I Admit It!!

Yesterday at the gym, I was reading one of the signs in the locker room – you know, the ones with random news and ‘here’s what’s happening in the city’ highlights. In one corner there was a list of all the holidays associated with August, and it turns out that August is the national month [...]

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

It was a dark and stormy night – literally. Friday night I was just starting to drift off to sleep, when I heard “BOOM!!” There was about 10 minutes of just thunder and lightning before the rain started pouring down. It was the first rain storm I had experienced in the house, and it was [...]

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Part Deux – Fival Returns

After successfully returning our kitchen mouse to her natural habitat, Lia, Sarah, and I all went out to dinner for a little “housemate night”. We had a good time at a nice Italian restaurant near Suburban Square (although we forgot to BYOB). When we got back home, I half jokingly said, “Hey, lets check the [...]

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Eeeeeekk!

Last night I was sitting in my dining room, talking to my roomie Lia about how our jobs can be really boring at times, when Lia shouts out, “Oh my God!!” And I’m thinking, ‘What? Are my tales of boredom really that exciting?’ But then she tells me that she just saw a mouse run [...]

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I just have one of those faces

For the past two weeks, the El has been undergoing maintenance, which means that instead of taking the El from 69th street straight to 11th, I have to take a packed bus from 69th to 40th, then get on the El to 11th. Not a horrific inconvenience, but it does add about a half hour [...]

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Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in!

So, without going into super annoying detail, here’s the deal. I’m going to be stuck living at my parents house for the next two days cat sitting, which wouldn’t be so bad (since I love my cat) except for the fact that my family informed me of this about a hour ago. And I consider [...]

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Eureka!!

Last night, I had a breakthrough into one little piece of why I am the way that I am. Basically, I do not like asking for help from anyone or for anything. I can’t do it. I hate to ask for help, partially because I don’t want to put other people out, but mainly because [...]

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At least you’re not these people

Ok, so this entry doesn’t have to do too much with my actual life, but it’s funny anyways. Last night my roomies and I were watching some telly, and Family Feud came on. As everyone know, this is a quality show. I feel like no other gameshow quite showcases how stupid people are like the [...]

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My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Saturday

Alright, let me just tell you about the crazy day I had on Saturday. I would have written about it before, but I couldn’t get my wireless internet up. But I’ll get to that in a minute. My story begins actually on Friday night. My friends and I hit up our local pub, had some [...]

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Even lab assistants grow up

Three months ago, my boss told me that I would be getting a summer student to help me out and that I would have to teach her how to run our experiments. My first thought was that I don’t actually do much, so what was I supposed to teach this girl? How to play mahjongg? [...]

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