Hey all, I'd like to take a poll. If you were hosting a party at your house, and the theme of that party were "prom", what music would you put on the playlist?

Today at 2:30, my grandmother passed away. She wasn't like any ordinary grandmother - she raised my brother, my sister and me. She was the only person who was always there for me my entire life. She never left when things got bad, never decided that something else was more important ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't heard, I've decided to apply to med school. This is a big step for me, as it's going to take a lot of time, money and effort over the next couple of years just to get in. I'll be 28 or 29 when I enter, meaning I won't be out of residency until I'm at least 35, and maybe as late as 40. But at least it's a path ( Read more... )

The other day whilst driving home from Boise with liesoverthesea, we nearly died. Seriously. Big fuck-off car crash. Popped a tire at 80 mph, drove into the (thank god) dirt median, flipped over 3 times and landed upside down. The car is totaled. Luckily we both walked away from it. We went to the hospital so that B could make sure she didn't have any head ( Read more... )

Here's a game that I found online. It's really cool in that it's fun and based around an interesting psychological concept.

Flow, the game

This is what I want to do when I grow up ( Read more... )

For some reason this struck me as funny: a Native American University with "White People" as their mascot. Or maybe "Germans".

So many things in this world fall under this category. Dominant behavior, anger, hate, war, etc. I think we can disagree as to how necessary some of these things are, or even how unfortunate. But there are just some things in life that you hate that exist regardless of how you feel about them. I tie this concept in to that of a Nash equilibrium ( Read more... )

Y'all know that I'm totally fascinated with personality type, especially the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, fondly known as the MBTI. I really like typing people - it gives me a way to see things through other people's eyes in a rough, heuristic sort of way. Of the people that are on my LJ, there are 2 INFPs, an ENFJ, an ISTJ (though she might be ( Read more... )

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