So...heh...I guess one possibility I didn't take into account as I was working on my prospectus and setting up the dates for everything...the possibility that Dr. Liao would just lose patience with the entire lab and either fire or force out everyone he didn't absolutely need...

So...um, yeah, as of today I am pretty much fired.  He basically told ( Read more... )

Hahaha, so, I'm writing my prospectus now.  I've got a solid 15 pages of babble that I need to form into maybe 20-30 pages of understandable writing.  But...there is a problem.  You see, on one hand, I want it to be very good.  It's supposed to be in the style of an NIH proposal, kind of detailing what I'm going to do and what I've done so far.  ( Read more... )

I have cleaned and organized my desk at my lab.  That can only mean one thing...next I will clean and organize my room at my apartment, and then I will finish writin my prospectus.  Spontaneously cleaning and organizing is the sign that I'm about to buckle down and focus...
Let's see how long it lasts.

So, we were going over the fruit of the holy ( Read more... )

We've been working too hard I think....

*girl puts Snoopy stuffed animal on keyboard*
Me-"Are you going to have Snoopy write your dissertation for you?"
Her-"He'd probably do a better job..."
Later
Her-"I have about 60 pages so far"
Me-"How many of thos did Snoopy write?"
Her-"Well, I wrote about 40 pages..."
Me-"That was not the answer I was hoping to ( Read more... )

So, a friend of mine in Chi Alpha here at UCLA got hit by a motorcycle a week ago.  Not really sure of all the details; in a dazed state she gave her cell phone to some guy to call us and alert us as to what had happened while the paramedics were loading her into the ambulance.  At the time, most of us were gathered together at Sunset Rec Center ( Read more... )

So, a flock of green parrots just flew by my apartment.  Or, something like parrots; they looks like parrots and squawked like parrots...and were eating the big red petals from the tree right out my window.  Reminds me of some of the boyscout camping trips from when I was a kid; we would meet up in the morning, and sometimes there would be these ( Read more... )

After a long time of reading and learning in my non-existent free time (prop 1A took forever to understand) I finally drew up a summary of everything I thought:

( propositions: )

Have people in our country seriously become that paranoid?  It's like we get startled by our own shadow at this point...it boggles the mind.  I guess the latest cool thing to be scared about is the upcoming world-wide pandemic of flu virus from Mexico...How much you wanna bet that 1 month from now no one even remembers what the swine flu was?

So, I snuck back home to the bay area today for my Dad's birthday tomorrow.  Total surprise, I felt really proud of myself for being so sneaky.  Got here around 7pm, in time for dinner...only down side is I need to set up an experiment tomorrow overnight, and be in a class tuesday morning...so I actually have to leave back for LA around 1pm or so ( Read more... )

So, we had the annual tech forum today at UCLA; a chance for all the best nerds around to come share the most recent nerdiness of our times.  Sadly, I missed some of the best talks in the morning (I really wanted to hear the nanotech/bio-informatics/health care presentation) because I had to be in a class, but I got back in time to listen to the ( Read more... )