Somebody once told me that lobsters mate for life. Despite the fact that this is completely untrue (female lobsters normally just pick the largest sexiest lobster when it is that time), it is an incredibly endearing image. I just see these two lobsters, claw in claw, with their big flat cumbersome tails all nestled together. Despite their tough ( Read more... )

Today is a rather shitty day for me today because after this afternoon, I am officially cut off from having monetary help from my dad. This date was agreed long ago, but now that it is actually happening it is really terrifying. I truly have no one to fall back on now, and I will not be making all that much money next year. from a financial ( Read more... )

today I bought my plane ticket and reserved some hostels. this is tre exciting!

the Europe trip is actually happening!! its happening!! I guess that i was starting to lose faith that we would get our act together and start planning but the ball has started rolling and it is fabulous. These are some of the places we are hitting up ( Read more... )

Ah spring, here at last. With the new quarter comes a new set of responsibilities and concerns ( Read more... )

Today my allergies exploded. I feel like death and I have two finals tommorrow, wow this sucks. If I take allergy meds it makes me sleepy so I won't be able to study, but if I don't then I will continue to feel like death. I wish that there was some middle ground ( Read more... )

I got a job offer today!!! It was for Trichero wine estates (a fairly large wine company) as a lab tech for the harvest. it pays really well for an interny position and i have a pretty good chance of getting hired full time at the end of the summer ( Read more... )

Life is so messy right now. I wish that i could have some sort of idea where i am going to be working next year, where i could live next year... then i can stop stressing out. I have a basic idea of what i want. i want to live in the east or north bay. i want to be doing something micro-y in a lab. i want to be making at least 30K a year ( Read more... )

Nineteen years ago my lil sis was brought into this world. Without her, I don't think that I would be the same person that I am today. We really leaned on each other through thick and thin, especially when think were so muddled and difficult during the divorce days. She has taught me so much, but the thing that stands out the thing that stands ( Read more... )

This past weekend I played with the Nintendo Wii for the first time. wow it is seriously so fun! i am not really into video games, but we played some sports games like Wii tennis, boxing, bowling, baseball... they were so active and fun. i love the fact that video games are not about sitting on your ass anymore, but now you can get physically ( Read more... )