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I'm extremely tired. This shouldn't be surprising because I slept fewer than 3 hours last night, and it's currently a quarter after 3am. I don't plan to really sleep tonight. I'm parked out in bihall working on my thesis, which is going insanely slowly. I might take an hour nap in a bit, though...because I'm really tired. How long can people ( Read more... )

there is no foreseeable end in sight.

i am hungry and still in lab.

maybe i will take some yeast and bake some bread and stick it in the autoclave. it will inevitably be done before i leave.

These past few days have been much better than when last I posted. We did our first experment/technique (can't actually call them experiments...we're not studying anything) that i hadn't previously done, so that was very exciting. i've also decided that i can determine my attitude, so I've decided to be postivie about lab so that people don't ( Read more... )

Okay, so not really, but I did come to one conclusion about myself this evening. not really shocking....and probably something that i should've/most people realized about myself long ago ( Read more... )

These past three days may have been some of the longest days of my life. Ever since this laboratory class started I have been becoming more and more frustrated. I guess, though, that it's making me realize that Middlebury actually is different from other schools in the degree of hardness and just how they teach us. This lab class has so far been ( Read more... )

So, my life has become infinitely more exciting since i've actually been doing something that didn't involve sitting at home alone. imagine that. thus, you all get lovely updates on a regular basis. today was the last day of orientation weekend, and we pretty much had the entire day to ourselves to do whatever we wanted. so, after breakfast, me ( Read more... )

Hello, again! Today was a very eventful day for me. and it didn't even involve any science! let's see. this afternoon was the annual LSSURP canoe race. Originally, I wasn't signed up to participate, but I still decided to go down to the lake front and watch the races because it was an absolutely gorgeous day outside. So, i go down there, and ( Read more... )

hello, all! i am currently writing from my cabin at lake itasca state park in Minnesota. I arrived here yesterday, but it already feels like I've been here for at least a week. In all, there are near 50 of us students staying at the state park for this weekend orientation of the LSSURP (life sciences summer undergraduate research program) ( Read more... )

okay, so last night i had the most amazing dream. i built a giant pirate ship, which this weekend, i was going to sail (along with several high school friends) across the Great Lakes (not Superior) and out to NYC for the weekend. honestly. how is that not an amazing dream? i woke up, though, before we actually made it to the sailing part. sad ( Read more... )