We're gonna party like it's 19-99

Another day, another dollar. Or, I guess, another semester, another class... My first semester of graduate school is el fin and went quite well. Now, I'm onto semester numero dos, which is filled with the adventures of cancer epid, genetic epid, biostatistics, general epid (2nd semester), bacteriology/virology lab techniques, and capstone. I'm interviewing for summer lab work, and may have found a place in a laboratory working on mice being the model genetic organism. It sounds like great work. I'm also set to speak with a PhD student doing epigenetic research (assuming his grants go through) this week about a potential possibility.

Other than that, I'm still enjoying my time in school, as well as my weekends away from it. Last weekend, we had a "High School Party" at Kristin's parents' house, about 30 minutes north of Ann Arbor. It really was a lot of fun, and the party went all night, complete with preps, jocks, punks, and altie "kids" drinking cheap beer and cheesy '90s pop music. The following morning, Emily made French toast for all of us, and Kristin made this meal she learned when she was at school in Hawaii called "Loco Moco" -- rice with a ground beef patty on top, and an egg over easy atop that.

Here are some of Emily's pictures, since I have yet to upload mine to this internet-thing...

Andy, as Band Geek


Kristin, representing the River Rats


Me, with my hair in Mickey Mouse pig tails, wearing a character shirt


Look ma', no hands...
Andy and Steve, making me fly or something...


Samantha and Kellie dancing like madwomen