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[May. 11th, 2007|07:16 pm] |
Aaaaah! Everyone's updating, so I will too!
I, unlike most, am not finished just yet. after a week more of class...
five finals for me!!! (the !!! make me feel better):
mon: waves&oscillations
tues: mole bio
wed: inorganic chem
thurs: biochem2
fri: neurobio
This semester has been grrrrrrreat. Undergrad has been great, but I'm ready for something more.
Oh Shooot! Senior Year!
I am so ready for that mess... |
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[Dec. 18th, 2006|09:36 pm] |
I'm done.
And thank god.
This semester really needed to end. With the quickness. |
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[Oct. 31st, 2006|09:32 pm] |
Update:
- We just put on the biggest student-run drag show *in the country* this Sunday and it was pure REEDICULOSITY! Margaret Cho was the main act. Besides being a "sexy betch", she is absolutely hilarious, if you didn't know. I got to attend to her every wish (get her water and stuff), like the good little servant I was meant to be. Also, interestingly, this experience brought me closer to our good friend Steph Yang (LSMSA '03). I mean, "brought me closer" meaning that we spoke words to each other. I mean, we didn't talk much (if at all) at LSMSA and never in the past two years until Sunday.
-I'm going to MADRID this January (if everything goes to plan)! So excited! I need to leave this place for a minute.
-After this semester, I'm gonna take some time and do me. Long overdue.
-I need to have some conversations with lots of folks. |
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[Oct. 3rd, 2006|01:11 pm] |
Me: I'm good. Not great, but good. Overworked, but what else is new? Finding time to have fun every blue moon.
School: I'm changing my major...from bioengineering to physics/biology double. Am I crazy? probably. but I'm A-OK with that. But might I make one suggestion: If you want to change your major, do it BEFORE junior year.
I feel old. Are other people getting that feeling, too? |
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[Jul. 17th, 2006|09:03 am] |
Thursday: Went to the Anthony Hamilton concert with my bestest friend Irizzle (i.e. Irene). Prepared my kids for their first ever pseudo-mit exam. I had an excrutiating headache.
Friday: Constructively argued with the people on my research team.
Saturday: Horseneck Beach. Very fun times.
Sunday: Watched Bamboozled and freaked myself out. Lost and gained a little respect for Dave Chappelle all at the same time. I also found out that my kids did horribly on their exam (along with the rest of the class). After this bit of info came in, I felt pretty bad. Thus, I read the chapter they were assigned and prepared my lecture/recitation for Tuesday. I've got to be on top of things. Finally, I missed my conference call that I had because I was watching Bamboozled for the second time that day.
Monday: Realized how much I need to get my act together. Realized how much I am enjoying my summer. Realized how much I want to go home, if only for a minute. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2006|01:33 am] |
So, this is going to be a relatively long post. I am in a commenting mood tonight...
I, like Henry, am kinda pissed off by people in this country right now. Not everyone, though. Here is my story:
I am doing this competition where we are building "genetically engineered machines." I am on a team of 5 folks (3 sophomores and 2 juniors; I am considering myself a junior). We were given the task of building anything that we wanted to build. And what did my "team" decide to build: genetically engineered E. coli that smell nice. Yes.
What the hell?
It seemed like I was the only one on the team who thought this was a bad idea. They ganged up 4-1 against me so we went with this project. The most vocal girl in the group was this freshman girl from Utah. Honestly, she is not very smart (like I tell people...a good essay or an even better "story" can get you in anywhere). She came up with the idea that you can engineer E. coli to produce a wintergreen smell. This way, you can eliminate bad breath, "smelly feet", bad smells in barns, etc. (please don't think I came up with these examples myself. TRUST. I didn't. Not only did she think these ideas up. She actually said them out loud.) Now. I will give her this. Those ideas are technically feasible. They really are.
But we are given the opportunity to build ANYTHING that we can think of and she thinks of eliminating bad breath or smelly barns? Apparently, smelly barns are "a huge problem" according to her. Can you really grow up that naïve/rich/carefree/etc.?
People don't have food to eat. Others are working to eliminate entire generations of people by destroying women's wombs. There is an energy crisis. And bad breath is the problem that you want to solve? Money, money, money. It's all they were bringing up. She talked today about how we could start a start-up if we got our bacteria working. I promise you I almost jumped up and punched her in the face.
