olimahen's Halloween party:

aaadmn23 dressed as a new superhero: Z- Savage.

almaren dressed as Jack the Ripper in a time machine, complete with gory knives.

anarchy105 dressed as Mde. Lachienne Foutue d'Enfer -- you don't wanna know.

aubsicles dressed as George Bush.

awellesleycoxn dressed as blues legend Peg Leg Fingers Blue.

bonita_serpente dressed as ( Read more... )

"The fact that life went on was a given, but that didn't mean that you had to expect it to make any sense or expect it to be fair."  Renate Dorrestein ( Read more... )

I can't believe I am a college graduate.  Graduation week was incredibly busy, but also a lot of fun.  It was nice to have my family and friends there.  The actual ceremony was also nice.  Cathie Black gave a great speech- she was incredibly entertaining and thoughtful.  K-Bott also spoke well- she has improved a lot over the course of the year.  ( Read more... )

Still freaking out about exams and the like.  I've been studying a TON over the last 24 hours.  I passed my thesis defense!  It was incredibly nerve-wracking, but my committee was really supportive and nice the whole way through.  It's such a relief to have the whole thing out of the way ( Read more... )

STRESS.  It's taking over my life.  I am almost done with my entire undergraduate career.  Believe me, it hasn't been easy.  And it will remain difficult and rife with stress until the very end.

I have recently become addicted to Keane's song, "Crystal Ball."  I am not sure if it describes my general feelings, the amount to which I feel overwhelmed ( Read more... )

Why can't people read? Why must they knock on your door super late at night just to have a look at your room when you have a sign that says "DO NOT DISTURB. I NEED TO SLEEP." big and in all caps?

I may have snapped at a girl who came by and I kind of feel bad about that, but why couldn't she read my sign?  Why did she have to wake me up?  Also ( Read more... )

 My THESIS is done (temporarily)- until my defense anyways.  I am so glad/relieved.  I will be printing 6 copies on Monday!

You would think that by the time you get to college, you would have learned how to successfully make a bag of popcorn.  You would also be wrong.  My hall smells like burnt popcorn and I cannot even count the number of times res halls have been evacuated for POPCORN.  I mean, really, all you have to do is push the "popcorn" button on the microwaves ( Read more... )

I have decided to go to Yale next year!  I know it isn't as warm, as close to my family, or as high paying as Vanderbilt, and it was a hard decision to make.  I think Yale has more of the research I want to do (axon guidance), great faculty, and also another program I would be interested in getting into (MRSP- take med school classes to be able to ( Read more... )