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[29 Aug 2005|05:09pm] |
Well, school is back in session and I've already missed my first lecture this morning. Idiotic me slept through the alarm and has already made an appointment to see my organic chem. professor tomorrow. I am going to have to work extremely hard at Advance Organic Chemistry. The material is way over my head. Reviewing my notes this weekend still has me baffled as to why we are doing matrices to observe Huckel's Rule.
In other news, I received my PCAT scores. I didn't make my goal of 85 percentile, but received a composite score of 84 instead (which I think is still pretty good). I hope this will be competitive enough for pharmacy school, I don't think I'm going to retake the PCAT in October. My next step is to write the personal statement and I'm having extreme writer's block! I need to stop putting it off, because I hope to e-submit my app. at the beginning of next month.
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| food 911 |
[16 Jun 2005|01:24am] |
i'm still up at this hour, trying to put a dessert and persuasive speech together. tomorrow, is treat day at the pharmacy and i decided to make a strawberry pretzel salad/dessert to share. tonight, my first trial was a disaster (you'd think i would a good baker, if i can cook...nope) anyways, didn't wait long enough (i'm so impatient, i need to work on this) and threw the strawberry topping before it had thicken up, so now the cream cheese/cool whip layer came straight up to the top and it looks like barf. Pink barf with small white pieces of cream cheese floating about.
i just came back for hy-vee with a second round of ingredients, it will work this time (crossing my fingers) i keep telling myself, i've made it successfully before. i'm just too tired for mishaps right now.
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| violin question |
[14 Jun 2005|11:08pm] |
I was checking facebook today =) and I got a random message from a UI student conductor. He was wanting to know if I would play the violin in his orchestra which will be playing in the musical "Gypsy" at the Englert Theatre. I'm still thinking about his request.
Does anyone know when the theatre will open, or has it reopened?
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| luck not on my side |
[29 Apr 2005|01:45am] |
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Yesterday I entered a raffle to win a free Kaplan Review Session. I asked the girl, "What do you mean a 'free Review Session', is this one lecture or tutoring session?" She responded, (not well informed about the services Kaplan offers) "It's the really expensive one." I said, "Ah, I see the $1,000 course. Sign me up!" I spent a total of $10, which equaled 6 tickets. If being a pharm tech has taught or train me to do anything, it's I can more accurately guess the number of jelly beans in the jar. There was probably about 50 tickets in the jar. My chances weren't bad. Unfortunately, I didn't win. I'm only lucky when it comes to stupid shit. Two years ago, I won a rock fountain. woo hoo.
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| fiberous pyramid |
[23 Mar 2005|10:09pm] |
after getting back from a high cal/fat extravagant v-k in florida, i'm ready to eat healthier. besides this detour i'm quite a health nut. i think the realization came sophomore year when i gained over 25 lbs-you've got to work to stay thin. and now it's not about being thin but nutrition by putting good things into my body. i feel like i have a good balance of diet and exercise. in fact, exercising really has helped me more with emotional stability than physical health. i think it's because i can relieve that tension during a workout when i'm unable to vent out verbally. fortunately, today i can say i've lost 20 of those lbs and the rest i like to think is from muscle gaining.
anyways, i'm very confused and feel misled about this new food pyramid. i would post an image of it if i knew how. Bread, pasta, and rice have risen to the top "consume sparingly" =( and has switched with oils that are now at the foundation of the pyramid. i had expected the grains to decrease in serving size, especially with the atkins craze (i don't really want to get into how i feel about that). and vegetable has increase to an unlimited amount. but it goes to show that though experts might have an inkling of how the human body works...it's still constantly changing. my motto: eat foods in moderation, and in my world that definitely includes now and then a slice of the Cheesecake Factory's cheesecake. Did you know: even drinking too much water is bad, actually lethal. i'm not sure what the correct volume is but it's something like if you drink over 2 gallons of water in an hour your will brain swell and that's the end of you (knowing a bit of biology helps here, it's due to osmosis effects, ian could go into more detail, i need to brush up on biology for my next pcat). and in recent years, there was an iowan guy who died betting he could drink (blank)amount of water and died. lesson: 8 glasses a day is plenty of water and don't binge, even if it's water.
in addition, since being back i've tried eating more fiber. substituting white rice from brown, eating whole wheat bread and pasta, instead of the regular stuff. taste wise the bread and pasta are not bad, it's the rice i'll have to get use to.
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[11 Mar 2005|02:01pm] |
I watched the rest of the episodes of Sex and the City last night. Miss you Jenn, I hope you get well soon.
