Happy end of finals!

Everywhere there's lots of piggies / Liveing piggy lives

Wolf and Pig

Winter Semester, 2009.

• EPID 516, Genetics in Public Health - take-home final exam due: 4/29
  
• EPID 543, Virus Diseases - in-class final exam: 4/28
  
• EPID 565, HME Capstone - Done!
  
• EPID 582, Molecular Epidemiology - Done!
  
• EPID 609, Vaccines in Public Health - Done!
  
• EPID 631, Topics in Cancer Epidemiology - Done!
  

This reminded me of my dad's lectures when I was in high school...

When Autumn comes, it doesn't ask / It just walks in where it left you last

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& I've been imagining myself 1000 miles away
in a million different places since the day I was born.
What makes you think I'll find reality any time soon?
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Public health joke, as told by Shama:

So this Bangladeshi woman married this man whom she had known for quite some time. However, being that they were good, pious people, they hadn't been exposed to each other's bodies at all until their wedding night.

On their wedding night, the man began to undress. The woman noticed a horrible looking mark on his elbow and asked what it was.

"Oh, that! That's left over from my elbolio. I've had it since I was a child."
"Don't you mean 'polio,'" the woman responded?
"No, no... elbolio!" the husband replied.

He continued undressing and the woman noticed an ugly rash on his legs.

"Oh my! Your legs! What's wrong?" the woman exclaimed!
"Oh, my wife. No worries. That is from my kneesles. It is not contagious anymore."
The woman responded, "Wait, do you mean 'measles?'"
Her husband replied, "No... I'm sure it's kneesles!"

So, the man kept undressing.
As he removed his underwear the woman's eyes grew large.

"... Don't tell me," she said. "Small cocks?"

Ha. Ha. Ha.

I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black

PUMA Women's v-Konstrukt II Gci FG - White/Black Firm Ground Soccer Shoes

New cleats. Backordered.
I love my Diadora's but they're wearing out really fast. So, I'm trying some Pumas as I work my way through the list of cleat-makers in the quest to find the perfect cleat. So far, nothing beats my old Adidas that I had about 5 years ago -- so comfortable and long lasting... But Adidas these days just doesn't fit right.

All Things Left Before Graduation

4/16 - Vaccines Exam
4/16 - A2 Ultimate
4/16 - Rock Band Night @ Windemere
4/17 - Art and Wine with Lisa
4/19 - Hybrid Workout
4/19 - A2 Ultimate
4/20 - Virus HW 5
4/20 - Dinner at Melissa's
4/23 - Nichole's Defense
4/23 - A2 Ultimate
4/21 - MDR-TB Group Presentation
4/24 - MDR-TB Group Paper
4/24 - SPH Friends at Dominick's
4/25 - Compagnie Marie Chouinard @ Power Center
4/26 - Hybrid Workout?
4/26 - A2 Ultimate
4/28 - Virus Exam
4/28 - PARENTS ARRIVE!
4/29 - Genetics Take-Home Exam Due
4/29 - Indoor Ultimate?
4/30 - GRADUATION

It's the final countdown

Assignments and Due Dates Until I Graduate:

4/16 - Vaccines Exam
4/20 - Virus HW 5
4/21 - MDR-TB Group Presentation
4/24 - MDR-TB Group Paper
4/28 - Virus Exam
4/29 - Genetics Take-Home Exam Due
4/30 - GRADUATION

Public Health Joke, as told by Allison:

Q: What do you call a rabbit with gonorrhea?



A: Peter Rotten Tail




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You may not realize this, but I'm one of the least patient people ever. Maybe lab is teaching me some patience... Lord knows, you have to wait a long time for some of this stuff to turn out correctly!

Also, just to throw a random fact out there: they stock the presidential Cadillac with bags of the president's blood type. Obama is AB.

Everyday is a winding road, I get a little bit closer...

This post is dedicated to my friend and 6th floor lab buddy Jared.

I haven't updated in ages. It's true. I'm a bad, bad blogger.

I've been incredibly busy with school, mostly. I just recently finished my capstone presentation on my summer research on DNA methylation and lead levels. I also just got published. Yes, I'm just one of a long list of coauthors, but it's still pretty neat. You can read it here if you're interested: Influence of Prenatal Lead Exposure on Genomic Methylation of Cord Blood DNA

I'm working my way through my last semester of my MPH. Allison told me our countdown is something like 38 days. I don't know if that's just weekdays, or if that counts weekends. Nonetheless, I graduate on April 30. Mostly, I'm really looking forward to seeing my parents for a few days. I'm sorta hoping to get home for Easter, but I'm not sure if that'll happen.

On a positive note, it's springtime in Ann Arbor! This means warmer weather, no snow, and the opening of Dominick's. I made sure to have some sangria last week in celebration of a) springtime, and b) being done with my capstone presentation at Dominick's last Thursday and hope to visit it many more times before the ending of school. It's sometimes tough to keep academically on track right now as most people have just checked out.

Last week, Diana and I did some homework together at Espresso Royale on State. We left as ER was closing around 11:30 and just happened to walk by Ashley's on the way out. I joked that we should stop for a beer, and Diana proceeded to pull me through the doorway. I enjoyed my Stella Artois, while she despised her Michigan micro beer tour. Apparently Michigan beers aren't always the way to go, as one tasted like cough syrup. No joke. It was nast.

Just to prove my flighty nature, I will now discuss things that will happen in May and beyond. Juggles just forwarded me a note from Deb about going to a tournament in Destin, FL in the middle of May, so I might go down to play Surf 'n' Turf if I can afford the plane ticket. After that, I'm hoping to make it to Gender Blender in Toronto, assuming an Ann Arbor team gets formed, and I was asked to play Poultry Days in Ohio with a friend's team later in June. And I'm heading to Seattle in July to play Potlatch with my friend Adro's Minnesota team.

Other planned trips include going to visit my cousin Lisa in DC at the beginning of June, and hopefully a trip home at some point in time sooner than later. I have been a little homesick lately. I realized that Winter Break didn't leave me with the feeling of home, since I had to share my experiences by spending most of my time with Juggles and Dean. Not like I don't love them both dearly, but I wanted some alone time with my parents and friends, I think. I'm such an only child! Basically, what I'm saying is that I need to get home for some chill time!

Tonight is SPH prom. If I would have planned earlier, I would have gone to the Salvation Army to purchase some '80s formal with big poofy sleeves and hit up the dance like that. Instead, I'm wearing some slinky black dress that I've only worn on a few occasions. I'm going this year, which is one step better than last year. And I'm looking forward to it, because it means spending time with Kristin, Emily, Catherine, Kraigor, Sach-meister, and Krish, as well as others. Mostly, it's unlimited booze until midnight, with snacks to top it off. So, it's probably worth the $35 ticket.

Anywho, this will conclude this edition of blogging. It was boring, I know. I'm sorry to make you suffer through it without adding any funny antics or adventures. There will be a next time, though, and I promise it will be less spaced out than last!

Things overheard while studying at Duderstadt Center late on a Tuesday night:

I thought "lemma" was a name of, like, some dude who figured this out.

Also amusing: leaving Duderstadt tonight, I saw an undergrad wearing shorts. At 1 a.m. It's above freezing, sure, but barely. Put on some pants!

Ah, undergraduates.....

People of the world today, are we looking for a better way of life

One thing I find at least slightly amusing is the fact that Ann Arbor's population is 114,024, yet there are 120,895 people registered in the Ann Arbor, MI network on Facebook. College town!