tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38542842011-04-21T20:55:47.921-07:00Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-48097378057621500272007-05-22T17:15:00.000-07:002007-05-22T17:21:01.481-07:00

I just got a call from a Dr. at Santa Clara University. He wanted to offer me a job at a middle school in San Jose. Why? Because I passed the CSET. I haven't even been through a teaching program!Is the state of education so bad in this country that they would resort to calling anyone who's passed their qualification tests to offer them a teaching job? How do they know I know how to teach?! It's

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-55278907483351963122007-05-18T09:34:00.000-07:002007-05-18T09:43:19.046-07:00

Saturday was the annual Kaboom! concert and fireworks show, put on by KFOG, a San Francisco radio station. The concert was fine. We saw Guster, and someone called Kenny Wayne Shepard. It got ridiculously cold, because we were down on the pier in SF, and it hadn't been all that warm during the day. But, we braved the weather by huddling inside the blankets we had been sitting on, and made it

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-66065140341240347442007-04-29T18:31:00.000-07:002007-04-29T18:51:44.193-07:00

Sandor and I drove down on Thursday to LA to go to Lindygroove. We got down in time to have dinner with his brother, which was fun, and then went out dancing. It was fabulous to be out at a club with tons of people again. The music wasn't fabulous, but it didn't really matter because people were having fun anyway. I miss that a lot. The best part of the evening was seeing and dancing with friends

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-87887915062108540542007-04-04T13:55:00.000-07:002007-04-04T13:59:34.456-07:00

I couldn't use Stanford in the title because it didn't alliterate as well, but my impression is that this is really only an occurrence on the Stanford campus.There are caterpillars hanging from the trees by threads of silk! I've never seen this before. They blow about in the wind, and they catch on you as you walk under the trees. They're little fuzzy black caterpillars, kind of cute. Apparently

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-62796363494701787562007-03-31T16:45:00.000-07:002007-03-31T16:55:12.942-07:00

So yesterday, while Sandor and I were on our way to Burlingame to see the current fantastic CCBDC comp. team compete at the San Fransisco Open, we got stuck in stop and go traffic. Normally, this isn't very entertaining. You stop, you go, you stop again. But yesterday, there was more going on outside the car than just break lights.There was an old BMW in front of us. Red, in good condition, but

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-52328166704708622032007-03-15T09:18:00.000-07:002007-03-15T09:22:15.477-07:00

.... I feel smart: Understanding the tricky error in my co-worker's code before he does and knowing how to fix it..... I feel dumb: Answering the phone "Stanford Math Project, this is Meghan, I mean Katie".... I am amused: Reading the sign which says "Men working in trees"

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-84937561185230933482007-03-13T17:19:00.000-07:002007-03-13T17:21:29.246-07:00

Harry: "I want to change the world for the better. I want to bring electricity to mankind."Sally: "Harry, they already have electricity."Harry: "Ahhh, then my work is complete." ~ 3rd Rock From the Sun If only goals were accomplished so easily. ;)

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1171405352480046222007-02-13T14:14:00.000-08:002007-02-13T14:22:32.656-08:00

So, today the trains were running late. When I walked up to the station, the boards said all trains were delayed indefinitely, which is never a good sign. There was a train sitting at the station on the southbound tracks (which, coincidentally, is the opposite way that I wanted to go), and a few minutes after I arrived at the platform, it backed up about three inches on the tracks for no apparent

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1170036298758894512007-01-28T18:04:00.000-08:002007-01-28T18:04:58.816-08:00

OK, so I failed at posting pictures of my dress, but now they're actually there on the Holiday Party post. Sorry it took so long!

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1169242520410032972007-01-19T13:34:00.000-08:002007-01-19T13:35:20.940-08:00

Who knew that meat is the most shoplifted product in America. And guess who's stealing it? Working women. Pretty funny stories. I highly recommend the read.http://www.slate.com/id/2157840/

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1169081643314295582007-01-17T16:51:00.000-08:002007-01-17T16:54:03.330-08:00

So, the sleep clinic is on the same floor as our office. Unfortunately, our office is immediately at the top of the stairs, and sometimes visitors fail to realize that if you turn to the right you can go around the stairs and reach the sleep clinic and other offices on the second floor. Today I had a man come in and say "I'm looking for Barbara." "Ok sir, are you looking for the sleep clinic?" "

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1168476897288570292007-01-10T16:45:00.000-08:002007-01-10T16:54:57.303-08:00

So, we are spending an entire day rescoring assessments that have been given to the kids in our study. Currently, these are my favorite answers:After reading an entire story about how a dragon and a man cooperated to make a lake larger:What lesson could be learned from this story? "That dragons are friendly and they exist."Why did the milk fall down? "The dog fell into it"After reading a story

