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Schedule
Spring Semester 2010:

* Teaching: Fundamentals of Microbiology - MW 12:00-2:40p
Medical Microbiology - TR 2:00-3:15p
Colloquium in Cell and Molecular Biology - R 3:30-4:30p
Thesis Research - Identification of T Cell Subsets and Immune Response in Colon Cancer Using Immunofluorescence - FOREVER AND EVER
Old Journal Entries
Or rather, entries from the old journal, as it were...

- An open letter to the College. (August 27, 2006)
- Untitled. (July 16, 2006)
- Haunted (Part One) (May 29, 2006)
- Are we growing up, or just going down? (May 3, 2006)
- I had a dream... (March 19, 2006)
- ... (March 14, 2006)
- Enjoy it while it lasts. (September 12, 2005)
- Scene: 3:27 AM. (September 3, 2005)
- Untitled. (July 26, 2005)

Psst... if you're looking for the academic writings I used to have here, head to my Reading Room.
Rented DVDs
Netflix

- The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
- Son of Rambow (2007)
- 大紅燈籠高高掛 / D� H�ng Dēngl�ng Gāogāo Gu� [Raise the Red Lantern] (1991)
- Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
- Chalk (2006)
- Le Samoura� (1967)
- Empire Records (1995)
- The Bank Job (2008)
- Le Quatre cents coups [The 400 Blows] (1959)
- Love and Other Disasters (2006)
- Friends and Family (2001)
- Sugar [unrated] (2004)
- The Curiosity of Chance (2006)
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
- Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
- Death Note [anime] (2006)
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Le scaphandre et le papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly] (2007)
- Extras, Series 2 (2005)
- Extras, Series 1 (2005)
- Shelter (2007)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Cashback (2006)
- Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay [Unrated] (2008)
- The Catherine Tate Show, Series 2 (2005)
- The Catherine Tate Show, Series 1 (2004)



Blockbuster

- Tokyo monogatari [Tokyo Story] (1953)
- Akira (1988)
- Habuah [The Bubble] (2006)
- Prime Suspect 4, including:
    - The Lost Child (1995)
    - Inner Circles (1995)
    - Scent of Darkness (1995)
- Like Minds [USA: Murderous Intent] (2006)
- La Strada (1954)
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Le Notti di Cabiria [Nights of Cabiria] (1957)
- Cleo de cinq a sept [Cleo from 5 to 7] (1962)
- Det Sjunde Inseglet [The Seventh Seal] (1957)
- Prime Suspect 3 (1994)
- Funny Face (1957)
- Lalechet Al Ha'mayim [Walk on Water] (2004)
- Charade (1963)
- Yossi & Jagger (2002)
- Mists of Avalon (2001)
- Blow Up (1966)
The *New* Reading List
Since June 2006...

- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Travesties by Tom Stoppard
- The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
- Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
- The History Boys by Alan Bennett
- The Dark Child by Camara Laye
- Movie-Made America by Robert Sklar
- Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
- Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
- Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams [61.3%]
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Junk Science: An Overdue Indictment of Government, Industry, and Faith Groups that Twist Science for Their Own Gain by Dan Agin, Ph.D. [64.4%]
- So Yesterday by Scott Westerfield
- Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- Doctor Who: The Key to Time: A Year-by-Year Record by Peter Haining
- Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Rhonda Wilcox
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- 1984 by George Orwell [18.8%]
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Intuition by Allegra Goodman
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (Yes, I realize it's a graphic novel but it still fucking counts!)
ClustrMap
So THAT'S where all the people reading this come from...
I'M ALIVE!
Friday, May 18, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
So my presentation had 1/3 to 1/2 the number of slides as everyone else. But where they tried to cram 48 slides in 45 minutes, I managed to stretch out my 16 slides for 25.

My finest hour? Definitely not. My work was amateurish, compared to the rest of them. Then again, that's why they're in grad school, and I'm on the verge of applying. Maybe.

I've been thinking lately that as things stand right now, I'm not mentally ready for graduate school. I mean, I don't think I'm dumb or anything--that's not what I'm trying to say. What I am trying to say is that there are...factors...that need to be considered and resolved before I can throw myself back into hardcore science all day every day. For one, the mood swings; another: the inability to concentrate for long periods of time. I need to deal with that stuff first, because if I'm going to go to grad school, I'm going to do well in it, dammit. I won't be a slave to my neurotransmitter levels.

Does that mean I won't apply this year for school? No. I'm still applying. If I get in, though, it remains to be seen whether I accept or defer for a year to try and get shit together. If this semester taking that seminar class taught me anything, it's that I might not be able to give what I'm studying the attention it deserves.

Ah, well. Now that I'm done, I thought I'd pass out for a while before heading out the San Francisco to do a little post-presentation partying with friends, but on the drive back home (which included a stop at Starbucks to visit my favorite barista), I decided it was too beautiful a day to be sleeping it off. Wise decision? Probably not. But when was the last time I had some serious downtime while the weather was like this? I can't even remember. That's always a bad sign.

Pop a Claritin, slide open the windows, and throw open the doors. It's time for a little celebration for me, by me, alone.
5 Comments.


Uh.... have fun.

(I can't think of anything else to say :( )
» randomjunk on 2007-05-18 06:48:22

good luck deciding what you're gonna do with the school thing. Have you even attempted to catch up on sleep?
» LostSoul13 on 2007-05-19 12:29:10

I still haven't been to SF. /=
» Cher_lyn on 2007-05-19 04:15:46

Dude
You are so funny about the koi! I was talking about Ala Moana. How can you shop at Shirokiya? That place is expensive! ha ha
» kkama67 on 2007-05-21 02:15:10

Celebrate
Yeah! You go! Celebrate!

You know, it is not how many slides you have but how you actually present the material that you prepared. I hate when people have too many slides and read them all. I just hate it. I like it when people know their material and refer very little to their slides. You were right on track. Congrats!
» kkama67 on 2007-05-21 02:17:25

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