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I am a nerd. Well, a nice nerd. Some say I'm a cute nerd. Sometimes I'm a happy nerd. Sometimes I'm a sad nerd. I can be a perky nerd. Or an emotional nerd. Sometimes the raddest nerd ever. But nonetheless, a nerd. Previous Posts
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
I'm an official PhD candidate!
Yay! So I passed my quals on Thursday, which was intense, but not so bad. The parts I got grilled on were more issues that pertain to the entire fields of C. elegans and aging, so for example, ensuring my RNAi experiments are actually efficient or controlling for infection as a possible confounder to lifespan. So even though I felt like I stumbled on some parts, my committee commented that I did well in terms of thinking on my feet. So yay!
Since then, I've been mostly playing video games, and working out. Louis bought me Final Fantasy X2, which mmm...is not nearly as good as X, which is soooo sad! I mean I know it's gotten bad reviews, but I also have low standards. I also started playing Phoenix Wright 2: Justice for All, which is better than the original! Well, it's pretty much exactly like the original but they introduced the feature of unlocking people's secrets, which makes the gathering evidence phase more interesting and the store not as linear. You don't always have enough evidence to unlock secrets in which case you need to stop and explore other parts of the story. I've also been working out, sort of. Today I went running for the first time in a while, and even though I'm in decent aerobic shape (yay!), my calves were totally dying by the end. I also went hiking yesterday at Arastradero Open Preserve which was more like fighting off bugs and finding my allergies getting progressively worse. I guess I know now that I'm extremely allergic to grass? And I biked to lab today on my new bike! Apparently Louis and my parents conspired to buy me a bike  It's like at least 33% faster than my old bike! And it's closer to the ground so it's not nearly as awkard getting off. And it's so light! I totally passed this guy in spandex today on Sand Hill and I also stayed ahead of him until I needed to turn. He must have felt kind of retarded getting passed by a girl in normal clothes who's got the straps on the pedal facing downward and making a funny noise every time it hits the ground because she can't figure out how to put my feet in, and who also can't figure out how to change the gears on the bike yet. By the way, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is coming out Friday and I am soooo way going to the midnight release! Yay! | |
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