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The irony, etc.
mouser_nerdboy pointed out that right after I posted the article about how my personal happiness affects 1,000 other people indirectly, I then posted about the Annie Le case and how it made me sad and scared. My apologies to the 1,000 people who I just made sadder and more scared ( Read more... ) -
Not even the lab is safe
This story about a missing graduate student named Annie Le at Yale is really upsetting me. I think it's because I can relate to this young woman...she's a female grad student, a bit younger than myself, who is in the physical sciences, and who works in several different lab facilities. She went into one of her labs this week, in a building full of ( Read more... ) -
Happiness is contagious--so stay happy!
The NY Times Magazine had a very interesting article today about how social networks can influence individual's health and happiness. It's really long, but I am really intrigued by the idea that our personal actions may affect as many as 1000 other people! I'll keep most of the article behind the cut except for the last few paragraphs ( Read more... ) -
Back in the game again!
I don't know what happened, but I just lost the will to even look at Livejournal. I think it's ultimately been good, because I've been spending a lot of time taking care of long-overdue business and getting my life in order again. But I miss you guys ( Read more... ) -
Time for some postins
I don't know what causes me to fall off the LJ wagon, but I don't like it. Time to climb back on!
Let's see if I can summarize the most interesting things that have happened to me in a while...well, firstly, I was a model for mouser_nerdboy's Flickr group a few weeks ago, and it was surprisingly fun/hard work! A lot of the photographers in the group are ( Read more... ) -
I've got a fundieburn
So I realized I was not going to make it to spinning, since by the time I got my tight pants on it was 5 minutes to 5pm, when the class starts. Also, I seem to have gotten a rather severe burn from standing outside talking to the kids. It's red, and it hurts! Maybe that's God's little way of telling me that I should flee his tiny self-appointed ( Read more... ) -
THE FUNDIES AAAAAH
I've been quite absent from LJ recently, but I just had an experience that has goaded me into posting. I was leaving the gym after a yoga class when I was approached by three young kids who asked me, "What do you think happens when you die?" Now, I have been approached by their adult brethren in the past. These people try to prove the existence of ( Read more... ) -
Update from CA
In case you're wondering what I've been up to whilst silent on LJ, here's a link to the robot recon test blog (with some entries by me ( Read more... ) -
Cat killer in FL!
I just read the most horrible story on CNN.com--apparently there is some sick fucker in Miami who is torturing and killing cats and then leaving their bodies posed in their owners' yards. HORRIBLE.
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Just a (not so) small bitchfest
I like to participate in clinical studies. It's a great way to contribute to science in general, and sometimes they even pay me. After I finished the last study I was in, I gave the study staff permission to put me on a list of healthy people willing to partake in other studies. So last week, when I got a call about participating in a functional ( Read more... )