Intended To Be

Last Post

2007-04-27T23:59:00.000-07:00

Well, this is the last post on this blog.

As of today this blog is one year old, which is kind of cool.

I am starting a new blog because I am basically starting my entire life over pretty soon, so I figured I should start a new blog as well. Here is the link to it:

The New "Intended To Be..."
(www.intendedtobe.blogspot.com)

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has left me comments from time to time. I hope that everyone will keep writing comments, and hopefully I will get even more comments! lol.

Well...I wish I had something eloquent or meaningful to say for my last post on this blog, but I cant really think of anything right now...which makes me kind of sad. But oh well. If I think of something wonderful to say at some later point, I will just update this post then LOL.

Until then, I will end this blog with something ridiculously cute:

The End

2007-04-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

As of April 27th this blog will be one year old.

Starting April 28th I will start posting on my new blog:

www.intendedtobe.blogspot.com

I'm pretty sure I have it all set up the way I want, and it is ready to go. I would be writing on it already but I thought it would be kind of cool to have been writing on this blog for a whole year.

Anyway, I just wanted to give you guys the heads up so that you can add it to your links/bookmarks or whatever.

Ho'o: I have no idea why that column runs over on your computer. I'm guessing its because it is a mac. I've tried it on a couple of computers and I think it is pretty much good except the header gets shrunk on the computer in my lab for some unknown reason lol. Anyway, if it is a big problem let me know and I will spend some more time trying to figure out how to fix it.

Dana: Your computer is a mac too right? Do the words in the right hand column also not wrap around, so that the last couple letters get cut off?

2007-04-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

Also...

The freaking door knob on my bedroom door CAME OFF. I pulled on it to close my bedroom door so that Harley wouldnt get in the way or run out the front door...and it just CAME OFF! Seriously, you have no idea how annoying it is to not actually be able to close a door normally when you want to :-P lol.

Awkward...

2007-04-23T09:36:00.000-07:00

So I am just sitting here in my house while some random guy fixes the carpet that Harley tore up, and while he cleans the carpets. I feel really awkward because nobody else is here, and it isnt like I have music playing or the TV or something. I mean, I had been watching "Six Feet Under" on my laptop but that seems a bit inappropriate to be watching while there is a random stranger in the house. It is kind of a racy/sometimes offensive show lol. I also have Harley locked in my room so it isnt like I can hang out in my room while he is working at the moment, because I thought it would be a touch rude if I just lock myself in another room lol. So instead I am sitting in the living room waiting for him to finish up fixing the carpet at the end of the hallway so I can put Harley in either Erich or Josh's room, so that I can sit in my room and not feel so weird lol.

I always feel weird when someone comes to the house to fix something, or work on something. I feel weird just sitting there and not helping, you know? Especially because for most of it, I know how to do it. I mean, today for example, I know how to put carpet down. I havent patched carpet before but I'm sure I could figure it out, and also, do I offer to help move the furniture?

Ahhhh AWKWARD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARLEY!!!!

2007-04-22T15:42:00.000-07:00

Today is Harley's first birthday!!!!!!!!

2007-04-17T08:39:00.000-07:00

Oh my god.
Harley threw up at 6:30am today...

And it was bright green...

Which was from her new food (it is rabbit and peas) LOL.

There was a split second there, where I TOTALLY freaked out lol.

Harley

2007-04-16T17:33:00.000-07:00

Update: I know the formatting on this post is all screwed up, but I am too lazy to fix it lol. It is from all the pictures and cutting and pasting of text that I did. Oh well!
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Here is the newest regiment for Harley. I know you guys probably dont care lol, but I do, and it is important to me. I also find all this crazy animal medicine stuff kind of interesting.
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(1/4 cup dry z/d food) + (1/4 can Rabbit formula food) -----> Twice a day (it smells sooo bad lol, but at least she will eat it!)


Science Diet z/d® Low Allergen Feline
For the Nutritional Management of Cats with Food Allergy and Intolerance

ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet™ feline Green Peas and Rabbit Formula

Highly palatable, digestible, complete, and balanced diet for the adult cat. Rabbit is the only source of protein and green peas are the only source of carbohydrate.
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Laxatone -----> 1 inch, every other day for hairballs

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Metoclopramide -----> 2.5 mg (1/4 tablet) orally, 30 minutes before feeding

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Metronidazole -----> 62.5mg (1/4 tablet) every 24 hours

Metronidazole is used to treat protozoal infections in cats and dogs including Giardia, Entamoeba, Trichomonas, and Balantidium. It is also used to treat anaerobic bacterial infections. Metronidazole has immune modulating activity and may be prescribed to treat inflammatory bowel disease. It may be used to treat colitis caused by other antibiotics, periodontal disease (especially in cats), Clostridium perfringens enterotoxemia, tetanus, diarrhea of undetermined cause, pancreatic insufficiency (with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), and complications of severe liver disease. Metronidazole may be used with corticosteroids in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, or gum disease (gingivitis/stomatitis) in cats. Topical metronidazole gel is used in the treatment of skin infections, such as feline chin acne.
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Well, that is everything for now.

Damn.

So basically, I have to give her three pills a day and she gets to eat what she would consider fancy food lol. It only took erich and I four tries to give Harley her first pill today lol. We had to use a "pill shooter"

Which is exactly what it looks/sounds like. It is a long plunger like thing with a rubber tip. You put the pill inside the rubber tip, shove it in the cats mouth, depress the plunger which "shoots" the pill into the back of their mouth. Then you close their mouth and hold it closed while you lightly blow into their nose....weird, i know lol, but it forces them to swallow - thereby swallowing the pill instead of spitting it onto the floor.

Hopefully this will get easier, and hopefully after two weeks they will either lower the dosage of her meds or take her off of them all together to see if the food itself will be enough.

Keep your fingers crossed that this all goes well :-/
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End of really long and boring post about my cat that nobody will actually read LOL.

This is getting really frustrating...

2007-04-15T22:39:00.000-07:00

So harley is still sick.

She keeps randomly throwing up bile (yeah, yeah...gross...but i dont care lol). Sometimes its every other day, sometimes it is two weeks apart.

Here is a list of all the stuff we have done so far:

1. Give her Laxatone every other day in case it was just hair balls -didnt work
2. Change her food from Science Diet adult dry food to Science Diet canned food - didnt work
3. 2 Xrays - negative
4. Full CBC (blood work) -negative
5. Tested for parasites - negative
6. Tapped her bladder to test for really weird rare parasites - negative
7. Ultra sound - negative
8. Changed her food from Science Diet canned food to Eukanuba Low Residue Adult Rx diet dry food, which is made for cats who have intestinal problems like vomiting - she refused to eat it...not a surprise...the base of it is made of beet pulp...yeah, weird.
9. Changed her food from E.L.R.A.Rx dry food to the canned version - she STILL refused to eat it
10. CHANGED HER FOOD TO FREAKING BABY FOOD...YEAH...BABY FOOD. - She LOVED it...but she still threw up

Total cost NOT including regular office visits and food and gas and carpet cleaner from the vomiting....

