I've found myself becoming less reactionary. That's pretty neat.

This is a clip that makes me smile every time I watch it.

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I don't really get the hype about NYC. It can be cool to visit for about a day, but most of the allure seems to be in the sheer VOLUME of people (and it seems I meet fewer in NYC in a day than I do in DC or IC, just because there seems to be a bit less connectedness) and in the accessibility of everything you could want WRT material goods.

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You know what's pretty cool?
The fact that after going to TJ, I can correctly estimate my score on any exam immediately after finishing it.
I was like "Yeah, I got about an 85 on that cell bio test" last Friday, and lo and behold, I got it back today-- 85.5.

Heh. It's the cute little things like that....

I am not used to my back hurting in a good building-more-muscles way! I mean, yes, my upper back, but I did deadlifts yesterday and eeeverything hurts. A really awesome hurt. Like, jesus, I worked everything in my back and everything in my legs and my abs a bit as well. Feels good man. But I think I'm finally going to cave and take a megadose of ( Read more... )

Today we were working with pipettes and pipette assistants, and I tried to pull the pipette assitant off a glass pipette and the pipette shattered and one fragment lodged in my thumb. It wasn't a big deal, but I realized-- that was my very first lab accident!

I feel like I've been baptized.

Oh hey, it's my favorite bacteria!

Also, the G20 protests have me totally wired.

And I'm feeling better.

I find Christian Anarchism to be really interesting.

I made super-delicious gluten-free cornbread tonight, and really awesome chili.
It was GREAT.

Gluten-free corn fry bread (so more like a corn pancake, but TASTY):
1 cup bob's red mill gluten-free flour mix.
1 cup cornmeal
4 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1/4 c oil
1 c soymilk
+ agave nectar to taste.

Fry in oil.

Sooo tasty.

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That's what's made me smile today.