Edjumacation

September 29, 2006

This thing on?

Yeah...I feel like doing a soundcheck on my blog. I swear one of these days I’ll fix the bug(s)...honest. Meanwhile, I’m tired, I’m busy and I’m tired. I think the following sums it up perfectly:

Biologisvensk • 09.29.2006 • 09:50 PM (Animal Farm) (Bare Naked Bio) (Edjumacation)
(2) comment • (0) pingsPermalink


September 10, 2006

The Odyssey

There is this course that has been the thorn in my side basically ever since I began my major. I would begin it only to stop it mid-way due to some reason or another. It’s been a pain because A: It is hard as hell for me due to being ill-prepared for it by the professor of it’s pre-cursor. B: I cannot graduate without it, and it is only offered in the Summer or during the Spring. I sat it again this summer, one month intensive (yeah 4 months of hell crammed into one), and I had absolutely no confidence in my passing, especially with everything else going on at the time. I was working full-time AND I begun my first month of treatment which made all of my symptoms flare up to their worst possible state, so that alone was hard...then add this hard-as-hell course on top and July was wonderful. Needless to say that after I sat the course I was terrified to look on-line to see what I got, because if my suspicions were confirmed, it meant I wouldn’t graduate until MAY, as opposed to December. I don’t know what numbed the pain enough for me to look at my score (prob the bottle of merlot I had), but I passed, barely, but I passed. The grade was one I would normally cringe over, but with everything going on, for me to pull that off, aside from it being a damn miracle, it felt like an A+. So, I graduate in December, and then see where my life goes from there.  I can’t even begin to express how relieved that this 7 year odyssey is almost over. I can definately see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

Biologisvensk • 09.10.2006 • 06:09 PM (Bare Naked Bio) (Edjumacation)
(0) comment • (0) pingsPermalink


August 30, 2006

Out and About

Man have I been busy. Monday started off with my missing my first course due to traffic. Whomever was the genius that thought the main surface street that everyone takes to work in the morning should be reduced to ONE.DAMN.LANE during rush hour should be shot, or handed over to commuters. I’ve never missed a course the first day of class, and when I arrived at the course today, we had a fucking quiz.

Damn you Murphy! Damn you to hell!

Yesterday was work for 9 hours, then coming home, showering only to dash off again to get some therapy. I got home from that, packed Ness in the car, and hauled my ass over to work for our school shopping.

I love knowing when it’s slow as hell. I also love teaching Ness the ropes of the collegiate life. For example:

Biologisvensk • 08.30.2006 • 12:33 PM (Bite Me) (Edjumacation) (Fucking Murphy)
(2) comment • (0) pingsPermalink


August 10, 2006

Plunging into Molecules

So right now I’m sitting up studying what is left of my ass off for an exam given by these bastards. Am I thrilled? Of course! I’m so excited about this exam it’s why I’ve restarted the course I’ve been sitting for the past month several times. If I fail it, it means I get to take this damn class all.over.again in the Spring, and that I can’t graduate until May. Can you feel the pressure? Uh yeah, so I’m thinking I’m just going to stop procrastinating here, typing this post, face the inevitable, and just commit academic suicide tomorrow. Afterwards, I’ve a whole half-bottle of vodka waiting for me and no commitments until late Sat. afternoon when I have to drag my sorry ass to work.

Speaking of asses…

I’ve been having this problem of late. My uncle has been coming over to my house, using my toilet, and clogging it every.damn.time. What do I do? Do I put an “out of order” sign on my toilet, or maybe hang a sign that says “shit-free zone”? I just know that I’m tired of plunging into things, although I’m getting pretty good at it. Maybe I should become a plumber instead, it would give me an excuse to flash my ass around the job.

Ok, enough procrastination, must.study.til.dawn.

If I don’t post in like a week, send someone after me: I probably need saving.