$1,017.52

FUCKING HELL.

So I get to call the vet again tomorrow and see what I need to do now. They may try to switch her to an all lamb and rice diet, or a venison and rice diet. They also might end up having to do an edoscopic biopsy of her stomach and small intestine.

FUCK.

I dont think Harley is feeling sick. She throws up and then immediately goes back to playing, or running around or whatever else she was doing. She has tons of energy, she eats/drinks (if she likes the food that is lol), she plays all the time....which is good. I'm just really worried that there is something really really wrong with her...

I am getting really frustrated...

Well, we will see what the vet says tomorrow.

Ugh.

I just about had a heart attack...

2007-04-08T21:21:00.000-07:00

Oh holy crap...
Ok...
So...

Harley was running out of canned food, because I only bought a couple cans in case they wanted me to change her food again. Anyway, but I had like one can left stashed in the back of the cupboard.

I opened it up, and fed it to her.

Then I was standing there cleaning up some dishes and I looked at her food, and thought...

"huh..thats weird. All the stuff I have been feeding her has been that mushy paste kind of cat food, but this is the cut up chunks with the 'gravy' stuff. She likes that kind better, I wonder why I only bought one can of it."

Then I remembered.

That is the kind of cat food that had been recalled.

I ran over to the garbage can and pulled out the empty cat food can [gross] and ran into my bedroom to look up the recalled products on the internet.

I went to the science diet page, pulled up the list...scrolled through the list...and found the Chicken dinner with gravy listed with the same UPC.

SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT FUCK SHIT = the only thing that went through my head for like 30 seconds.

Then I saw that the recalled cat food only fell under a certain batch that was made during a certain time period. The recalled food had the dates Jun/20/2008 and Jun/21/2008 listed on the bottom of the can.

The one I fed to Harley said use by November 2007.

Oh my god.

So I'm sure that the food I gave her was totally fine, but I am still a little worried obviously. I feel like a total moron. I should have realized it before I actually gave it to her lol.

But seriously, I dont think I was breathing the entire time I was looking up the recall information lol.

Keep your fingers crossed that I didnt accidentally find another batch of cat food that needs to be recalled! :-/

This was so INCREDIBLY stupid that it made me laugh a lot lol :-P

2007-04-04T20:53:00.000-07:00

300...Reasons to Cuddle!
(It's the first one on the page)
The rolling somersault was my personal favorite I think lol

They are holding hands!! lol

2007-03-27T12:36:00.000-07:00

I fucked up big time...

2007-03-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

Yeah...so...
I wrote down EVERYWHERE, and told EVERYONE, that I was going to Dallas Monday.

Yeah.

Um.

I was supposed to leave tonight.

I mean, the fuck up isnt entirely my fault. When I was talking to the professor who made all the arrangements he SAID monday. But the actual ticket info and stuff said March 25th...

which guess what...

is today.

God damn it.

I will write more about this later...I dont really feel like talkign about it now LOL.

I have NEVER fucked up something like this before...shit...I am ALWAYS really good about airport stuff...I pack a couple days before I leave, I print out all my conformation stuff that you never actually need, I get to the airport AT LEAST three hours early, all that shit...

Maybe this is a freaking sign...
That the one time I fuck up a plane reservation was for going to visit a school lol.

Ugh...
Well, I will be in Portland all spring break now! :-P

Yay, bright happy flowers!

2007-03-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

Ho'o got me flowers the other day, and looking at them on the counter made me happy, so I thought that since I had to be staring at my computer screen for the next god-knows how many hours, I would put flowers there too to brighten it up :-)

I have NO idea why the link didnt work the other day...

2007-03-20T00:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I posted a link to my new blog, and for some reason it wasnt working. I edited the post, and re-linked it, and now I think it is working. But just in case, I am going to give you guys the link again in this post:

www.rockinthispocket.blogspot.com

Rock In This Pocket

Let me know if there are still problems...

Mass Recall of Dog and Cat Food After Pets Die

2007-03-19T00:42:00.000-07:00

READ THIS CNN ARTICLE IF YOU HAVE CATS OR DOGS!!!

I think I am in the process of loosing my mind...and my eye sight...

2007-03-16T22:04:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so I have been working on my new blog for two and a half hours, and I have almost nothing to show for it except I have picked a header, some of the basic colors, and I think I am going blind from staring at the computer screen for too long...UUUUGGGGHHHH.

The reason for that is...

I have started to try to use photoshop...

I know...

Now I will NEVER have any free time!!!! lol

I'm having some annoying problems with my template though. I have to relearn how to do the coding for it because blogger switched out of their 'classic' mode into a new beta mode (well its out of beta now I guess...). Anyway, it is really different and I have NO idea what I'm doing anymore lol.

If any of you guys are good at this web design stuff you should help me out a bit...I will seriously try to come up with a way to pay you back for any help you would be willing to offer. I run errands, clean houses, take people out to dinner, etc etc etc. LOL

Anyway, you should check out the new blog and tell me what you think of what I have so far. I love the photo that I am using as the header and so I want to design the colors and stuff around that. Let me know if you have any suggestions PLEASE!!!

www.rockinthispocket.blogspot.com

Too Firm?

2007-03-16T16:38:00.000-07:00

So the problem with my old mattress is that it was way too soft. It ended up hurting my back really bad to sleep on it. It was super comfortable to lounge on and nap on, but actual sleeping wasnt so great.

So when I bought my new mattress I bought a firm mattress. I have been lying on it now for about an hour...and I'm starting to worry that it might be too firm. It is almost bouncy...

I'm sure that it will break in pretty quickly, but I'm worried that I may just roll off of it in the middle of the night! LOL. I'm also worried that even though the firmness might be really good for my back and it will probably help me staty asleep all night, the firmness might prevent me from falling asleep. It isn't exactly the most "cozy" of mattresses.

Man, this is why I hate buying things like mattresses. They are just sooo risky to buy because you have NO idea if it is going to work for you.

Well, the one really nice thing is that it will be a nice bed for doing homework on. I can move around on the bed and it wont make all my papers jostel around lol.

Wish me luck having a good night's sleep on this mattress tonight :-/

Productive Day

2007-03-16T16:18:00.000-07:00

Man, I got a lot done today with out actually doing a lot lol.

I got my new bed, which means I also cleaned and vacuumed my entire room before the delivery guys got here, and then I made my bed.

I took Harley to the groomer to get her nails trimmed, to get her brushed out, and to get her ears cleaned. While I waited for them to be done I did all the shopping at Petsmart that I needed to do. Holy crap, did they get a lot of loose hair out of Harley's coat today! The groomer also gave me two really good comb like things that I can use on her that will work way better than the regular cat combs and brushes I have been using. One is for a dog, and one is for a horse lol, but hey, if they work that's great!

I got all my medicinal homework done.

And I'm going to run errands at Fred Meyer later today.

