March 2012
2 posts
To the man who is snoring loudly in the library:
I hate you.
Also my parents should be super proud I have refrained from throwing my pen at you. You’re almost ruining this view.
February 2012
20 posts
“How wrong do you think I could spell your name, and it would still work?”
– Jordan, as he writes my rent check.
“I’m not judging you. It’s just how my face looks.”
– Taylor
“Now all of you, I don’t see anyone who has a major skin problem in the...”
– Awesome. Compliment of the day . We just learned what bacteria lives in our pores! P. acne. Shocking.
“For those of you who don’t care about chemistry, life, when there’s...”
– Microbiome lecture. What does that mean? We’re learning about the bacteria that live in our guts. Also, poop.
“As you’re sitting there now, your mitochondria are abysmally killing you...”
– Martin Brand. 9 am Thursday Morning Mitochondrial Lecture. WOOT.
“John Stamos. How does the man NOT age? Full house was twenty f***ing years ago,...”
– Jordan. Ranting. Then again, let’s look at the evidence.
“Let’s see, I know this stuff, cause I wrote a book.”
– Hiten, as he casually flips through a book [presumably his book] to explain inserting proteins in a membrane. I love UCSF professors.
Everyone loves a red panda
Neeharika:
[after a few moments of watching pandas silently]
I'm waiting for it to fall or something.
Oh my god, it did. (laughter ensues)
You have snow in your face, Panda!
An appropriate quote to stumble upon during a...
basketkes:
“So you know how llamas have single-chain antibodies?”
— Overheard at a free brunch for bio students
So not to quote ShitGirlsSay, but, wait, WHAT.
“Individuals exhibit a stubborn tendency to choose their own mating partners,...”
– Kenneth Paigen. Via Doug Gould in genetics lecture.
Cloud likes to knit
Cloud: i just like me some knitting
Me: oh yeah i saw your vest again! [a sweater vest + hood that she KNITTED]
Cloud: yup yup! I want to make something just like it but longer, a sweatervest dress!!!!
Me: haha with a hood??
Cloud: DUH
everything is better with a hood
if your head gets cold thats ok
if it rains thats ok
if you get attacked by bats, well, it's a small barrier
need i go on?
“[In an effort to describe how stem cells become certain types of differentiated...”
– Today is immune cell lineage day.
January 2012
23 posts
So one of my closest friends from college works...
Elli: hi! sorry had to go make some beer
me: i hate you
Elli: haha
we were making a new product today!
it's really awesome
me: i have to go look at cells
Elli: hahaha
i'm sure that's a BLAST
Every day I take the Grey Shuttle from class to...
And today during my 30 min commute between Mission Bay and Parnassus, to my surprise (gasp!) a troop of small children (and their accompanying adults, don't worry) came on board. Here were some fabulous quotes from these 4 (?) y.o.'s, though I'm not sure if I misheard the first one.
Small child 1: Are you a banana?
Small child 2: I'm 20!
Small child 3: I'm 21!
Small child 2: I'm 22!
Small child 4: I'm 100!!!
Damn, kids are cute.
“[Talking about a diabetes patient]. She actually worked as a phone sex operator....”
– Mike German. Today we’re learning about diabetes.
I watch NBC!
Cloud (as she shall be codenamed here): Will sent me a photo! Of him and some guy, I don't know who this guy is.
....the next morning....
Cloud: Okay, I'm going to figure out who this is.
Avantika: Um. THAT'S ANDERSON COOPER.
Cloud: Who?
Avantika: ANDERSON COOPER. He's the anchor for CNN.
Cloud: But I watch NBC!
...at a time slightly later...
Cloud to Amanda: Well, at least you know who Anderson Cooper is. Wait, Andrew Cooper? Wait, what's his name again?
“This is the F1…”
– One time, my mom introduced me to her former labmates as the F1. This is probably where I get it from.
“This study was done in China, where [leprosy] is also not very common, but...”
– Tissue bio prof.
Today we learned about genetics and diseases. Also, numbers.
Seriously, I'm usually not this all over the place
After getting to the bike shop (because I lost my tail light yesterday) and realizing I didn't have my wallet (thank goodness Avantika was with me to be my sugar momma and spot me) and finding out I desperately needed my brake pads replaced (which, thankfully, the guy did immediately)
Bike shop guy: Are you guys in med school?
Avantika: Ummm no. We're in grad school.
Bike shop guy: To become doctors?
Me: Well, PhDs, not MDs.
Bike shop guy: Oh! Good. Because if you were going to become a surgeon, I'd be worried about you forgetting tools inside me.
“If you’re a woman, you have these two big, beautiful X chromosomes....”
– Tissue Biology Professor of the Day
“You may think it’s the birth of your children or your wedding, but...”
– -Tissue Biology prof.
Yup, I’m back in classes.
December 2011
36 posts
This Christmas, we got a Wii + WiiFit for my...
Some notable things the WiiFit has told my mother -
“It looks like the balance exercise isn’t your forte. Do you find yourself tripping a lot?”
In addition, the WiiFit finds my mother to be underweight, and therefore is offering her a goal of gaining weight. Ah, to be my mother.
Mom: “I like it, but I just have to figure out some things first.” Me: “Like...
30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself →
Timely for those new year’s resolutions.