Happy Turkey Holocaust Day...
So I am up and studying on Thanksgiving. Gee, what a great start to the holiday. Just kidding, I actually enjoy learning. I am just thankful that I have the oppurtunity to be in grad school bettering myself for the future. Okay, enough with the sappy stufff.
So I am in Indy for the holiday. I am really looking forward to spending time with my family and friends. It really starts hitting home that I no longer live in the same town when I have to drive home and sleep in beds not mine that I have truly moved. But since I am so close it is all good.
I am full of randomness this morning so bear with me.
Kathy and I were on Fox News both Wed night and this morning. It is funny. We were shopping at Target for Kat's christmas tree and a newswoman came up to us and asked if we would mind being interviewed. We said ok, not thinking much of it and before we knew it Mom called us to tell us we were on the news. Then Kenna called to say we were on it again. I guess we got our 15 sec of fame. I would like to thank all the little people that made this possible...just kidding.
So Kathy finally got me to play World of Warcraft. Yes, it is a fun game. Yes, I now understand how they can play it for 15 hrs straight and loose track of time. At the same time, I don't have the time or money to get hooked on it. Maybe once I finish all of my classes and start research I can look into playing it at home but my luck by that time they will no longer be playing it.
I just realized that I had not yet posted anything about Harry Potter (at least I don't think I have). It was a really good movie. I feel dirty now because I enjoyed the bath scene a little too much but what can I say. I am a sucker for magic wealders. Its not my fault he is only 16.
Ok, well the day is starting and the sun is rising, so I must go.
Have a gobble day,
Juls
Isn't life funny...
So last year I took the GRE so that I could go to grad school. I got a respectable score that ended up being one of the factors that gained me admission to UC Med School. I have not thought about it since I was accepted and did not even think that I would ever have to. Today I received an email that made me laugh at life. When you take the GRE you have the option of selecting programs you are interested in and having the GRE people send out to different schools that you took the exam. I did that, not really thinking about it.
The email was from the Chair and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Dartmouth Medical School. Which in case people don't know, is an ivy league school. He said that he heard of me from the GRE people and invited me to look at their program and apply. I know that if I had applied before, I wouldn't have gotten in (or at least that is what I think) but it is a self-esteem booster that an ivy league school has contacted me. I have not responded but I will let him know that I appreciate the email but I already started at UC (maybe they can keep me in mind for a postdoc).
I have to go now so that I can see Harry Potter in IMAX and then come home and study until my brains leak out my ears.
Accio,
Juls
One more to go and then freedom (for now)...
I have a test in an hour. It is for Bio stats. I have studied for three straight hours today, not to mention all the other times I studied for it. I am feeling confident about this one. It helps that it is open book.
I will return again to Indy this weekend for Audioslave. I am planning on leaving early Sunday Morning, so that I can get back to my kitten. Also, I have a lot to do until the end of the quarter. As it is, I will be studying for a majority of the time that I am in Indy. I have to study as much as I can, especially for my last round of tests. They will be the hardest this quarter.
I am in a very weird mood. I think it has a little to do with the fact that I am listening to some music that I haven't listen to in a while. In addition, I am going to a concert. I have allowed myself to shut down a part of my personality in order to better fit in here. It is not a self-degradation thing, but more of a self-preservation thing. There are times in everyone's life that they cannot be 100% who they are. For me, it is a lot of the time since my personalities clash somewhat. I am a geeky scientist that likes heavy metal/rock. I love going into a mash pit at a Slayer concert and yet also like studying the immune system. Trust me when I say it is not often that those two worlds come together at once for me. But that is ok. I think it is how I survive both of them. I do not let myself get overwhelmed in one world, but let myself be balanced.
I have always thought that balance is the key to living. A person should be eclectic in their thoughts and procedures or they will miss out in life. Nothing is black and white, but instead shades of gray. Life can never be entirely order or chaos, but a balance of both. I am neither a total geek or metal head, but both. But I am of course not even just those two options. I love classical music, electronica, philosophy, psychology, and so much more. Of course, I believe that I have so many layers and levels, but then again I am the one looking. It is easy to imagine oneself more mysterious and intriging than what one really is.
I recently got in contact with an old friend in San Antonio, Rachael. I am so happy that I have started to correspond with her again. Doing so also brings to mind all that has changed since the time I was her friend. To state the obvious, I no longer live in Texas. I am in graduated school. I do not talk to Kendra. My sister is going through hormonal changes that is affecting her moods drastically. Oh, wait, that is the same as alwasys. (Hehe, just kidding Kathy, you know I love you bunches.)
Well, I should probably look over everything again with a fine tooth comb. Or at least my very sharp and penertrating eyes. LOL, I crack myself up.
Lulelale,
Juls
Don't have much time...
I am very busy at the moment but I just wanted to drop a line to say hi, and yes I am still alive. I am preparing for my presentation that is on Thursday and my tests that are on Fri, Mon, and Wed.
I am also starting to prepare my christmas list but be warned that right now the top of the list includes a sewing machine and ipod. What can I say, everyone hooked me up when I moved so right now all I need is an iron (as Janeen pointed out), a sewing machine, and other misc things that I really don't need but would really really like.
I will expand upon that later, right now I just don't have time.
Love you all,
Juls