Awesome.

Sound Track To My Life

2007-03-16T09:57:00.000-07:00

I have never actually done one of these before, but since I am sitting here waiting for the mattress delivery guys to show up, really not wanting to do my medicinal homework that is due at 5pm today...I thought I would do this! I thought it would be neat to add links to the lyrics of each song, so just click on the name of the song and it will take you to a page with the lyrics.

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NUMBER OF SONGS IN LIBRARY: 7648 (A lot of these are duplicates, but I have more that I dont listen to, on an external hardrive)

OPENING CREDITS: "Somebody To Love" - Queen
WAKING UP: “Blood Makes Noise" - Suzanne Vega
FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL: "Good Morning Little School Girl" - Eric Clapton
FALLING IN LOVE: “Big Machine" - Goo Goo Dolls
FIGHT SONG: "Zoot Suit Riot" - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
BREAKING UP: “Cry, Cry, Cry: - Johnny Cash

PROM: “I Want You" - Savage Garden

LIFE: "Hear Me Out" - Frou Frou
MENTAL BREAKDOWN: “Message In A Bottle" - Sting and the Police

DRIVING: "Race Car Ya-Ya's" - Cake
FLASHBACK: "Soak Up The Sun" - Sheryl Crow

WEDDING: "Light Up My Room" - Barenaked Ladies
BIRTH OF A CHILD: “Walk this Way - Live Version" - Aerosmith This is actually really funny because it starts out with them singing happy birthday to Tom Hamilton lol

FINAL BATTLE: “Dirt" - Lou Reed
DEATH SCENE: "Living On the Edge" - Aerosmith
FUNERAL SONG: “Midnight" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

END CREDIT: “All You Really Need Is Love" - Brad Paisley

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I always think it is really funny to see how many good matches you get for the different catagories when you do this lol.

Why, oh why, am I not surprised...oh wait, it's because this has happened so many times I have lost count...

2007-03-16T08:48:00.000-07:00

Erich said he had an impromptu play practice and then he had to work on a paper last night.

Turns out, he lied to my face again.

He went to the play.

And he wonders why I dont trust him, at all?

And the kicker, the best part?

He doesnt think he did anything wrong. I mean, it wasnt like he went with someone. I mean, forget the fact that he lied. Unless he went with someone, I apparently cant be mad because it means he did actually do anything wrong. Funny...my parents taught me that it was wrong to lie. Period.

Congratulations Erich, you have lied to my face one too many times. I am tired of being lied to, so why dont you just not talk to me. I told you the lies would stop one way or another, and apparently the only way they will stop is if you dont speak to me.

You have lied to me so many times that you dont even think they are lies anymore. I mean, hey, it wasnt a lie. You read a couple lines of your script while you were waiting, and you are writing a paper about Mormonism and the play was written by a Morman...so...it wasnt a lie.

You keep telling yourself that, you liar.

I hope it was worth it.
Dont worry, I am moving away soon.

2007-03-15T22:52:00.001-07:00

Making a new blog...

2007-03-15T22:19:00.000-07:00

So I have decided that I want to make a brand new blog to start writting on when I move to Eugene and start gradschool. Kind of a new start, ya know? Anyway, I am going to use this blog to host some of the images while I work on it...so just ignore any random crap that shows up here for a while lol.

This might be the new banner, or it might get turned into the new banner after a bunch of tweaking. What do you think? You guys should leave comments with your opinions. Also, the title is from a Suzanne Vega song that I really like.

I think I am possessed...and out of shape...

2007-03-12T17:25:00.000-07:00

So I had a really shitty day today...
Including but not limited to:
1. falling back asleep and almost being late for my study/homework session
2. getting to my homework session an realizing that I left all my notes and papers at home
3. loosing one of my diamond earrings in the parking lot
4. finding out that we have medicinal homework due on Thursday which I didnt know about
5. going to the mall to try on jeans and not having anything fit
6. looking around for a half hour for the sweater that I wanted to buy, just to realize they didnt have it in my size

Then I get home and I think...

Hey, why dont I put on my work out clothes and go for a RUN.

WHAT THE HELL?!?!

So yeah, I ran from my house all the way down to Marshal Park, then I ran through Marshal Park for about 1/2 hour, then I ran all the way back to my house.

Dear god, I am going to be soooo sorry I did this tomorrow morning...

lol so yeah, I think its official...I have totally lost my mind.

Random Visitors From Other Countries

2007-03-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

		Perc.	Country Name
		92.31%	United States
		2.56%	Malaysia
		1.28%	China
		1.28%	Belgium
		1.28%	France
		1.28%	Kenya

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I thought it was pretty cool that occasionally I get random people visiting my blog from other countries. I love that my stat counter puts up little pictures of the flags :-)

My stat counter only keeps track of a limited number of visits, so I have also had people from other countries (Netherlands, Ghana, Germany, Norway...and some more that I cant remember at the moment) at some point that dont show up on here.

Sleep!

2007-03-11T00:14:00.000-08:00

I am getting a new mattress and box spring delivered on Friday!!!

And I got new sheets...they are a dark royal purple...they are SOOOOO pretty! And they were on sale :-D

Maybe now I will actually get some sleep...god that would be nice!

Harley makes me so happy sometimes LOL

2007-03-10T01:58:00.000-08:00

Ok, so a while ago Harley had a white fuzzy toy mouse that she loved. She eventually tore it to shreads, pretty much skinning it and playing with what was left of it. It is still attached to the plastic rattle inside, but just barley. Anyway, I thought it was really kind of funny, so I tacked it to my cork board when I gave her a new mouse as a replacement.

Well, I dont know why it took her so long to realize that it was there, but a minute ago she jumped up on my nightstand and proceeded to CLIMB the corkboard and try to pull the remains of her white mouse off the board. When she couldnt get it, she started meowing really loud. So I started laughing and then took it off the board for her, to see if she would still want to play with it.

She grabed it out of my hand, and ran out of the room with it, and began to throw it all over the place while meowing and snorting and basicly going freaking NUTS lol. Then she brought it onto my bed and has been playing with it ever since lol. Other than the fact that she keeps throwing it into walls and then proceeds to throw herself against the wall after it, thereby making a ridiculous amount of noice at 2am...it is really cute and funny. I am going to look all over town to see if I can find another white fuzzy mouse like this one. I have no idea why, but she just LOVES the damn thing lol.

Oh my god, now she is lying down with it, giving it a bath LOL.

There is a reason why I am getting my PhD in a Material Science area...

2007-03-07T13:31:00.000-08:00

I fucking hate biochem kids, and anything fucking related to biochem. Its a bunch of fucking bullshit. Just because you spent two weeks straight reading and memorizing the 500 pages of the textbook doesnt mean your smart. In fact, I would argue that it pretty much proves that you arent. The fact that I get almost the same grade as them and I dont study at ALL, pretty much proves that I'm smarter than they are. I would DIE LAUGHING if they ever had to take a test that was ACTUALLY hard, and ACTUALLY based on being smart rather than just straight memorizing crap, like one of Dr. Randall's tests. Oh my god, it would be the best karma ever. I am so fucking sick and tired of listening to the biochem kids talk about how impressed they are with themselves.

