You know what’s great?

When you realize, only after the fact, that in attempting to impress your advisor by explaining to the class how human long bones fuse at puberty, you use the words “balls” and “shaft” repeatedly and inarticulately in quick succession. As in… “It’s, uh, when the ball part [pointing to hip], it, um, fuses with the [...]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

My hero, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, on being punk and vegan (thanks Sarah!)… NY Times: Strict Vegan Ethics, Frosted With Hedonism I can lay no claims to being anything close to punk, but I like the way this woman thinks. And the fact that she wrote my favorite vegan cookbook and is getting coverage in the New York Times [...]

Weeeeeeee

Dear Weatherperson, Ummm, perhaps you did not notice, but this is southern ARIZONA. It is, in fact, the desert. Deserts do not snow. Wait, what? What do you mean, freezing precipitation? Rest of Tonight Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Snow level near 2500 feet. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches above [...]

Why it’s best that I’m leaving my twenties

Earlier this week, one of the sweetest (and youngest) girls in my cohort was broken up with via that other networking site, Facebook. She and her boyfriend of three years had been carrying on their relationship long-distance and had talked nearly every day since she left for school in August. After having him not return her calls for a few [...]

Ahem, *cough*, *cough*

First of all, dear friends, say hello to my newest Myspace friend: he goes by Trae, or James Calvin III more formally, or when I was two and had a raaather hard time with the letter ‘r’, “Tae-Tae.” Right, for the underinformed, Trae’s my brother. He is now apparently on Myspace, which means that [...]

Because it’s required

So, today I led my very first lab session at the university. I’m not going to lie and say I wasn’t nervous, because I most definitely was. I did a lot of deep breathing beforehand and listened to classic Stevie Wonder on my walk to campus. Both did me good, I think. The back-to-back classes were unremarkable. [...]

Ommm

Oy, kiddies, I’m spent. I just got back from Vinyasa Yoga at the Tucson Yoga studio my friend Julie (yes, same one I keep mentioning) has been going to since she moved here. I was already a little sore from the gym, and I am quite sure that I’m going to feel a whole new level of [...]

Things I learned this week

1. When faced with a mountain lion, the National Park Service advises that you puff yourself up as big as possible and always maintain eye contact with the animal. Well, naturally. Because that wouldn’t at all contradict my natural instinct in said situation, which would be to shriek maniacally and run away as fast as possible. [...]