May 2012
12 posts
My advertisement for the Vietnamese Consulate in...
Today I had my BEST VISA EXPERIENCE EVER. It did not involve long lines and waiting. It did not involve an extreme scramble by phone via my parents because I’m traveling abroad and Switzerland wants thousands of documents to show that I’m working and a student and funded and etc It did not involve that little fear in the pit of your stomach that China’s going to refuse you...
I THINK I OFFICIALLY LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO
“Why??” You say. ”Why are you typing in all caps?” You say.
BECAUSE I JUST FIXED MY OWN BIKE. That’s right folks. This morning I couldn’t shift gears (and let me tell you, I was on a high gear - fine for the downhill bike ride to work, less fun for the uphill bike ride home). And now. NOW. I can SHIFT GEARS.
Thanks to a combination of poking, prodding,...
http://wherethefuckshouldigofordrinks.com/ →
Or for the eating version - http://www.wherethefuckshouldigotoeat.com/
April 2012
22 posts
Awesome Article - 10 Things Your Commencement... →
netrabaha:
You guys should totally check out this article!!! I can’t help but almost completely agree with it and almost comforts me in what it is saying (because obviously I’m hearing what I want to hear). I think the “don’t make the world worse” is a GREAT point. I’m probably at best breaking even right now. Need to fix that!!
Here’s the intro:
Class of 2012,
I became sick of commencement...
MY NEVERENDING PHD
whatshouldwecallgradschool:
If I am a red panda, MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
The practical side of science
Mark: So either they're homologs or they're not. It's kind of like being pregnant.
...
Nick: What about sharks and dolphins.
Mark: Oh well [genes between those two would] be orthologs because they're different species.
Nick: Oh I just meant, their body shape. You know how dolphins look like sharks?
Sometimes knowing too much is a good thing?
Yuting: haha so i woke up with a sore throat today
and have been extremely tired the past few days
Me: MONO
Yuting: glorz had a fever yesterday
OMG I KNOW AHAHHAH THATS WHAT WE THOUGHT
but incubation time is 4-8 weeks
so can't be....
at least not from the weekend!
WHEN I'M ALONE IN THE DARK ROOM DEVELOPING MY...
whatshouldwecallgradschool:
HOLY CRAP! I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES THIS!! I knew grad school was the place for me!
This grad student is going to southeast asia!
IT’S OFFICIAL! I JUST BOUGHT A TICKET!
I saw a biker get pulled over!
I’d express more emotions of shock and awe (though I am aware that bikers are subject to the laws of the road), but then again he ran and a red light and simultaneously cut off a cop, so…..
My brother saw Regina Spektor live one time...
…and she ended a song with a burp.
SO looking forward to the line-up! Good thing I got eagerBeaver tix early on discount!
http://lineup.sfoutsidelands.com/
“If you have sex more than three times, you’ve got it! [laughter] What?...”
– Dr. Peters on the risk of hepatitis B from sexual contact (1 out of 3). So she was joking about that math clearly, but still. Go get vaccinated!
“Nature is trying to kill all of us. We’re supposed to live til forty. ...”
– Dr. Boyle. An optimistic view on life.
Guess whose brother is pictured in the NYTimes... →
How appropriate with his white coat ceremony coming up in just a few weeks! I look forward to my trip to Bmore!
March 2012
32 posts
“I’ve been to Philadelphia. It’s not a great place, but you...”
– Neil Shah. On cities, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and the Philadelphia chromosome.
“Now 7-8 months pregnant is not the same state as we are here. And I’m not...”
– Leavitt. On companies preying on pregnant women to get them to pay to bank umbilical cord blood.
“I’m in the breeding program, but I’m not attracted to them.”
– Erin. Redhead. On other redheads. Including Conan O’Brien. .
“We were fitting a wig for George, for a scene when he’d have hair, and I walked...”
– The genius and creativity behind Arrested never ceases to amaze me.
Jeffrey Tambor Reveals the Genesis of Oscar Bluth | Splitsider
Yes. I went to space camp.
(Did you know! The fastest climb up Mt. Everest, on the north side, took 16 hours 45 minutes?? We did. Because we looked it up just before this conversation happened).
Me: But it says from base camp. I don't even know what that means.
Jordan: Well, it's probably similar to space camp, so you should know what that is.
...
Jordan: You should probably blog that while it's fresh.
...
Me: Yeah, I'm deciding whether I want to admit to my blog that I went to space camp.
Jordan: Yeah, to all three people.
