I suppose the likelihood of something like this happening dramatically increased once I started living in DC, but I've never seen a presidential person - well, in person, before ( Read more... )

"Listen now
to a cavalcade of sounds
that have shaped our time."I wanted to write that down before I forgot it. Spoken with the soothing voice of a 50's era tv narrator on a gentle, haunting background of music. I don't know why. I just like it ( Read more... )

I love Ingrid and Eileen! I love all my friends but I love them the most right now because they've helped me so much with my SOP! So much so that they deserve a whole entry just talking about how great (and witty and charming!) they are!

I know, you're getting sick of the exclamation points. I'm stopping now. :p

SUBMITTED MY FIRST APP! AHHHHHHHHHH!

1 down, 6 more to go. Now I gotta work on my writing sample. And personal history statement. Damnit. Will it ever end???

The mice in our lab are all supposed to be as close to clones of each other as possible, in order to remove any inherent variation that may upset our experimental results. Every now and then, though, we find ourselves with some idiosyncratic mice that do not look and/or behave like the rest of them do. I told my co-workers at lunch today that every ( Read more... )

Hot damn. I'm on a roll! I might actually finish this thing.

Technically I'm on version 2.0, but version 1 had tinkerings up to .7 or so. I have yet to get all the way to the end. When I do I'll post, I promise!

Oog. I'm in a weird state right now. I just had a very strange but very powerful dream, and my mind is still kind of stuck in that mental mood space.

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1. I'm sure we've all seen strange variations on our names. There's a street here in DC called Jenifer street, which I think is pretty weird. My name just doesn't look right with one N. It has been, however, topped by my recent exposure to the name Jenniphur. Which kind of makes me want to cry ( Read more... )

1. Well, I tried. I really did. I held out for a week during John's cold, I thought I was home free, and then, Sunday morning, I woke up with a stuffy nose and sore throat. For a while I convinced myself it was because of the dry air, which is a big problem John and I have down here. We've taken to keeping a humidifier running constantly during ( Read more... )

Best quote ever ( Read more... )