Author Archives: Amanda

(I’m moving this up here, so people don’t have to read through my entire rant. I’m catching up on blog posts. I’ll try to comment soon. I want to preemptively apologize if I miss people, though. I have about 500 … Continue reading →

I’m averaging about once a week with this posting business. I keep vowing to myself to get better about it, but, so far, no dice. On the plus side this means that I’ve been better about managing my time in … Continue reading →

My life is pretty boring right now. Most of it consists of me waking up going into lab, coming home, and sleeping. So, now that I’ve caught you up on the past two weeks, I’ll tell you the latest news … Continue reading →

So, I’m going to be honest here (mostly because I have a hard time being honest with myself and this will help), I’m having a hard time right now. It’s just normal run-of-the-mill grad school stuff. Progress has slowed to … Continue reading →

I try to stay out of politics in the blogosphere– I just don’t have a thick enough skin. But this stuff has been going on all around me in every day life and it’s driving me nuts. So, I’m going … Continue reading →

First: The Dixie Dog is all better. I didn’t want to say so before now (didn’t want to jinx it), but it’s been confirmed. No more symptoms and her white blood cell count is back down. I’m much relieved. Next: … Continue reading →

Posts are slowly coming these days. Mostly I’ve got lots of work to do that’s leaving me with little time to blog. Also, my blog writing neurons seem to have seized up and died. I’m rapidly becoming the least articulate … Continue reading →

I just caused a grease fire in my kitchen (oops). No casualties (except perhaps the pan). And I remembered not to use water (luckily I was able to quickly find the lid). This is why I don’t cook. Some days … Continue reading →

I’m watching Ghostbusters right now (and enjoying a fine red wine– ok, maybe not fine… it’s Barefoot Bay Cabernet Sauvignon, but I’m a grad student and that’s pretty fine as far as my budget goes). Anyhow, Ghostbusters is on AMC … Continue reading →