Thinking back on this year, it's been rather insane. I've found friends in people I never excepted to be close to, finding them to be way more compatible with me than people I've formerly considered friends. I've held an insane number of wildly different jobs. What I was and who I was at the beginning of this year is I believe considerably ( Read more... )

Since I'm working in Hematology right now, I brought in appropriately themed cupcakes.

Behold the dorkiest cupcakes: White cell differential cupcakes!


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Time flies by so quickly these days, I sort of forget to stop and take the time to reflect ( Read more... )

So something exciting to share: I saw a BM biospy being performed yesterday and almost fainted. It was insane, it was kind of scary ( Read more... )

So I finally got to start my internship at Santa Clara Valley Med, which is great. I'm pretty excited about being productive again. It's been a week and so far so good. I like work for the most part, of course I'm doing super basic stuff right now but I'm sure it will only get more challenging ( Read more... )

I never thought I would be, at 23, on the verge of spontaneous combustion woe is me! (Incubus, Pardon Me ( Read more... )

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Licensee: IRENE TRAN
License Number: TRL 00002180
License Title: CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST TRAINEE
Status: Active
Issue Date/Last Renewal Date: 9/25/2007
Expiration Date: 12/31/2007
Grace Period Ends: 2/29/2008

I swear everyone said that their employee physical was a joke and that they didn't have to take any tests or anything

I got a chest x ray
My blood drawn for hep b and varicella test
and I'm getting a respirator fitting...

I can't help but feel a bit diseased or something... maybe they think I'm an immigrant or something...

Damn positive TB

So I just took my first real test in grad school and all I have to say is that, that is BULLSHIT. OMG. WTF. They test on things they don't teach us!

... I hate grad school right now.

Ok. So as fun as this weekend was, I'm starting to regret it. Man there's a lot of work to be done. =( Whew. How is it only Tuesday?