tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217903842024-03-23T11:54:24.439-06:00The Divine ComedyAnne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-17546168057728540912009-11-04T09:53:00.014-07:002009-12-09T22:22:17.739-07:00Christmas wish list<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/3228-mouthfuls.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/3228-mouthfuls.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Music:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FRUIT BATS:</span><br />The Ruminant Band<br />Mouthfuls<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL:</span><br />The King of Carrot Flowers<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BEIRUT:</span><br />Gulag Orkerstar<br />The Flying Club Cup<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/setbang/beirut_gulag_orkestar.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 298px;" src="http://drzaius.ics.uci.edu/blogs/setbang/beirut_gulag_orkestar.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">SUFJAN STEVENS:</span><br />Seven Swans<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CONOR OBERST</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">M. WARD</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">JOSH RITTER:</span><br />The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter<br />The Animal Years<br />Josh Ritter<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://positivenegativity.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dirty-projectors-bitte-orca1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="http://positivenegativity.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dirty-projectors-bitte-orca1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ANDREW BIRD:</span><br />NOT Noble Beast<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ANIMAL COLLECTIVE:</span><br />Strawberry Jam<br />Feels<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ANDREW BIRD:</span><br />Soldier On<br />Armchair Apocrypha<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">DIRTY PROJECTORS:</span><br />Bitte Orca<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE MICROPHONES:</span><br />Mount Eerie<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Other wishes:<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br /><br />1. Books<br />2. Earrings<br /><p>3.<a href="http://www.overland.com/Products/Mens-480/Footwear-493/SheepskinLeatherSlippers-494/ClassicLowMoc/PID-51302.aspx" target="_blank">Classic Low Moc</a>(slippers) from Overland. Size 9/10. $59</p> <br />4. J. Crew corduroys, sherpa hoodie, etc.<br />5. Sweaters<br />6. Blouses<br />7. Diesel jeans<br />8. Jasmine green tea <br />9. Snow boots <br />10. Radio for the shower/bathroom<br />11. Bubble wrap calendar from Blue Ribbon General Store: $19.95<br />12. 'Talk to Me' dry-erase board from AandGMerch.com: $24<br />13. 'Vintage Script Ohio' T-shirt <br /> OR<br /> 'Bexley' T-shirt<br /> OR<br /> 'Surf Ohio' T-shirt<br /> from homageclothing.com $32<br /><p>14.<a href="http://www.floraandfaunapress.com/store/store_faf_038b.htm" target="_blank">2010 Calendar Print</a> from Flora and Fauna Press, L.A. $20</p> <br />15. Pretty much anything from Humble.bigcartel.com (Tea towels are $12, pillows are $32).<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Sizes: small or medium tops, size 4/6 long pants (except at J. Crew, where their regulars are really long already) 9 1/2 (usually 9 or 10 are fine) for shoes.<br /></span>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-4893116231997689952009-03-18T21:49:00.002-06:002009-03-18T22:06:59.997-06:00I feel as though I've fallen off the face of the earth...maybe I have?Hi everyone. Man, Facebook sure has killed the blogging action in this family, has it not? Oh well. I don't mean to be so bad at keeping in touch with people. Last year was the year of the Brad, and this year seems to belong to Ben and Julie. But I LOVE you all. <br /><br />New developments? I'm taking (organic) chemistry IV, biochemistry, microbiology research methods, and auditing physics to make sure I'm fresh for the MCAT. So that's all new, I guess. It certainly takes up plenty of time and energy. <br /><br />Tonight I went over to a bass luthier's workshop in the middle of the woods outside Cambridge, NY. He is a friend of the lab manager of the college (also a very skilled woodworker) and is making some serious repairs to my bass, which was sitting in Laszlo's attic for three years. We worked on it for several hours tonight. It was so incredibly nice of him to explain what he was doing and allow me to help. It was awesome. <br /><br />I am enjoying a completely new phase of my life...the incredibly-happy-to-be-single-what-was-I-thinking-before?