The conclusion of the Candy Bracket!
Page 2 just posted the conclusion of the candy bracket. Here are the links

Sweeter Sixteen

Final Four


See if you agree with the winner. I partially agree, because for some reason my favorite non-chocolate candy was not in the sixteen

I hope everyone has a great Halloweeen!

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Page 2's candy bracket

I almost peed in my pants reading this! Karen's ex-bf did something similar to this, but instead he ate all the candy bars are then ranked them. I can't remeber which bar one his bracket.....
Happy Halloween everyone!

The Vercellotti transfection wars are on and I am losing to Julia. Granted, she has lived up in PWB for five years and I have been there for three months, but I would really like to win this one! The good news is that I got my new western antibody to work, which is pacify Dr. Vercellotti and buy me more time to write my grant.
Why does it seem like people don't come to visit until you have 1000+ things to do? Next weekend we have three sets of people coming to visit, and I have a MAJOR take home test!
I just got the funniest email from Jenny. She really needs to write a book. Maybe she should write one like David Sedaris and try to get a movie made like Augstin Burroughs. I would love to see some try to portray Peter on the big screen. He is just too much of a lovable, frustrating, goofball.
Matt and I cooked tapas last night. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach, so I made enough food for six. By 9PM I was stuffed beyond measure and still cooking one last dish! Good thing Matt likes to reheat the leftovers.

The Bison Were So Close....

This weekend was so busy! Saturday was full of a Health Science Orchestra performance and the awesome Bison/Gopher football game. The Bison played so well and deserved to win that game. The Gopher team should be ashamed of how poorly they played. I was happy I went to the game. After the game we went out with Matt's mom and her buddies to the Loring Pasta Bar. Apparently seasonal menus are not popular with his mom, as she didn't like the menu for fall. I had the special of the night (chicken saffron) and it was very tasty!

Last night we had the Health Science Orchestra potluck. My other bass player, Bob Nelson, is retiring from the group due to health problems. When I started the group three years ago there were three of us, Margaret, Bob, and me. Now I am the lone cheese. I am so fortunate to have been able to play with Bob and Marge, and I am really going to miss them. I hope that Bob can recover from his myelodysplasia and return to us. He is such a good player! If anyone reading this is a bass player within the Twins Cities (or know one), please join us, I need help!

Well, this week is extremely busy here in the lab and in class. I am lucky that I have this next weekend to catch up. It will be nice to have nothing planned for a change.

As I type this Thomas O'Malley is attempting to eat me alive. Good bye cruel world, I am to meet my fate to a small orange cat....
just kidding! He is biting me...but not breaking the flesh!
Right now there is a lot of stuff going on here. My aunt Lucille is pretty sick. I keep getting calls from back home asking me about what could be wrong with her. My other aunt Donna says she looks just like Lavrile did before she died...not good. I am temped to try and get home soon, even though I know I can't help her out. It sounds like she has seen over 4 doctors in two states and no one has a handle on what is going on with her. I am praying she gets better.
Matt's mom is coming this weekend. I have to clean what left from when my family was here last weekend! I swear I am running a cheap hostle sometimes.

Wow! This weekend was very long. My entire family was here looking for apartments. We looked at six total. Karen found some good choices. She is going to be about half a mile from my apartment. This will be nice, as Matt and I can help her adjust to the Cities. She is back in KS right now studying. Matt is on his way home from ND, and my parents are heading back home to ND. This leaves me alone with my cat, who is sleeping. Boy am I a party animal!

This week is free of papers and presentations, so I can focus on lab work! This is very exciting for me!

Monday.....definately not Matt's favorite day. He always stays up too late on Sunday night and then drags his butt in the morning. I don't think he will make the bus on a Monday this year....!
I have a big presentation this week for my course. It is on a subject I know practically nothing about, so I am really nervous. Hopefully after this week I can chill for a week and start getting back to work on my grant. I have so much reading to do, and it is not of the "fun" variety.
Karen is coming this week. I am very excited. We are going to look for apartments for her. I also get a night to just hang out with her alone....no parents (and Matt doesn't count). This hasn't happened in a long time. She just broke up with Brian, so she is sort of bummed. I hope I can cheer her up!
Well, I need to get back to work with my cells. I am finally getting to do some transfections, which rocks!

I am back in the lab again on a Sunday. It is sort of peaceful here, which is nice. I just split my cells in prepareation for tomorrow's experiment. Let us now hope that they grow (unlike last week when they didn't).
Matt and I completed the "Arrested Development" DVDs last night. I wish there were more episodes. Why is it that a stupid show like "The War at Home" gets Fox's support, but an Emmy winning gem doesn't? I am sure I am not alone when I foster a hope that "Arrested Development" with become like "The Family Guy" and "7th Heaven" and be rescued from cancellation.
I have a busy week ahead of me. I have a term paper, plus I have to get ready for my presentation in Dr. Dunny's class. We missed out on a pop quiz on Thursday, so there is a good bet we will have one sometime next week. I just don't have enought time to study. During medicial school studying was all I have time to do. Now that I am in the lab, I have my course work, my lab work, and all the stuff surrounding my lab work. I literally read at least 7 hours a day! I like reading, but it is really had to absorb information by doing just that!
Well, I am going to study and head to the gym. I am skipping church today in favor of getting some coursework done. In return, I will get to go to a potluck held by my old medical school buddies. It will be great seeing how all of them are liking the wards. As much as I complain about the PhD part thus far, I don't have any wishes to be in the wards right now.