This just in: Writing for a 'female' audience doesn't preclude one from writing about things that are wrong with *people* as opposed to things that are wrong with *women*. With very few exceptions (probably none, since one ought to consider those who are transgendered and transsexual), almost everything is applicable to people, not just women ( Read more... )

Med school update:
3 acceptances (Case, Tufts, Cincinnati)
2 waitlists (Michigan, Pittsburgh)
2 rejections (Boston U, Rochester)
1 interview left (OSU)
1 decision pending (Wash U in St. Louis)
1 I don't know wtf this is (U Penn)
4 schools left to hear from (Emory, NYU, Columbia, Northwestern)

Not bad, if I do say so myself.

Made pasta with chanterelles and prosciutto today. Next time I'm ignoring my boyfriend when he says "no peas"--it could definitely have used some. Also shallots, now that I think on it. I think I'll buy some tomorrow and dump it into the leftovers. Won't be quite right, but it'll be good enough ( Read more... )

What is this I don't even...
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In other news, my weekend was awesome. Now back to school sucking as usual.

My dad and I had an interesting conversation at the dinner table last night. We were debating minorities as US Presidents, and my dad was saying that since Obama's probably not going to get re-elected, we won't have another President who 'deviates from the mainstream' for a while (read: someone who isn't a white, heterosexual male). This is ( Read more... )

I learned something today from a paper I was reading for my Philosophy of Feminism paper (it's a weird paper...). Apparently, the way I look at my finger nails (palm up, fingers half curled) means I'm actually a man ( Read more... )

Standing in the way of FREEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM is:
1 Bioethics paper, 5 pages (May 3)
1 Philosophy of Feminism paper, 7-8 pages (May 5)
1 Microbiology Environmental Isolation Manuscript, x pages (May 3)
1 Senior Capstone paper, x pages (oh god this will be long) (May 6)
1 Cumulative Microbiology exam (April 30th)

ReadySetGO!

This entire damn semester, I've been constantly cold (even though it's now hitting mid-70s every day), constantly hungry, and constantly tired. I get the tired one--I don't sleep enough/well. Fine. But the constantly hungry? Dude, I eat a ton. And yet, inevitably I will be hungry an hour after every meal. It's kind of frustrating ( Read more... )

Rock climbing would be more fun if I weren't absolutely terrified of heights.

That being said, I've decided that since my university has a climbing wall in the gym, I'm going to make an effort to climb more in an attempt to overcome this fear. We'll see how it goes.

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