"Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a cofeehouse that was already almost deserted. "No, I don't," I said.
~Kafka

"It loved to happen."
~Marcus Aurelius

I was checking out facebook, and realized I had missed almost everyone's 21st birthday while I was here. I am so completely out of the loop. Sure, I have fantastic friends here, almost all of them American, so they'll be there when I go home, but sheesh...all my friends from home just moved on ( Read more... )

Who got inducted into Tri-Beta without her knowledge? This kid.

Yessss...

I am feeling so much better about these MCATs. Sure, they’ll probably knock me off my feet when I take them, but right now…ahh. Just finished the second test in my booklet, and I got a 20 from the three sections. So if I get around a 10 on the writing section, that puts me at a thirty for my MCAT score! Which is enough to get me into at least one ( Read more... )

I absolutely panicked.

Breathing fast and shallow, my heart was racing, and it just looked hopeless. I started popping Easter chocolate like it was my job.

All this from researching UW Madison's admission requirements for med school.

Lent ended...about 8 minutes ago. And I am happily engorging on all the built-up sweets in my room, including (but not limited to) Swiss Cake Rolls, Rolos, Reese's, Hershey's Kisses, brownies, etc.

Why? Why did I just get fucked over? The one summer research that sparked my whole search, the one place that would’ve given me second thoughts about working in Wisconsin, the one place that would’ve put me near old friends, doing work I care about, and she doesn’t turn in a recommendation letter in time. So I get cut. Sure, maybe I wouldn’t have ( Read more... )

So, a lot of the time, I totally forget that I have siblings. I just wrote an email to all of them, in response to Rachel and Jim’s emails. And I had to reflect and remember that they were my family. I needed to recall that fellowship we had when we were younger. When we were together. We’re all growing so far apart, that I barely know them. It’s ( Read more... )

Well, the drinking didn't happen yesterday, because I realized I had a game for the Welsh cup today in Swansea. A neat five hour drive from Bangor. So Mike, Brandy, and I watched 'Crash' last night. Probably not the most feel-good movie we could have picked, but it was nice nontheless ( Read more... )

My Valentine is 3,000 miles away.

Which is actually kind of liberating, because I don't think he'd let me go to the bars tomorrow night till I passed out, because so many places are having drink specials.

I should probably call him to wish him a happy V-day before I head out