michelle

06 March 2009 @ 05:31 am

Today would be a day to go in the history books for being a wonderfully well laid out, well thought out, impromptu, eventful day which I will characterize as a day not because of the calendar, but from when I last woke up at 6 am to now... currently almost reaching 6 am on Friday.

Pretty sure I got to talk to and tell stories of my current life to all of my favorite people today - near, far, and lost in between. From life-changing phone conversations, applying for housing at UNC, cancelling housing there, confronting someone passively, sitting on the steps of the amphitheatre, being vulnerable, going to the mall, laughing at things that worry me, buying presents, reliving memories from when we met, watching 3 of my favorite shows, going to an 80's dance party, talking until 5 am about everything ever? I want my livejournal Michelle to remember this, because I don't feel like writing this out.

What a day.

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11 April 2008 @ 12:00 am

happy

This is the Real Meaning of Life All Along

favorite things from today:
crazy old professor with sweater vest.
sunshine. pockets. a turned in test.
new shoes. manicure.
jasmine jazz polish.
chauffeuring honda.
river walk. friends. plans.

Current Music: "Calcutta" Hopewell

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05 April 2008 @ 10:54 pm

blooming

i'll admit this is my favorite season for the flowers, but i don't always appreciate the clouds and showers. c'est la vie.
always something to look forward to(!), yet my present situation is going very swimmingly. i can't believe how fast life is going.

( death at a funeral )

Current Music: Band of Horses

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13 March 2008 @ 07:08 pm

Yesterday is still alive...

it's so nice to be home! all the scents and sounds.

this morning i was in knoxville fretting about exams.
now i'm in clarksville wondering about tomorrow...
when i'll be on a plane to california.

:)

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17 February 2008 @ 10:29 pm

jinxed

I was asleep in front of my computer.UT Police just barged in our room... here's how it went down:
"It's UT PD!"
me/Theo: "umm...hello...wait...what?"
"Did you not call UT Police?"
me: "should we have?"
"Uhh, I think we got the wrong room."

Then they left and we heard them knock on the next door with the same booming entrance. Odd. Friday morning Theo and I were conversing in our jammies and the Maintenance guy walked all the way in asking how our toilet was doing (fine? and he had gotten the wrong floor). We have decided to lock/deadbolt our doors more often.

In other news, I'm moving my way up in the pharmacy world. I'm happy. When I'm at work interacting with people, either one of two things always happen: 1) someone says something really hysterical in their AlcoaAccent that I have to stifle laughter about or 2) someone compliments me on how they think my eyes are pretty.

Well, now I caught something from someone and my voice is hoarse and my left eye is swollen-red. Sad jinxed Michelle.

I'm excited about this week. Let's hope I stay un-sick. :)

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30 January 2008 @ 08:38 am

all grown up

I'm going to sign a lease tomorrow for a 3 bedroom apartment for my senior year. I turned in an application for being a Governor's School RA for this summer. And I signed up for Important Information about PCAT testing and dates. Basically, all the planning I have ever felt like I have accomplished is coming back to an uncertain, adventurous year ahead where I'm already behind. It's all so much to look forward to.

I'll miss my mysterious roommate though.

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23 October 2007 @ 06:55 pm

vitameatavegimin

Sometimes I feel like I'm Lucy Ricardo... always coming up with some new crazy antic in order to get in the show (in this case, where antic = research, job, ::insert time consuming, inspiring idea here:: ; show = anticipated future step of life).

The good thing is that I'm learning a lot along the way and reaping the benefits of coming to such a vast research university in a town like Knoxville.
Since college I have:
worked a telecommunications job for UT Telefund
tutored at the Math Tutorial Center for 3 semesters
volunteered at the UT Medical Center
worked in a Reptile Research Lab with snakes, turtles, and lizards
Research Assistant in the College of Veterinary Medicine in pharmacology studies

Organizations and academics and friends and being busy with it all. That's me.

And here I am again, this rainy October night wondering about my next career opportunity.
Hopefully it works out and I'll be Michelle the Pharmacy Technician the next time I post.

We'll see... :)

Current Location: my apartment

Current Mood: dreamy

Current Music: Feist "1234"

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16 October 2007 @ 01:52 pm

my top 5 tv theme songs

1. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
2. Monk
3. The Office
4. Tie: Darkwing Duck; Doug
5. The Facts of Life

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12 September 2007 @ 06:52 pm

i'm getting too old.

Aw. So it's always the week before an impending terrifying exam that I have to re-evaluate why I ever decided to major in biochemistry. I wanna go back to simpler times when there was a definite asymptotic value on the curve of life for when to stop studying! :)

I'll make it though. :) Oh and I got two packages in the mail today, which makes me very excited.

Ramadan starts tomorrow. Aside from last year and my medical traumas, that month is usually very peaceful for me, so I'm looking forward to this as well.

And I've decided the cutest thing in the world is watching super-analytical, obsessive compulsive, computer-minded people try to bake things.

The end.

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25 August 2007 @ 06:22 pm

i want a kitty

my biochemistry, cellular, and molecular bio 401 class is going to be haaaard. i miss organic chemistry.

in other news, i watched several episodes of Legends of the Hidden Temple this weekend.
one of the parting gifts for the purple parrots and the orange iguanas was cans of Starkist Tuna.
they also gave away encyclopedias on CD-ROM. oh, the early nineties.

and i still need to get around to seriously figuring out what i'm going to do with the rest of my life.

