and now time for ... wacky news around the world. sponsored by the transplant immunology lab.

"The Real Face/Off"
As you all should know, I am in love with Nicolas Cage. Well, more specifically, I'm in love with Nick Cage in the following four movies: The Rock, Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds, and Face/Off.. Judgement on my taste in men and ( Read more... )

...i'm missing you bunches guys! you all rock and should know it. it's weird that you're not a part of my day-to-day life. for you ...

"I blow you a kiss
It should reach you tomorrow
As it flies from the other side of the world"
~Fugitive Motel by Elbow

( Top Ten Subtle Differences Between Grad School & Hell )

( My Harry Potter Love Match :) )

welcome to winter in california. rain, rain, rain, & some more rain. considering the alternative of snow and ice, rain is really not all that bad. then again, considering the alternative of perfect weather all year (aka hawaii), rain kinda sucks. so, with rain on my brain, i shall now consider the pros and cons of rain. feel free to comment ( Read more... )

so the high was 74 or something today in beautiful, sunny california. but that didn't prevent the TIL (transplant immunology lab) from having a snowball fight! thanks to the -20 freezer being thawed tomorrow, we got a sink full of perfect, fluffy snow (seriously, it was PERFECT packing snow. better than nature, folks). jay tried to ambush me, ( Read more... )

... so, every year since I started college, I've gotten a cold during the middle of fall semester. That cold pretty much lasted until spring; sometimes leaving for a week or so, only to return with a vengance the next week. Last year, it lasted until 2 weeks after graduation. (If any of you remember that person who was coughing up a lung during ( Read more... )

so, i just got back from a pretty sweet dinner with the director of the nih's vaccines research division. but i had to go to lab. it's 10 pm (joy)

this is what i should be doing:
a)taking care of my cells
b)reading genetics papers

this is what i am doing:
( quizzes galore )

( tests, tests, tests )

christine hsieh rocks my world. she totally rocked her thesis defense. yeah for rNKp30 - a totally kick ass receptor!