I will be so happy to see all these dumbasses in 20 years, when they are all just one amoungst a million shitty doctors, drowning in debt, on their third marriage. Serves them right.

Thank god Material Science is as far away from people like them as I can get.

***end of rant***

Uh Oh...

2007-02-27T20:26:00.000-08:00

I just broke a mirror...

crap...

4 down, 0 to go!

2007-02-27T13:09:00.000-08:00

I got into the University of Texas at Austin!

I'm super excited about it!

Just leave me alone...

2007-02-24T22:00:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I wonder why I didnt transfer last year.
Sometimes I feel like the only way I am going to stop getting hate mail through things like facebook, is for me to leave and stop having anything to do with LC people.

In addition to all the shit that I have been getting from erich's friends, I am now getting in from other people too. I got a nice little comment on my facebook wall tonight:

"In response to your status: You are a really hateful person. You hate everything and everyone dont you?"

I got really upset and wrote back:

"Excuse me? Do you know what is going on in my life right now? Do you know what that was in reference to? If you knew me at all you would know that what you wrote was completly not true, and rather insulting."

I am so tired of this.

Dear God make it stop, because I dont know how much more of this I can take.

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In other news, I saw "Ghost Rider" and "The Number 23" this week. They were both surprisingly good. They both did an excelent job of adding just enough humor in just the right places to make it work. I dont know why they got bad reviews. "the number 23" was A LOT different from what I was expecting but it was good for what it was.

2007-02-22T14:52:00.000-08:00

I got into UC Santa Barbara!

Which is CRAZY because UCSB has a REALLY good Chemistry Department.

I dont want to go there, but it is still really cool :-)

This is the end of the bullshit. It stops NOW.

2007-02-22T01:25:00.000-08:00

I have allowed horrible people to spread vicious lies about me, write hateful things about me, walk all over me, judge me, and crush me.

For TWO years.

And the entire time I have kept my mouth shut.

The entire time I have not stood up for myself.

It has become GLARINGLY obvious that nobody (or at least one specific person) has not, does not, and will not ever stick up for me or defend me against these hateful disgusting people.

Which means, I will have to start sticking up for myself.

And I have a feeling some people are not going to like it.

Well too fucking bad.

I have had enough.

I have been pushed too far.

One last hateful, mean, pathetic facebook-wall post finally pushed me over the edge.

Y'all thought I was a bitch before?
Keep on pushing me...
Go ahead.

Starting now, I am going to stick up for myself.

High Five!

2007-02-19T11:09:00.000-08:00

New Favorite of the Moment

2007-02-18T00:18:00.000-08:00

I need your help!

2007-02-16T13:19:00.000-08:00

PLEASE give me some websites that are good for wasting time!!!

I am soooo bored, and I have already checked all my usual links a million times!!!!

So....bored....

I thought a couple of these were pretty funny lol

2007-02-15T18:57:00.000-08:00

Haha...this is my life...

2007-02-14T16:23:00.000-08:00

Archived Book Review: Time Line by Michael Crichton

2007-02-13T23:29:00.000-08:00

This was one of the most entertaining books I have read in a really long time! It was suspenseful, and fun, and different. If you are looking for a light book to read while you are taking a bath, wasting time, avoiding homework, waiting for a bus, or for right before you go to bed, this is it.
Rating: 5 out of 5

Out for a walk

2007-02-12T23:55:00.000-08:00

So Erich and I have a new fun activity that we have been doing...

Taking Harley for a walk down in Marshal Park!!!

I am NOT joking!

We put her little harness and leash on, and we put her in her carrier and drive down to the park. Then we let her out and we go walking on all the trails. She does it just like a dog does! She keeps up with us, and runs in front of us sometimes, stops to smell something and then starts walking along the path again when you tug the leash a little bit.

Seriously, you guys HAVE to come with me at some point...it is WAY too cute and funny not to witness first hand LOL.

PhD Comics

2007-02-12T23:52:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I found the FUNNIEST thing EVER!

It is a sight that does online cartoons about Grad Students. They are HILARIOUS!!!! And even better...you dont have to be a grad student to appreciate a lot of the jokes lol. I put a little link thing on the right hand side bar under the "Currently Reading" portion. I just bought the books and I am really looking forward to getting them so I have something else I can procrastinate with! lol

This is the link if you want to be lazy and dont want to scroll down to look for the box in my sidebar lol

"Faceless Self Portrait" that my sister did in her digital photography class

2007-02-12T23:44:00.000-08:00

So my sister is in a digital photography class right now. She is a REALLY REALLY good photographer and sells a lot of her stuff. They had to do a faceless self portrait, and most people took pictures of things like their car, or their desk, or stupid crap like that with their digital camera and that was their project. This was hers:

It is even cooler when you see it in the full size. They had a little art show thing with their final projects (kind of like what they do with the art gallery under the library at LC) and a bunch of people asked if they could order prints and pay her for them....students, faculty, and other random people. I think that is pretty cool. You should see her real photography, it is even better than this. She uses a lot of non standard film, and different formatted cameras, and does her own developing. I am going to have her do a bunch of stuff for me for when I move into my new apartment and decide on a decorating "scheme" lol. Damn, I wish I had a hobby like her that I could make money off of!!!

It always is though, isnt it?

2007-02-11T00:19:00.000-08:00

I hope it was worth it to you.

Thanks for the usual.

Boring!!!

2007-02-10T19:53:00.000-08:00

I didn't find any shoes...

:-(

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I went to the lush valentines day party and got like a $20 chunck of soap that I love, for free! It was awesome! I also got a lot of stuff for pretty cheap because I used the coupon I got in my xmas gift.

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I am bored.
bored with school
bored with portland
bored with the same thing every day

basicly bored with my life.

i am 21 years old and i am already bored with my life.

i just hope that next year will be a little more exciting :-/

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Well, speaking of boring, this post is boring because I dont really have anything to write about...so...

The End.

2007-02-09T12:20:00.000-08:00

I am going to buy some cute shoes today! :-)

Procrastination is inevitable! And boring random stuff that you probably dont care about, but I am bored so I am going to write it anyway!

2007-02-06T17:36:00.000-08:00

I only have two classes, and yet I have managed to procrastinate and put everything off until the last moment LOL.

But hey, I have spent MANY MANY hours perfecting the art of procrastination and it is nice to see how good I have gotten at it! Too bad it isnt one of those skills you can put down on a resume lol.

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Yeah, so I am really tired. I have been getting plenty of sleep, eating relativly decent food, drinking lots of water, exercising (yeah...seriously lol...), and yet I still feel SUPER tired. I have decided it is because I HATE my mattress. I am going to try to talk my mom into letting me get a new one. Until then I am actually considering busting out the advil pm in hopes that maybe that will help me sleep. I dont feel too bad about it, because my body freaking hurts from all the pilates I have been doing so the advil isnt totaly being abused as a sleep aid LOL.