:)

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16 August 2007 @ 10:33 pm

two hundred miles ahead

More or less, today marked the end of what I consider summer.

A few things have impressed me lately...

First of all, Flavor Flav. How there can be hours of television about a 46 year old man with a mean grill and oversized clocks that don't work. And "krazy" women who fawn over him. And the fact that I was mildly interested in this drama.

Actually, the influence and ubiquity of reality tv in general. Andy Warhol had it so right all along.

How life can be so much simpler and calmer with a couple of very close friends instead of worrying about the dynamics of a large group.

The fact that you truly need a lot of things to start out with if you're getting an apartment.

And finally, I'm impressed that I'll be twenty in less than a month, into my junior year of college. And that I really don't feel like a kid anymore.

Here's to an interesting semester.

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22 July 2007 @ 11:37 pm

book 7.

I think I win in the number of ways people have "spoiled" the end of Harry Potter for me. Thus, I am utterly not sure what happens and have a myriad of possibilities to consider.

With impending exams, trips to Gatlinburg, and someone a tad more interesting than HP to distract me, I have only gotten through half the book. Part of me wants to stay up all night and finish it. The other part of me realizes my childhood ends once I finish it.

Books are exciting. I think Nationals starts this week. I'm excited to see the campus with lots of toga-clad students. :)

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07 July 2007 @ 03:54 pm

trivial.

My days are more or less routine - replete with organic chemistry and random knowledge of medicine and science and classical references Monday Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday about a hundred little snakes depend on me for fresh food and water. I've also been getting to work on operant conditioning with the monitor lizards. And I'm picking up a Friday shift to work with the turtles.

The days have gone by with nothing much to say, so it's hard to believe my summer is halfway over already. Is it weird to be satisfied enough that you're really not sure of what more you should be looking forward to? I'm so boring. I guess I am quite excited to read the last Harry Potter book. I'm also looking forward to going to Ikea or someplace to get all sorts of stuff to decorate my apartment for the fall.

07.07.07

Maybe today will be lucky. Maybe tonight will be extraordinary.

Current Location: Greve Hall

Current Music: "Missed The Boat" Modest Mouse

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03 May 2007 @ 06:18 pm

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Dear LiveJournal,

These days, I almost feel like I'm suppressing an early-life crisis. Here I am two years in the future from when I was immersed in thoughts of graduation, final goodbyes, new hellos. Two years in the past from when I will potentially do the same thing, except for the bittersweet end of my undergraduate career.

But it's neat and I can't complain. In fact, opportunities are falling into my hands lately. I'm an official Research Assistant in the reptile ethology lab here, working with my favorite reptile, the turtle. I have been volunteering with my adviser's oncology research as well, and if I like it and things go well, I can work with him in the fall to begin my biochemistry honors thesis. And next Thursday I get to go to a reception in Nashville for Dr. Muhammad Yunus. My dad knew him; perhaps meeting a Nobel Prize winner will inspire me even more.

What gets me down? Oh, sometimes my independence feels a little lonesome. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to the future. With 84 credits under my belt, I'm not afraid of much else. Not even organic chemistry. Or snakes, apparently.

-Michelle

PS - this is kindacool.

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29 April 2007 @ 09:41 pm

yawn

idiot test.

Fun strategy.

LineRider

Current Mood: tired of studying :(

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19 April 2007 @ 12:12 pm

one more day.

Oh T-Rex...

I am currently interested in turtle research with a Biopsychologist.

I want to be passionate about one thing...
so I don't convince myself to be a professional student. :)

Current Music: "Over and Over Again" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

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16 April 2007 @ 12:31 am

pondering...

You ever lose touch with a friend or just stop talking to them for whatever reason
and wonder if they still think about you

or even remember the friendship
the same way you do?

Or if they deny it.

Or even still mention you to others.
Like a figment of the past that still somehow lingers.

I wonder that sometimes. Because recently I've been remembering, and I heard I was being remembered, too.

Let me know if I'm one of those people.
That would be nice, thanks.

Current Music: Regina Spektor

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12 January 2007 @ 05:28 pm

you will be remembered.

Momofuko Andro, Iwao Takamoto, James Brown...
I liked Ramen, Scooby Doo, and soul music. sigh.

I'll probably be next what with all these interesting yet mentally exhausting classes.

I want to be halfway around the world again. With like half the world again.
Or in Florida.
Everything makes sense.

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08 December 2006 @ 07:35 pm

all that glitters

my dad just bought me this:

a 2003 Honda Civic. gold. smooth. compact.

beyond elated. i'm really lucky.

if only i could figure out
what's wrong with me.

the redness of both eyes
i'm broken out in hives
and everything feels
too perfect.
soon it's
gonna
hurt.

Current Location: my dorm!

Current Music: "Zephyr Song" rhcp

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17 October 2006 @ 10:38 pm

planning ahead :)

i've been spring scheduling. and i finally get to dive into my major - most pre-reqs aside.
the classes fit together, though mostly afternoonish. and friends will be in them.
look how pretty:

Biology 240: Genetics

BCMB 306: Genetics and Society

Physics 222: Electricity & Magnetism; Relativity & Quantum Physics

Psychology 434: Gender Studies

and I'm trying to come up with one enjoyable/suitable/relatively easy Foreign Studies class.
ideas?

i get to choose among these hundred courses:
( a buncha classes )

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