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Friday, 24 September 2004
An elephant lives in apt. 315...
Mood:
 cheeky
... & it plays the drums, too.
Yes, I can hear EVERY SINGLE STEP made by the person that lives above me. And then late at night, just as I'm wanting to fall asleep, I often hear a slight thumping noise -- just loud & annoying enough to keep me awake (& I'm a light sleeper, so it doesn't take much to keep me awake). ugh!
In other news, I survived another week of grad school:
This past weekend I attended a psych conference in Baltimore -- fun times & got to hear about a lot of great studies going on in the learning/conditioning labs around the US.
The rest of the week has been me trying to catch up on homework & housework.
Eric visited me for a couple days -- the plan was for him to visit OSU, but it turns out that he'll be doing that next week (so hopefully I'll get to see him again soon!).
And today was a somewhat productive day in the lab. We're planning on starting to run some rats next week, so I'll finally get to learn how to run the equipment, & give me some insight into what types of projects I'll get to do in the lab.
I'm feeling a little more comfortable in the lab, & I think that I can actually see myself doing all of grad school in the Fountain lab. I'm still planning on learning the surgeries & such going on in a couple of the other labs, but I'm getting more & more excited about what possible directions I could take in my research. So, we'll see what happens...
Side note: I think I'm getting a cold -- boo!
Till next time...
<3,
Amber :-)
Monday, 20 September 2004
Do you cluck or do you roar?
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Jolly good, wot! Anyone for tennis? That'll be ten ponies, guv. You're the epitome of everything that is english. Yey :) Hoist that Union Jack!
How British are you?
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As if you needed another reason to say that I'm boring...
How random are you?
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Which flock do you follow?
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Tuesday, 14 September 2004
Lonliness dominates you. You can hide it well, but
its there, and your friends can see it. You
constantly feel alone, and need to do things to
fill your time. Your afraid to tell people
this, but sooner or later it gets out in a bad
way, and you think you screwed up everything.
And when you are in love is when you are sad
the most. (Please Vote)
What Emotion Dominates you?
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"You must remember this, a kiss is still a
kiss". Your romance is Casablanca. A
classic story of love in trying times, chock
full of both cynicism and hope. You obviously
believe in true love, but you're also
constantly aware of practicality and societal
expectations. That's not always fun, but at
least it's realistic. Try not to let the Nazis
get you down too much.
What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life?
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Eric Withdrawal...
Mood:
 hug me
Now Playing: Late Night with Conan O'Brian
*Sigh...*
So Eric left on Friday for a scuba trip in Canada & I can't talk to him until Tuesday when he gets back. Gosh I miss him. I'm not really sure when I'll get to see him next, either -- I'm going to Baltimore this weekend for the Pavlovian Society mtg., so it might be 2 weeks before I get to see Eric again. Sadness... :-(
In other news, I finally got a chance to go home this past weekend -- I hadn't been there since July! We went out Friday night to celebrate Dad's b-day. And then Saturday I got fitted for a bridesmaid dress (for the 2nd wedding I'm in next year), & then Dad & I worked on my car a bit (oil change, new air filter, new wipers, etc.), & then I got to play with Matt & Holly's puppy, Colt (too cute!)! :-) On Sunday Mom & I worked on sorting the last of the stuff left in my room (there's still a little bit more to go through, but we got through the bulk of it). So, all in all, it was a nice weekend... the drive kinda sucked, but it was worth it. :-)
Well, time to get rested up for class tomorrow morning.
Till next time...
<3,
Amber :-)
Sunday, 5 September 2004
*Sigh...*
Mood:
 not sure
Now Playing: "Tuesdays with Morrie"
What a crazy week this has been!
Classes are going well so far, but it's quite a bit more reading than I'm used to, especially for the first week of classes. It's do-able, but it's gonna take a lot of work.
Things are starting to progress in the lab. We're working on reorganizing & putting plans together for our future research. Hopefully we can get started on stuff soon (esp. on my 1st year project)...
The week ended nicely... Eric arrived Thursday evening to spend the weekend with me. On Friday we went to Cedar Point -- it was SO much fun! There was hardly a crowd there at all, so we got to ride pretty much everything that we wanted to. Then Friday night was the annual Psych student pub crawl... it was fun -- probably too much fun! And then yesterday was spent watching football...two of my teams won -- Albion & U of M -- unfortunately, Kent State's football team kinda sucks, so I don't know how many of their games I'll be going to (if they're free, I might try a couple, if nothing else than to see the marching band).
Now it's Sunday... Eric had to go home this morning to get started on a few more landscaping jobs. He's building quite a business for himself -- I'm glad 'cuz it means he's doing what he loves (my only hope is that that's what I'm doing...).
Well, I need to get some stuff done around here so I won't be so frazzled during the week.
Till next time...
<3,
Amber :-)
Friday, 27 August 2004
Life as a grad student...
Mood:
 party time!
Well, I haven't technically started classes or research yet, but I just finished a week long of orientation, so that's close enough.
I know this will make me sound like a dork, but I am really really excited to start grad school! While I'm not looking forward to my 8:30am stats class every Monday & Wednesday, I am looking forward to getting started on the research. But, there may be a bit of a delay there: due to the renovations being made in Kent Hall, the lab is just too dusty & disrupted to work in right now, so my advisor has decided to shut down the lab for a couple months. In the meantime, he's planning on helping me get "up to speed" on what all has been going on in the lab so far & refocusing some of our research. This will be good in several respects: since my advisor is planning on focusing more on the research, that will be beneficial to my career as a researcher; & since the lab is shut down for a little bit, this might give me a chance to learn some of the procedures (e.g., animal surgeries) that another lab is using. So, things are looking good & I'm really excited about it. :-)
Ah, what else? I still have to work at the quarry this weekend (provided it doesn't rain all weekend)... this will be good, 'cuz I still need a little bit of money to cover rent. Also, this will be the 2nd to last weekend I'll be working there -- I'll most likely have to work Labor Day, & then we have a festival the next weekend, but I really need to go home, so I'm really hoping I can get out of that.
Well, I think that's it... I'll probably update again after my first week or so of classes.
Till then...
<3,
Amber :-)
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