Today has been hectic. I feel like i'm a chicken running around with my head cut off. I made a to do/bring list last night and I just finished checking everything off. So I think I'm ready to go. I'm out.
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| Corolla Milestone |
[09 Mar 2005|10:51am] |
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Little red (my '97 ruby red toyota corolla) passed it's 100,000 mile landmark yesterday. And I missed it. I realized it today when I was going to work out. I know I shouldn't be sad but I kind of am. I was going to take a picture of it on my digital camera....that sounds very silly. I should have known that the car was going to reach 100k yesterday because a few of us friends decided we would head out to CR for some Outback, it was great and so was the company. I shouldn't be so sad, if need be I could drive the car in reverse for 20 miles and take a pic. I hope I don't obsess over it that much.
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| not another scary movie |
[09 Mar 2005|12:43am] |
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What's your favorite scary movie?
Well, it's not my favorite...actually it has traumatized me. I saw The Ring years ago in the theater and never since then have I seen it or plan to see it again. I banned myself from seeing scary movies for at least a year and half. It was last halloween week when I broke the streak. I gathered my courage and saw the Grudge with my roommates. The movie was quite silly but the girl in it reminded me of "her" in The Ring which made it scary.
And now, someone decided it would be a great idea to make it a sequel. I feel as my fear and the terrors are resurfacing. It has been alright when the commercial comes on, I just switch the channel, no big deal. However, I was watching Meet the Fockers at the new theater in CR, a comedy might I add and trailer for The Ring 2 pops up. I was so startled I went into super freaked out mode and now I'm hesitant to go see another movie scared I'll see it again. I guess I could always make myself late to the movies and skip the previews. Usually the previews are my favorite part of the movie theater experience...not these days though.
What is it about scary movies that make people want to see them? To have an excuse to cuddle with their date? Or perhaps, it's like the same feeling of fear and excitement as riding a roller coaster. I know I get scared...I even anticipate it, I don't know if I really like that fear sensation. I think for now its best for me to stay away from them.
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| Ovid |
[07 Mar 2005|01:52am] |
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I revamped the journal to encourage myself to write in it more. I hope it works.
This afternoon I went and saw Ovid's Metamorphoses at Thayer theater. I didn't know what to expect. I had taken a greek mythology course sophomore year and my familiarity with several of Ovid's stories intrigued me to see the performance.
The layout of the theater was quite unique. The stage was in the middle of the room and there were seats for the audience to the left and right of the stage. The stage itself was untraditional. It was a black rimmed swimming pool surrounded by a white walkway. At one end of the pool it had a stairway up to the "Heavens" and the other led to some doors painted like a forest.
The actors did a great job and they were in great shape too. Most of the time, they were in toga-like clothing, however, one particular actor playing Eros aka cupid was in the buff, expect for a pair a wings and white feathered gold sequin thong. The actors made a big splash. I felt like I was at Sea World. There were towels set on the seats of the front row "wet zone". My roommate and I arrived only minutes before the show started and had to take the wet zone seats. Fortunately, we only got splashed once during the performance. And the splash was more like a mere misting.
I wish I had taken the opportunity to seek out performances/musicals put on by the university and hancher earlier on in college. I guess I still have another semester to check things out. But I am looking forward to seeing Cookin' in April.
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| smooth sailing |
[14 Nov 2003|02:27am] |
i'm grateful that today (actually, yesterday 11/13) is done and over with. this semester has been a light load for me; compared to the pharmacy classes i was taking, these are a breeze. i'm really looking forward to the thanksgiving break. i haven't been getting much sleep. and it'll be a good chance to just relax. though, the day after thanksgiving will be a little less relaxing and more excitment. ian and i are going to pick up lucy. about over month ago we talked to some nice folks in minnesota and i thought it would be a nice treat for ian to have some company. lucy is a 6 weeks old pembroke welsh corgi and she's just adorable. i'm really excited! i hope the drive isn't too bad or the weather by then.
i'm really beat from the day; i'll write more when i've caught up on some sleep. night.