Biologisvensk • 08.10.2006 • 10:06 PM (Bare Naked Bio) (Bite Me) (Edjumacation) (What the Hell?!)
(0) comment • (0) pingsPermalink


May 09, 2006

Wuuuhuuu

What does one do when they can’t sleep? Blog about it of course! Let’s see, I am going on day three without lortab and it is a bitch. Yes, I tapered off, including drugs suchs as ibuprofen, aleve, and ultracet. I’m amazed my bed is still standing due to the high amount of thrashing it has undergone. Then there is the floor that is taking a pounding from my nervous legs while I sit here typing. I also don’t want to see the water bill at the end of the month seeing as I’m averaging 8-9 long hot baths just to get me to chill the hell out. A run sounds so damn good about now, but that would put me BACK onto what I am getting off of. Maybe I could walk around my neighbourhood 20 times, that might do it. I hope this shit ends soon.

You know the cat that scared the shit out of me because he wasn’t fucking breathing and I had to give him a few shots in the face with the inhaeler to open him up long enough to get him help? He’s asthmatic. Took three vets, multiple visits, and multiple injections to figure this out. On the positive side, now when he starts to misbehave I just have to shake the inhaeler and he’ll fly off my bed ass-backwards, squinting his eyes. Damn I love that cat. He’s sleeping next to me on my bed right now. So damn cute.

Biologisvensk • 05.09.2006 • 04:43 AM (Animal Farm) (Bare Naked Bio) (Bite Me) (Edjumacation) (Life's a Bitch)
(1) comment • (0) pingsPermalink


March 25, 2006

Desperate Times Call For Idiotic Measures

I was desperate so I got this really smart idea to have it to where I could sit in bed and type on my desktop. The problem was that my bed wasn’t close to my desktop. Then I remembered my bed’s frame had wheels, so I got the bright idea to just move my bed, but my deskchair was in the way. I ended up pulling out my desktop, moving the deskchair, moving my bed, and collapsing in bed to brag about how I had all these ‘bright ‘ideas. I even managed to do it all without busting a stich. However, now I have another bright idea- I hate it. This means I’m going to put it all back how I found it, take a fistfull of lortab, and disappear for a few days while I kick myself for having all these ‘bright’ ideas. Next time I have a ‘bright’ idea, someone refer me to this post.

Oh, and let me save you all the trouble - I fully acknowledge that I am a fucking idiot, minus the fucking of course because I am on pelvic rest , but you know what I mean.  Even my animals are giving me the WTF look. Ok, bye bye world, see you in a few days.

Ow...I hurt. *sniffs*

Biologisvensk • 03.25.2006 • 03:48 AM (Edjumacation) (Memorandums)
(8) comment • (0) pingsPermalink


December 11, 2005

A Shocking Experience

In the lab the other day, we were shocking the hell out of bacteria to get them to take up foreign DNA.

Basically, the procedure involves placing the bacteria and the foreign DNA (plasmids in this case) in these adorable little containers (micro-cuvettes) and then placing them in a machine which produces the actual “shock”.

In the lab, the machine was located directly behind my workstation, so as you can image, I had alot of traffic going on behind me.

I was minding my own business, taking notes in my lab notebook, when there was a loud *pop*.

I immediately jumped in my seat and squealed, because along with the *pop* came something hitting me in my ass.

It turned out that my professor was working behind me on the machine, and there was pressure built-up in the micro-cuvette. The pressure, of course, caused the lid to fly off, which in turn hit me spot on in the ass.

They say it was an accident, but part of me wonders if it was payback for all those times I was a sarcastic bitch during the semester.

In other words: every day

It was, afterall, the last lab of the term.

Regardless, I will admit that it was a “shocking” experience I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.

Biologisvensk • 12.11.2005 • 12:36 PM (Edjumacation) (Got DNA?) (What the Hell?!)
(0) comment • (0) pingsPermalink
Page 3 of 7 pages « First  <  1 2 3 4 5 >  Last »