So I have disappeared in the face of the cyber world. I don't even know why I write, I don't even think anyone really cares....I have some free time at work and thought that maybe I'd write something substantial in my journal. I'm like a month behind with my lab journal and I just don't feel like updating it because I've had so many failed ( Read more... )

Today I realized that I'm a PITIFUL dancer.  Little did I know that Mahogany were just baby steps...more like baby crawls.  I came upon this epiphany when I auditioned for DC Culture Shock and OMG I was culturally shocked in the realm of the dancing world.  When it was my turn to present the choreographed piece, I totally blanked out and could not ( Read more... )

In the mornings, I have this ritual where I turn my lights on after my alarm clock starts beeping. I press the snooze button and then sleep for 10 more minutes until my alarm clock goes off again. But this morning, I tried to turn on my light and it didn't. I got paranoid, fearing that if I didn't turn the light on I would fail to get up for ( Read more... )

Jesus Christ, work has been utterly boring lately. My boss has left me with the responsiblity of reading this Crystallography paper, which neither him nor I can understand any of the mathematical and greek jargoon. I studied biochemistry, not physics. Though I did take physics classes and did not understand any of it. Who in the world reads ( Read more... )

So I work for the government but since I get my money from my boss's reserach grants - technically I am not a federal employee and the government doesn't automatically take the money out of my salary and I have to take the responsiblity of paying the taxes. I basically have to save money so that I can pay taxes every quarter. The tax forms are so ( Read more... )

Why is everyone around me so determined? What is it that's driving their determination? Did I miss out on something? Is it too late to get on the determination boat? People who don't have the determination or the internal drive are often categorized as lazy - what if they just don't know what to do in their life? In life, why are we pressured ( Read more... )

Last night I decided to go to this bowling social with other post-bacs and post-docs from the Twinbook research laboratory. Martha, whom I met at the IRTAccepella, group, was the one who informed me about the event so I was interested in going to meet other post-bacs. Farrah, the main “gatherer” of the post-bacs told me that the event was suppose ( Read more... )

So today my baby left to the otherside of the world ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Eric called Christopher to ask me if I wanted to play in his pool team to replace Christopher. I was surprised that he actually wanted me in the team - he had asked me before and I thought he was joking around cuz I seriously suck. But I do have to say that I have improved immensely by watching Chris but I feel I haven't improved ( Read more... )

I have practically moved into the Twinbrook lab but I really haven't been doing much. For the past week I have just been hanging around and trying to update my lab journal, which I despise. I never really liked keeping track of stuff - many of complemented me for my organization but if they only knew about my poor organizational skills, they ( Read more... )