It stokes my ego to get job offers :-)

Biogen contacted me today but I turned them down. Amgen already bought my soul for the low low price of good pay and kickass free apartment.

I guess working shitty lab jobs for slave wages for 4 years actually pays off.

I just find out where my apartment is for the summer ( Read more... )

So Chicago is going well, we had 3 really good shows this past weekend. I'm impressed by the quality of the orchestra, we have some amazing brass and wind players. At least in high school it was impossible to find a good trumpet player. The cast is also superb and I wish I could watch the show at least once but I'll have to be resigned to watching ( Read more... )

Stole this from Juliet ( Read more... )

Running in the Boston Marathon yesterday was exhilerating, exhausting, uplifting and painful all at once. The weather was gorgeous, 50 and partly cloudy with a breeze; the spectators were awesome, especially the kids handing out orange slices, ice cubes, jelly beans and ice pops, the drunk guys yelling at everyone and the thousands of screaming ( Read more... )

Ok now that I've signed the offer letter I feel like I can officially be excited about my internship. I'll be working at Amgen in Kendall Square with the Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism group on developing an assay for investigating the mechanism and characteristics of cytochrome p40 (a nbroad substrate liver enzyme) and how it transforms drug ( Read more... )

Oh yeah, also wanted to mention the stupidity of Human Resources departments ( Read more... )

Tapering sucks.

Carbo-loading is fun.

less running + more carbs = PMS!!!! haha, j/k

I think my mood will swing this week between AHHHSOEXCITEDBOSTONMARATHONAHHHHH to AHHHAVENOTRUN *rips off head of innocent passerby*

Ran the Back Bay 5K this morning. Cold but I ran well and then froze afterwards. The course was completely on the esplanade... haha I could probably run it blindfolded by now. It took Chi Phi a little too long to get organized and to register everyone so the race started late and some people were getting cold, hungry and bored. Once it started ( Read more... )

11 days until Boston!!