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[May. 17th, 2008|01:56 pm] |
Well, I figured since I'm almost done here at Vassar, I might as well post one more time. I finished finals yesterday. Poor performance on advanced organic chem, I think, but that's alright.
In a couple of weeks Adam and I are getting on a plane to San Francisco to find an apartment. We'll be back by the end of June, and then we'll spend the month of July packing up the car and driving allll the way across the country, starting from Boston. Of course we can't just stay out there once we've moved: we are flying back again for my cousin's wedding in DC August, and then getting on a plane yet again to go home (!) to San Francisco, where I will start my Ph.D. work in the Tetrad program at UCSF. I'll be working on that damn Ph.D. for about 6 or 7 years, so if you are on the West Coast any time in the foreseeable future, come and visit me in SF.
I really couldn't be more excited about this move. San Francisco is probably my favorite in the world, and I'll be close to the West Coast contingent of my family, who I love but who I have seen only once every few years for most of my life. I'm ready for a big change. I will, however, actually miss Vassar quite a lot, in particular the large amount of music- and art-related things I've been able to do here. I'm looking for an orchestra to try out for and I'm certainly going to try to put together a casual chamber music group, but I may have to wait until after my first year, after I've figured out what this grad school thing is all about.
While I am sad to leave Vassar, I think I got a lot out of my time here, both in and out of class, and I'm ready for something new. I'm trying not to get too nostalgic or teary, because neither will stop the inevitable, and both will probably make it more difficult. I know that the friendships that are really important will persist even if we're far apart. I'm bringing the most important part of my Vassar life with me (Adam) and hopefully I can convince lots of other people to end up in SF as well. Move to SF! This means YOU! |
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[Mar. 28th, 2007|03:33 pm] |
The House of Seven Milks has a home!
TH A6 is where we will be next year. If you are a Vassar person and you will be here next year, come and visit us. We promise to host costume parties and have a REALLY F-ING COOL HOUSE. |
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[Feb. 25th, 2007|09:47 am] |
what are YOU doing at 10 am on a sunday morning?
i'm going to a biochemistry midterm! i bet none of you are having this much fun bright and early on a sunday! |
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[Feb. 23rd, 2007|12:04 am] |
In case anyone was curious about my INSANELY CRAZY BUSY life, here is what I did today.
8 am: haul sleepy ass out of bed, shower, etc.
9 am: quartet rehearsal (Brahms, Faure)
10 am: read for afternoon seminars (SO MUCH READING)
12:45 pm: run to class, grab express lunch on the way
1 pm: Plant/animal interactions seminar
3:10 pm: Japanese Print seminar
5:15 pm: rushed dinner in the retreat
6 pm: head to New Paltz to get in some climbing time at the Inner Wall
9 pm: house team meeting
9:30 pm: go to Retreat for second dinner
10:30 pm: shower
11 pm: waste time, procrastinate
12 am: decide to eat banana, put banana on desk chair
12:01 am: sit down, wonder what that squishy thing under my butt is
12:01.05 am: realize I've sat on the banana
12:02 am: eat banana anyway
12:05 am: STILL HAVEN'T STARTED STUDYING FOR PHYSICS TEST WHICH IS AT 9 AM TOMORROW |
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[Feb. 16th, 2007|05:02 pm] |
Today one of my biology 106 students told me that I'm going to make a really good teacher.
It is so, so gratifying to hear that: I am on the right track in my life.
LIFE PLAN as of NOW:
summer 2007: get a head start on thesis research
fall 2007: write awesome thesis about minispindles in Drosophila
spring 2008: graduate from Vassar with a biology major and art history minor
2008-?: live and work near Poughkeepsie, apply to cell biology graduate programs
?-?: get Ph.D.!
?-?: RESEARCH
?-?: teach high school biology and art history |
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[Feb. 7th, 2007|10:24 am] |
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first missed class of this semester: biochem. i am so sick! this is the worst cold ever. i'm going back to bed. |
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[Jan. 26th, 2007|01:49 pm] |
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Success!! I just changed my new earring (a second hole on the left lobe, pierced last September) with very little frustration and no pain at all. I put in one of the tiny silver hoops that I used to wear in my first holes, and I'm quite pleased at how it looks next to my fancy blue-bead dangly earrings. |
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[Jan. 26th, 2007|10:31 am] |
It appears that this semester is going to kick a lot of ass, including mine.
Yesterday I had Plant/Animal Interactions, a 2 hour twice-weekly biology seminar, directly followed by The Japanese Print, a 2 hour once-weekly art history seminar. It felt really good to get back into thinking, and to feel good about my abilities as a student of biology and of art history. Both classes will be partially student-led and discussion-heavy. There is absolutely no room for slacking on the reading, at all. k
In a few minutes I'll go back out into the cold (6 degrees! My hair froze this morning!), to biochemistry (by far the largest biology class I've ever had at Vassar), and this afternoon I will spend some quality time with lil moonz. After dinner and reading and talking etc. with both Lilys last night, I am thoroughly excited for next year's living situation.
Also, it's possible that I'm going to be making a webcomic, of sorts. It won't be too elaborate - just small doodles and possibly some collage, updated weekly or so. Details will follow, if I actually commit to doing this. |
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[Jan. 5th, 2007|10:19 am] |
i hate posting about grades, but...
