Well, Dukes facing rough times.
It defies the physical laws of nature how so much bad shit could go down in these past two weeks. The rest of the year was so calm and peaceful, but now. Damn, I'm not even sure what I'll be able to tell the pfrosh.
-Lizard shorting out the University's power (OK, dumb accident)
-Bus spontaneously catching on fire (OK, the bus was old)
-Duke's Quiz Bowl team almost dissolves
-Jewish Center serves mediocre Flounder for fish night instead of their normal amazing Salmon or Tilapia.
OH, and did I mention the large gaping full thickness wound we just opened with the Durham community? The administration works so hard to improve our relations with Durham, and now some lacrosse players foolishly blow it.
A major annoyance I have with Durham is that, we are for all intensive purposes the ONLY employeer in Durham (RTP is technically in Cary or even just its own entity), yet the locals still despise us. Without us, Durham would just be a tired old city of empty tobacco warehouses. Also, if we have such poor relations with our neighbors, why doesn't Duke just buy every building within a 2-3 block radius of East Campus, add them to the RLHS system (Or use their company, Durham Realty) to create a large student/faculty community with a surronding buffer zone? Furthermore, how come the university doesn't take an active role in developing 9th street into a better place to eat/shop? Our operating budget is only 2.8 billion to begin with, why not invest in the community rather than in plasma screens in the marketplace to remind us to "Think Positively."
At least some good has come recently, our horifically bad Cater, ARAMARK, announced that they will no longer feed us.Current Mood: Undefined Current Music: Masonic Funeral Music- W.A. Mozart |
Which Family Guy character are you?Current Mood:  devious Current Music: Anything Wagner |
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Jun. 29th, 2005 @ 09:35 pm
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I got a flat tire today coming home from the lab.
But in better news, Clark maybe able to get me a job in Switzerland.Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Adiago |
Your #1 Match: INTP
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The Thinker
You are analytical and logical - and on a quest to learn everything you can.
Smart and complex, you always love a new intellectual challenge.
Your biggest pet peeve is people who slow you down with trivial chit chat.
A quiet maverick, you tend to ignore rules and authority whenever you feel like it.
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Your #2 Match: INFP
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The Idealist
You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.
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Mar. 13th, 2005 @ 04:08 pm
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I am stealing this survey from Jon who stole it from Tina who stole it from Ruth!
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Worked with biohazardous materials
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I forgot to make a resolution last year
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
My cells (CF-31 Fibroblasts) mitotically divided?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My uncle in Ireland
5. What countries did you visit?
Canada
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A girlfriend, a life, an acceptance letter for Duke
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
I never remember dates, the only date I remember is the day I took the SAT.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
3rd Place International Science and Engineering Fair.
Presented at two conferences
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not being a finalist in Siemens this year because I fucked up the paper
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing out of the ordinary I think
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A new hard drive from my antique computer
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Ezra for always being available to work on the paper and at the lab.
E Guan for helping me with DISC even though he's not my mentor.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Dan Holtzman comes first time mind along with my brother.
14. Where did most of your money go?
The bank
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR!!!!!!!
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Livin' on a prayer!
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier overall
ii. thinner or fatter? I think constant, I only check every 4 months or so
iii. richer or poorer? richer, I have no expeditures and a constant source of income plus generous gifts from my grandma.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Relaxed, spent some down time hanging out with people from Garcia
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
School, homework: both demeaning and mind numbing tasks
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
Only with cells!!!!
23. How many one-night stands?
Zero
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Futurama or the Simpsons (the only programs I watch)
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Not sure, I'm sure there's somebody but hate is too strong a word for the people who immediately come to mind, frustrated would be more appropriate.
26. What was the best book you read?
Brave New World
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Shostakovich?
28. What did you want and get?
To go to ISEF
28. What did you want and not get?
to win the 100k Siemens Prize
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Bourne Supremacy
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I did homework.
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
SLEEP second this classic answer from Jon
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Whatever I had in my draw
34. What kept you sane?
I'm sane?
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
i don't know but I'm impressed that Fidel is still alive.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The evil election
37. Who did you miss?
Max and his special blend of humour, Matt Culver's lost looks, Joe Logan's booming voice and Adriana's accent.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Everyone from Garcia (despite the fact that I still only know a handful)
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
Stress is needed, otherwise you have too much free time to plot evil deeds.
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Canada was nice, the taxes are high since they cover the cost of the state run health care. On the way up my dad let me drive through the Adirondacks at 60 mph. There are no more than 500 feet of straight road at a time in those mountains. So you have to constantly accelerate, decelerate and turn.
On the way home, I stopped in Ithaca to actually see what Cornell is like when there are students, gasp! what a difference from June. Anyway, I'm now seriously considering applying early based on the conclusion that they have the best BME program for what I want to do with my degree, a doctroral degree. So as a result, I can get a PhD in a disjointed subject like virology. :-D
My schedule also came:
1. AP Lit
2. Calc
3. Gov
4. Eco
5. GERMAN 1 No more Spanish!!!!!!!!!!
6. Gym/lunch
7-8. AP Chem
9. STAR
10. AP Physics C
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