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I have decided that my biggest pet peeve is when people say things like "oh my god, we should totally hang out!" and then they never follow through on it. If you dont want to hang out, then dont freaking say you want to!!!

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I am fighting the urge to dye my hair. I want it dark again, but I want to wait a couple weeks so that it still looks nice for when I go back home. I keep staring at my car keys thinking "well, I could just go to freddies and pick up a couple things and see if I find a color I like..." haha, yeah I would head straight for the hair dye, then skip the whole "buying food and necessities" thing, and go home and bust open the box as fast as I could lol.

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Ok, so now I am bored with my boring post of the day.

So...

The End

Book Review: The Sex Lives of Cannibals

2007-02-04T22:58:00.000-08:00

So each time I finish reading a book I am going to put a little blurb about it in my side bar. Then when I finish reading another book I am going to update the side bar with the new book review and put the old book review in a post so that I have it saved somewhere. So that is what I am doing now! :-)The Sex Lives of Cannibals, by J. Maarten Troost
I thought that this was a pretty good book actually. I was expecting it to be more of a 'laugh out loud' book then it was. The book was really funny, but he wrote in a very factual way about all the crazy things that happend to him on the island, which made it more of a 'are you freaking kidding me!?' kind of funny. It was like he was saying that at some point things just got so ridiculous that he couldnt even react anymore. There was also a lot of historical information about Kirabati and Tarawa, which was really interesting. Anyway, this book was really good, but I wouldnt bother buying it. Borrow it from me if you are interested, because while it is a great book, I cant imagine reading it more than once. Rating: 4 out of 5

LOL this is SO funny...make sure you have the volume turned up when you watch it!

2007-02-03T11:58:00.000-08:00

I feel sick...

2007-01-31T17:40:00.000-08:00

The prices at Lush went up so much...

Ugh...

Now I feel REALLY gross buying stuff lol. I used to justify it by saying that if I use half a bubble bar then I am spending less on a bath than I would if I bought coffee at starbucks. But now...that doesnt seem to be true for a lot of the things I like.

Maybe I will have to start drinking coffee again instead of taking baths lol

Ahhh!!! SOOOO cute!!!!

2007-01-28T23:58:00.000-08:00

2007-01-28T10:40:00.000-08:00

Counting sheep is more boring than my life...which is saying a lot...

2007-01-28T00:44:00.000-08:00

I am so tired of not being able to sleep.

I am so tired, and I just cant freaking sleep.

I sit up doing nothing...

Looking at people's myspaces/facebooks/blogs...

Hell, it isnt even like I am wasting time reading/writting notes or messages to/from me. Every freaking day my email inbox is empty, my facebook inbox is empty, my myspace inbox is empty...and yet, I stay up until god awful hours checking them because I am bored and I cant sleep.

At least when I was home I wasnt sleeping because I was out hanging out with people. But now, those people dont even stay in touch. They go out and hang out every tuesday and thursday and yet none of them even calls or writes. So instead of hanging out until god awful hours, I sit and stare at my computer bored out of my mind.

I think that is the reason I cant sleep.

I am bored.

That sounds weird, and I dont know how to explain it, but I am so bored...
I am so bored and lonely that I cant sleep.

What the hell!?!

2007-01-26T09:57:00.000-08:00

Too many cleaning fumes...ugh...I feel dizzy!

2007-01-24T21:39:00.000-08:00

I just spent three hours cleaning my house...

WAY too cute!!!

2007-01-23T16:09:00.000-08:00

Who knew taking german would come in so handy one day.

2007-01-20T22:42:00.000-08:00

Someone decided to write something on erich's wall in german, and referenced me as the "psycho girl" and asked what happened with the psycho girl.

Yeah...just in case any of you ever want to write shit about someone, and you think you will be clever by writting it in another language, you might want to make sure the person doesnt happen to read that language.

fucking jerk.

lol matt damon imitates my future husband

2007-01-19T23:43:00.000-08:00

What to do, what to do?

2007-01-18T19:42:00.000-08:00

So I only have two classes this semester:
(Medicinal Organic Chemistry, and Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences).

My schedule is awesome:
(Mon/Wed 1:50-3:50; Tues/Thurs 9:40-11:10 and no classes on Friday!)

Most people would be totally stoked about a schedule like this...but I'm sitting around wondering what on earth I am going to do with all my time!

I am going to have time to do all the things I want to do, but I am starting to wonder if I am motivated enough to actually do them. It has been so long since I haven't "had" to do TONS of stuff, that it feels kind of nice to just do nothing lol. Although it has only been a couple of days of doing nothing, and I am already starting to feel kind of antsy. I need some kind of busy work!

I think that after a few days of being totally lazy that the novelty of it will finish wearing off, and I will find all sorts of fun projects to do around the house. I am also going to try to go to yoga every Friday so I have something scheduled so that I don't end up sleeping in every week lol.

I know it sounds weird to be complaining about not having things to do, but I have never really been good at being bored lol. You guys should give me some ideas for things to keep myself busy with!

Ok, back to bumming around the house and watching Seinfeld! :-D

2007-01-18T00:03:00.000-08:00

must post...something...too...bored...nothing to say...

ugh!

lol I am looking forward to the snow going away so that I dont feel so stir crazy lol

2007-01-03T17:47:00.000-08:00

HOLY CRAP!!!!

I KICKED ASS ON MY GREs!!!!

It really helps when you dont run out of time :-) lol

Suddenly you go from ~75th percentile...to...

99th percentile!!!!

FUCK YEAH!

2007-01-03T06:23:00.000-08:00

Oh my god....

I got straight A's this term! (ok, so a couple were A- 's but I dont care!!!)

I bumped my GPA up a total tenth of a point!

FUCK YEAH MAN!!!!!!!!

WAY too freaking cute!

2007-01-02T02:40:00.001-08:00

Where the fuck is the freaking sandman?! I am tired!!!

2007-01-02T02:37:00.000-08:00

I cant sleep...

It's 2:37am and I am wide awake, sitting in the dark bumming around the internet. I layed in bed from 12:30-2:00am awake and decided that I might as well get up and do something until I was tired.

Ugh...I need sleep...

2007-01-01T19:14:00.000-08:00

Pomegranate Mojitos = way too good for my own good :-)

Question of the Day:

2006-12-29T15:43:00.000-08:00

At what time do you think "early afternoon" ends?

I vote that it ends at 2pm.

When someone says they will call you in the late morning/early afternoon, and 3:45pm roles by...I say they blew it.

8 out of 13 installed...

2006-12-25T14:56:00.000-08:00

Ugh...I hate doing software updates for my computer! I've been doing this for two hours lol.

2006-12-24T10:11:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

The two saddest post secrets I have ever seen...