WTF calculus?!? i thought i would barely scrape a C in that class! i can see a few possible scenarios:
1. i did really well on the final (not likely)
2. i didn't do too well on the final, but everyone else did much worse (possible)
3. dorsey liked my reasoning so much on a problem on the final that he decided to ignore all my other grades in the class (NOT likely)
4. my second test saved me (possible)
it was probably a combination of 2 and 4. regardless, i am SO relieved. |
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| 2007! |
[Jan. 1st, 2007|03:16 am] |
Happy New Year!
I spent the day and evening in the best of company. I adore you all. It's been a lovely year and 2007 promises to be just as good, if not better!
and i am still tipsssyyyyy oh my. good night! |
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[Dec. 28th, 2006|12:27 pm] |
I wish I felt a little more happy to be home, after all the anticipation. I dreamt I was in my room in Noyes last night, and everybody was coming by to sign out board games and help make a giant birthday sign (which had no name on it, but said that the birthday-person's mother was their owner) and someone from my fifth grade class showed up inexplicably. I was stressed out and pissed off, but at least my room was well-lit and my bed was comfortable.
Being in this house makes me anxious. It's so dark and dreary all the time. I keep trying to get up at 9 and magically turning off my alarm in my sleep, so I've slept until 12 most days. It makes me feel lazy and boring.
I had a lovely day at the new ICA with Lily yesterday. Surrounding myself with art never fails to make me feel at least a little better, especially with someone who is as curious and excited about it as I am. Added benefit: Lily knows a lot of media theory and (early-ish) modern art, so of course I learned quite a lot from her. Now there's the possibility of a Po-town/NJ road trip on the horizon - hurray!
Of course I should really be making the most of my friends here, while they're here, but for the most part social interaction is not coming very easily to me these last few days. I'm going to make a valiant attempt, because I love these people and I see them only rarely, but it's going to take some determination to get out of this damn house.
First, though, I need to get this biology research writeup done. My most recent knitting project also needs some attention, as do the books I've been meaning to read - really, what have I been doing lately that has taken precedence over these important tasks? |
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[Dec. 22nd, 2006|02:26 pm] |
today was the first day i let myself sleep until i woke up (that is, without an alarm) since, oh, 2005 maybe?
it's good to be home. |
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[Dec. 6th, 2006|01:50 pm] |
I am an art history correlate, as of this morning (see below).
I have a (tentative) thesis topic and advisor (temperature sensitivity of the msps mutation in Drosophila and/or mRNA localization in msps mutant flies, with Dr. P).
The chamber concert is tomorrow at 8 PM and my quartet is going to rock.
Calculus and physics are (sort of) making sense and I don't hate them (as much as I once did).
I have only two problem sets remaining, and the rest of my work is finals (3 exams, 1 paper).
We made a CRAZY concept map today, in the last class meeting for BIO280.
I have a sweet zombie (temporary) tattoo.
Life is good.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Observations |
[Nov. 29th, 2006|06:47 pm] |
1. Chicken salad is good. Chicken-salad-flavored burps are not.
2. I was totally taken by surprise when I opened my webmail and saw the "End of the Semester Reminders" email.
3. 3.5 hours of sleep is not enough.
4. When sleep deprived, apparently, I play crazy air-violin.
5. Brussels cookies take you on a journey to the end of crisp.
6. My hair is so much happier after a haircut.
7. Diet Coke with Lime tastes pretty good.
8. SLEEEEEEEEPY |
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[Nov. 18th, 2006|01:44 am] |
hello friends,
i am 21. as of 44 minutes ago.
and i am sleepy. |
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[Nov. 17th, 2006|01:19 am] |
since my last post, i have:
-helped several people figure out life
-figured out my own life a little
-preregistered for an art history seminar and taken steps to declare a correlate
-planned and executed a toga party
-been social (what??)
-made some new friends (again, what??)
-participated in a very successful masterclass with my exceedingly talented quartet
-actually practiced violin
-prepared for the upcoming camerata concert (friday, 8pm, recital hall in skinner, COME)
-sprained my ankle
-(mostly) healed said ankle
-done well on an art history paper
-failed a calculus exam
-gotten very, very excited for my upcoming 21st birthday (this saturday!)
-missed some people and looked forward to thanksgiving, when i will see them |
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[Oct. 22nd, 2006|05:42 pm] |
lesson learned on rock-collecting part of road trip:
i really, really like fossils, especially when i find them myself.
pictures to come, of fossils and of other things. |
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| reason # 318493741089 the long winters are my favorite band |
[Oct. 12th, 2006|06:34 pm] |
"Well, the ultimate goal is to have the listener "feel" the same way when they listen to the song as I was feeling when the events that inspired the song occurred. Does that make sense? I don't want anyone belaboring or fixating on what the "stories" are, if they can more easily enter the emotional landscape of the songs and just feel what they're about. I take a lot of the specific words, the ones that really locate the story in time and place, out of the songs when I do a second draft, because what I'm shooting for is that the listener be able to recall their own stories when they felt the same way."
-John Roderick
now go back and listen to all the Long Winters albums with that in mind. |
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[Oct. 6th, 2006|10:47 am] |
i am currently in the middle of the two-days-of-insanity.
yesterday: class class homework DRIVE TO BOSTON, lily's house, then to allston to great scott for HARVEY DANGER
absolutely fantastical show, that's two incredible shows in two weeks (now if only they would tour together i could die happy).
then south street diner (i will definitely return there!) and back to arlington for ONE HOUR OF SLEEP and then coffee with my family. 3.5 hours in the car later, here i am, ready for calculus class?? inconceivable. i'm going to be such a zombie in my 106 lab. i am not fit to be a lab intern today. |
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