Thank you for your patience in remaining on the SHURP wait list. We will be mailing on Tuesday the letter below accepting you into the Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program in the Division of Medical Sciences at Harvard Medical School. I do hope very much that you will be able to join us this summer. Please do call or email if you'd like to talk more about the Program, or would like to talk with a recent participant.
# Slept in your bed: Me. # Saw you cry: Never quite sure. # You shared a drink with: Jessi gave me a sip of her cosmopolitan. # You went to the movies with: My mother. # You went to the mall with: My mother. What? # Yelled at you: Cherie. # Sent you an email: Cherie.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO
# California: Yes # Hawaii: No # Mexico: No # China: No # Canada: No
HAVE YOU EVER
# Danced naked: Yup. # Dreamed something really crazy and then it happened the next day: Nothing so crazy. # Wish you were the opposite sex: Once twice a week, plus every time... well, nevermind. # Had an imaginary friend: All of my friends are imaginary. Hahaha! # Do you have a crush on someone: Of course! # What book are you reading now: Virology, if you must know.
WHATS YOUR
# Worst feeling in the world: Tingly, like a limb waking up or jumping from the cold pool into the hot tub. Or like losing a loved one. # Future son's name: I literally cannot imagine myself having one of those. # Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: Yeah, yeah, I have a stuffed bear. # What's under your bed: A pull-out mattress. # Favorite sport to watch: Soccer. # Siblings: Praise God in Heaven, I exist without a tormentor. # Location: Winter Springs. # College plans: Doctorate in biophysics. That or I'll drop out and make video games. # Do you drink: Socially, like a fish. Whatever that means. # What are you most scared of: Being alone. That and this. # What do you sleep in: A bed. # Where do you want to get married: No comment. It's not that I don't care, but I'm much more concerned with the people involved than the locale. # Who do you really hate: I don't know whether I've ever actually hated anybody. What an awful and useless emotion. # Do you have a job: Arguably one or two. # Do you like being around people: Only ones that can laugh. # Are you for world peace: What a loaded question. Sure, yeah. # Are you a health freak: Hahaha... # Have you ever loved [crush] someone you had no chance with: I'm with her. # Do you have a "type" of person you always go after: Female, cute and doesn't take herself (or me) too seriously. # Want someone you don't have right now: I wish I had a genie, I suppose. Or theme music. # Song thats stuck in your head a lot: Nothing in particular. # Do you want kids: Yeah, sure. # If you were stranded on a deserted island who would you like to be stuck with and why: Cherie, because with her there I could be perfectly content with being stranded.
On the other hand, she would go insane, so I think I'd rather have my genie or my theme music. ;) FAVORITE
# Type(s) of music: Anything I can dance or program to. # Band/Group(s): *sigh* # Color: Blue, I think. Good song. # Perfume or cologne: Pi by Givenchy, because I'm a huge dork. # Month: December. The cold and the vacation time are all I need. # Flower: Plastic. They last longer and don't require too much maintenance. This is a common theme for me.
IN THE LAST 48 HOURS, HAVE YOU # Cried: Hahahahahahaha. I measure that in months and years, thank you. # Bought something: Yes, mostly food. # Gotten sick: Nope. # Sang: Yeppers. # Met someone: Joe from Honeywell, my single serving friend from 2/22/05. # Missed someone: Cherie, my love, and a very long list of friends that I don't get to see half so often as I would like to. # Hugged someone: Mike. No, really. # Kissed someone: Cherie. Sorry Mike. # Had an orgasm: That's an awfully personal question, don't you think? Yep. # Became shy around someone: You don't know me very well if you think that happens. # Been to dinner: Yep. Thanks Phil.
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink (only 3 people in the pub at the time) 02. Swam with wild dolphins 03. Climbed a mountain 04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive 05. Been inside the Great Pyramid 06. Held a tarantula. 07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone (do showers count? if so, then it's a yes) 08. Said ‘I love you’ and meant it 09. Hugged a tree 10. Done a striptease 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise 15. Seen the Northern Lights 16. Gone to a huge sports game 17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables 19. Touched an iceberg 20. Slept under the stars 21. Changed a baby’s diaper 22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon 23. Watched a meteor shower 24. Gotten drunk on champagne 25. Given more than you can afford to charity 26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 28. Had a food fight 29. Bet on a winning horse 30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 31. Asked out a stranger (sorta) 32. Had a snowball fight 33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier 34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can 35. Held a lamb 36. Enacted a favorite fantasy 37. Taken a midnight skinny dip 38. Taken an ice cold bath 39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar 40. Seen a total eclipse (through a little box) 41. Ridden a roller coaster 42. Hit a home run 43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days 44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking 45. Adopted an accent for an entire day 46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment 48. Had two hard drives for your computer. 49. Visited all 50 states 50. Loved your job for all accounts 51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced 52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 53. Had amazing friends 54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 55. Watched wild whales 56. Stolen a sign 57. Backpacked in Europe 58. Taken a road-trip 59. Rock climbing 60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice 61. Midnight walk on the beach 62. Sky diving 63. Visited Ireland (I don't suppose Bennigan's counts...) 