-phase. <br /><br />I have found four med schools in the UK that accept international students without science undergraduate degrees. Unfortunately, three of them are in Southampton, Nottingham, and Newcastle. I REALLY don't think I want to spend four years in Nottingham. Am I wrong? <br /><br />Hmmm...can't remember what else I was thinking about before. Oh well!Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-29491034297369985142008-12-08T16:48:00.002-07:002008-12-08T17:23:41.824-07:00Alright, already!I don't like doing wish lists because it seems to make everyone really uncreative. I considered making this an all-book Christmas, but I thought you might not appreciate that, either. I don't like getting exactly what I ask for, because then there's no surprise to this. So, here are a few specific things as well as some options that are jumping-off-points to get creative. <br /><br />That said, I have been sent three messages from Mandy in as many days demanding a list. So here it is. As you can see, music is much on my mind. As is warm clothing. <br /><br /><br />If you wish price were no object...<br /><br />Photos of you and your offspring<br /><br />Clock radio<br /><br />EZ-pass transponder<br /><br />A manicure<br /><br />Tristan und Isolde recording (copied is FINE - best if it has the tracks listed, though- Birgit or Kirsten preferred but not absolutely necessary...please no American Isolde, though)<br /><br />Sound system components (used is FINE) I need something better than my computer's speakers.<br /><br />Tristan und Isolde score<br /><br />Any amazing music you would like to share with me in audible or printed forms.<br /><br />Tea<br /><br />Socks<br /><br />Earrings<br /><br />An original haiku<br /><br />An opportunity to dance<br /><br /><br />Slightly pricier:<br /><br />Opera tickets (x2 to share with Brock - anything but obstructed view) <br />Things at the Met that I would love to see before Feb 23rd:<br />Eugene Onegin<br />Orfeo ed Euridice<br />Lucia di Lammermoor<br />Rigoletto<br />Il Trovatore<br /><br />Any lovely clothes or especially warm clothes (even hand-me-downs)<br />(size 4 pants and tops or small tops, please take into account that I have a slightly long torso and slightly long legs)<br /><br />Waterproof boots<br /><br />Awesome heels<br />(size 9.5 or 10)<br /><br />A massage<br /><br />Blender (used is FINE)<br /><br />If money is no object...<br /><br />Camera<br /><br />Leather boots<br /><br />Kaplan MCAT prep course (Not a joke)<br /><br />A hefty bribe to OSU med school admissions officers. <br /><br />AND AS ALWAYS...<br /><br />Books! <br /><br />Second-hand stuff will be totally, completely acceptable and appreciated.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-42503920322536689662008-11-10T19:05:00.003-07:002008-11-10T19:07:34.725-07:00I know you won't believe this...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt0eLlLJd5sLUew-HY4SlJhvGsNgbsoLmUmeg_5jJ4bxMH3ZOHctHwjq8sNpoDmEOUySryMbUZ9toJk8A4Czx12wj5L_WA3wttvpH2pJtb4tFqoke5owyIRycrbhwSrP15laj/s1600-h/Photo+286.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt0eLlLJd5sLUew-HY4SlJhvGsNgbsoLmUmeg_5jJ4bxMH3ZOHctHwjq8sNpoDmEOUySryMbUZ9toJk8A4Czx12wj5L_WA3wttvpH2pJtb4tFqoke5owyIRycrbhwSrP15laj/s400/Photo+286.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267215608397480370" /></a><br />...but I think I may have lost the desire to bite my nails!Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-12914135467119267012008-11-10T06:42:00.002-07:002008-11-10T06:50:45.972-07:00Altogether newYesterday my friends Carin and Conor (the really nice engaged couple from Davis, CA) took my friend Scott and me rock climbing in northern Mass. It was amazingly fun and un-scary...I wish that I'd taken advantage of all the people who climbed in Santa Fe. I only did a couple of the easy climbs, but I'm going to try to practice on the climbing wall here and make this into a hobby. It's such an enjoyable way to spend a day! <br />I'm going to be in Ohio for Thanksgiving (shout out to Ben and Julie, as always!) and the weekend before that, I'm going to New York to see Brock. <br />I really had such an enjoyable, stress-free weekend of reading for pleasure, drinking tea, walking in the woods (saw three amazing deer who walked right across my path), climbing cliffs, and thinking about how incredibly blessed my life is. Life is so good.<br />Still not sure what I'm going to do for field work term...Brock offered for me to stay with him, so my options now include Bennington (working for a professor in her lab), Ohio (doing who knows what) and New York (volunteering in Sloan-Kettering's integrative medicine center). If I'm in New York, you'll still have to come see me, Sam and Susie!Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-80359062701193161922008-11-05T06:36:00.003-07:002008-11-05T06:41:33.881-07:00I can't believe it's actually today! (Part II)Wow. Nice speech, Barack. I was one of the weepers last night. Congratulations, everybody...especially friends who worked for the campaign.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-27087654505039384202008-11-04T06:31:00.004-07:002008-11-04T06:44:18.019-07:00I can't believe it's actually today!I want to take a moment to express, in the final moment, my excitement at the prospect of having a thoughtful, well-spoken president, and the first black president. I think that Barack will win today, and I know that when he does, the incredible, wonderful, almost laughable idealism of all of us who support him will turn into the realism of living with the consequences of the government's decisions for another four years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkf8hubjN9LQ-Wsi0__h2Egyn63bswteC_tHrcU1tBklChy6aD8iSqs2qv61E0piBhGzXQcAMaFt7aFA884R2mumbuQ41G_-sUAfqWpn75IkauBPwlZ0EBmV3ZQjxqDHvNixy/s1600-h/barackandfamily"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkf8hubjN9LQ-Wsi0__h2Egyn63bswteC_tHrcU1tBklChy6aD8iSqs2qv61E0piBhGzXQcAMaFt7aFA884R2mumbuQ41G_-sUAfqWpn75IkauBPwlZ0EBmV3ZQjxqDHvNixy/s400/barackandfamily" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264797481776138530" /></a>But this morning, waking up to the last day of coffee and polls online, I feel truly hopeful that having an intelligent person running this country will make a difference here and internationally, and that electing a black president will make a difference in the way that American children see themselves and their opportunities. Anyway, I want to put it on the record that I am hopeful today.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-48259013188313503662008-11-02T09:15:00.002-07:002008-11-02T09:35:30.857-07:00Me too, me too!I want to go to graduate school in the UK, too! Half the family lives there now, it seems. I don't think it is very practical for me to apply for a medical degree in the UK, but I may do it anyway.<br /><br />I've been a little down the last couple of weeks. I miss the ex-boyfriend terribly and am trying not to focus on that...but it's difficult. On top of that, he and his sister have un-friended me on Facebook. I'm not sure why this upset me so much, but it has.<br /><br />School is going well, but I have been more distracted this semester and am a teensy bit concerned about my ability to focus on chemistry. My microbiology and animal physiology classes are fascinating, and have been stealing my energy and attention away from chemistry. <br /><br />Election election election. I'm planning for the best and ignoring the possibility that the worst could happen. <br /><br />I still haven't been able to find a lab to work in during field work term. This is very upsetting, but not the end of the world. I'm going to have a lot of research experience from research projects I'm doing here for my microbiology and chemistry classes...so I guess I could spend field work term volunteering and studying for the MCAT. <br /><br />I'm planning to take the MCAT on Wednesday, August 5th. I REALLY need to do well on this test. Never before have I been afraid of a standardized test. I am now. It really freaks me out that it is on a computer. I love the sensation of penciling in bubbles.