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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...
The relief didn't last long.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @ 9:37 pm
The crest of the wave of happiness has long crashed upon the shores of uncertainty. While I am fairly confident I will end up going to SDSU for graduate school (I would be stupid to turn down a spot at the #1 small research university in the US with a nationally-ranked cell/molecular biology graduate program), I now have to deal with the actual logistics of the move. Where would I live? When do I need to move in by? How much would I need to take out in student loans to cover two, maybe three years of education? What would my yearly budget look like? How will I cover all these expenses if I'm working towards that degree full-time?

Thoughts like that make my head hurt.

But I have to keep telling myself that no matter how much it sucks to go through all of this crap, in the long run, it will be worth it. When my other friends are off making money and saving for retirement, and I'm still living in an underfurnished 400 square foot studio apartment two blocks away from campus, it won't seem that way. But I have to keep my mind set on the ultimate goal of completing a graduate education:

Intellectual satisfaction. Scientific advancement. Whoring myself out to biopharma and making my money through employment in a sometimes ethically-questionable industry, and then possibly fleeing to the ivy-covered halls of Academia as soon as my loans are paid off and I have my one year of frivolous fun jetsetting around the world.
5 Comments.


Live in the library. You can get your work done, and have a place to live, and you won't have to spend any money on housing.

Problem solved. :p
» ikimashokie on 2008-04-16 12:50:31

You can laugh at them when you're making ten times as much money as them. :P
» randomjunk on 2008-04-16 12:56:18

starting out late working doesn't mean u won't get rich later in life. so just go ahead and do what u think u will be satisfied with life.

this world need people with brains other than money to survive.
» renaye on 2008-04-16 02:03:19

Congratulations, you intellectual whore, you! I'll be phoning you from my office at Exxon and we'll talk about what it used to be like when we had souls! :D
San Diego... you know what that sounds like? Warm. And warmness is like a dream. Maybe you can be roommates with Jo. Or maybe you can live in Jo's house! She has the sweetest house EVER. You can be the household help.
» Zanzibar on 2008-04-16 09:12:43

Good luck in solving those problems. I know it sucks big time to not be able to just do what you want without thinking of how much money would you need to get ready for it.
» Nuttz on 2008-04-16 10:01:17

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