Jay Brennan "Beautifully" -- amazing.

thanks Laura for sharing it :)

and it is only Tuesday ( Read more... )

Beyond a doubt, the worst phone call you ever recieve begins with "I'm sorry there's been an accident." If you've ever been told these words, I'm sure that you agree - you remember where you were, who you were with, what you were doing just before, all with extraordinary clarity for the rest of your life ( Read more... )

My dad's cousin Tommy is back home from the hospital. Turns out they thought he wasn't going to make it when he got admitted. His tumor was apparently leaking blood... they did some radiation procedure, did some transfusions, and he seems to be doing a lot better. He's only the second one to have survived this where he is being treated, so I ( Read more... )

I work as a research scientist at what is arguably the premier pharmaceutical company in the world. Every week is a whirlwind of western blots, ELISAs (often gone awry, for me, of late), RT-PCR, cell culture work and countless other lab tasks. Amid all of this "bench work" I think I sometimes manage to lose sight of the big picture. I know what ( Read more... )

Current obsession:  The Office.

Thank you Dave for giving me hours of procrastination on DVD. 

Love Story - Taylor Swift

We were both young when I first saw you
I closed my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello
Little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, "stay away ( Read more... )

 I've never been a huge fan of The Notebook, but its kind of perfect when you're in need of a good cry.

One of my mom's friends is a hypnotherapist.  Weird, I know.  She used to be a maternity nurse, with my mom, but a few years ago she went to a conference to learn "hypno birthing" which is apparently the new big thing and she fell in love with it and now does weight loss and smoking cessation clinics as well as stress relief stuff and who knows ( Read more... )

I love coming home.

I was just outside unpacking my car and looked up to see a deer running through the woods behind my house.  I love it here.