You guys, I'm getting a puppy...! I've wanted a dog for soso long, but due to a semi-complicated living situation I wasn't able to have one. But things have changed. Yay! An old co-worker of mine fosters lots of animals, and two of her foster dogs, a Bichon Frise and Chihuahua, accidentally got busy one day, so now wa-la--puppies! Since they ( Read more... )

Who can tell me how to link to pictures and how to post pictures of my PUPPY???

The march of trying new foods and recipes continues ( Read more... )

I did it! GRE complete! I even surpassed my personal goal score. Yay!

Holding my breath for admissions letters...even though I've still only submitted 1 of 3 apps. This stuff is 'spensive!

I think the word "giblet" is more disgusting sounding than what it actually refers to (keeping in mind that giblets themselves are pretty gross). The following is an alternate definition for "giblet" that I think is fitting ( Read more... )

Update time... Where were we ( Read more... )

Shredder was admitted into the UCD emergency vet hospital on Friday night for kidney failure. She's slowly getting better, but there's no way to know what caused it unless I spend the $2-3000 (on top of the $1600 I've already spent) to send her to the nephrologist. She's being flushed with IV fluids until her blood toxins return to normal levels, ( Read more... )

All right... things went way down the tubes at Jax, so I got a new job. I'll be working in the Biomedical Engineering department at UC Davis doing cancer research. I'm cautiously optimistic about this one, since the last two had so much promise and turned out to be duds ( Read more... )

Soooo I'm putting serious consideration, effort, and research into going back to school. I know I want to study embryology and stem cell biology, but I don't know if I want to try for a MS at UCD (or PhD... I was once told that it's a bad idea to go for a PhD without a masters. Or in my case without any scientific writing experience whatsoever) ( Read more... )

Brief update ( Read more... )