I found out last week that I was accepted to the Masters degree program in Nutrition at Columbia in New York. It starts in late August. I'm super excited about moving forward with what I want to do for my career, but I'm also scared shitless. I haven't relocated to a completely new scene in a while, and Sangita is leaving for India just as I arrive ( Read more... )

Has anyone else noticed the after college behavioral trends? Everyone seems to get married and have kids. It is necessary for the continuation of our race. It is nature's way, and yet I find it exceedingly disconcerting. I am in no position to have a child, and therefore it shocks me to think of people my age who are about to create a miniature ( Read more... )

I just got back from visiting Brad in Mexico, and I feel amazingly refreshed. I successfully stomped all over Mexico City for two days. I saw everything I wanted to, including a souped up drainage ditch which Mexico turned into a tourist attraction with colorful Aztec themed boats. My biggest accomplishment was navigating the public transportation ( Read more... )

I've come to a simple conclusion. The best way to get sexual favors is to tell someone they are attractive and mean it. It only works if the intention is simply to inform and not to achieve the end goal. Otherwise the meaning is lost in the ultimate intention and it becomes sleazy.

Since I got back from ACL I've been on an intense music binge. I know music binges are as common as frat party keg stands, but both are equally alien to me. I'm up to my ears in mexican indy rock, latin hip hop of every shape and size, and even some mexican black metal. Some of these groups aren't half bad, and I have an awesome new playlist of ( Read more... )

I left the Ratatat concert wondering... How would I react if I found out I was an alien? and conversely... How would I react if I found out everyone around me were aliens, but naturally I wasn't ( Read more... )

I've just spent an entire day on one essay for medical school. One page of BS, and it took an entire day ( Read more... )

Here's the deal ( Read more... )

It is 11:40 on a Saturday night and I am studying. I've chosen to allow the MCAT to take over my life. I'll be happy about this choice in the long-run, but in the short term it seems quire absurd ( Read more... )

I have decided that there is something innately awkward about checking out at the grocery store. It is hard to make eye contact. Both parties are too busy keeping up with making the transaction move as smoothly and efficiently as possible that somehow the human element becomes strained and stressful ( Read more... )