| Doggy!! |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|12:05 am] |
Today we were visited by a member of the Rescue a Golden of Minnesota Society (RAGOM), a golden retriever rescue organization, to see if we were qualified to adopt one of their dogs. And we were approved by them this evening! That means we can get a doggy. Doggy!!
Sadly, they have just started a waitlist for adopting dogs in the 6 month to 3 year age group, which is precisely what we're looking at. So we might not be able to get a dog for a bit, still. But at least we can! It will happen!
Doggy!! |
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[Nov. 10th, 2009|11:23 pm] |
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Tonight I performed for ~1200 people. |
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| Cool! |
[Oct. 29th, 2009|08:32 pm] |
I apparently got honors in Anatomy. And here they kept claiming honors didn't exist for the class...::raises eyebrow::
Well, fuckin' awesome anyway. |
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| Thank you, orgo |
[Oct. 24th, 2009|09:48 am] |
The arrow-drawing tool for orgo reactions is really quite powerful. Anytime we get some kind of reaction in biochem, even though we're not expected to memorize the structures, I immediately understand what's going on thanks to all that work we did drawing arrows onto reactions.
See, orgo is useful for med school!! |
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| Yuck |
[Oct. 23rd, 2009|03:11 pm] |
All day, it's been alternating between snow and rain. Right now it seems to have settled on rain, but we'll see how long that lasts.
I don't even want to walk two blocks to mail something. Ew. |
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| Restaurant success |
[Oct. 18th, 2009|07:47 pm] |
On a whim, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) occultatio and I decided to check out a Cambodian restaurant a few miles away, in a sort of shady part of town. It turned out be a great idea. occultatio tried a Cambodian-style pad thai that he claims was sort of bland, but that he saw a lot of other things he'd like to try there, and I had tom yum soup with quail eggs - the default way the soup was served. Turns out quail eggs are pretty good, at least hard-boiled and served in tom yum soup. It was also awesomely cheap, since my meal (at $8) was on the more expensive side of the menu, and occultatio's was even less.
Now I just have to make it to that Tibetan place and get me some goddamn yak already. |
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| Twin Peaks |
[Oct. 1st, 2009|04:30 pm] |
occultatio and I just finished watching it today. As you may or may not know, it ends in a cliffhanger - and there's no sign that there will ever be anything made to explain what's up with the ending.
So I've decided to make my own predictions/decisions about what's going on, based on the fact that this is the end of the show. Needless to say, here be ( spoilers: )
Okay, enough of that. I have this exam tomorrow I should be thinking about... |
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| Huh. |
[Oct. 1st, 2009|07:52 am] |
Apparently Baccano! is available on Hulu.
EDIT: Wait let me rephrase. Baccano! is being advertised on the main page of Hulu. |
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| Tickled |
[Sep. 12th, 2009|08:48 pm] |
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In an episode of Twin Peaks the other day, the camera panned over a chest x-ray. I was amused to realize it was backwards. (Well, that or Ronette Polaski had situs inversus, which is possible if unlikely). |
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| From the lecturer on Friday |
[Sep. 6th, 2009|04:15 pm] |
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"Truth to tell, men are probably a little bit wimpier than women when it comes to pain." |
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| Yes! |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|12:21 pm] |
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I found a restaurant that sells yak dishes!! Also a farm in Minnesota that raises yaks and sells yak meat. Mmm delicious yak... |
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| Data! |
[Jul. 29th, 2009|02:38 pm] |
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Holy shit! After less than four weeks of working on this project, I already have solid data for it. I basically just got further on this project than I did on my thesis. This is crazy. |
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| Bitch |
[Jul. 29th, 2009|12:50 pm] |
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After a nearly four-hour epic battle with teh Intarwebs, I am connected at my lab. |
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| Hee |
[Jul. 28th, 2009|09:43 pm] |
I found Borderman dice.
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| Ranma |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|10:28 pm] |
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It is ridiculous and yet entirely appropriate that, in Ranma, one of the few consistencies and the only way the characters progress are their special martial arts moves. |
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| HOUSE |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|09:37 pm] |
Holy shit we have a HOUSE. OMG there is FURNITURE. The furniture even looks NICE.
Also we bought a dining room set for $30. Thank you, craigslist. |
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| House is awesome |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|08:52 am] |
We officially closed on our house yesterday, and so in the evening we started moving things in. We, uh, didn't get very far (having no furniture didn't help). But we're not really living there until the end of this month, so that's okay.
It was as nice as I remembered, except the basement, which isn't very nice (although it was better than I remembered, since all the boxes that had been in there were moved out). Fortunately, we probably won't need the basement for much besides laundry for a long time, since from the top two floors alone we've at least quadrupled our living space. By the time we might actually want to use the basement for something, we'll probably be able to afford to fix it up a little.
What was really awesome, though, was getting another chance to check out the neighborhood. We had dinner with my parents at the nice restaurant two blocks down the street, which turned out not to be super-expensive, although still more than we can regularly afford now, and delicious. The small grocery store half a block away had more than I remembered it having, including some paper goods which we desperately needed. We saw signs for a "tea shop" in the same complex that the restaurant was in, although I didn't see the shop itself. There's also a cafe/bakery with wifi about a block away.
And the most exciting discovery of the night was a small, locally-owned bookstore about two blocks away. With a special ordering service and a frequent-buyer plan. Which sells Tezuka*. (Also, it turns out the woman who was working there is one of our neighbors.) This store is in addition to the comics/game store about a 10 minute drive away.
...Yeah, I think we're going to enjoy living here :D.
*They in fact had volume 5 of Black Jack, making us realize we were a bit behind on it, so Matt purchased it and also ordered vol. 4. I also saw MW. |
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