<br /><br />Also, I had to reassure Grandma Callahan that everyone really does love and appreciate her...maybe a certain sister of mine (not Jennie, who talked to her only a couple weeks ago) should send her an email?Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-48801781257687707872008-10-12T20:49:00.002-06:002008-10-12T20:55:34.048-06:00What do you think?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi0Y7qLCU5kRCdyb2AFLktp7cJBegUmfPBtCwpRErmCXOZqkdsGIsqlg_pa5DpsGfBNu4tDJyjWKRwYFBgu9JRWG4Pjs7oOkLU749dGBHEJpjBPzSnYmEFocmenKwkVnIkyma/s1600-h/vmovie"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi0Y7qLCU5kRCdyb2AFLktp7cJBegUmfPBtCwpRErmCXOZqkdsGIsqlg_pa5DpsGfBNu4tDJyjWKRwYFBgu9JRWG4Pjs7oOkLU749dGBHEJpjBPzSnYmEFocmenKwkVnIkyma/s400/vmovie" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256466526578089010" /></a><br />ABC is remaking <span style="font-style:italic;">V</span> for primetime tv. Brilliant!Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-26458681838951684422008-10-07T19:42:00.005-06:002008-10-08T11:12:35.266-06:00What is with the HIDEOUS red and blue felt on the set of the presidential debate?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaJjaRwkjVqz2uLjfW9-AOXWligCo-G2MghcCWyVhDZvyXI7q-cO45tqqE3ljhlVioEN8H0Tr13jvBbxHS-xyz1_2RlR8WFEGK1MS-Fd8F8BD8-SdFSWUxk27_8kUiAL3Aqrz/s1600-h/obamadebate"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaJjaRwkjVqz2uLjfW9-AOXWligCo-G2MghcCWyVhDZvyXI7q-cO45tqqE3ljhlVioEN8H0Tr13jvBbxHS-xyz1_2RlR8WFEGK1MS-Fd8F8BD8-SdFSWUxk27_8kUiAL3Aqrz/s400/obamadebate" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254596110403697010" /></a><br />I'm in the student center watching the debate. Poor McCain looks like a broken, broken man. It's really sad. I hope he doesn't get any pity votes. <br /><br />On the bright side, Obama looks GREAT in comparison. <br /><br />Though both Obama and McCain have unusually unfortunate makeup and hair tonight. <br /><br />I am officially sick of Obama's and McCain's talking points. Answer the damned questions, fools. I wish that the crowd were allowed to heckle and cheer. I think we would all get a lot more out of it if the little wiggly screen lines from the Ohio focus group were vocal. <br /><br />Everyone here makes fun of the Ohio focus groups. Cringe. Couldn't you get in there, Ben, and raise the beauty/eloquence level a little bit? <br /><br />Why doesn't Tom cut them off from going over the time limit? This is ridiculous! <br /><br />Words that I hate: Bush, Main street, cronyism, pork barrel spending, maverick, taxes, <br /><br />Hilarious when John McCain told the young black man in the audience, "You have probably never heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac until recently..." <br />Insulting! Hope he hasn't ever taken out any loans!Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-82249696905711757802008-10-07T06:36:00.004-06:002008-10-07T06:48:23.001-06:00My schedule allows me to read the newspaper every morning. I love it.I'm going to take the test Friday afternoon with Jeanne. I am ridiculously prepared for this test, so I don't think there will be any negative consequences for taking a day off in the middle of the week. Also, the only temple here is super-reform, which is not that great overall, but they encourage me to go to services there. I am going to start taking Monday night classes at the end of the month to learn Hebrew etc. so that when/if I am ready to start to convert I will be more prepared. <br /><br />In other news, I have decided to move back to Columbus in June to study for the MCAT, get a job, further establish my Ohio resident status, and apply to medical school. I am trying to convince Mandy that she should move back with me. <br /><br />I still have no idea what to do with my field work term (6 weeks long!) in January and February, but I would like to do some interesting medical-related volunteer work.