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1166655494069553192006-12-20T14:55:00.000-08:002006-12-20T14:58:14.086-08:00

Alright, so all those of you who think coffee is tasty will be thoroughly pleased with yourselves. You won't see me drinking any still, but at least your addiction might have some benefits. ;)There appears to be an Institute for Coffee Studies at Vanderbilt University. Very top-notch. They're getting their manuscripts published in PNAS and Neurology. Which is very impressive. It turns out that

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1165340188074931532006-12-05T09:33:00.000-08:002007-01-28T18:03:13.686-08:00

So, I spent all of my free time last week making a dress for the holiday party on Friday. I succeeded in finishing it on time. And it turned out quite lovely I think. So, here are some pictures. I only took one picture of the inside of the party, but it was quite impressive in scope. Each "room" had a theme. I decided to take a picture of Neptune's room for Kari. They even had a diver who hung

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1163038088075322572006-11-08T18:06:00.000-08:002006-11-08T18:08:08.093-08:00

For those who haven't found the joy of Grow:http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/v3/index.htmlSandor and I beat the RPG one together, and also version 3, which is what is on the home page now. I have yet to beat the cube, but I'm working on it. It's fun, and rather addicting for an hour or so, until you get things in the right order. Have fun!

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1157942094733392582006-09-10T19:25:00.000-07:002006-09-10T19:34:54.770-07:00

So, Sandor and I went to a "Wine and Art Festival" on Castro Street today. There were tons of people there. It was basically like a large craft fair. There was lots of neat stuff. Very nice woodwork, pretty jewelry. I wasn't looking to buy anything, until we ran into this booth of art. It was incredible, there was just so much color in every painting. When we walked by the booth, I saw one

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1157936908582182342006-09-10T17:39:00.000-07:002006-09-10T18:10:56.496-07:00

Alright, so here are the pictures that I took of my apartment. It's actually much more organized and set up at this point, as these were taken quite early on, but you can see the space at least. I like it. :)This is where the front door to my apartment comes in. Incidentally, I actually have a doorbell. Which is kind of fun. It makes it feel more like a house.Here's the view of my living room

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1151720019775418142006-06-30T18:53:00.000-07:002006-06-30T19:13:39.810-07:00

This is an ongoing saga throughout which I feel as if Strongbad's The System is Down should be playing. But, you'll understand once you read on.I signed my offer letter for Stanford on the 16th of June, I was supposed to be officially employed on the 19th when I went in for orientation. Much to my dismay, when I went to pick up my ID card, I was not in the system yet. So, I decided I would try

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1151718677944854542006-06-30T18:44:00.000-07:002006-06-30T18:51:17.956-07:00

So, I went with Sandor to his brother's wedding two weeks ago or so, which was fun. We got a thank you note very quickly actually, but I continue to be amused by it, so I thought I would share. First of all, it was addressed to Sandor Prater and Katy Not-Prater. Which I found highly amusing. I didn't sign my last name in the guest book, but, had they looked in the guest book they would have known

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1151539830701245742006-06-28T17:09:00.000-07:002006-06-28T17:10:30.713-07:00

Taking my online safety training:In the event of an earthquake you should:1. panic2. duck and cover3. jump out the nearest window4. look out the windowOh, I choose option 3. Definitely.

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1150690427563290822006-06-18T21:11:00.000-07:002006-06-18T21:13:47.573-07:00

My fortune today:You will soon be part of a team. Work cooperatively for success.Without adding any of the various fun endings that I would normally, I am amused at the fact that I am officially hired and start work tomorrow. I am indeed joining a team. And cooperation will be necessary. Who knew fortune cookie fortunes could actually come true?! ;)

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1150672998708428882006-06-18T16:07:00.000-07:002006-06-18T16:23:18.720-07:00

Well, so, I've signed my offer letter, I have "orientation" for being an employee at Stanford tomorrow. I've basically already started working in the lab, and now, I have an apartment. Crazy. I feel like this should make me all adult, and stuff. But instead, I don't really feel like I'm any more adult-like than I was before. Oh well.My apartment is going to be nice. Vaulted ceilings because

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1149725000584749082006-06-07T17:00:00.000-07:002006-06-07T17:03:20.600-07:00

I got hired by the Stanford lab. It's awesome. I went in today for their pizza party, and then spent the next two hours getting inundated with information. It was a little too much to take in all at once. But I'm sure I'll get the hang of it. They're all pretty awesome people. Now it's a matter of finding an apartment and transportation so that I can get to the lab whenever they need me 24/7. But

