WOW.  I just finished my 3rd concert in a 3-day span.  This one was a little chamber music gig, but the last two...WOOF!  I played two SCO concerts last weekend (1 of which the 'rents and Matt came to).  They were the best concerts I've played at Willamette!  Chen Xi, 22-year-old Chinese violinist extraordinaire, was the soloist (did I mention that ( Read more... )

My grandmother died this morning ( Read more... )

I took the Biology ETS exam two weeks ago, and I found out that I passed, as did everyone else in our class.  My score was definitely not the best or worst...I'm in the 60th percentile or so.  That's good enough for me!  Yesterday I spent 10 1/2 hours in lab altogether.  It was rediculous.  I TA'd EED for 3 hours (and it took the full 3 hours), and ( Read more... )

Two days ago, on Feb. 8th, I had an interview/visit at OHSU School of Dentistry. It went really well! Here's what the day looked like ( Read more... )

Interview schedule for next week:

Tufts University, Boston, MA: Feb. 5, 9am-2pm
OHSU, Portland, OR: Feb. 8, 9am-2pm
UCSF, San Francisco, CA: Feb. 12, 8am-2:30pm

Wish me luck!

Ahh, two more things. Nov. 29th marked the one-year anniversary of Matt and I! Yay! However, we decided to postpone the celebration due to Logan's memorial. We went out to dinner that weekend to Bentley's grill, and it was pretty good. We ordered way too much food, though. Ugh, I still remember being full after that meal. Also, I am so sick ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've written in here. I think that I mentioned that Logan died before Thanksgiving, and that's been really difficult for Shannon and Matt, especially. They were very close to him. I'm taking a break now from writing my final Shakespeare essay (on the loss of love and its impact on self-awareness - very groovy). Shannon ( Read more... )

One week ago, Logan Will died in a car accident while travelling to Gold Beach, OR. I've been trying to help Matthew and Shannon through it, and we had a memorial service at Willamette last night. It was a nice service. I played "entry music" with Kira while people were coming into Hudson, and there were quite a few in the audience. The ( Read more... )

Tired, but excited to have Matt and Shannon back in about 3 hours. I hope their flight goes well and is on time. I miss Mr. Matthew! And I'm way excited: we're going to DaVinci's with the family tomorrow night to celebrate Dad's birthday. I can't believe my father is turning 50 tomorrow! That's ancient! Hehe but according to everyone else, I ( Read more... )

So I judged at Willamette's high school tournament. It was really fun/interesting! I judged 3 public rounds (2 junior, 1 novice). My novice girls were so cute, and it was cool to see the roots of debate prowess. I have been shopping too much lately. I got Matthew a beautiful new shirt at Nordstrom (very hip, to wear under T-shirts, and it's ( Read more... )