2006-12-23T21:26:00.000-08:00

2006-12-23T21:22:00.001-08:00

Why do you do this?

2006-12-23T17:55:00.000-08:00

I have never been this disgusted at someone.

I am so disgusted and upset that I cant even write about it.

At least now I know you arent really my friend.

What the hell is wrong with you? You used to be a decent person and now you make me physically sick.

You used to be my best friend.
Thing about that for a while and then go try to look at yourself in the mirror.

If you can then you are so far beyond help that I dont want anything to do with you ever again.

You used to be my best friend.
What the HELL happened to you?

Half done with xmas shopping!

2006-12-23T16:28:00.000-08:00

Surprisingly, the stores werent that hectic...I guess most people actually got their xmas shopping done ahead of time LOL...yeah....my family didnt. My mom is going to set up the xmas tree while my sister and I are going to finish up all the shopping.

Now I just have to wrap stuff...

2006-12-22T23:53:00.000-08:00

Well, if something doesnt DRASTICALLY change in the next day or two, it looks like I may be coming home (portland) for New Years Eve.

Five fucking minutes isnt asking too much.

And if it IS asking too much then you are an unbelievable jerk who doesnt give a shit about me and I really dont know if I want anything to do with you.

And the funniest part...
You dont even give a shit enough to read this so why am I even bothering to write this...you wont read it.

Random stuff

2006-12-22T00:25:00.000-08:00

So lets see...

The semester is over. Thank god. Once again I wanted to bust my ass and do really really well, but half way through I started getting sick and really tired all the time...so I will do ok this semester grade wise. It is really frustrating to be so freaking tired all the time that you cant do your best.

I am going to start filling out gradschool apps as soon as my grades come out. scary...

I thought that I lost Harley forever yesterday. We were having the windows replaced at our house, and long story short, I thought she got out one of the open widows (well at the time it was a big gapping hole in the house because they took the old window out but the new one wasnt in yet). We totally tore appart the ENTIRE house, emptied all the closets, looked in all the cabinets and we couldnt find her. We then proceeded to go to all the neighbors and ask them to keep an eye out for her, we walked around the ENTIRE neighborhood calling for her, I put food out at every door to the house in case she would smell the food and come back... and during all this I was sobbing horribly. I thought I lost my baby. I dont think I have ever been that sad...and if you have been around for the last two years you will know that is saying a lot lol. About five or six hours later I was lying on the couch with erich so exhausted from the crying and worrying that I was almost falling asleep, when I heard the jingle of her collar and ID tags. I honest to god thought that I was hearing things...I looked down the hallway and guess who was coming out of erich's room...Harley! I was so happy that I started crying all over again lol. It is kind of bothering me though, because I SWEAR we looked EVERYWHERE in the house, and I want to know where she was hiding in case it happens again.

I taking the GREs again on Jan. 3rd...I dont know why. I just thought I should take them more than once. But that sucks because it means I cant fly back to portland to hang out with Shannon before she goes to australia on the 4th for the entire semester. But she is probably going to go to the same grad school as me, so I suppose it isnt like I will never see her again.

It is almost new years...
Which means I guess I will be figuring out where the rest of my life will be going...or not going as I hope isnt the case. You guys know what I mean. I would like to have faith that someone will make the right decision...but it is hard sometimes to think that he knows how. I just hope that this time will be different so that he can make the right choice. The rest of our lives litterally depends on it.

I miss Harley already. I dont know if I am going to be able to sleep with out her curled up on my bed. It is going to be really weird to go to my parents house and see Dali, my first cat. It is going to be really weird to be around a cat that isnt Harley.

I may have convinced my parents to get me a Toyota Matrix when I graduate :-) *Knock on wood*

Have you ever had one of those moments when someone you really dont like has done something really embarrassing, or has gotten a really bad hair cut/dye job, or has said something really stupid in class...etc etc etc...and for a split second you just laugh your ass off either outloud or in your head, and think finally a tiny bit of karma has brought a tiny bit of justice? Yeah, I had one of those moments today. It kind of makes you feel like a bad person, but whatever. lol

I am only taking two classes next term, and doing research. Which means I dont have class on Friday...which means I can go down to the beach on the weekends and stay in my parents new house (they arent moving in until after may). It is all set up with high speed internet, cable tv, furniture, kitchen stuff...it will be nice to get away once in a while.

My goals next term is to keep my house clean, stay in shape, and get a's in my classes, and to not get sick and tired.

I dont know why I write on this. No one reads it. I dont really have anythign interesting or insightful to say when I write, and when I do have something to say I am never in the mood to write. I suppose I write here more often than I would write in a regular journal, so I suppose it is better than nothing. It also frustrates me that I dont have people comment on my blog. I suppose that it is partially because I dont comment on my friends blogs that often, but there is usually a reason for that. I actually got a livejournal account so that I could comment on one of my best friends blogs because she always has funny and interesting stuff up, but EVERY time I go to write a comment it turns out that someone I hate beyond words has already written some inane, insipid, idiotic comment, and there is no way in hell I am going to leave a comment on the same page as her, which means I dont ever get to write comments. Which really really pisses me off. I feel like this bitch (yes I said it, and I mean it, because it is true) has foudn yet another way to weasle her way into my life. It really bothers me that she is constantly talking to someone I consider one of my three best friends. Whatever.

I am driving home with my parents which is kind of funny. I get to drive their new car which is awesome! Damn, volvo stationwagons go FAST! lol

Well, I am tired.

Super tired.

But I cant sleep.

Nothing new...

One of the funniest things I have seen in a REALLY long time!

2006-12-14T20:01:00.000-08:00

Statement of Purpose

2006-12-13T22:48:00.000-08:00

So here it is. Dr. Randall said that he really liked it. He made a couple changes to word choice that I am totally fine with. Other than that, he said not to change anything. Which is AWESOME because it means I am FINISHED with it!!! lol. I would REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT if you guys would let me know what you think about it. Well, I should get back to studying/working on my take home test....ugh...

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I would like to earn a PhD in chemistry in order to gain the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career that would emphasize an industrial application of chemistry. While I enjoy the educational and pure research aspects of chemistry, I have always felt that the most appealing and motivating part was to see how a particular idea or topic could be put to use in a practical and productive manner. My favorite laboratory experiments were the ones in which I synthesized various compounds. However, I always felt like the experiment was slightly anticlimactic. I spent a great deal of time and effort to make a nice white powder, but at the end of the day it just got disposed of. I was disappointed to watch my hard work literally be thrown away. While I understood that the importance of these laboratory experiments was to learn a particular technique, or to reinforce a concept learned in lecture, I desperately wanted my final product to have an actual use. I decided that for my education and career to truly hold meaning for me, and to have a purpose in my eyes, the end result of my chemistry must also posses a purpose. This desire is what has led me to consider an education and a career that would focus on a type of chemistry that would have an industrial application.

