El Grande Turd del muerte

Well spring break was great, I just studied for teh MCAT and biked most of the time. Kennie and Margie, my in-laws, came into town for the weekend. I have been cramming for the MCAT most of the time. Today I took my first full lenght practice exam, with mixed results. I got an aggregate score of 28, V10, B9, P9 . The P9 was encouragin, but I need to step it up in the Bio department. The verbal component is freaking hard! I thought with my history background in reading difficult things that it would be no problem. perhaps it would have been two years ago when I was in the habit of reading academic prose rather than textbooks. This term brings me to my penultimate coursework at UO. I'm in Micro BIo, Micro lab, Ochem, and Molecular genetics. Genetics seems like it's going to be a big pain in the fundament. The teacher seems to be singularly unenthused about her material. Always an encouraging sign on the first day of class. And, my favorite, we were let out 30 minutes early. HELLO!!! I am paying to come to this so you can teach me genetics!!! May I have some tuition money back please? I just got an email back from a professor telling me we could meet to discuss working in his research group !!! YAY. THe last of my extracurriculars to get done!

By the skin of my teeth

Well, dearest reader,
You have no doubt waited on tenterhooks for the latest installment in George's moderately interesting life. Finals week ended on friday with the Ochem final. I haven't gotten the paper exam back yet, but it went pretty well. 30 hours of studying paid off. The ol' grades have come in and the forecast is good. A term average of 3.89! yay. Still trying to drag up those grades from freshman and sophomore year. I have just spent the last several hours trying to prep for the MCAT, which is in a scant 3 weeks. I took a practice PHysical sciences section, and it went well. The challenging thing to remember is all teh relationships that I have learned along the way. I feel pretty upbeat about the whole applications process. well i think the library is closing, so I will have to wrap up.
-g

The Emerald Strikes Again!

In yet another bout of journalistic intolerance and polemic pulchritude, the Oregon Daily Emerald has really outshone itself today. On the ever imbecilic editorial page the author spouted her plagiairized ideas. Should we expect less of the emerald? NO! Drawing heavily on John Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven", his anti-religious soapbox, she asserts that "Joseph Smith could certainly be termed mentally ill for his belief in this personal connection with God, " Nice. For a publication that spends inordinate amounts of space extolling the need for tolerance and diversity, this statement demonstrates how truly at odds the writers of the Emerald are with their espoused values. Fortunatly, having served a two year mission, I know that regardless of what some pea-brained bigot with a newspaper column may have to say, the work with go forth unimpeded. Thank you Emerald for perking both my day and my ire!

for those of you who wish to read her tripe and the poorly concieved arguments couched therein can go to:

http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/13/4415342949518

Snow!!!!

It snowed recently, ( the date might be wrong for this post), so I will show y'all what it looked like in our little yard with Frosty and co.

Modern day John Henry seeks to outstudy his companions

Well, ok, the title was plagiarized from a recent Onion headline. Sort of anyway. I like the blog format because, like most internet correspondences, somehow I am free from the normal constraints of grammar and punctuation. Well, the MCAT is a scant 6 weeks away and of course what do I have to distract me from preparing? One the count of three. One...two...three..! An OCHEM exam!! yay. So here I sit in the library trying to force some carbonyl chemistry into me brain. It's only been 4 hours straight, so I'll be ok since i have another hour and change before the formal review session. That will make a nice round 8 hours of Ochem, exclusive of the time spent in reviews and PLTL sessions. Well rather than entertain you with woes of studying, I will now return to the cramfest, already in progress.