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Name: Circeo
Birthday: 4/29/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: Bathing in romantic angst, acting the part of a housewife, philospher, WoW addict, annoying people with my genetic obsessions, and being a general dramatesse.
Expertise: Graduate school and avoiding actually writing my papers. Cookies, anyone?
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  CirceoSalani
Member Since:
8/15/2001
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| Roses Are Waiting For Dewdrops To Fall[Mood:  Cheerful]
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered,
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
And look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing?
What do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it - that Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.
-The Rainbow Connection, Kermit the Frog
Hello everyone! It's been a while since I updated, and I've fully been intending to. It just hasn't quite happened until now.
We've had lots of fun the in past weeks, but the most fun has been a caper that Whit and I put together - Operation Pretty Office. Now, I'm not sure if I told you this before, but our office is pretty sad. It's basically a glorified hallway corner, that was expanded to fit a few desks and file cabinets.
So, this is our office (And Whit and Tito.) Blank walls and old, ugly computers.
Whit and I decided something needed to be done about this. We went to Hobby Lobby and bought canvases, baked brownies, got drunk, and painted pretty pictures. This is our office now:
  So, you can see Whit's paintings of DNA and some-fuzzy-thing in the two top photos. The middle photo is of the wall not pictured in any other photo, which is just has file cabinets. (We use them for our lockers.) Very nice, eh? Much cheerier. In other news, I still haven't gotten word about our Italian Greyhound adoption. I emailed the regional director again yesterday, begging for any news. We really want to get our dog during Christmas break, so we can get to know it before going back to work/school. So I spent a few hours on various rescue websites (the IG site, especially,) and found another potential dog from the same association. And in even more (pathetic) news, the new World of Warcraft expansion arrives today. Don't expect to hear from OM or I until Christmas. (Or until I hear back about the dog.) | | |
| Hate Norman[Mood:  Excited]
So I guess I'll go on counting all my lucky stars
'Cause all the lucky people are the ones who really know they are
You can't have what you want unless you dare to see things through
And I got what I wanted on the day we said I do
-Lucky Man, Jerry Jeff Walker
I have had some nice moments in the past few days. And some bad stuff, but I know that will resolve itself.
Okay, bad stuff first. Nana had a breast cancer removed this morning. Very small, not a big deal. We were afraid she'd need a mastectomy (because her general practitioner told her that she would,) but the surgeon said not to worry. Just some radiation for a few weeks, and no problem.
Also, I would like to state for the record how much I dislike take home tests. You have the thing hanging over you for days, rather than just a quick, painless hour or two. I've got a molecular test tomorrow. Thank goodness it's not take home.
Okay, good stuff now. My cytogenetics class yesterday was... amazing. We ended early and took a field trip to the lab. SOOOO COOL. I saw FISH chromosomes, and watched them doing karyotypes on the computer. Absolutely amazing stuff. The FISH... it's like looking into a telescope. The chromosomes spread out, and the dye makes them look like nebulas. Each dye requires a different filter for the microscope; with one button, you go from blue, to red, to green - all those dots of color, sparkling up at you... Did I mention that I was a little awe-struck?
Last week, Whit and I took a trip to Norman to buy books from Borders. (The OKC Borders didn't have the book I wanted.) This is actually where this blog title originated - the roads around the Borders are really over-elaborate. That, and Whit's current love intrest lives in Norman, and he hadn't contacted her for several days. We don't actually hate Norman in it's entirety. Just some of it.
But back to my story. Since we were going to Borders anyway, I decided I wanted to buy some music. I've been wanting more Gordon Lightfoot and Jerry Jeff Walker. Can you believe that Borders - in Oklahoma, no less - doesn't carry either of them? So I went and ordered them from Amazon. Apparently, all the good Jerry Jeff music has been discontinued, but I managed to get the two I wanted used. AND I got the best Billy Joel album ever - River of Dreams.
Well, my cds arrived today. All of them. I'm in old music heaven. Now, I haven't listened to Navajo Rug in years, but I still know all the words. It's not sitting still music. It's get your ass out of the chair and shake it music. It's cooking music. It's slow dance with your lover music. It's... my parents' music. But I love it anyway. I think you'll always have a soft spot for the stuff you grew up with. After you get over your years of snippy teenage rejection, you realize your folks may have been onto something with this music stuff. And once you convince your significant other that you won't shatter the mirror (or their eardrums) by singing the stuff, they might like it too. | | |
| Nothing, In The Scheme Of My Years[Mood:  Tired]
How can I put it so you understand?
I didn't let him hold my hand
But he looked like you; I guess he looked like you
No he wasn't you
But you can still trust me, this ain't infidelity
It's not cheating; you were on my mind
-I Heard Love Is Blind, Amy Winehouse
I have come to a conclusion - visiting home is great, but it really is too long a drive to go home for the weekend. I feel like I lost so much time. I spent Thursday packing, Friday driving, Saturday visiting, Sunday driving, and Monday recuperating. Needless to say, I studied very little this weekend. I didn't come to work yesterday, because the person who was supposed to be showing me what to do never told me when to show up. Instead, I worked out, did laundry, and unpacked.