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1149550635134980452006-06-05T16:35:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:37:15.146-07:00

I have another meeting with the Stanford lab team tomorrow morning. I can't imagine they would call me back to tell me know, but I'm also not sure they're actually going to offer me the job tomorrow. Hopefully! But, we'll see. Whatever I will be doing there, it's going to be over lunchtime. Eat lots beforehand and take a snack in the car... no stomach rumblies during interviews. ;) I'll write

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1149278238393529442006-06-02T12:51:00.000-07:002006-06-02T12:57:18.403-07:00

So, I'm up in the Bay Area, enjoying myself. Been out with the boys a bunch, the boys being Sandor, Andrew, Shua, and sometimes Sandor's coworkers. It's been really fun so far. We've gone mini-golfing, and played board and card games, and saw X3, and various other things. I got to see Andrea briefly while she was up here, which was really nice.Most importantly though, I've been applying for

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1148142960697873222006-05-20T09:27:00.000-07:002006-05-20T09:36:00.710-07:00

Well, so, I'm now officially an alumna of Scripps College. It's really quite weird. Hasn't sunk in completely that I won't be going back. Even though I'm here in the Bay Area trying to figure out what the next step is. Applying for jobs at any number of research places. Hoping that one of them will agree with Alan and Stacey and think that I'm a wonderful neuroscientist. We'll see. It's kind of a

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1147314695905414382006-05-10T19:29:00.000-07:002006-05-10T19:31:35.916-07:00

So, for those of you who haven't seen me around campus yet, I donated about a foot of hair to Locks of Love. So I have very cute hair now. So here's a picture: (Not a great picture of me, but you get the idea.)

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1147225150649040262006-05-09T18:32:00.000-07:002006-05-09T18:39:10.650-07:00

So, this was the message left on my phone:In a world where swing dancing is the only thing that matters, and the Charleston is fun to do, one man struggles to get to Speakeasy before it closes.This Spring, Jeff M. Lewis stars in: The Traveling Swing Dancer.(Faster) He's leaving at 11:15, will hope to get there before 2am, not suitable for all children.I just had to immortalize the wonderful

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1147224763959038192006-05-09T18:28:00.000-07:002006-05-09T18:32:43.970-07:00

So, medals exams happened last Wednesday. It was a rather crazy stressful day, for many reasons. But I think the fact that I couldn't stress over the dancing was a good thing, because I just got out there and danced. It went really well actually. Except that the floor was slippery and I slipped in the paso. Oops. Ah well, what can you do? I recovered rather well I thought. But he didn't let me

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1147224334195092642006-05-09T18:18:00.000-07:002006-05-10T13:31:08.466-07:00

So, Concert, ended up being amazing. I'm really impressed with how hard people worked to pull it all together. Through injuries (Paul had stress fractures in his wrist), costume malfunctions (the cha cha shirts kept getting holes in them), and more, it all worked, and it was awesome! Saturday and Sunday were by far the best performances. It was awesome. Thank you to all of those who came out to

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1146245917570353992006-04-28T10:38:00.000-07:002006-04-28T10:39:44.280-07:00

Oh yes for Concert.He he, I'm on the website three times now! Whee!

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1146072869918558412006-04-26T10:30:00.000-07:002006-04-26T10:34:29.920-07:00

So, this morning at breakfast the entirety of the team that was there got assigned X-men characters. Chris is Professor Xavier apparently. And because I'm flexible, I'm Mystique. Apparently I'm also blue with red hair and yellow eyes, and the ability to take on the form of other people at will. Supervillain. Interesting. But, my real name is pretty awesome: Raven Darkholme. I'm thoroughly amused.

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1146072617481735092006-04-26T10:28:00.000-07:002006-04-26T10:30:17.496-07:00

So, our solo is going to ooze. This is our new word, and now Paul and I say it to each other all the time. It's just an awesome word. Plus, Chris told us to ooze. So that's what we're going to do. Friday Saturday and Sunday. If you're in the area, you should come see us. We're going to ooze like none other. :)

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1145773580578947732006-04-22T23:23:00.000-07:002006-04-22T23:26:20.586-07:00

Alright, I suck for not posting for forever. I'm very sorry. My life got sucked up into thesis and Concert craziness, and it's not over yet. Well, thesis is over. But, every waking moment of this week is going to be devoted to Concert I feel like. It's really quite insane. But, it should be a good show. I think anyway. :) Hopefully! And if you're anywhere in the greater LA area, you should come

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1143605606874845092006-03-28T19:52:00.000-08:002006-03-28T20:13:26.886-08:00