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-68023348312596263812008-10-05T09:54:00.003-06:002008-10-05T10:03:31.017-06:00Moral dilemmaI want to go to services and fast for Yom Kippur, but I have a chemistry test on Thursday morning. I could just go to Kol Nidrei service on Wednesday night and fast and take the test on Thursday morning and then go to afternoon services, or I could ask (with my friend Jeanne) to have the test moved for us. While Jeanne, as a conservative Jew, is totally justified if she asks to take the test at another time, I feel like it would be pretty strange for me to make the same request. At the same time, I do want to go to services and observe Tom Kippur, so perhaps it ultimately doesn't matter that I'm not Jewish. Thoughts?<br /><br />Also, isn't it strange that we have a word for di-lemma, but not really one for poly-lemma? Ooh, never mind, the word polylemma does exist! So this is a moral polylemma.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-8634383094300412892008-10-04T17:28:00.001-06:002008-10-04T17:29:58.332-06:00Friday Night Lights...is so hot. <br />How lame that it will only be on cable? Really lame.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jhH8-ytao0Y&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jhH8-ytao0Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-17584157643152871502008-10-02T14:35:00.002-06:002008-10-02T14:41:20.900-06:00Amusing, Election-related<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RhYqtpsE21k&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RhYqtpsE21k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-58796007684771315812008-09-15T18:09:00.001-06:002008-09-15T18:11:08.498-06:00Guess what I did today?Went to soccer practice! I have a game this Saturday against Marlboro, how crazy and wonderful is that?Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-65096563232998446002008-09-15T18:06:00.002-06:002008-09-15T18:09:18.601-06:00Obama and McCain on Science Issues<a href="http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php">Science Debate 2008</a>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-16608907581077488282008-09-15T15:49:00.002-06:002008-09-15T15:56:27.967-06:00I just donated more money to Obama.Don't worry, it wasn't very much. <br /><br />Still, I know that if I don't put a little money toward this campaign, and they lose, I will have a hard time forgiving myself. I am also casting my vote via absentee ballot in good-old Franklin County. Mailed in my application a few days ago. <br /><br />I am SO angry with McCain for choosing Sarah Palin.<br /> <br />While looking for amusing images of money...I came across SEVERAL pictures of kittens with money. <br /><br />Weird. <br /><br />This one's for Dad:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvS6U7VR6gkXjX-rzUMX-aruCO06OZiompu5Xu6_sikS4g40j3jp9Mga9smB_ojbf3oRiCPpgdnYShhLHhGEvFhK9FGfBYiRoHORE6bqb6sxMjJbaXfT5BMZ6tqbyi1_QYsg1/s1600-h/kitten_money.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvS6U7VR6gkXjX-rzUMX-aruCO06OZiompu5Xu6_sikS4g40j3jp9Mga9smB_ojbf3oRiCPpgdnYShhLHhGEvFhK9FGfBYiRoHORE6bqb6sxMjJbaXfT5BMZ6tqbyi1_QYsg1/s400/kitten_money.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246370101656270034" /></a>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-79631807762569757562008-09-14T19:09:00.003-06:002008-09-14T19:15:44.950-06:00She sounds terrible. Absolutely terrible!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JP44tIDc4fKJuoDvnF4yR2VTwd89pxF1C11tSwCE3KVVrTki3BMlHhjZ-M7Mu-mz5k30Og_MWGHhcFJOh_E19wis9K6ve1eUZgd_1NGzQe7fpjwK-MDs7wmmhxsGridKL-TO/s1600-h/SarahPalinBarbarians.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JP44tIDc4fKJuoDvnF4yR2VTwd89pxF1C11tSwCE3KVVrTki3BMlHhjZ-M7Mu-mz5k30Og_MWGHhcFJOh_E19wis9K6ve1eUZgd_1NGzQe7fpjwK-MDs7wmmhxsGridKL-TO/s400/SarahPalinBarbarians.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246050546737520290" /></a><br />Go Obama, GOOOO!!!! <br />If you haven't read the NY Times article about Sarah Palin...well, you should. <br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes</a>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-48135384805046668162008-08-05T18:15:00.002-06:002008-08-05T18:22:20.806-06:00Honestly:I want to take a break from reviewing for my bio final tomorrow to say: I find all of this work insanely difficult. I woke up early this morning to finish a problem set for chemistry, went to class all morning, talked about bio and stared into space at lunch, was in chem lab all afternoon, got home at 4:30, caused a toilet to overflow, flooding the kitchen underneath (not in a gross way, don't worry) studied for bio, took a brief trip to