yesterday i saw this girl i know who has been deaf since she was born. a couple of months ago she had surgery where they implanted a device in her head that allows her to hear for the first time in her life ( Read more... )

this weekend my friend (who is 1st generation chinese) married her long time boyfriend in a traditional chinese ceremony. well, traditional is a relative word depending what part of china you are from, but this was a 'tea ceremony' which is pretty old skool. i was the carrier of the tea ( Read more... )

yesterday one of the kids i was working with thought i was EIGHTEEN. that's a record so far. he is 22 himself. he was shocked when i told him i was 29. god i love this job : )

the other day i found out that kraftwerk is playing my city (belgrade, serbia) on june 13th. i am so bummed i am missing them both in nyc and in belgrade!!! thewicked3000 have fun ( Read more... )

i've been working as a valet attendant for the past three weeks. i.e. i've been parking fancy cars. i needed a temp job to pay for the bills while i am looking for a *real* job (whatever that may be), so i found this thanks to my friend cortney. we are the only two girl valets that i know of. which of course makes us pretty special - ha ha. ( Read more... )

here are some pics:

john kerry

karzai

spooky sniper guy

me with the diploma, gown and a funny hat

and me after three glasses of champagne

more pics here

yesterday i officially became a phd. pictures will be uploaded soon ( Read more... )

while waiting to meet the professor i was interviewing with today my eye caught this label on a box in the lab:

"old monkey parts '93"

sadly, the professor was a total bitch.

yeah right

my h&m interview yesterday resembled spanish inquisition: why do you want to work retail? why do you want to work for h&m? why not food service? etc, etc, etc... all of this for a shitty h&m job! ALSO, they would not tell me how much i would get paid. is that normal? all i know is that it's less than $10/hr ( Read more... )

i have an interview at h&m today. how cool is that? i told them i was still in grad school and need some extra $$. har har. i am kinda excited about it.

[i am in need of a mindless temp job until i find/start a postdoc so if anyone has any better ideas please let me know]

danke.