Today I got my computer back! (It was at Best Buy for four days getting its hard drive replaced, because it decided it needed to almost die. Not cool. Fortunately, got most everything off of it. And now I have 20 more gigs of space that I have no idea what I'll do with.)Also, it's pouring rain, which I do not enjoy at all, but my rain boots are awesome, and keep my feet completely dry, so that is

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1141617219019090682006-03-05T19:38:00.000-08:002006-03-05T20:00:43.446-08:00

The team now owns another trophy, and I, yes me, own my own little ballroom dance trophy. Paul and I were so excited! OK, but first things first.So, the UCSD Dance By the Shores Ballroom Dance Competition was yesterday. Paul and I had planned on competing individually, and the team was going to compete as well. This was all well and good. Paul and I decided we needed a little more practice before

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1141616284127430802006-03-05T19:34:00.000-08:002006-03-05T19:38:04.140-08:00

OK, so, I wasn't in a show, although it felt a little like I was. Last week was incredibly stressful. I was running thesis participants at least one a day, and realizing that if I don't run at least 2 a day I'm never going to get them all finished in time. This was the first week of running them, so I also wasn't very used to spending two hours per participant in the lab. I also had a paper due

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1140674442849903812006-02-22T21:56:00.000-08:002006-02-22T22:00:42.850-08:00

So, apparently there's a hot key in Word, or set of them rather, that allows you to select an entire paragraph and change the formatting around. I didn't know this. And so, when I was on the phone trying to select a word, instead, my entire paragraph became huge, bold, and a totally different font. I of course was thoroughly surprised, and thought this was absolutely hilarious. I laughed for

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1140417757772534622006-02-19T22:41:00.000-08:002006-02-20T12:36:49.913-08:00

More to come, but there are pictures up from things way back when. Check out posts After CalTech Actually, and Oregon Holidays for starters. I'll be putting others up soon. Enjoy!Here are some random pictures that I didn't already have posts for, but wanted to share anyway.Our performance for the very drunk CMC Staff before Winter Break:We come swiftly and without warning in the night!Chris in

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1139876702511078762006-02-13T16:23:00.000-08:002006-02-13T16:25:02.520-08:00

So, if you haven't seen the movie, don't read this. If you have, read This!It's so great! Just thought I would share for those who haven't seen it already. Thanks Becca for sharing with me. :)

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1139517887699804122006-02-09T12:26:00.000-08:002006-02-22T21:51:11.476-08:00

So, Paul and I competed at CalTech last Saturday, our first competition of the year. We got there incredibly early, which was fine because we had some time to practice on the floor (which was much smaller than we're used to dancing on), and to go into Pasadena and get food for the boys before we got ready to compete. Chris called me when I was in the dressing room, in the middle of applying my

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1138655315195668442006-01-30T13:01:00.000-08:002006-01-30T13:08:35.206-08:00

So, Chris loaned me one of his best Standard CDs so that I could copy it and Paul and I would have songs to practice to on our own. Unfortunately, the original CD would not play on my computer, nor on Troys. It did play on Sarra's, so she tried making a copy of it. It took forever, and ended up getting so stuck it made her shut down her computer in order to get the CD out. However, it seemed to

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1138215902337528582006-01-25T10:54:00.000-08:002006-01-25T11:05:02.350-08:00

That's the motto at the moment. After CalTech, I will start sleeping again. After CalTech, I won't have to dance quite so much. After CalTech, we will start rehearsing things other than Bond Medley. After CalTech, I will choreograph my lindy. After CalTech.... the list goes on. Troy and I decided we need shirts that just say After CalTech on the front. I think it's an awesome idea. :)CalTech,

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1136854465926884332006-01-09T16:42:00.000-08:002006-01-09T16:54:25.936-08:00

So, I took the CBEST on December 3rd. It's the standardized test for all teachers, in case you didn't know. I got my results on Saturday. They were addressed to Katherin, which immediately struck me as odd. Not only that, but my official little card that I'm supposed to keep forever that says I passed, says Katherin on it. I wondered if somehow I had mistakenly missed a key when I was registering

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1135750108583830562005-12-27T22:00:00.000-08:002006-02-19T19:24:00.080-08:00

Well, I'm in Oregon for a week, and using a computer in the place I'm staying, so posts will be brief, if there are any more at all this week.I had a great Christmas, my sister gave me a car. A 2005 Mustang. It's soooo awesome! I also got cute rainboots, which I am happily wearing all over the place. A certificate to Barnes and Noble, some very nice jewelry, and various other lovely gifts. It was

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1134970965966752782005-12-18T21:37:00.000-08:002005-12-18T21:42:45.980-08:00