So, long story short, I won't be going back to SA until Christmas, barring unforeseen circumstances. The week off during Thanksgiving will be a good time to push through my Embryology paper. Treacher Collins syndrome, here I come.
It's only going to get harder, once my work actually (if ever) starts. One of the directors told me to work one a project with one of the residents, but he hasn't emailed me. I can't do work if I don't know what the work is, can I?
Yesterday, apparently, there was an Embryology lecture that we weren't aware of. Tito and Whit didn't go, either. Thank goodness, those lectures are videotaped, and available online. The only lecture we technically could miss, but again, one of the only classes we really can't miss.
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| Wish You Were Here [Mood:  Okay]
Aging black leather and hospital bills,
Tattoo removal and dozens of pills.
Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components.
-Rock'n Roll Lifestyle, Cake
Last week was so busy, it's not even funny. All of the water issues in the apartment should be fixed by now, but I did receive notice that the water was turned off for an hour yesterday, so I don't know for sure what's going on. I asked a pair of maintenance guys what happened, and the older one just pointed to the younger and said, "He did it." The only apparent casualties of my apartment was a box of crackers, and the cardboard of one box of cereal. Plus the backsplash behind the microwave has peeled away from the wall, but I'm not too concerned about that.
So, the Embryology test didn't completely suck. I made an 88, so I won't argue about it. My Population Genetics test yesterday... well, I haven't gotten the grade back, but I don't like the way the test went. I should have brought a calculator, regardless of what the professor said. No, I cannot calculate Chi-Square in my head. I guess I fail.
I had a journal club presentation last week, too. Remember the article about choanal atresia that I said I was presenting? It went pretty well, if I do say so myself. I got a little scared when I showed them the slide with photos of the patients - I moved on pretty fast, and they asked me to flip back so they could see the photos again. Turns out the doctors in the room were trying to diagnose the kids, based on headshots! Amusing, plus it filled some time.
Cafe Bella is my new favorite place ever. It's a shame that it's so far from everywhere else I go in the city. Yes, their website is kind of sad. But they have not only bubble tea in 5 million flavors - I tried their vietnamese coffee on Monday, and I am now having dreams about the stuff. Don't even get me started on their sandwiches with vietnamese pork and pickled carrots, liver pate optional but oh so essential.
Also pointless to everyone else, but I must say: Whit and I went shopping at Express this weekend. I snagged a buy $100, get $30 off coupon from one of the GCs, and the store was having a Columbus day sale - buy 1, get one 50% off, everything in the store. I bought 1 pair of jeans, 2 button-up shirts, and an amazingly cute vest that I probably shouldn't have bought. Before the sales, my total was $200. After all sales - on top of everything else, the shirts were $10 off - I spent $98.50. May I point out, jeans at Express typically run about $70 full price? I totally rocked the coupons this weekend!
I finally convinced OM that we could afford to buy tickets to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I went to buy tickets, and they're sold out. Every single show. So I think we're going to buy the World of Warcraft expansion instead. (Sadly, it's the same price at the tickets.) I'm such an enabler.
This weekend is my dad's birthday, so I'm going back to SA for a few days. OM will stay in OKC, so I can leave earlier on Friday and make my trip a little more worthwhile. I'm a little hesitant to leave him without a car the entire weekend, but as long as I go grocery shopping before I leave, he should be alright. So if anyone who's in SA and wants to get together, let me know. I'll have a few non-family hours, I think.
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| Holy Crap Distressed]
This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath
-On the Radio, Regina Spektor
Ugh, what a day. And it's not over yet. I got up this morning, and I thought it would be a good day. It was cool, so I could wear my new coat, and there was a new patient coming to clinic that I could see. So I got up and went to the office early. I made sure that I could shadow the GC, and sat down to do training on the computer. She comes in about 10 minutes before the appointment and tells me that it got canceled.
Frustrating, but still not awful. It's better to cancel than to not show up. So I went home, played a bit of WoW, and did dishes. And then I reached over to wipe down the counter - hey, wait... why is there a puddle of water on the counter? I don't think I spilled any... holy crap! There's water all over my microwave! It's dripping out of my cabinet?!?
I sopped up the water, moved my microwave, and took everything out of the cabinet. I think there's a pipe that's leaking behind my wall. I can hear the sound of water dripping from somewhere, and it's not coming from ANY of the faucets in my apartment. (Yes, I checked them all.) When I called the office, they said maintenance would be here in a bit, but they were taking care of a different emergency water leak in the building. I guess I won't be running the dishwasher.
The building has been having issues with water. The water was turned off for one day last week for repairs. I guess I shouldn't be drinking from the tap... but I am anyway. So if I come down with amoebic dysentery, you'll know the culprit - my own stupidity/cheapness.
I will update as soon as we figure out what the heck is going on.
On a much cooler unrelated note, I now own the greatest free t-shirt ever. Thank you, graduate student association.
Update: So, they turned the water back on before we went to bed last night, but the water pressure was pretty bad this morning. Don't know if it will be completely taken care of when I get home tonight.
And yes, I play WoW. Too much, I'm sure. My main is on the Emerald Dream server, and I play on The Scyers occasionally.
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