My first experience with the industrial applications of chemistry took place in the summer between my sophomore and junior year in college. I attended a summer program at the University of Oregon, which was focused on polymer chemistry. It was interesting to me because it was an entirely new field for me to learn about, and also because I was able to see polymer chemistry being used at various manufacturing plants. Visiting several different companies is what prompted me to think about expanding my interest in chemistry to an interest in possible careers.

The year after I attended the summer polymer program I decided to become more involved in chemistry outside of the classroom. I was nominated president of Lewis and Clark’s ACS Student Affiliate Chapter. I used this position as a networking tool to meet several local Portland chemists, to learn about current topics in chemistry that I would not otherwise be exposed to, and to further explore where a PhD in chemistry could lead me in my professional career. I helped organize Hearts of Los Angeles Youth, a youth program for inner-city high school students from Los Angeles to visit Lewis and Clark College and learn about chemistry. I began to do volunteer tutoring in physics and chemistry, and I also became a teaching assistant. I also was chosen to be the student representative for the hiring committee to replace a chemistry professor who is retiring next year. In the second half of my junior year I decided that while the concept of working in a laboratory all day while earning my PhD seemed appealing, I was not sure if I would enjoy it in practice. I began working with a professor on the enzyme kinetics of tyrosinase in order to determine if I possessed the patience and the self discipline required for performing research. I enjoyed working on my own, researching journal articles for ideas, coming in on the weekend to run extra trials, and taking ownership of a project. I have found this to have been one of the most important steps in my development towards becoming a true chemist. I learned that it was not necessarily my interest in a particular topic that motivated me, but rather it was the actual act of doing research in which I wished to excel. I then participated in the Roger’s research program at Lewis and Clark during the summer between my junior and senior year. I worked with Dr. Barbara Balko, and investigated the enhanced reactivity of zero valence iron in the presence of smectite clays. I enjoyed the research partially because of the practical applications involving environmental remediation, but I also enjoyed it because I was able to work in my lab five days a week, eight hours a day. I looked forward to going to work, and I enjoyed taking home journal articles to read. I chose to continue my research with Dr. Balko into my senior year because I wanted to keep including research in my daily life. I made the final decision to apply to graduate school for my PhD after I realized how much I enjoy doing research on a daily basis, and how I enjoyed learning by actually performing the chemistry I was reading about in journal articles and in textbooks.

In particular, I would like to pursue materials chemistry in some way, whether it be through polymer chemistry, thin film chemistry, inorganic chemistry with a focus in materials, or perhaps an entirely different form of chemistry that I have yet to learn about. I would like to be able to apply my graduate school work towards running a large scale industrial manufacturing plant. While this has been my intended career goal for some time, I am leaving this idea flexible and open to change, because I hope that my graduate school experience will continue to introduce me to new areas of chemistry which may spark an interest in me that I have yet to discover.

Last day of class

2006-12-12T23:44:00.000-08:00

So today was the last day of class for the semester.

And I am sitting at home working on my inorganic take home test.

Yet another day goes by in which I really wonder how my life ended up where it has. Then I wonder, why I am bothering to wonder about it, because nothing is going to change anyway.

Well, I will go back to my test now.

19 days until New Years.

Oh wait, you dont care about that anymore do you?

It is FINALLY done!!! Ok, well the rough draft is done at least lol :-P

2006-12-12T00:39:00.000-08:00

I finished the rough draft of my grad school essay about 15 minutes ago.

I like it.

I really do.

The only problem I have with it, is that I wish it could be longer. It is already about 1/2 to 3/4 of a page longer than it should be. When I sat down to write it I thought that I wouldnt have anythign to write about. But once I started typing it was really hard to stop. I honestly could have written 10 pages. Condensing 10 pages down to 1-2 pages was unbelievably hard. I realized just how much thought I had given to my future education/career goals, and I wanted an opportunity to explain it. I also wanted to tell them about all the things I'm good at, like presenting, and my inorganic take home tests lol, and writting lab reports, and doing organizational things, etc. I felt like if I could just write more, then they would really be able to understand why I want to go to grad school, and they would totally pick me. Oh well.

I am having Dr. Randall proof read it tomorrow. Once he gives me the thumbs up on it, I am going to sit down one night and fill out ALL my applications. It is going to be sooooo scary to push the send button. I know I wont get into all or even most of the schools I am applying to (regardless of how supportive my friends are, and regardless of how well they think I will do, I honestly wont get into some of them). It is really scary to send an application, knowing you will be getting a rejection letter in the mail. It's like asking out the popular guy who talks to you and who sometimes flirts with you...you know you are going to get turned down, but you will just kick the shit out of yourself if you dont ask and you end up going to your ten year high school reunion just to find out that he had a huge crush on you the whole time but he was just too chicken to ask you out first. And yes, I am aware that sentence was super long and rambly lol. I just dont want to sit around five years from now wondering...could I have gotten into UCSB?

Anyway, I think I am going to post my essay up here once Dr. Randall ok's it. I'm kind of embarrrassed about doing that, but I would honestly like to know what you guys think before I send it out you know?

Well, I am super tired, and it is super late. Ugh. Well, keep your fingers crossed that Randall likes my essay :-/

I know it is a small picture, but it is really funny! PS. Check out my side bar! I added a little book review section :-)

2006-12-10T23:52:00.000-08:00

You're Joking Right?

2006-12-10T17:41:00.000-08:00

So apparently my cat is allergic to her plastic food and water dishes. I had to buy brand new, stainless steel bowls for her...and I have to get rid of her expensive, fancy, filtering, purifying, water bowl that is like a little water fountain. I got it because it was supposed to be GOOD for cats lol. Now she gets to use a simple stainless steel $5 dish. I also have to get rid of all her plastic toys. I'm also worried because I store her food in a plastic tupperware-like container. Ugh...

Just freaking do it already!

2006-12-10T15:01:00.000-08:00

I need to write my stupid grad school essays...

Once I start I know it will only take an hour or two...

But instead, I am going to do ALL my laundry, clean my room, vaccum the living room, take my cat to the vet, possibly do a big WinCo run...

And THEN I will write my essays! :-P :-)

2006-12-10T10:34:00.000-08:00

Hell yeah!

2006-12-06T14:48:00.000-08:00

I got 459 points, out of 461 points on my advanced inorganic take home test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that is a 99.6% bitches! lol

it also happens to be the highest score in the class :-)

CRAP...

2006-12-04T20:32:00.000-08:00

So...I am taking the GREs on Friday...it was either that, or take them in the middle of January, but my deadlines are all in the beginning of january...shit...

Guess I better start studying huh?

I have had this picture on my blog before, but the caption that someone came up with for it is really really funny!

2006-12-03T11:37:00.000-08:00

"And I will name you George, and I will love you, and hug you, and feed you, and...and...zzzzzzz...."

2006-12-03T11:32:00.000-08:00

This was a funny thing from cuteoverload that I thought was sooo funny...