This was printed in the paper. So it must be true.Engineers, teachers, programmers and scientists can never earn as much salary as business executives and sales people. This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following three postulates:Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power (Knowledge = Power)Postulate 2: Time is Money (Time = Money)Postulate 3 (as every physics student

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1134013910763434722005-12-07T19:41:00.000-08:002005-12-07T19:51:50.773-08:00

So, Friday was our dance party. We spent a little over an hour decorating for it, and I think it turned out very well indeed. Thanks to all those who helped me decorate! It was also the best dance party this school year in my opinion. Partly because we had so many awesome alumni who came. :) Yay for boys! And yay for space to dance too. It was much less crowded than before, and that was really

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I tested my thesis last night! It was a little insane, because I forgot that just because I had a working program, that didn't mean that the lab was set up to run my thesis. So, I spent a bit of time installing speakers and other things so that I could actually run the test participant I had scheduled. But, it looks like everything worked very well, and I should have beautiful data from her! I'm

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Reason to go to a small college #1: The president of your college cooks you pancakes Reason #2: The dean of faculty serves you said pancakesReason #3: The dean of students welcomes you to breakfastReason #4: The director of human resources serves you eggsReason #5: The entire administration from your school is in the dining hall at 8:30 in the morning, wearing tall chef's hats with their names on

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OK, so, I know I haven't written in forever. Things have been really insane. There's been dancing, and not dancing, and classes, and projects, and realizing an application that I just found was due Dec. 1, so GREs, and registering for the other tests I need to take, and thesis, which I finally have a working program as of yesterday. But yeah, pretty much, insanity.To make a long story short, the

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So, we had the Halloween Dance Party last night. It was amazing how many people there were! Just quite insane actually. But it was fun. Although the severe lack of boys who were worth dancing with was very sad. But, we made it fun anyway. And Jerome showed up! It was very exciting to see him again. And Adam came too, and Dan! So there were a few awesome boys. Huge Yay for our alumni. :)Anyway,

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Well, I am back from break, and crazy as always. I have major projects coming up in all my classes, and a thesis presentation the first week of November. Insanity! So, lots of crazy work with those things.The weekend was fabulous. Andrea and I drove up Friday afternoon, and when we got up north, it was gorgeous, the drive through mid-CA was boring of course, but at least we had good company.

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Well, it looks like I'll be able to get my files off my computer, with a lot of hassle, but who didn't expect that? Especially since my computer is so screwed up that it will no longer allow me to burn CDs, let alone anything else. So, flash drive it is, although it won't let me use my new one either. So, it's the long and tedious process of put as close to 128 MB of files on my little one as I

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So, I saw Serenity last night with lots of fun people. And my thoughts immediately after the movie went something like:They took my Firefly and broke it. Lost and abandoned. This isn't what they wanted. Not just about loving the ship, it's about loving the people in it. They broke it.Sandor can attest to the broken way my thoughts were flowing afterward.Since then, I have decided that, for a

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Ahhh! My thesis is taking shape. I have a CD with all my stimuli on it now. It's my thesis in CD form. How crazy is that?! And I still don't know if it's been approved by IRB. But it better be, because now I have songs. And they're awesome. And Arathi is fabulous for singing them beautifully for me. :) But wow, it's insane! Scary!

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So, I installed McAfee antivirus the other day. Everything seemed to be working fine. Until that night when I went to shut down my computer. It just sat there, and didn't do anything after it hit the "Windows is shutting down...." screen. I thought that was a little strange, but I just forced it to shut down and didn't worry too much about it. Until it kept happening for a week. So, I e-mailed

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the girls who requested that their reading chairs be removed, so that I could have one! I came back from lunch today and there was a chair sitting in front of my door. I was rather confused for a minute, until I realized that the maintenance request I had put in the second day I was here had finally been filled! They had brought me a reading chair. Happiness that it is, I now have a place for

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So, Tuesday we (the EEG lab) were supposed to give a presentation for the trustees of Scripps. The presentation was supposed to start at 3:30. Alan wanted Abby and I there by 3:15, it only takes about 10 minutes to get ready, so it shouldn't have been a big deal. It was supposed to be a very simple 30 minute presentation of what our lab can do, with Abby being the participant, and my running the

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There's been thunder, and lightning, and rain all throughout late yesterday and last night! It was so exciting. Apparently there was also a rainbow, but I missed it. However, the clouds are doing awesome things today. I love lightning!To make things more exciting, we had a power outage yesterday, Scripps told us that there was a problem in a manhole which knocked everything out. However, I was

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1126762009530308852005-09-14T22:23:00.000-07:002005-09-14T22:27:05.870-07:00