I completely see how things work at this "level" of things now. What is scary is that everyone went along with her. The grad students. The faculty advisors. Everyone. It's like no one has the balls to say to her, "You're cute but dumb as hell." They are so worried about "respecting" the ideas of an MIT student. Fuck that. I fear so much that people just believe what comes out of some of these kids' mouths just because they go to school here. And these kids are gonna be the ones running stuff in the future?
Back to the point: she is completely oblivious to anything real. I'm sorry. If you think that a smelly barn is a real problem worth addressing, you are NOT in touch with reality. I don't care how many horses you've raised.
THIS IS A PRIME REASON WHY DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS IS CRUCIAL!
I need her to experience something real, something more than what is at her farm in Utah. If she can't experience it, at least she can have someone tell her about it. god. I bet she thinks that 99% of Americans can read (yeah...that comment wasn't necessary). Those people she sees on TV starving and being killed...It's not a movie. They actually exist. |
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[Apr. 17th, 2006|11:34 am] |
There are times in life when you just think to yourself,
"Damn...I see now."
What I am referring to is the "plight" of adulthood.
Well, today, about 5 minutes ago, it happened to me.
Can we say....TAX REFUND CHECK!!!! $500?!? What? Okay.
I might as well update now: So I am taking on a lot this summer. I got a spot on our iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine competition) team, so that is what will occupy my entire summer. I am also gonna be TAing (yes, it is a verb) chem for incoming freshmen. That's gonna be interesting. Hopefully I don't make a complete ass of myself. My friends and I are also gonna volunteer at this AIDS crisis center. I'm really looking forward to that. I've never done anything like that before.
When are people gonna be home? Unfortunately, my last final is May 25, so I won't be home until the 27th or so. There are so many people I will have to find in a matter of 8 days... |
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[Mar. 29th, 2006|02:26 am] |
In general, things are going *very* well. I decided to take Spring Break off to just chill in my room up here. My friend Adlai and I went to NYC last weekend and it turned out to be an incredibly expensive disaster. I'm not terribly upset, though. Not terribly. I told Wei Wei we'd meet up but I really wasn't in any position to carry on a converstaion with anyone at that time.
I am kinda scrambling to find something to do for the summer. My Australia proposal didn't work out (major disappointment; my own fault, though), but that's ok. I am applying for some other really cool things. Hopefully the teaching Java in Africa thing will work out, but if not, I think I will be doing this genetically engineered machine competition here at school. I will have fun either way it goes.
i guess you should go to my semi-blog if you care to know more. interesting that i use it as the portal to more intimate thoughts when it is available to the world.
dagreen.blogspot.com
finally, eric commented that it looked as if MIT was making me go insane. well...that is kinda a deceptive way of putting it. school is not bringing out anything that wasn't there before...
damn it feels good.
*exploration is excellent.*
i found you miss new booty.
okay. god. im gonna stop now. |
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[Feb. 18th, 2006|12:05 am] |
I must say...
This college thing is so much better whenever you find people to go through it with. You know. For me, it's those kids who are just not quite all there. There's something not quite normal about them.
And I found them.
This semester has been going so well:
1) I'm completely enjoying my schedule. My classes aren't very hard at all. Of course it is still only the first 2 weeks....
2) I am working on a proposal that will hopefully put me in a photobioenergetics lab in Australia during the summer. If that doesn't work out, I hope to be doing ethnobotany research in Ghana. I see a win-win situation here.
3) As a result of some comments that I made to our Black Students Union, I have been getting these strange (mostly threatening) looks from lots of folks. I have to say that I rather enjoy it.
As always, though, I continue to learn more outside the classroom than inside...
Honesty is a fun, powerful thing.
Maturity (intentionally vague) is beautiful.
"Firsts" are amazing, even when they hurt.
I love growing up. I just wish it didn't happen so quickly. |
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[Feb. 6th, 2006|04:11 pm] |
Oh wow. I just started thinking about how hard this semester is going to be.
One of my classes is programming?!? This is not a good thing. My last programming experience was Mr. Lucas, a man who was two seconds away from getting his jugular straight punched... But my prof is my advisor and he is really cool, so I'm hoping I can make something happen.
Otherwise, it's biochem, kinetics, bioengineering lab, and psychology for me. It's so funny because I think biochem will be the easiest thing in my schedule. boo
it's interesting, though. I think such a tough schedule is actually scaring me into working hard. yeah. Let's see how long this lasts...
otherwise, I am *excellent*.
everyone remember...
touch it, bring it, pay it (babe?), watch it, turn it, leave it, stop. format it. |
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