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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...
It was never my intention to leave work 45 minutes early only to arrive at home 15 minutes before I normally would.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
I am so over Silicon Valley.

If I am lucky enough to leave this place, I wouldn't be too torn up about it.

Today, it took me 70 minutes to drive 18 miles.

While sitting in traffic, I started yelling "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" with my windows rolled down, calling out to no one in particular, but searching for a way to soothe my soul.

And you know what? It kinda worked. For a while there, I was laughing. My one pure moment of lysergic bliss in all the maddening, stagnant chaos consuming me.

And then I realized I was still five miles from home.

And then the rage took over.

And then the stereo volume exploded.

And they fed into each other.

And here we are now.

I HATE YOU, SAN JOSE! DO YOU HEAR THAT? I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU AND YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR LACK OF USABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND YOUR CRAPPY DOWNTOWN! I HATE YOU AND YOUR STOLEN SHOPPING CARTS ON STREET CORNERS AND YOUR IDIOTIC ASIAN MOTORCYCLE GANGS AND YOUR TACKY MCMANSIONS ON TREELESS HILLS! I HATE YOU AND YOUR ENDLESS SUBURBIAN NIGHTMARE AND YOUR INCESSANT NEED TO DEVELOP OPEN LANDS INTO HOUSING THAT CANNOT POSSIBLY BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR CURRENT INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE! I HATE YOU AND YOUR PUBLIC PARKS WITH NO RESTROOMS AND YOUR DISTINCT LACK OF DISTINCT GEOGRAPHY AND YOUR STUPID FLUORESCENT MARIGOLD SODIUM STREETLAMPS THAT POLLUTE THE NIGHT SKY WITH ITS SICKLY UNNATURAL GLOW!

I hate that you're all I've got...

And maybe that's why I'm so angry.
7 Comments.


San Jose is a big city. I think you just live in the wrong part. :P

Not that I particulary love where I am, either, but I don't have this seething hatred of it.
» randomjunk on 2007-09-12 10:20:11

I guess you're right about that. I'm not really the type who needs lots of excitement in my life, as long as I can sleep, so I don't mind much. And there IS the internet, always a source of entertainment.
» randomjunk on 2007-09-12 11:03:05

Well, traffic is definitely something that's more of an issue there. It doesn't take that long to get places from my house, at least in my experience. We don't go downtown much. I agree that having to wait that long to get anywhere sucks, but there could be alternatives. How far are you going, exactly? If it's within city limits I'd think a bike would work.
» randomjunk on 2007-09-12 11:14:21

*sigh*
Go travel the world and get away for a while. ;) I wish I could...
» Silver-dot- on 2007-09-12 11:36:02

errr.... take care. if u really need to release anger whatsoever, try scratching on some thing. i often do that.
» renaye on 2007-09-13 12:23:03

So is R:C short for re: comment?
Which is short for 'reply to your comment'? Because I just thought that it was an emo smiley-man. You know, with the very sad emo frown and the hair swept across the forehead and then falling into the eyes at the bottom of the R. Hm. I had been wondering why you were so emo even when your reply to my comment wasn't.
» Zanzibar on 2007-09-14 02:23:40

WTF?! I wouldn't want to live/work in a place like that at all.
» ikimashokie on 2007-09-15 07:12:15

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