Oh, there are crazy people in Washington. I cannot read this without laughing. This is from a candidate for County Executive:Raising the living standard and quality of life. a) Grow the movie-making industry in King County. b) Increase free parking. c) Abolish height restrictions on buildings, and build into the sky so that more people can live close to where they want to be. People will drive

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1126578556683037822005-09-12T19:21:00.000-07:002005-09-12T19:29:16.690-07:00

Walking past CMC's little plot of zinnias:Girl: I'm Hawaiian, I can take of the land.Me thinking to myself: And we shall call it this land. *sigh* I'm such a Firefly geek. :)At the Lindy Hop table at the activities fair:Girl: Is this Cotillion?Me: No.(Girl leaves, trailing random friends)Ricco: So, I'm going to start inviting people to my cotillion club now.How in the world do you get cotillion

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The day in which I smash an egg with my forehead, and get a new ID card:We were at breakfast after rehearsal this morning, and you have to realize that having been up since 6 is really too early, and we're all tired and punchy. Colin managed to grab a raw egg from the bowl, instead of the hard boiled ones, so when he tries to open it, it kind of starts to drool. And we laughed at him, and then

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1125980396499052482005-09-05T21:09:00.000-07:002005-09-05T21:19:56.506-07:00

So, today was pretty darn good. I got a new ethernet cord, a much longer one, so that I no longer have a trip-wire in the middle of my room, because it can go behind my furniture, which is really wonderful. I kept trying to fall and bring my computer down with me, which would not have been fun at all, so that is fixed wonderfully well.My PerCog (Perception and Cognition) class was also incredibly

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Had an uneventful trip back to Claremont, am now unpacked after many hours, and I like my room. (Pictures to come once it's actually decorated.)Anyway, most importantly, I have added a word verification feature, that will hopefully stop the spam that's been popping up in my comments. I'm sorry if it's kind of a pain when you all have to comment, but I'm hoping it will help. If not, we'll try

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I am pleased to announce that my grandparents will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary later this year. I think that's absolutely amazing, and I wonder how many people of my generation will make it through 60 years of marraige. So, we (well, really, my mom and aunt and uncle) threw them a party last weekend, and it was lots of fun! Here are some pictures:The entire family gathered for

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Wow, well, Mt. St. Helens was amazing! I hadn't been in about four years, and I had no idea it would have changed that much! I mean, I should have, because we used to notice changes every year when we were going that often, but... wow. It's green! There are so many plants that you can barely see the shattered trees anymore. Although the pumice plain in front of the mountain is still fairly bare,

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So, as the last post before I head off for a week in the wilds of Eastern Oregon, I leave you with some pictures to enjoy. :)My sister will kill me for this one, but she just got her hair cut, and I think it's very cute.Kari's new hairstyle. And here are some pretty pictures of Scripps I took before I left that I cleared off my camera to make room for the new pictures that you shall have to wait

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Well, if I actually wrote out all the stories about random sketchy guys, and how great everything was, it would take you hours to read. Random guy missing where he was supposed to put his hand and grabbing my boob... you know, stories to tell my grandchildren. ;) So, suffice it to say that Friday night was good. Emily got her weekend pass, Andrew got the last one that was available, so I got to

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So, rather like Space Shuttle Discovery, my plane yesterday had some issues. The first was that it was late coming in, but we got boarded, and would have left not too much past our original departure time, except that one of the fuel gauges was malfunctioning, so we had to de-plane. So, like the astronauts, we all got off the plane so that they could attempt to determine what was causing the fuel

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It's August! Run for your lives! I can't believe the summer has gone so fast! I'm leaving the day after tomorrow! For a month. My last month of summer, maybe ever. And that would make me so very very sad. *sigh* Ah well. It's going to be a very busy month at home. So posts here may not happen quite as often, but I'll do my best. First thing that happens is the Seattle Lindy Exchange. The

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I got hit by a car yesterday while riding my bike. It was really quite scary. However, the good thing is that all I have to show for it are: a broken nail, a huge bruise, and an egg that looked like it exploded in the carton. Which, all in all, isn't bad. The couple were very concerned, asking if I was alright, if there was any damage to my bike, and all that kind of thing. It didn't look like it

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James Doohan passed away, this morning. He lived in Redmond, WA. I met him once, in a bookstore. Those who don't know the name would know him as the original Star Trek's Scotty; and yes, the universal phrase "Beam me up Scotty." He embraced the fact that he would always be known as Scotty, and that one phrase, and for that alone I think he is awesome.May he rest in peace.

