Once tagged, you MUST write an entry about 6 wierd habits you have and state this rule clearly. Pick 6 people at the end of the tag and list their names ( Read more... )

first update in a while. i think i'm gonna try to update semi-regularly now.

anyway, check out what my mom e-mailed me today: (this is exactly why i don't tell her anything)

Subject: Fwd: FW: IT'S LONG, BUT SO WORTH THE TIME TO READ
From: "bhavani koganty"
Date: Mon, April 3, 2006 12:19 pm
To: "Bhakti Thakrar" (less ( Read more... )

i was watching "Chicago tonight" on PBS today and they did a little section on Jim Oberweis. last year he was one of the republican senate candidates and he's one of the republican possibilities for governor next year. there was a lot of controversy during his senate campaign 'cause he tried to use the illegal immigration issue to get some cheap ( Read more... )

seems like every time i update, it's about UIC screwing me over with my major(s). now it looks like i won't be able to finish in time if i do neuroscience + biochem. that's because they're gonna make me make up the 13 credit hours of intro bio that overlap between the majors. there's no way i can fit that in w/o taking another semester, which i ( Read more... )

I got a couple e-mails today from the neuroscience faculty regarding my double major. here's the first one ( Read more... )

On friday, i e-mailed the dean of LAS on my major situation. This is the reply he gave ( Read more... )

as you all know i was planning to double major in neuroscience and biochem. and today i went to the advisor guy to add on that neuroscience major. apparently you are not allowed to do two majors if there's "significant overlap" in the courses that you have to take. in this case the overlap exists in three courses: Bio 100,101,220. just cause ( Read more... )

After an 11 week hiatus, i'm back to updating. after all, who wouldn't want to know about my oh so routine school life?? here's my schedule for this fall ( Read more... )

i'm ditching work today (and i have the car), so call me up if anyone wants to do anything.

as per routine, i checked my e-mail this morning and there were a couple from my p-chem professor, Dr. Jameson. the last week of school, she had forced me to fill out a couple of applications for some scholarships from the chemistry department. it was called the Paaren scholarship or something and there were two different parts to it. today she ( Read more... )