Completely random update chock full of uninteresting factoids ( Read more... )

You know you're at a Starbucks in a med school when:

The barista asks the person who wants a venti chai latte, sweetened and with extra vanilla syrup, whether they're trying to order "diabetes in a cup."

I have homework. This must be why I liked working in a lab full-time and not having classes. No homework. Oh well.

A couple of thoughts ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd say this, but I wish I was at Murphy's right now.

Why am I not in Urbana?

=(

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col_rapidAfterimage/index.html

I loooooove optical illusions, color tricks, etc.

My beautiful but underused bike got to Chicago in wonderful condition; I rode it on the street, it was perfectly fine. I put it in the garage. Three days later, it has two bent wheels. What the hell? Now I need a new bike, since it'll cost just 50 bucks less to get two new wheels put on than then bike cost itself.

Boo.

Moving out was successful and I'm now in Chicago ( Read more... )

I'm done at the DiAntonio lab, which is mighty sad. I started there before I started WashU, and ended there after I graduated, so I've been there for a fairly long time. Yesterday was really sad, but they were really nice to me and gave me farewell presents and a really nice card. Anyways, it's been a good four years. It's going to be very ( Read more... )

I saw a woman coming to work in a real bona fide bonnet, with a chin-strap and everything, today, and it made me happy ( Read more... )

Hey Uni kids, you know what disturbing thought I had today while in the car? (I usually have my most disturbing thoughts in the car, FYI). Anyways, the thought: In three years, Meera will be allowed to practice medicine. Three years. I know you're thinking, how morbid of me to have these thoughts. But guys, our lives are at stake here ( Read more... )