about 1/8th, but "undocumented," so.

Someday I might even find a picture to post. Someday.

[tigerlilyaj]

Exciting stuff. I see you leading an org, directing the necessary research and advocacy arms and such, making all the diff parts come together synergistically.
I wonder who takes the stats courses and thinks, "I am *so* a statistician." Hmm, actually, I know a guy who did a Quantitative minor back at UIUC, and maybe he'll have words on how one knows if one has It. ;-) He probably just kept taking courses and thinking, "Eh, this is not so hard." Jerk. ;-P
See, w/ the babe, I prefer in-class tests and such, cuz finding time at home is hard.
I like both the "Daughter of Eve" and the "cheerful" icons.

[silveraspen]

Possibly my stats teacher is the one who takes those classes and has such realizations-- she really loves and is excited about her work. I just know it's not me, and am pleased enough to be coping effectively.

Org leadership would be fascinating. All things in time, perhaps.

"Daughter of Eve" icon is a present from chaos_pockets, and the "cheerful" one is part of the Firefly - Ariel theme that teh_indy made available for sharing. I have some graphics-fu, but not that level of it.

[tigerlilyaj]

What are your summer plans? Study? Research? Make some $$?

[silveraspen]

I... do not know yet. Hopefully I will figure this out in the spring semester.

I suspect some sort of fieldwork and/or research or employment. I am slowly trying to put together ideas, and have vaguely entertained the idea of the Mongolian semester (which may no longer be a program option since the major contact has gone to a new university, some sort of policy/nonprofit work, either in CO or maybe D.C., and...

Yeah, no idea really. There will be something. Somewhere.

[fahye]

Woooow :D

I am kind of enamoured of your life. Singing in Requiems is love - which one was it? My choir did the Mozart last semester and I thiiiiiink we might be doing another next year, (Thus spake the concert manager, in great uncertainty. Um. I should get onto that.)

I am currently going through a period of being fascinated by epidemiology because of the infectious diseases unti I did for Human Bio; next year I'm taking Social Ecology of Healthy & Disease. I still want to go into medicine, but...so interesting! And a friend of the family is an epidemiologis at my uni, and one of my casual jobs is marking papers for his biostats course :)

You sound disgustingly busy, but also like your life is grand fun.

[silveraspen]

It was the Mozart! It was an incredible experience. :) This choir does one a year, requiem or mass or the like, for All Souls' Tide, but this year was really above and beyond.

I'm delighted at your interest and I don't think I knew you were pursuing this career path-- small world. As it turns out, one of the women in my colloquium class has done extensive work in the medical system in Australia before coming with her husband to the US. We also have several MDs in the certificate program or the program as a whole who are pursuing a MSPH in addition, to augment their medical practice in that respect. Something to keep in mind, maybe, if there's an equivalent on your side of things?

Busy yes, and fun yes. Now, if I can just get those time management skills working...

[ilanarama]

Woo, sounds like an interesting course of study. I knew a guy who was doing a similar thing some years ago. Very cool, and very useful.

[silveraspen]

It's fascinating. There's so much to learn!