Dunkin Donuts and drank a bunch of coffee, and am now back at my desk studying. I have been listening to the most upbeat songs I have, turned up really loud, to help me feel like I am engaging in an important and exciting adventure of the mind rather than chained to my desk and my calculator, as I actually am. I do enjoy learning all this stuff, and I am SO thankful that I have interesting, kind, and intelligent people to study and hang out with. Still, I have basically left behind my normal life. I can handle this for two more weeks. I could probably handle it for a year. But I don't know if I can live without a life for the next eight years. What I CAN see is how this lifestyle of intense study could become addictive. It is incredibly rewarding. It must be even better once you're studying to be a doctor directly.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-75247686792159566142008-07-31T21:33:00.006-06:002008-12-10T13:51:19.260-07:00...Ever since I moved to L.A., famous people stalk me...Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ellen Burstyn are here doing an acting workshop thing. I love Ellen Burstyn sooooooooooo much. She's sassy. Obviously she's been in a million things, but one thing Mandy may remember her from was the Spitfire Grill, random movie which we watched a few times (for some reason) directed by one of two famous St. John's alums: the dude who created MacGyver. <br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFiHfmjs_iQdtmZRFTwK1GCrKp05K1Wt1JMMJmEx1knej2QuyKolvwkeFNfrnxIGDe180siL92gycfW-qce217v6fMtoP2F5t3fYd7YKFV8MzHvgDEV2bQoPFMpgArqKRJHP-/s1600-h/spitfire.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFiHfmjs_iQdtmZRFTwK1GCrKp05K1Wt1JMMJmEx1knej2QuyKolvwkeFNfrnxIGDe180siL92gycfW-qce217v6fMtoP2F5t3fYd7YKFV8MzHvgDEV2bQoPFMpgArqKRJHP-/s400/spitfire.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229390571055752610" /></a><br />Oh, I thought of the other one: Ahmet Ertegun, the only good-guy in the movie Ray.<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwCSPRWi4eZhCAXaF1seyMmvEg9uddc1lis56lEosUiqa2ndG44fwfUoIM47eFA-KJO1m8SUNvJxyFMGvVogcH6ZBb1TwyZiq59ck-zrIok69zGG6jXyPYbpxApq3QtOQmdlv/s1600-h/Ahmet+Ertegun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwCSPRWi4eZhCAXaF1seyMmvEg9uddc1lis56lEosUiqa2ndG44fwfUoIM47eFA-KJO1m8SUNvJxyFMGvVogcH6ZBb1TwyZiq59ck-zrIok69zGG6jXyPYbpxApq3QtOQmdlv/s400/Ahmet+Ertegun.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229390628934653602" /></a>He apparently was a really awesome guy, and he died recently and now St. John's has a scholarship in place in case any Turkish people feel like studying the great books. Weird.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-66227108045526156292008-07-21T15:47:00.003-06:002008-07-21T18:21:50.687-06:00Today...I broke into tears over a B- on a lab report. Wow. During a break from lecture. And then I had to choke back tears the rest of the morning through lecture. Needless to say, this has NEVER happened to me before. Maybe once in third grade when I got caught because Katie Y. copied my spelling test. But then Mrs. Williams named her daughter Anne Marie so I was pretty sure she didn't hate me or anything. I am seriously stressed out. <br /><br />This did cheer me up a little:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nmqhdozuf7Y&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nmqhdozuf7Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />It's so Dharma Initiative-y.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-44213457400830953252008-07-20T15:26:00.002-06:002008-12-10T13:51:19.473-07:00I WANT THIS BOOK<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGEoykmS6WIk0UGIT5qsiu5ic_sQNlndENTBDlhvQ-cwKThbeD6zv3naS8dkXefhNP4_Dwp8652J9So08JP-clgr35NudIFD8QcjdrzzEnR4dY6av9ag_lPD0_-u2ucCgtKze/s1600-h/origins+picture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGEoykmS6WIk0UGIT5qsiu5ic_sQNlndENTBDlhvQ-cwKThbeD6zv3naS8dkXefhNP4_Dwp8652J9So08JP-clgr35NudIFD8QcjdrzzEnR4dY6av9ag_lPD0_-u2ucCgtKze/s400/origins+picture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225211470678093410" /></a><br /><br />I keep trying to look up the etymology of words online, and it is impossible. So I went to amazon and found this book, which looks amazing. I want it. I need it. I can't afford it.