Okay, folks, I'm sorry it's been so long. Originally I had a lot of stuff to do for school, and then finals, and then all that jazz after a rough year that makes you think you don't need to do anything you're supposed to be doing...whatever. I'm not going to make excuses (because none of them will really fly ;). I'm back, and I think I'll be a ( Read more... )

I've just been handed my ass on a platter. I came out of my last chem exam feeling pretty good, thinking I got around a 22 or 23 out of 25...it turns out I got a 17. That was the mean, too...this really sucks. I don't know what the hell went wrong ( Read more... )

So my volunteer gig right now is at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at the Columbia University Medical Center. The cardiologists here do thousands upon thousands of angioplasties and stent placements every year, and at any given time there's a dozen clinical trials or research studies going on, usually with new and improved ( Read more... )

You know, it's amazing how much of a difference having your own washer/dryer can make. Even after living in an apartment for 8 months without any in-house laundry facilities, I'm still not used to the drudgery of dragging my laundry bag down the block, waiting for a free machine, loading up the quarters, ending up losing some stuff and picking up ( Read more... )

Today is the last day of my spring break. I have to say, my break this time has been rather pleasant and productive. I didn't do any school work, like working on lab reports or studying for my chem midterm coming up on Thursday, but I did get a few other things done. For example, I've requested letters of recommendation from people at the high ( Read more... )

I believe strongly in the probabilistic nature of the universe. Every event, from the precise spot on the keyboard I'm going to hit next to whether the argon atom right in front of my nose is going to crash into the nitrogen molecule, has some probability attached to it defining its likelihood. The thing that most people forget is that even ( Read more... )

I have tried not to use this journal as a way to document my experiences...it's more of a way for me to express my thoughts. I'm going to take another departure from this line and talk about how my day progressed today. For Harry Potter fans, someone may have slipped some Felix Felicis in my cereal this morning ( Read more... )

Well, it's very late on a Thursday night (or very early Friday morning), and I've had a few stiffies...drinks, that is, you sick, sick bastards. I'm not going to be able to put very many coherent thoughts together, so I'm going to just give random thoughts in this entry. Given the fact that this is what my journal is called, that seems apropos ( Read more... )

So I'm back from India! I ran into a little bout of illness after my triumphant return to the states, so it's taken me a while to get up the energy to entertain you all with my oft-asinine thoughts (yes, that's really how you spell it). I had a great time in the motherland, and I do catch myself missing my folks back there. My cousins are ( Read more... )

So last we heard from me, I was studying my ass off for two finals, both on Dec 19. Well, I guess the finals went pretty well, although it's very hard to tell. I thought I performed fairly well on both, but with the curve and my uncanny ability to answer the question that wasn't asked, we won't know how well I did 'til the grades come in. I am ( Read more... )