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Schedule
Spring Semester 2010:

* Teaching: Fundamentals of Microbiology - MW 12:00-2:40p
Medical Microbiology - TR 2:00-3:15p
Colloquium in Cell and Molecular Biology - R 3:30-4:30p
Thesis Research - Identification of T Cell Subsets and Immune Response in Colon Cancer Using Immunofluorescence - FOREVER AND EVER
Old Journal Entries
Or rather, entries from the old journal, as it were...

- An open letter to the College. (August 27, 2006)
- Untitled. (July 16, 2006)
- Haunted (Part One) (May 29, 2006)
- Are we growing up, or just going down? (May 3, 2006)
- I had a dream... (March 19, 2006)
- ... (March 14, 2006)
- Enjoy it while it lasts. (September 12, 2005)
- Scene: 3:27 AM. (September 3, 2005)
- Untitled. (July 26, 2005)

Psst... if you're looking for the academic writings I used to have here, head to my Reading Room.
Rented DVDs
Netflix

- The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
- Son of Rambow (2007)
- 大紅燈籠高高掛 / Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà [Raise the Red Lantern] (1991)
- Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
- Chalk (2006)
- Le Samouraï (1967)
- Empire Records (1995)
- The Bank Job (2008)
- Le Quatre cents coups [The 400 Blows] (1959)
- Love and Other Disasters (2006)
- Friends and Family (2001)
- Sugar [unrated] (2004)
- The Curiosity of Chance (2006)
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
- Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
- Death Note [anime] (2006)
- Battle Royale (2000)
- Le scaphandre et le papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly] (2007)
- Extras, Series 2 (2005)
- Extras, Series 1 (2005)
- Shelter (2007)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Cashback (2006)
- Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay [Unrated] (2008)
- The Catherine Tate Show, Series 2 (2005)
- The Catherine Tate Show, Series 1 (2004)



Blockbuster

- Tokyo monogatari [Tokyo Story] (1953)
- Akira (1988)
- Habuah [The Bubble] (2006)
- Prime Suspect 4, including:
    - The Lost Child (1995)
    - Inner Circles (1995)
    - Scent of Darkness (1995)
- Like Minds [USA: Murderous Intent] (2006)
- La Strada (1954)
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Le Notti di Cabiria [Nights of Cabiria] (1957)
- Cleo de cinq a sept [Cleo from 5 to 7] (1962)
- Det Sjunde Inseglet [The Seventh Seal] (1957)
- Prime Suspect 3 (1994)
- Funny Face (1957)
- Lalechet Al Ha'mayim [Walk on Water] (2004)
- Charade (1963)
- Yossi & Jagger (2002)
- Mists of Avalon (2001)
- Blow Up (1966)
The *New* Reading List
Since June 2006...

- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Travesties by Tom Stoppard
- The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
- The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
- Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
- The History Boys by Alan Bennett
- The Dark Child by Camara Laye
- Movie-Made America by Robert Sklar
- Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
- Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk
- Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams [61.3%]
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Junk Science: An Overdue Indictment of Government, Industry, and Faith Groups that Twist Science for Their Own Gain by Dan Agin, Ph.D. [64.4%]
- So Yesterday by Scott Westerfield
- Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- Doctor Who: The Key to Time: A Year-by-Year Record by Peter Haining
- Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Rhonda Wilcox
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- 1984 by George Orwell [18.8%]
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
- Intuition by Allegra Goodman
- V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (Yes, I realize it's a graphic novel but it still fucking counts!)
ClustrMap
So THAT'S where all the people reading this come from...
Strange phonecalls at 3:30 in the morning.
Sunday, September 30, 2007 @ 2:46 am
I'm sitting here in my favorite cafe on a fine Sunday afternoon, sipping an almond cappucino and enjoying the atmosphere of this place... which fortunately includes some form of eye candy. (When I usually come here, which is early on weekday mornings, it's usually the typical Silicon Valley crowd that hangs out here--early-to-mid 30s, stopping in for an Americano on their way to their jobs in tech. Not the most attractive of crowds, mind you, but the coffee is still good despite the less-than-libido-arousing surroundings.) It seems like a very normal Sunday: homework to do, preparations to make for the following week... but it wouldn't have been if I had gone to Tahoe with my friends. Unfortunately, piano class precluded that from happening.

So they went without me, and from the phonecalls I received, it sounded like they had a very good time. The drunk-dial started out normally enough... well, as normally as drunk-dials can possibly be. There was the name-calling (e.g. "Hey you FUCKING fuckface asshole!"), the admonishing ("Your voicemail greeting is WAY too professional. You need to CHANGE it."), the multiple voices trying to all speak into the phone at once ("You need to come up to San Francisco next week for sailor's week." "It's FLEET week." "Oh, I'm sorry--for FLEET week."), the unwittingly witty comments ("You know Seaman Hall at Claremont McKenna? Well, it'll be something like that... except it will be Seaman City!"), and the off-color demands ("You should FUCK that PI." "FUCK HIM HARD!"), all from familiar voices that are slurring and pausing a little more than usual. Everything was fine until there was a voice I couldn't identify.

His name was Andy.

And he had been waiting for me his entire life.

I don't know how drunk he was, and I don't know how much they paid him to say that, but it was the most surreal thing to be listening to on voicemail at 3:30 in the morning. That someone you had never met had been waiting for me his entire life.

Alright, guys. Point taken. I should have been there.

NOW SET ANDY FREE OF HIS INDENTURED SERVITUDE!

That wasn't the end of it, though. Some other kid called me from my friend's cell phone at 4:00 in the morning, also claiming that he and I were meant to be together. That early in the morning, I'd believe anything, so I fell asleep and dreamed of how my life would be radically different if I had chosen to forgo my piano class and instead jet off to Tahoe.

I wouldn't be here if I had.

I'd be in the arms of Andy, or that other kid (whatever his name was), and we'd be happy. Or, at the very least, I'd be in the company of friends, which is probably more important anyway.

Then again, I wouldn't have gotten any work done and I'd be completely screwed right now.

For the sake of my sanity, I have to believe that the choice I made was the right one.
5 Comments.


Interesting, interesting. I'll have to add this to my list of "Things to look forward to as an adult."

Once when we were at a cheap motel some guy called at two in the morning and wanted to talk to someone named Michelle... but my mom said no one named that was there. So.... he asked "Well.... can I talk to you then?"
» randomjunk on 2007-09-30 08:29:06

Interesting.. I wish I had friends who call and leave crazy drunk messages for me
You're lucky.. HAhhA. Maybe it was a right choice to stay behind.( listen to me yeah, I would probably have went partying and be screwed badly right now) HAhhHAHA. But maybe it'll be too sleepy to remember I was screwed.. with all the partying and stuff that went on.
» Xboyz on 2007-10-01 01:35:52

Hahah, I hate when people rub it in when you miss out. I'm sure you'll get another chance to have a crazy night.
» Cher_lyn on 2007-10-01 02:32:29

Wow.. That sounds awefully fun to do. You just gave me a really great idea on how to spoil my friend's birthday.. Well, rather give her a scare on her birthday.
» Nuttz on 2007-10-01 03:18:54

sounds like fun times. . . you probably did make the right choice to stay home though. there'll be plenty of times to go partying ... you won't always be able to put off your work and still manage to get by. maybe the partying opportunity will arise again soon and you won't have to worry so much about work
» LostSoul13 on 2007-10-01 05:27:57

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