A bunch of bears took over this playground...seriously...lol

2006-12-03T11:25:00.000-08:00

People Visiting

2006-12-02T21:01:00.000-08:00

So, I have been having some random visitors pop up on my blog site. I am able to see when people visit my page, where they are from, what time they visited, how many times...etc etc etc.

I LOVE it when I have random people reading my blog...it makes me feel like I'm not talking to myself lol. However, I would really appreciate it if people would LEAVE A COMMENT and let me know who they are, how they found my blog, stuff like that. Otherwise it is kind of creepy when you see the same person reading your blog several times, and you dont have a clue who they are, you know?

Anyway, I guess I am just saying that I would appreciate it if people would leave comments, otherwise I may start blocking some of the IP addresses I dont recognize that keep popping up. If you have already left me a comment, dont worry, I know which IP address is yours so I wont block it :-)

Boomtown

2006-12-02T20:45:00.000-08:00

So I started watching "Boomtown" today with Erich.
That show is CRAZY! It has some of the BEST plot twists that I have seen in a really long time. It is about a bunch of cops in LA so it is kind of a rough show to watch, but it is amazingly well done, and the actors are wonderful. The filming is pretty cool also. It jumps from one character to another character, and so piece by piece you get to see what 'really' happened with the case they are working on. It is a really good show, so I highly recommend renting it or net flixing it.

Mars

2006-12-01T14:25:00.001-08:00

2006-12-01T14:22:00.000-08:00

I totally lost my voice the night before my big presentation lol.

Oh, and I found out that I am taking the GREs on the 9th, which is the same day as dana's xmas party which is lame...hopefully the GREs go really well so I'm not bummed out right before I go to the xmas party :-/

I forgot to write about it!

2006-11-29T21:26:00.000-08:00

It snowed the other day.

And I took Harley outside while it was snowing :-)

She kept meowing at the sliding glass door, so I decided to take her outside to see what she would do. I figured she wouldnt like the way the snow felt on her feet, or she wouldnt want to get cold or wet.

Yeah, she totally loved it. She ended up getting totally covered in snow. It was really cute. I brought her inside when I thought she was getting too cold. Hey, I was cold and I was wearing shoes and a heavy duty snow jacket lol. She wanted to stay outside, but oh well.

Anyway, my sister took some pictures of her outside in the snow, but she hasnt emailed them to me yet. Once I get them I will post them here.

Found Magazine Item

2006-11-29T12:30:00.000-08:00

Almost done....

2006-11-29T12:21:00.000-08:00

So I finished my adv. inorganic take home test last night at 1:30am. Hey, that is better than 3am like the last two tests!

Now that that is over with, I get to start working on my stupid Journal Club presentation. Ugh...

I have to have all my slides done by 7pm which is when I am meeting with my partner. I havent started. I also have to have my paper for the presentation writen by tomorrow. It shouldnt take too long, but it is really hard to find the motivation to start. I think I am going to play a game for a little bit, take a nap, and then start working on it at 3pm. That will give me 4 hours to get it done, which should be plenty.

Anyway, once that is done on Friday, I get to start working on Graduate School Esasys, or my Statement of Purpose as they call it. Ugh.

Then after that I get to take the GREs.

Then I have finals.

And then I am DONE.

It is snowing!

2006-11-27T08:13:00.000-08:00

That is all. :-)

The usual...

2006-11-26T22:00:00.000-08:00

I am tired...
I have too much work to do...
I am sick...
I want to go to sleep...

So yeah, that basically covers it lol

Pick a game, any game! :-)

2006-11-24T22:21:00.000-08:00

PLEASE keep your fingers crossed!!!

2006-11-22T11:55:00.000-08:00

There is a chance that Janice might push back my journal club presentation, from wednesday until friday.

This would be WONDERFUL because I have a HEINOUS advanced inorganic chem take home test over thanksgiving that is SUPER long. She seemed really annoyed that he would give a take home test over break, and she said she woudl see what she could work out....

If she doesnt push it back until friday I will basically be working all night, every night for all of break :-/

wish me luck...

Way too cute!

2006-11-22T00:19:00.000-08:00

Update on the recommendation thing...

2006-11-21T14:49:00.000-08:00

So I asked Dr. Randall if he would write me recommendations for grad school.

He said yes, but that he wanted some information before he wrote it. He wants:

1. my transcripts/list of classes I have taken (he doesn't care about the grade part)
2. my "Statement of Purpose"
3. a list of all my extra curricular activities

OK, so it may not sound like a lot, but I am not too keen on people reading my statement of purpose. Most likely because I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE, and I think it might be kind of embarrassing...I haven't had them read anything other than lab reports before lol. I know I write really well, but the thing is that the statement of purpose is basically where you are 'selling' yourself to the college you are applying too. It is WAY worse then an undergrad essay, because you have to write about what you intend to do for your schooling/career/why you want to do it/why you would be good at it/who you want as your advisor and why...etc. I guess I just don't want my professors to read such a cheesy, suck-up-y thing you know?

It is also bad because that means I have to start working on it. God, I cant even finish all my hw and now I have to worry about writing my statement of purpose...ugh...

I haven't even signed up for the GREs, let alone studied for them :-/

Crap...

That basically sums it up lol

Oh yeah, and I have to start making up shit for my extra curriculars LOL

I am too tired/bored to think of a title lol

2006-11-21T10:52:00.000-08:00

So this will be the 'random' post of the week.

* our power went off three times last night for no aparent reason...weird...it was annoying though because everytime it came back on, my printer started up, which is a VERY loud sound.

* I am sitting in my lab bored out of my mind. I am making up new buffers which is easy enough, but it is kind of boring. Oh well, I mean normally I dont actually have time to really do anything in lab because of the way my classes work out, so at least I have something I can do in a short period of time.

* Dr. Kuo decided to keep Medicinal Organic Chem at the original time: 9:40-11:10am. It isnt too bad, but if he had moved it then I wouldnt have had class until 1:50pm monday-thursday which would have been cool lol. I guess now I can T.A gen chem on Thursday afternoons, and work in the lab Tuesday afternoon.

* I decided that since I dont have class on Fridays next term I will go downtown to yoga on Friday mornings, and then do physical therapy for my shoulder friday afternoons, get all my errands done on fridays including cleaning my house. That way I will actually have a weekend and I wont waste all of friday sleeping in or bumming around.

* I havent asked anyone but Barb to write me recomondations yet. I keep chickening out which is stupid because I know they would write me recs. I guess its just that once I ask, and once I take the GREs then there is no excuse for not starting to fill out the forms...ugh...paperwork :-P

* So, I noticed that when I look at my blog from the computer in my lab, that the title of my blog "Intended to be..." is ABOVE the banner picture, instead of IN the banner picture, which is where it appears on my computer at home...WHY?! It would be WONDERFUL if you guys could let me know where the title appears on your computer screen so I can see if it is a problem with my lab computer or with my laptop. THANKS!

Ok, well I have to go finish one of my buffers so I will write more later

I want my penguin back...

2006-11-19T00:31:00.000-08:00