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-9440648381495824772008-07-20T11:12:00.003-06:002008-12-10T13:51:19.661-07:00Wouldn't it be nice......if there were some way to be stressed out enough to motivate me to study and for me to be calm and relaxed at the same time? I'm going to start meditating on my study breaks. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXmMY_dJzkM_QlwCPVh5_gzTgO9jUU_wbi0aa96qEF9Dfwxnzz51FiZdhbUyBDz2dVroPj25lHwSv26h63yIlq37_hBsHyotNIqKadN6nz1d3U-YMFcrnOmu2KJyAFt_MilGx/s1600-h/meditation_geek.thumbnail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXmMY_dJzkM_QlwCPVh5_gzTgO9jUU_wbi0aa96qEF9Dfwxnzz51FiZdhbUyBDz2dVroPj25lHwSv26h63yIlq37_hBsHyotNIqKadN6nz1d3U-YMFcrnOmu2KJyAFt_MilGx/s400/meditation_geek.thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225146096364193970" /></a>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-74725914887831138882008-07-19T16:29:00.004-06:002008-07-19T16:47:24.261-06:00Week in reviewI went to the drive-in with four of the girls to see Batman last night. Yesterday was an exhausting day. I had class and lab all day long, Grandma and Grandpa got in to Bennington a day early for their visit, so we had dinner and talked, and then they went to bed and I went to the drive-in. There's nothing quite like sitting in a truck bed with three mentally exhausted girls, drinking a beer, and petting Davida's basset hound, Ghandi, while lightning flashes in the distance and Batman entertains. It was a good night. When I got back (we opted out of the double feature-Journey to the Center of the Earth) a huge thunder storm broke and the thunder and lightning kept me from falling asleep. <br /><br />Then I woke up early (ON MY ONE MORNING OFF!) went for tea with Grandma and Grandpa, and then they came with me to the farmer's market and to the Bennington Pottery store (my London Underground mug is chipped and in my heartache about it I decided to replace it with a Vermont souvenir) and then we had lunch and they left. It was a really nice visit. Grandma says the nicest things, and it's nice to be around people who miss mom as much as I do. As you all know. <br /><br />So this afternoon, I meant to get my car battery replaced because I am currently immobile, but I didn't because I took a nap to recover and now it's too late. Darn it. And I know that I should do at least a mild amount of work this afternoon. But I really really don't want to. So there.<br /><br />This last week has been very difficult. I did pretty well in my first "semester" of chemistry, and am now in the middle of my semester of bio and second semester of chem. The second semester of chemistry is more quantitative, which is a good thing and a bad thing. The work takes less time to do but is trickier for me than what we were doing before. Bio is a dud class. I enjoy learning the stuff, but it's a lecture style class (there are only six of us so this hardly seems appropriate) which disappoints me. <br /><br />Carin, my incredibly sweet next door housemate, was surprised last weekend when her boyfriend Connor came out to visit a day early and proposed. They've been dating since they were fifteen and are a really really sweet couple. Congratulations! He's been staying back in L.A. where he works and is moving out at the end of the summer. <br /><br />Those are the only eventful things. Everything else is just work.Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790384.post-28357234445946132342008-07-16T21:10:00.003-06:002008-12-10T13:51:19.850-07:00Belated thank you, BradI really love Rabbit Fur Coat- I think you gave it to me two Christmases ago. <span style="font-style:italic;">Melt Your Heart</span> has been keeping me company A LOT the last week. Thanks! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CB_cIM4wNecGlTc9U1jfvlbGrL4LTngUkvE3dnr9DBAqmwATLgaohChJ4OV7C8LP2LWBk1ORU1ZV6VD_VZsDI2cCOQVk2kH8IQofvjlIbh3Kb3wzm5KAgteRvlpP8SPtFvaK/s1600-h/jenny-lewis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CB_cIM4wNecGlTc9U1jfvlbGrL4LTngUkvE3dnr9DBAqmwATLgaohChJ4OV7C8LP2LWBk1ORU1ZV6VD_VZsDI2cCOQVk2kH8IQofvjlIbh3Kb3wzm5KAgteRvlpP8SPtFvaK/s320/jenny-lewis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223815537334344738" /></a>Anne Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522865276223424104noreply@blogger.com0