Don't Panic
Hitchiker's Guide seems more relevant than ever.
This is pretty cool- it's a link to this NPR story on the "Blinde Kuh" restaurant (wait is up to 3 months!). The dining area of the restaurant itself is completely sheathed in darkness and the idea is to let people get a glimpse into what it's like to be blind (blinde kuh means blind cow). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4529325
It was an interesting experience, although I don't recommend getting food that required cutting. Although...in the dark, I guess it doesn't matter if you start gnawing at your food. I hear one of the chefs is legally blind as well! Sounds like adventerous dining to me. The restrooms are lit though (but you have to be guided there by a waiter). I remember eating risotto and being a bit weirded out by not being able to identify some of the stuff in the food. Took some leftovers home and figured out what was zuchinni/eggplant/etc. :)
The panic part is related to the looming date for the August MCAT.
ACK!!!!!
Another, more relevant oddity: the Perseid meteor shower (http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/11/perseid.shower/index.html) is tonight/tomorrow morning and tomorrow as well. I still remember the cold trek to the Mausaleum freshman year, with some of the Donner folk. Spontaneous a capella singing (or attempt thereof) and lying on our backs to stare at the stars. I think the best meteor shower I've seen was on a cold morning in Jacksonville, back in 11th or 12th grade. It was amazing.
Not amazing, but definitely shocking is this piece of news: hepatitis A was detected in the room of the animal facility that my mice have been housed in for the past 6 months! Ek, this is terrible because the study is a long term physiological one and we're barely halfway (heck, haven't even got to do iso pumps or any of the really cool stuff). Hmm...I should probably make sure I'm Hep A vaccinated too. No news on whether the mice will be okei (or....dumdumdum...exterminated!) but can't really worry about anything other than the MCAT until after August 20th. Then it'll be worrying about packing and getting ready for Argentina and then home for 4 days, back to Stanford for staff training and lab stuff. I wonder if this means I don't have to spend a kazillion hours at the MRI after all. Hmm....
There's a bright side to everything, no?
Well, no.
MCAT good points:
-Hanging out with the carpool gals :) Fun times, great griping group
-Learning and relearning! It's neat to understand stuff, haha
-Ample use of some excellent libraries
-Keeps me busy and somewhat productive???
MCAT terrible points:
-Miss the gym :(
-Miss socializing and people
-Stress
-Some sleep debt
-...everything else...
This is pretty cool- it's a link to this NPR story on the "Blinde Kuh" restaurant (wait is up to 3 months!). The dining area of the restaurant itself is completely sheathed in darkness and the idea is to let people get a glimpse into what it's like to be blind (blinde kuh means blind cow). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4529325
It was an interesting experience, although I don't recommend getting food that required cutting. Although...in the dark, I guess it doesn't matter if you start gnawing at your food. I hear one of the chefs is legally blind as well! Sounds like adventerous dining to me. The restrooms are lit though (but you have to be guided there by a waiter). I remember eating risotto and being a bit weirded out by not being able to identify some of the stuff in the food. Took some leftovers home and figured out what was zuchinni/eggplant/etc. :)
The panic part is related to the looming date for the August MCAT.
ACK!!!!!
Another, more relevant oddity: the Perseid meteor shower (http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/11/perseid.shower/index.html) is tonight/tomorrow morning and tomorrow as well. I still remember the cold trek to the Mausaleum freshman year, with some of the Donner folk. Spontaneous a capella singing (or attempt thereof) and lying on our backs to stare at the stars. I think the best meteor shower I've seen was on a cold morning in Jacksonville, back in 11th or 12th grade. It was amazing.
Not amazing, but definitely shocking is this piece of news: hepatitis A was detected in the room of the animal facility that my mice have been housed in for the past 6 months! Ek, this is terrible because the study is a long term physiological one and we're barely halfway (heck, haven't even got to do iso pumps or any of the really cool stuff). Hmm...I should probably make sure I'm Hep A vaccinated too. No news on whether the mice will be okei (or....dumdumdum...exterminated!) but can't really worry about anything other than the MCAT until after August 20th. Then it'll be worrying about packing and getting ready for Argentina and then home for 4 days, back to Stanford for staff training and lab stuff. I wonder if this means I don't have to spend a kazillion hours at the MRI after all. Hmm....
There's a bright side to everything, no?
Well, no.
MCAT good points:
-Hanging out with the carpool gals :) Fun times, great griping group
-Learning and relearning! It's neat to understand stuff, haha
-Ample use of some excellent libraries
-Keeps me busy and somewhat productive???
MCAT terrible points:
-Miss the gym :(
-Miss socializing and people
-Stress
-Some sleep debt
-...everything else...
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10:08 PM
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