February 25, 2002

  • Just got back from Denver, Colorado. I was visiting the University of Colorado Health Sciences department.  Grad school interviews.  Craziness.  8.5 hours of interviewing - but really, really fucking good food.  I love steak.


    Good things that happened - met lots of other biology majors, bought a kickass smelling candle (Selene, the Bringer of Good Dreams candle; combo of Jasmine, Lemongrass, Lavender and Rose), bought (then broke) a shot glass, got to ride on my first airplane.


    Bad things - had to ride on an airplane...alone, had to wander the 53 square mile Denver International Airport...alone, cold water in my 4 star hotel.


    I can't wait for so many movies...Blade II, Star Wars II, Matrix II...ahhh, how I love sequels. Though, there are none that can compare with the ass-blasters of Tremors III: Return to Perfection.  I love that...the second one was bad enough, I can't barely believe they had the balls to make a third.  What else looks good...hmmm...not too much.  I want to see Brotherhood of the Wolf and the Count of Monte Cristo.  Bad movies...any new teen movies, especially those involving pop stars.  Disturbingly enough, there are 2 movies with Robin Williams being a bad guy in them - Insomnia and Death to Smootchy.  Scary thought I do believe.


    Finished Shermer's "The Borderlands of Science" good book, especially for skeptics of the world.  Also he authors a magazine and has a website (www.skeptic.com) - worth looking at.  Bought "On the Origins of Species" in Colorado.  I was lucky to find it in paperback.  It is as interesting as I thought.  I also got some good book recommendations from the many scientists I interviewed with in Colorado - including "The 8th Day of Creation", "The 7 Daughters of Eve", "Silent Spring" and "Having Faith." I shall have to investigate the library for those works, as well as that one book by Aldo Leopold I've always meant to read.


    Next book I want to buy: "A Brave New World" by Aldus Huxley.


    Goals for this week - pick a topic for my next Advanced Molecular Biology presentation - it's a tossup between AP-2 genes (which cause the inside out mouse phenomenon of Trevor Williams discovery) and MC1R mutation that causes melanism in so many creatures.


    Thoughts to self: I am very lazy and I definitely need to write more often on this Xanga site. I need to make a list of pros and cons about OSU and U of Co...and decide where the hell I want to end up...at least for the next few years...Denver or Columbus.


    <sigh>


    When did life get so complicated? I wish it could be easy like when I was young - of course, I thought life sucked then too. When didn't life suck? Eh...perhaps never.


    Bought some cool stuff for Eric in Denver - chocolate honey, SOBE the sports drink and ORA (Eric related joke) Potency. Fun shit....