The things I am going to do to mice are finally sinking in and I'm feeling things.

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On Empiricism, Dead English Guys, Souls and Ghosts

I'm saying some things lately that I feel really weird about saying, but I'm convinced that it's actually helping to look at things in different ways. I'll get that in detail in a second. (Skip to the purple text after the ( Read more... )

I was called to the professors office for plagiarism today for the first time in my entire life. I almost cried. I am so embarrassed. I hate this semester.

I am bleeding pretty intensely and nonstop from my asshole, but since it's not black blood I'm not TOO scared.

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I'm going to call it like it is and admit that I am a friendship opportunist, for the most part. (There are people in my life that I've known for over a decade and when I go two months without seeing them it's not the end of the world and they are the exception to this unconscious selection.) For the most part the people that I meet at school are ( Read more... )

I wanted to get better at public speaking and I really did.

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Hello Mina of the current time, this is Mina of the past. I was selected as ambassador for the nutrition program out of all of the nutrition students because my story is so whacky and inspiring. Maybe when you re-read this you'll feel a little funny in your insides and be happy about how far you came ( Read more... )

I live in a reality that accepts the monitoring of my thoughts as I will them important enough to share, should an institute/program ever do a successful dig for my information on the internet and find this journal I wouldn't be surprised. I feel better adapted, because privacy felt like a luxury that was never really afforded, only a mirage to ( Read more... )

It was always my intent to eventually work on Alzheimer's research. Last year, I approached my advisor and mentioned that I was interested in telomeres and that I wanted to apply them to nutrition ( Read more... )

Today a bunch of people congratulated me for being selected as the speaker, I guess there will be a dress rehearsal at some point. I think I figured out why it felt like I didn't know enough scientists a few years ago, I don't think they can possibly stand to associate with unreasonable people ( Read more... )