agenda

  • 2011-2012, from the eyes of my agenda

    This is a continuation of my last blog post, where I just wanted to jot down anything jot-worthy from my 2010-2011 weekly planner.  

    This is actually when I blogged the most, because the first semester of this is all during my overcoming of my break-up and my depression!  So I thought it was really interesting to see it in this light.  Mostly I just talk about my lab and my friends. :) It's kind of cute!  It's also a little nostalgic, because just like in '10-'11, there's name tha

    Another interesting thing (maybe... "interesting" is not the right word) is that I was way more organized and active in my 2011-2012 planner than in my 2010-2011.

    This was the average week in '10...

    While this was the average week in '11...

    Whew, what lab does to a girl!  My agenda upkeep falls a lot in Spring semester, and I'm not totally sure why -- if it's because I got into the groove of lab, or if it's the same as my Xanga, where I even plan less when I have close friends to talk with, let alone blog less.  My god.

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    06/24/2011: Dusty's 30th birthday!

    06/27/2011: (my first day of lab!) lab 325, TC room 323, prep alpha-mem media, rinse buffer prep, Ab prep, practice aspirating plates, "you'll get it, rookie"

    06/30/2011: Confocal Microscopy Class, "you're doing really great and i'm really happy to have you in the lab" - Heather

    07/01/2011: independently fed corey's cells with una, flow cytometry w/ Heather until midnight!!!

    07/05/2011: corey said i'm doing great! :) freeze cells with corey, Taco Tuesday

    07/06/2011: Morrell's 20th birthday

    07/07/2011: cycling w/ Lia @ 5:30 pm (most of the interns went to the gym together! it was pretty cute)

    07/13/2011: watch SYTYCD with cathy, then hang out with morrell!

    08/01/2011: jesus comes back from spain!

    08/03/2011: Manilay Breakfast (my first one! we had these every semester.)

    08/04/2011: Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium (that's when this gem took place)

    05/05/2011: Bryce drove me home! "black it up," glasses + denial, "Jesús is more beautiful than me!" (lol none of that makes sense out of context so i have no idea what most of that means)

    08/08/2011: Christa that's b/c you're hardcore!

    08/09/2011: pep talk from the lab -- Jesús: "I'm very glad to be working with you!"; Corey: "You blew it out of the park.  We all think you're worth keeping around."

    08/17/2011: Heather's birthday!

    08/19/2011: M

    08/26/2011: Sal!

    08/29/2011: Start IFA with Jesús, Hello Kitty from Sal! :)

    08/31/2011: Cornell gets my name!!

    09/01/2011: "You'll always be the rookie!" - Corey

    09/04/2011: "can you show me on the board" (???... christa, provide more context for these quotes you randomly save and set aside)

    09/12/2011: "So you have been cheating me!  Here I am, I've been trying to throw my knowledge at you" (when i quietly listened to my post-doc train me in something that I already knew), "the plate my beautiful student made!"

    09/13/2011: Liza's birthday!

    09/14/2011: "You know what you're worth, so never settle for anything less."
    "What if I left?"
    "It would break my heart."
    "I don't wanna break your heart."
    "I know. I know. It's okay. It's okay."
    "Would you wait for me?"
    ...

    09/22/2011: Una's birthday!  And Moria (my lab TA) says happy birthday to her!

    09/23/2011: dinner party @ 7 :)

    09/24/2011: Omer's birthday!

    09/29/2011: "You did a great job today!"

    10/10/2011: give Bryce birthday gift!

    10/11/2011: Jaymie's 20th birthday

    10/21/2011: Sock Hop! :) Go with Una!

    10/29/2011: UCSF Grad School Seminar (where i learned about scripps!)

    11/10/2011: hella creepy old guy @ Psych talk (lol someone in a psych seminar stared at me the entire seminar, and it became a point of discussion with all the other interns for the next few days)

    11/15/2011: Sat with Luke :) (after this, we had a tradition of having breakfast together every tuesday and thursday morning before our classes)

    11/16/2011: studied with morrell, ZAP! i command you to move on

    11/17/2011: dHOP with Cesar + Annie & Co.

    11/18/2011: won Israel in the Theta Tau fundraiser!

    11/19/2011: lunch with morrell, drew's thanksgiving dinner, and nancy's thanksgiving dinner... whew!

    11/21/2011: gossip with alex about boys LOL

    11/30/2011: watch big bang theory with steven!

    12/02/2011: UC Merced Winter Formal! 