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So, Justin is going to start teaching and working with Wes over at UC Irvine.As of now, he forfeits all rights to call himself a true member of CCBDC. ;)But, as it stands, it's an awesome opprotunity for him, and even though he's off to work with the enemy, maybe we can use him as a spy, or something. But I know that he really wanted to keep dancing, and since he's living in Irvine, well, working

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This is so exciting!Dance-athonSomeone put together a fundraiser for Cancer which involves dancing instead of walking or running. How awesome is that?! We can raise money by doing something awesome and fun for us! So cool! I will let you know if we actually get a team together, and if I will be raising money, but for now I just thought I would share the awesomeness that is dancing for a good

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Is it wrong that I take great joy from the fact that I got to create a button in our Netstation software that is labeled BS? It stands for Blocked Short, and we use it for marking when the stimulus was both blocked and short as Tharyn and I go through every single bit of data we've collected over the last two months and put new flags in where the computer should have, had it been talking to the

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I finally own a Lindygroove shirt. After three years of meaning to buy one, and not ever actually doing it, I finally have a shirt. And for free! The funny thing is that the shirt was actually Ian's to begin with. Yes, it's a women's shirt in neon pink. And Ian actually wore it (for about ten seconds), it was absolutely hilarious, and I was wishing so much that I had a camera with me! It would

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Ballroom NewsHere's a cute article on Dancing with the Stars, and the outcomes of it combined with the Mad Hot Ballroom documentary (which apparently started in Seattle, yay hometown!). It'll be interesting to see how many sign up for the ballroom classes next semester.Oh, and for all of you who actually are ballroom dancers, does it bother you that they're all saying the costumes are covered in

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If you ever run for office, or want to win something that requires people voting for you, don't let me vote for you! I think I'm cursed to cause whoever I vote for not to win. John O'Hurley should have won Dancing with the Stars last night! He should have! He was the most consistant, and the most amazing on the show. And Charlotte was good too! Erg! The only thing Kelly had going for her was her

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1120669038545691842005-07-06T09:47:00.000-07:002005-07-06T09:57:18.550-07:00

My brush is broken,Oh my brush is broken.It's served me oh so well these many years.It's seen my hair short,It's seen my hair long,And it's always made the tangles be long gone.The paint was worn,The handle broke,And now I say goodbye to my faithful bloke.Brush, you were great,To you I give thanks,You were the greatest brush to fluff my hair.In memory of Goody Brush, who passed away July 5, 2005

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Well, it was a good weekend, even if it was over a little too quickly. It went surprisingly fast actually.Bronwyn's party was really a lot of fun! I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but it really was just a fancy cocktail party, with no one getting drunk or craziness, and it was really very very nice. And yummy cake too! So that was a lot of fun. I got to spend that night at Sandor's dad's house

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Christian AllianceThis is amazing. If we can create informed dialogue about these issues, and if the liberal Christians can also have a say in the policies that are shaping our nation, it would be absolutely incredible. Ignoring religion is not something that can be done at this point in our nation, but if those who are religious can have their liberal beliefs and have their say, it would be a

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So, watching Dancing with the Stars last night, John O'Hurley said the most awesome thing ever! In their little blurb about the Paso, he said: (I will admit it's not quite word for word, but as best I can remember) "I fought the bull, my job is done. Now someone go pick up the woman and the cape."Soooo amused. Ahh, gotta love paso.I'm going to Bronwyn's birthday party tomorrow, it's a fancy

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Muahahaha! I have committed an evil act, and Dan said I'm awesome for it! I "stole" a cake from LG on Thursday to take it to the BBQ yesterday. Here's the story:Once upon a time there was a place where people would get together and dance their hearts out once a week. This wonderful place also served cake to those whose date of birth was during that week. One gorgeous night, the fun and crazy

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OK, so I swear Monday night in Claremont was couples' twins night! I saw at least three couples, and one mother-daughter pair wearing if not the same shirts, the same colors on tops and bottoms! It was so weird! I felt very odd walking by myself without someone to match with. But was highly amused nonetheless. I took an hour long walk around Claremont, and the houses are really nice to look at.On

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Well, apparently the fire season has started. Somewhat early according to Sarra. There are two really big fires out near San Bernardino, and there was another one not as far east of here yesterday. The only reason I knew this was because I was out on the back deck happily enjoying the 85 degree weather, and it started ashing on me. Which was funny because the first thought through my head was:

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So on Sunday I awoke to the bed shaking under me, wondering where in the house I would go to protect myself from a major earthquake. Just a few minutes ago, we experienced our second earthquake of the week! Tharyn and I were in the office, and the computers started shaking. And as soon as we got to the doorway, it stopped. Which was fine. I'd rather not be in the basement of a huge concrete

