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Scholarly Sunday - Pre-Midterm Attack Plan

Here's how it is going to go:TODAY: Wake up at 10 AM and print out practice questions for Behavioral Genetics.Read over them, come up with some answers.Cook ravioli for lunch (super excited for this one).Read for Dev in Adolescence until Amy picks me up for...Beh Gen study group at 1.Study until around...

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Written Wednesday - Recruitment Weekend

So...I have nothing profound or creative to write. Therefore I'm going to tell you about something that's happening in the next few weeks!Stephanie (a cohortie, as I now call them) called me to tell me that a friend of hers go into UC Davis and is going to come! That's quite exciting to pretty much...

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Tasty Tuesday - it's NutRageous!

Davis, CA10:30 PMOn a SundayAfter having spent 4 hours straight on one article and one annotated bibliography, Natalie suffers minor meltdown but decides to not freak out... and instead, walk over to the Fast and Sleezy to buy chocolate and Diet Coke. Armed with a $10 bill, keys, and a cellphone, she...

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Media Monday - TV Shows I Love

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (dying for a new season!)Community (gets funnier each week... and I'm sort of developing a crush on Joel McHale)Forensic Files + The Investigators + Murder by the Book, etcThe Daily ShowThe Colbert ReportAnd... embarrassingly... Frank the Entertainer in a Basement...

Scholarly Sunday - Erikson

For my adolescence course this week we are learning about self and identity development. One of the articles assigned was published in 1966.When something is published pre-1970 or even pre-1980, you know you're in for something good.It was a study by an apparently pretty awesome researcher named Stephen...

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Tasty Tuesday - Smorgasbord

Dear Blogosphere,After a marathon of thinking (4-hour seminars are mentally exhausting!), I can't really think of a theme for today. So, I'm just going to post an assortment of thoughts, a smorgasbord,...

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Correction

Yeah, I just realized that today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day... not President's Day. Wow. Haha...

Media Monday - Best of Netflix

Dear Bee-logosphere,The person whose Netflix account I have been using is canceling their subscription. I looked at getting my own account but decided that I'd go check out the library instead (+to list of things to do) and save myself $9/month. But I thought I'd post some of my favorite movies that...

To Find a Friend

(I can't think of a title for this posting, so I went ahead with the title of the song I'm listening to.)Today is sort of a new beginning for me. There are so many things I haven't done in Davis and knowing how uncertain life is, there are so many things I want to do, including:Walk every street Downtown...

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Scholarly Sunday - Blue Denim

"I got nothin' to say about puberty that you haven't heard before." -Ben LeeWe're reading about puberty in my adolescence course this week. And, automatically, I get Blue Denim by Ben Lee stuck in my head. The line above is at the beginning of the song and always makes me laugh. The song reminds me...

Nerves

For one of my classes we write annotated bibliographies for each article we read. They are supposed to be our "personal research notes" but there are particular things the professor wants and a lot of rules... like how long they can be, etc. It's a great exercise in boiling papers down to what's important....

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Fantasy Friday - No Plans!

Dear Bee-logosphere,A few people have asked me what I'm doing with my long weekend. I don't know... and it's Friday, so I ought to have a plan. I am thinking about going to San Francisco tomorrow but San Francisco isn't very much fun without my sisters and I don't want to spend any money... get Natalie...

Alton Brown's Gluten-Free Cookie Recipe

I might attempt to make these sometime soon... Ingredients8 ounces unsalted butter 11 ounces brown rice flour, approximately 2 cups 1 1/4 ounces cornstarch, approximately 1/4 cup 1/2-ounce tapioca flour, approximately 2 tablespoons 1 teaspoon xanthan gum 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 2...

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Thankful Thursday - Friends, Weekends, Sun, Sleep

As I sit in the library, quite pleased with myself getting this statistics assignment done over 12 hours before it's due, I think of things I am oh so grateful for...New friendsLong weekendsSunny daysSleeping inHappy Thursday everyone! I hope you have a fantastic President's Day weeke...

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Tasty Tuesday - Double Post!

Ooh, a double post... but I must tell you what's happening in my kitchen: *Two cans of enchilada sauce*Twenty-four corn tortillas*Four cups of cheddar and jack cheese Enchiladas, my friends! The aroma is incredible. -...

Tasty Tuesday - Ready Rice + Rain

Dear Blogosphere,It is raining outside! Pouring! Oh, it makes me so happy. My windows have been opened so that I can hear the drops of water collect in puddles above the bookstore's roof. Rain is so romantic. Even if you are chronically alone. :-)This rainstorm came after I had a little sobfest. TMI?...

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Schoalrly Sunday - Short, Sweet, and Controversial

Dear Blogosphere,Due to my keen procrastination skills, I ended up spending an hour tonight trying to figure out/fix EndNote. Endnote just may be the worst software I have used in the past 5 years. It seems so buggy and remarkably slow for what, by all appearances, appears to be pretty simple stuff....

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Fantasy Friday - Gray Days

It has been perpetually gray lately. I love the low morning fog, but not seeing the sun for 3 or so days is making me a little blue. But fortunately, it is raining today. Hearing the rain hit my windows reminds me of a cheesy love song... something about rain falling on the tin roof. Late 1990s. Agh!...

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Thankful Thursday - MBP, IBU, Profs, & Cohort

I am so very thankful for...My MacBook Pro. *Hugs* And Google Scholar. How did people do grad school without the Internet??IbuprofinFriendly professors who tell you that the lowest grade they've ever given in a particular graduate seminar is an 'A-'Being back in Davis, studying with the coolest people...

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Written Wednesday - Assorted Thoughts

Walking to Ace on Sunday, I passed a tall man standing alone. I said, "Hello." He said, "Hi." And as I had passed him by a couple of feet he asked, "Would you mind writing down your definition of compassion?" He held out a notebook and pen. I stopped, thinking about compassion, coming up with a response....

Tasty Tuesday - Double-Yolk Eggs and Such

Dear Blogosphere, Happy Tasty Tuesday... a little late! Ha ha. I have eaten a couple of marvelous things since I've been back... let me share. At the Farmer's Market, I decide to give in and buy some eggs. They were from free range chickens, which is cool by me, brown... organic, etc. But when I asked...

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Media Monday - Big Love

The new season of Big Love starts next week and I'm rather sad that I won't be able to watch and discuss with my mum!Here's a trailer... oh man, looks so go...

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Scholarly Sunday - New Quarter!

Dear Blogosphere,Tomorrow begins a new quarter! Here are the classes I am taking:Genetic Correlates of BehaviorCorrelation and RegressionDevelopment in Middle Childhood and AdolescenceExciting, eh? I am really excited for the genetics course as the topic will be new to me! We'll even be learning about...

Snapshot Saturday - January 2nd

Snapshot Saturday should involve a picture... but I didn't take my camera on any outings today, so words will have to suffice.It's 3PM on a Saturday. I am walking to the Co-Op, headphones on head, listening to ABBA. I cross Russell Boulevard on 3rd Street. There are children playing in the park and...

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Fantasy Friday - Past, Present, Future

I have been experiencing difficulties coming up with a topic for Fantasy Friday. Enter mindless Myspace quiz (reformatted, of course).~PAST~I was born one dark gray morn... in Salt Lake City. As a child, my favorite toys were Polly Pockets, Barbies, and stuffed animals (remember when Beanie Babies were...