    12/04/2011: Mom's birthday, Sal's birthday, Date-A-Tau Fundraiser w/ Israel, study date with Steven!

    12/06/2011: ended it with Sal. study w/ steven until 4 am!

    12/07/2011: showed to viri lol, hug from Bryce! :)

    12/08/2011: showed to Luke LOL

    12/10/2011: Choir Concert, buy flowers in the morning

    12/13/2011: glasses broke!! wore contacts for the first time

    12/16/2011: house christmas dinner!

    12/20/2011: Manilay Lab Breakfast

    (After this semester, I start using my agenda much less, and it starts looking as empty as my 2010-2011 planner.)

    01/06/2012: NCUR 2012 acceptance letters sent AND I GOT ACCEPTED :)

    01/07/2012: my 21st birthday!

    01/31/2012: MCCM - best friends.

    02/25/2012: "Give Morrell Money" (not written in my handwriting...)

    03/03/2012: "Bake a cake for Morrell"

    03/10/2012: "Cookies! for Morrell."

    03/17/2012: "Ice cream, cookie cake! for Morrell"

    03/24/2012: "Give Morrell MONEY"

    03/27/2012: Go to Utah lol

    03/31/2012: "Worship Morrell & pay tribute"

    04/13/2012: CCRS in Fresno!

    04/21/2012: Loyola with Morrell!

    05/19/2012: "Sacrificial tribute to Morrell (a young virgin)" (lol wtf man)

    07/01/2012: "Booga!"

  • 2010-2011, from the eyes of my agenda

    As I'm unpacking from Merced, I'm sorting through all my things, and I decided that it was time to throw away my old school agendas.  Before throwing out my 2010-2011 agenda, I wanted to jot down the dates that seemed worth noting and worth keeping, whether it's because something sounds important or if it's simply for the lulz.  I did this before with a past agenda, but lost the information when my computer crashed.  So this time, why not just post it on Xanga?

    For context, during this time, I was a sophomore in college, still living in the on-campus dorms.  I was still dating Phuc until the very end of the agenda.  I was still in the process of joining the Manilay Lab.  This is all during the peak of my mental and emotional struggles, although very little of that is ever mentioned.

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    lol every few days has: "got toilet paper from housing office today"

    August 24, 2010: cricket jumped on me

    September 2, 2013: return non-cute purse to walmart

    September 3-4, 2013: sacanime!

    September 16, 2010: omg today sucked. can't find ipod, late to class, missed breakfast, forgot ochem notebook, didn't know hw was due until 3 hours before it was due, but most of all: "I'm not gonna text you if you're gonna be like this." :(

    holy crap i was still in the red cross club. this is forever ago.

    November 3, 2010: pay speeding ticket D: and register for traffic school (my first speeding ticket, and luckily my only one since then!)

    January 18, 2011: 31 more days!

    January 20, 2011: watch inception with michelle

    February 12, 2011: Meeting for House @ 1 pm (about to live with who'd become some of my best friends!)

    March 2, 2011: Manilay Lab Interview at 3 PM

    March 18, 2011: Dr. Appt for sleepiness

    March 25, 2011: bay van le's funeral and burial

    March 28, 2011: Davis <3, namaste, orange chicken, "rub mah belleh", minecraft mushroom

    March 29, 2011: bio extra credit at noon i'd rather get lunch

    April 1, 2011: counseling appt

    April 4, 2011: construct cravings list (advice from therapy)

    April 8, 2011: Enderle at UCM!

    April 12, 2011: revelations in christianity (???)

    April 22, 2011: Hang out with Joeve and Daniel!  Tomi Sushi, told Joeve lol (??? wut.. wut did i tell her?), Greek dinner, sooo bloated

    April 23, 2011: Mission Peak Hike (omg i died on this hike), Thai dinner!!, Korean lunch with Pat, food coma & nap, ginger :(

    April 25, 2011: Jesús is assigned as my mentor in the Manilay Lab!

    April 29, 2011: Vienna Teng Concert in Grass Valley @ 8:00 PM - AMAZING

    May 4, 2011: COEHD final presentations, 3-7:30 PM, CA room - mandatory!! (where i met morrell for the first time!)

    June 1, 2011: COEHD - 18 applications, 13 interviews, 9 selected

    (June 9, 2011: Nothing is written here, but it's an important day! huehuehue i so mysteriouz)

    June 13, 2011: COEHD First Meeting, S&E 300

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    Next: my 2011-2012 agenda! XD