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| no? is this a new entry? woo hoo! |
[08 Oct 2003|01:17am] |
i was surprised i remember my password for livejournal. luckily, i'm not very creative and can't retain much information, so i fall back on only using a few passwords for everything.
life's been okay. not terrific, but i'm trucking. there's a lot i wish i could do and accomplish. i really miss my close friends. i hardly have time to see people and do fun things. i can't remember the last time i went to the movies, out, shopping, or anything....i feel like a bum. but, i've been busy - school, school, work, school, and occasionally i eat and sleep.
it's depressing me that friends are moving away from me, people i use to be extremely close with i feel like i hardly know them at all. for instance, the lau family. they were very important people in my early teen years. their youngest daughter was in 5th grade when their dad was offered a job in georgia. they packed up and moved and have been living there ever since. almost six years have gone by and i have probably only called during the holidays. today, getting onto aims (i'm hardly ever online anymore, i just don't have time or i think i'm out of that phase in my life) i read the youngest daughter's profile which led me to her online journal. she sounds much more outgoing, social and just talks and writes differently than i remembered. i mean it makes sense, people grow up and change. i wish i was a part of that though, i'm sad that though her and her family made a huge impact on my life, now i hardly know her at all now. it doesn't give our past friendship justice. i feel that is happening all around me with so many friends. maybe i'm dwelling on the past too much and need to let things and people go. it's hard. i don't forget friends that bring happiness and laughter into my life. i just hope all my friends that i don't see or talk to much are happy and know i still think about them and miss them and the memories i've had with them. with those i still see, i hope i see more of you guys. you really bring out the good in me; i truly feel better and more happy when i spend time with you. life is more fulfilling. it's unbelievable how i could take some of you for granted and now reflecting, see how truly lucky i am to be your friend.
i feel like this will be a neverending cycle of meeting people, getting close to them, becoming friends, and then slowly the friendship fades away and dies.
i didn't mean to make my come back entry so depressing. i don't know if writing in this journal is going to be frequent...but i guess you'll just have to keep checking.
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[11 Sep 2002|11:32pm] |
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i almost had forgotten i had a livejournal. so much has happened to me in the past few months it's hard to know where to start. i've become a stronger individual and learned much about my limits. i'll write more later.
for now, God Bless America.
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| ode to chemistry |
[11 Apr 2002|10:44pm] |
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this was written on the desk i took my exam on:
In days of old
when knights were bold
and rubbers weren't invented.
They put their socks
around their cocks
and babies were prevented.
-andrew
i'm glad that friday is near. i can sit around and do nothing. =)
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| denburg |
[10 Apr 2002|10:12pm] |
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i hate biology!!! school sucks. i'm becoming a regular at the library. and it's not the ones you have out there at drake.
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| stop, drop, and roll |
[06 Apr 2002|09:59pm] |
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it was the morning of friday, april 5, 2002. the night before i had a craving for swiss miss cocoa smoothie. as a result, jenn and i made smoothies with her nice white blender. in a 12 hour period that nice white blender is no longer functioning. actually it's now black from the flames. andrea, my suite mate wanted to cook a lipton noodle lunch and the blender was set on the back burner. unfortunately, the front burner of the gas stove lit the blender on fire. and within seconds, it was in flames. andrea, in panic mode, called for kristen and my help. at first we had no idea what was on fire, i thought it might have been a paper plate. all andrea said was, "it's on fire!" and both of us said, "what's on fire?" andrea watching and screaming while kristen tried to use the fire extinguisher. her attempt failed, she couldn't get it working. then i decided that it would be best to take the flaming blender off of the stove. this is when we all realized that the blender was still plugged in, oops. when i reached for it, i accidentally hit the mix button. now, the blender was on fire and on. i quickly unplugged it and kristen douse the blender and the stove with water. luckily, nothing else caught on fire. the fire was followed by a thick black cloud of smoke that could be smelled for hours later and a ten minute ringing from the smoke alarm. when the front desk called, we casually said that the blender was on fire, but we had things under control.
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| could johnny be dat good? |
[06 Mar 2002|03:05pm] |
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i'm sitting here in my office with nothing to do. i finished all the tasks that sarah and brianne could think up of.
at the beginning of spring semester i found myself here at the EPB. Also known as the english philosophy building in which i applied for the cinema and comparative literature department's office assistant. i got the job and now doing errands and tasks that a monkey's with only one arm could do, but it pays. i figure i need pocket change for those spontaneous splurges on shoes, food, or other such necessities.
working at the office, i come across an assortment of names. for instance, "augustus johnny machine" personally it sounds to me like a porn star's name. hmm, i wonder what mine would be? actually, i remember someone telling me it was your mother's maiden name or perhaps it was your first pet's name and the street you lived on. i think i'm making shit up now. anyway, names that i really like are soren, leighton, ashton, and sierra.
i'm going out to bennigan's tonight in support of steph's job...well that and to see for myself all the good looking guys that work there. it's bound to be more fun then here.
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| melrose and ronalds |
[18 Feb 2002|10:35am] |
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number of tickets my car has received the past year
parking: 10
towing: 1
speeding: 1
left wheel is more than 18" from the curb: 3 (my ass it was)
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