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So, it seems that problems down here are always coming up. Over the last week Tharyn and I have noticed that the program that collects the EEG data, and the stimulus program (the one that I had to work so hard to make operational) might not be communicating correctly. And that would be bad. My hope is that we can recreate the experiment using both sets of data together if they really are not

Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414093455128160578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3854284.post-1118249044039619542005-06-08T09:42:00.000-07:002005-06-08T09:44:04.043-07:00

I finally broke down and ordered my own copy of the Firefly DVDs. Since I've taken to watching them fairly consistantly and now Sarra's are off in Oregon with her, I decided that I just needed my own set. And really, how can you not want them? They're Firefly! Absolutely wonderful show, and I'm just waiting in anticipation of the movie in September! :) Yay for Firefly! Anyway, now I have to wait

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Some of you have already heard this. I swear I'm cursed when it comes to home ownership, or maybe it's just living in a house, I don't know. But the house is trying to kill me again!So, Saturday morning Sarra and I were getting ready to go to her parents house, and she was packing stuff up in the family room while I was in the kitchen, and suddenly said, I think we have a problem. I think there's

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It's Store Wars! And it's absolutely amazing, and if you haven't seen it, you must! Absolutely!http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.htmlIt's better with DSL or ethernet of course, since it's faster, but I think you can watch it anywhere. Just amazingly clever awesomeness. :)

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If you didn't think four mishaps was enough...At about 5:30 this morning, I was awoken from my sound and peaceful sleep by what sounded like a tree cracking and then falling over. And indeed, that's exactly what had happened. The huge olive tree that grew just outside the window of the room that Sarra and I sleep in had broken basically in half, and fallen into the yard. Fortunately there is no

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Well, this weekend was lots of fun! Ian came down, and Sarra made a fancy dinner, which was very good. We played Carcasonne, another strategy game involving farms and buildings and resources, but it was a lot of fun! I lost, as always. But it was enjoyable anyway. Then we introduced Ian to Firefly, which he seemed to thoroughly enjoy. And it was so exciting to create another convert. :) Yay for

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So, I found out yesterday that Liberty Hamilton, one of my fellow soon-to-be-seniors at Scripps, and a dancer (we danced together my first year when I did the Scripps-Pomona dance concert) got hit by a bus in Buenos Aires. She will live, and from about the waist up is as fine as you can be, but her legs are a mess, and with a lot of surgery, she may be able to walk again. But she will almost

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So, on Tuesday I got back from lab to find that there was a weevil infestation in the Hartley's pantry. I knew they were there because I could hear them eating. It was absolutely one of the most disgusting things ever. And I ended up throwing out most of their pasta, which was sad. But yeah, weevils... not so up on the keeping them around. I swear this house is going to throw everything it

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I just heard the best commercial ever! It went something like this:"You've come to take a latin dance lesson with your fiance in a low-cut dress. Here comes the latin dance instructor with ponytail, chest hair, and silk shirt.Oh no! Now the latin dance instructor is pulling a move on your fiance with sexy latin hip motion and comments on her nice maracas. And suddenly, he's all over those nice

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Well, I guess it's kind of my house until August, but still. Not really mine. I just thought I would show you all where I'm living for the next two and a half months, and it was actually sunny yesterday afternoon, so I took some pictures around the house. :)Here's what you can see from the front of the house, but the driveway is off an alley in the back, so they just have a huge yard. But they

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I got an A in Research Methods!! I got an A! Apparently one of two people in the class who did so. I'm so excited! I ran into Stacey, one of my profs. this morning on my way to lab, and she told me, since she had just turned in the grades. So all those hours and hours of work paid off. It's really nice to know that. That's the only grade I know so far, and I really hope my chem grade is

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Well, it's all over. Everything. It's kind of insane, and a lot sad. I went to graduation on Sunday for Pomona, saw my friends from there graduate, which is most of my friends. Especially the boys. I'm going to miss them so much. It was a pretty nice ceremony, but the speaker wasn't that impressive. Hopefully our graduation will be better. We'll see.Anyway, life goes on, I'm living in Alan's

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So it's been a while again. But you'll have to forgive me. Things got a little insane in the busy department. We had tons of major papers due, and then getting ready for Concert just took up a lot of time as well. Mommy, Daddy and Kari all came down this year, which was really exciting. I wish we had gotten to spend more time together, but it was really really good to see them! I miss them a

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So, It's been a while since I posted, I know. I'm sorry. Life just kind of took over and got insane. It's a little less so at the moment, but I'll just be writing and writing and writing for the next three weeks, which is really annoying actually. I'm sick of doing research and writing papers. But, such is life in college. I'm not sure how I'm going to survive thesis next year... Anyway, last

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