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Nursing school, food, and randomness: April 2012
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Saturday, April 7, 2012. He's an excellent specimen," says the professor. You're really good at this" say my lab partners as they decline to do anything but watch. And they're right. I am good at dissection. It unnerves me how easily I slip into a clinical mode,. How interested I am in the structures revealed by the scalpel. And Mr. Bill is. I don't want to lose sight that what lies in front of me. Was once a sentient being, alive and purring. So I named him. It is g...
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: September 2010
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Saturday, September 18, 2010. Have you ever wondered why a tartan scarf is so expensive? I learned the answer today at the Celtic Harvest Festival. According to the weaver from the Ren Scots clan. I also learned that Colorado has an official state tartan, and that State Tartan Day is July 1st. Everyone in Colorado, mark your calendars! Saturday, September 11, 2010. For Everything Which Is Yes. This is where I feel God. Or the Goddess, the Divine , the Force.w...I thi...
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: November 2010
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. A brief, spoiler-free Deathly Hallows comment. My sister told me that some people, mostly those who had not read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, found the new movie to be a bit slow. Me: Yeah.I don't remember all that much happening in the first part of the book. It's more toward the end. Blah blah happens, and then blah blah happens by page 15. Sister: Yes. Blah blah. Don't you remember? No Not blah blah. That sucks. Project. ...
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: The Ten Book Challenge, or How to Avoid Pharmacology Homework
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Monday, September 8, 2014. The Ten Book Challenge, or How to Avoid Pharmacology Homework. It's possible that I have not done this correctly, some of these books have stayed with me, some have shaped me in one way or another, and some may have done both. But I have neglected my pharmacology studies long enough while making this post, so I'm calling it good and moving on to drugs. Wait….studying drugs. Yes. That's it. Really. Here, in no particular order, are ten books.
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: April 2010
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Sunday, April 25, 2010. I have a Blog Sticker That Says So. Oh, Yeah Baby! The first draft of my first screenplay is done! If you follow this link to the excerpt. Please be gentle with any comments. It's a first draft. It's supposed to be bad. Next up, the long dreaded editing of the NaNoWriMo novel. I need to have something worthy of claiming my prize of one free paperback copy by June 30th. Friday, April 23, 2010. Getting wet unless it's her idea) and watched her s...
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: March 2012
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Saturday, March 31, 2012. Muscle fibers, calcium, twitch.Script Frenzy! SCENE: INT. BEDROOM. EVENING. HEROINE IS TALKING TO HERSELF. Are you out of our mind? It's only a hundred pages! It's nothing like 50,000 words! Dramatically touching back of hand to forehead and sighing tragically). But I'm so bored! Rolling eyes and snorting in disgust). I let you take Art Appreciation. Stop whining. You can write a screenplay when the semester is over. Anatomy homework, then?
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: May 2010
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Saturday, May 29, 2010. Ovens, Weeds and an Unaccustomed Lack of Free Time. If our household had a principal export, it would be sticks. So many sticks fall into the yard that we have to rake. That's the name I gave it) requires frequent monitoring and adjusting of its temperature. This will be easier once the new knobs arrive. Maybe the attention will make Dragonheart. More cooperative ;) . My writing energy has been going into my Nanowrimo. Novel I finished round o...
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: March 2010
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Not what I had planned. While I was outside, I noticed that the landscaping squirrels have struck again. There's a hyacinth coming up under the giant cauldron. This photo is from last summer. Saturday, March 20, 2010. I've entered the petulant phase of learning to live gluten-free. If I can't eat pastry, I don't want to make any. So there. But that's not the reason I don't want them to offer me that job. The volume in that kitchen is insa...
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: September 2014
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Monday, September 8, 2014. The Ten Book Challenge, or How to Avoid Pharmacology Homework. It's possible that I have not done this correctly, some of these books have stayed with me, some have shaped me in one way or another, and some may have done both. But I have neglected my pharmacology studies long enough while making this post, so I'm calling it good and moving on to drugs. Wait….studying drugs. Yes. That's it. Really. Here, in no particular order, are ten books.
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Nursing school, food, and randomness: October 2010
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Nursing school, food, and randomness. Saturday, October 30, 2010. NaNoWriMo 2010 - The Story (or lack thereof) So Far. Despite the headstart, I think I may have even less to work with this year. Last year, I had characters who had been living in my head for years. This year, they are new acquaintances, and I don't know much about them yet. There are two main characters, one more vivid than the other other. He's a shapeshifter with Multiple Form Disorder, comes from circus folk, and is a Vardo. I think in...
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