on the covers of the post and daily news a blown-up picture of  Zarqawi's bloodied face (is he dead in the picture, or alive?  would they really put a dead man's face on the cover of a newspaper? aren't there rules against that? probably not when it comes to killing terrorists)  the post added a word balloon coming out of his mouth that says "warm ( Read more... )

i am working for the summer again at the WTC Health Registry.  the first day back at work they had a public meeting and people could ask questions to a panel of researchers and policy makers, including John Howard, who i was told is the 9/11 health czar.  he has alarmingly bright orange hair.  he is the 9/11 health coordniator, a new position ( Read more... )

i have one more div III correction to make before it is all finished and ready to be printed out for tomorrow.  i have write a line or two about how females are more likely to participate  in random population surveys than males.  i could have make all my corrections and edits in one day, but i have dragged it out to last this entire week.  part of ( Read more... )

after struggling with my intro since december and having my committee kick my ass about my intro for months, i finally have made significant progress.  why is it so hard to write an introduction to my own research?  i did all the work, why can't i introduce it.  but 3 hours in the amherst library with one major caffeine-induced headche and  finally ( Read more... )

been feeling strange and reflective lately.  in seeking out inspiration for my div III, i went to advising and had them dig up my hampshire admissions essay that i wrote about how john lennon's music helped me survive the first  few weeks after 9/11.  i wrote it on my family's ancient mac computer that died soon after my senior year of high school ( Read more... )

i thought i would get blue, but this accurate:

WHAT COLOR ARE YOU?
WHITES are motivated by PEACE, seek independence and require kindness. They resist confrontation at all costs. (Feeling good is more important than being good.) They are typically quiet by nature, they process things very deeply and objectively, and they are by far the best listeners ( Read more... )

i know i complain about my div III a lot, but i secretly love it.  i cannot imagine doing my div III on anything else than what i'm doing.  when i think back on my other div III ideas, i just i shudder to think that i might be spending all of my time and effort on something other than this.  i like this.

i just finished the abstract i'm submitting ( Read more... )

check out this genius link, (from tulipchica's LJ)

i put in health and sociology and got: "Reflections on Multicultural Emergency Care and its Relation to Urban Sociology"  is which actually somewhat relevant to my div III and the closest thing i've got for title so far. 

NY1 gives a fair summary of events, bringing some light to the pension issue:

Breaking News: Union Executive Board To Vote On Ending Strike
December 22, 2005

In a definite sign of progress, mediators who met separately with the transit union and the MTA all morning, announced Thursday that both sides have agreed to resume talks while the union takes ( Read more... )

never has it been more obvious that fox 5 news sucks ass.  i was looking for their MTA strike graphic headline they've been using during their newscasts, but i can't find it online.  anyway it looks something like this:  ILLEGAL transit strike.   all other news stations just have a plan "MTA transit strike" graphic.  the reporters on fox never say ( Read more... )