This morning, just before my alarm went off, I had what may have been the strangest dream I've ever had. I was in a hotel kitchen, helping this guy prepare a fancy meal. There was no one else in the kitchen except the two of us. The recipe called for avocado, so the guy hands me this creature. It looks kind of like a chinchilla, but it's pink and ( Read more... )

Well.

I am no longer a volunteer for my former prof. I am now, officially, her paid Research Assistant!

This makes me very happy.

That is all.

I swear, if you look up that word in one of those encyclopedias with pictures, you will find a picture of my family ( Read more... )

So this weekend I had a brand new experience - a movie made me feel so nauseous that I had to take a gravol to settle my stomach ( Read more... )

Not only do I seriously dislike Stephen Harper, but his approach scares the beejeebies out of me. Apparently, he has decided that he will no longer speak to national media because they were upset that he refused to answer their questions, so they walked out of a press conference. Here's a link to the article:

Harper says he's finished with Ottawa ( Read more... )

You know what I hate? When people without any physical impediments get on the elevator to go up ONE floor (ONE FLOOR!) - and I know there are stairs that would get them there just as quickly. In the building that I work in this is seems to be a popular past-time. I don't understand why people are so freaking lazy. If I worked anywhere from the 5th ( Read more... )

So I did my first stint working for my prof yesterday. The program I'm using is SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) and it's fairly easy to work with. I'm inputting results for a control group right now, so I get to see the activity for each person, as well as the combined average activity for all of them. Very cool. As of next week I will be ( Read more... )

You know what's nice about having a friend who is a certified yoga instructor - getting a free private lesson in my home! I have to tell you, yoga is deceptive. It looks so simple and comfortable - but it's not - muscles I didn't even know I had are burning today… However, my opinion of yoga has definitely improved ( Read more... )

You know what's better than finding out I got an A in Neuroscience? Getting an email from my prof that says, and I quote, "You did awesome in the class." That woman rocks. I am so lucky to have crossed paths with her. Given our closeness is age I have to confess that I see her as something of a surrogate big sister, so I'm very glad she wants to ( Read more... )

Oh great god of office jobs, please have mercy on me and either send me some work to do or just kill me now.

I forgot how boring my job can be when things are slow, which they are today. Ridiculously, impossibly slow. I have done nothing but surf the web and play spider solitaire all day. And it's not because I'm a slacker. I like to work. I like ( Read more... )