64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love 65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them 66. Visited Japan 67. Benchpressed your own weight 68. Milked a cow 69. Alphabetized your records 70. Pretended to be a superhero 71. Sung karaoke 72. Lounged around in bed all day (I felt like I was dying at th 73. Posed nude in front of strangers 74. Scuba diving 75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye 76. Kissed in the rain 77. Played in the mud 78. Played in the rain 79. Gone to a drive-in theater 80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it (Oh God yes) 81. Visited the Great Wall of China 82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog 83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better 84. Started a business 85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken 86. Toured ancient sites 87. Taken a martial arts class 88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman 89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight 90. Gotten married 91. Been in a movie (it was good enough for me!) 92. Crashed a party 93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have 94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy 95. Gotten divorced 96. Had sex at the office 97. Gone without food for 5 days 98. Made cookies from scratch 99. Won first prize in a costume contest 100. Ridden a gondola in Venice 101. Gotten a tattoo 102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on 103. Rafted the Snake River 104. Been on television news programs as an “expert” 105. Got flowers for no reason 106. Masturbated in a public place 107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything 108. Experimented with some form of illegal drug 109. Performed on stage 110. Been to Las Vegas 111. Recorded music 112. Eaten shark 113. Had a one-night stand 114. Gone to Thailand 115. Seen Siouxsie live 116. Bought a house 117. Been in a combat zone 118. Buried one/both of your parents 119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off 120. Been on a cruise ship 121. Spoken more than one language fluently 122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone 123. Bounced a check 124. Performed in Rocky Horror 125. Read - and understood - your credit report 126. Raised children 127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy 128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour 129. Created and named your own constellation of stars 130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did 132. Called or written your Congress person 133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over 134. …more than once? — More than thrice? 135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking 137. Had an abortion or your female partner did 138. Had plastic surgery (I have facial reconstructive surgery every three years) 139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived 140. Wrote articles for a large publication 141. Lost over 100 pounds 142. Held someone while they were having a flashback 143. Piloted an airplane 144. Petted a stingray 145. Broken someone’s heart 146. Helped an animal give birth 147. Been fired or laid off from a job 148. Won money on a T.V. game show 149. Broken a bone 150. Killed a human being 151. Gone on an African photo safari 152. Ridden a motorcycle 153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph 154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced 155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol 156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild 157. Ridden a horse 158. Had major surgery 159. Had sex on a moving train 160. Had a snake as a pet 161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon 162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing 163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (only when sick) 164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states 165. Visited all 7 continents 166. Taken a rafting trip that lasted more than 2 days 167. Eaten kangaroo meat 168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground 169. Been a sperm or egg donor 170. Eaten sushi 171. Had your picture in the newspaper 172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime 173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about (HAHAHAHAHA) 174. Gotten someone fired for their actions 175. Gone back to school 176. Parasailed 177. Changed your name 178. Petted a cockroach 179. Eaten fried green tomatoes 180. Read The Iliad 181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read 182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them. 183. ..and .gotten 86’ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you 184. Taught yourself an art from scratch 185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt 187. Skipped all your school reunions. 188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language 189. Been elected to public office 190. Written your own computer language 191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream 192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care 193. Built your own PC from parts 194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you 195. Had a booth at a street fair 196: Dyed your hair 197: Been a DJ 198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal 199: Written your own role playing game 200: Been arrested
Okay, well, life is still good. I'm really busy, but it's sorta cool being the lead designer of a project, especially when it's nearly done. If it wasn't a military matter I'd post my little program for all to see, but alas things are such.
I still love Cherie lots and lots.
I miss Brad lots and lots.
I miss a lot of people lots and lots. Going to Countermark shows ain't easy.
Sadly I have to go do lots and lots of work, so this will be yet another post of scant proportions. Take care, everyone.
One week from my 21st birthday. Cool, eh? I'm not impressed.
Ben Folds is really cool. He makes me wish I could play piano.
I have a double major now: Microbiology and molecular biology. This amounts to a full course load and two part-time jobs, so you'll probably never see me again.
I'm sorry that I've been a bad friend to everyone lately. I just can't seem to find enough time to be what everyone wants me to be.
I've been to Boston thrice this summer, although one time was only overnight between connecting flights. I was really glad I got to see Cherie, and TJ and Jackie, and the rest of my family. I don't want to live lacking any of you.
The Guster (and Ben Folds/Rufus Wainwright) concert was really good.
I don't know how to write anymore, if you hadn't noticed and felt I ever could to begin with. Eh.
Three years down and two to go, although last summer was the last time I'll have a vacation or anything like it. I wish I had some pictures of painting my stupid house with TJ, or playing volleyball or pinochle with Denny. It's been forever since I've really seen Drew, and Brad is shipping off to Rochester soon. I've seen Greg and Jacob maybe three times in the last six months if you put the two together, and Mike a few more by pure chance. I've seen Jeff maybe once in the last year. Did this have to happen, or is it me?
I might... just might be with Cherie for the rest of my life, or at least as long as she'll have me. Her boss made her cry today; it breaks my heart to hear her sad and be unable to help. I realized today that the more you love someone the less the rest of the world makes sense. You experience that person in a way that others don't have time for, and it frustrates you to no end when they don't see what you do. You think of others in terms of who they love, but to understand that person well enough to know why is to love them as well... eventually the whole thing stops making sense, and you either stop caring that it doesn't make sense and live with it(me) or rail at the heavens until you lose it and give up (others in absence).
Anywho, I'm down to having next semester to plan, my job at IST, my directed research at the biomolecular science annex, and my computer vision REU. I need a clone. Or a wife. After all, who wouldn't want a wife?
I love you, Cherie, and can't wait to see you again. I hope this whole life thing works out well. Peace out, everyone.
