March 2012
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The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the...
– Paul Farmer (via j-yee)
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The only real nation is humanity.
– Paul Farmer (via japilagan2)
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So... about UIC's GMED program...
SALIVATING OVER HERE
Holy wow. I haven’t done volunteer work outside the country and am only just now getting more involved with my local community, but damn. I would LOVE to get into that program someday. I mean, holy crap - pursuing an MD while also focusing on international health disparaties AND still going to school in Chicago? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? LIFE DREAMS
Except for the whole...
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This whole applying to medical school thing is...
I met with the chief advisor/director of our school’s pre-med program today. He is adorable and very, very helpful.
Basically… I could apply to medical school next year. It would be intense, but I could do it. I’d have to take physics, the second half of general chemistry, cell biology, senior anthro seminar, a medical anthro course, studio, and some other music stuff in the...
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No one could blame American women here if they all suddenly decided to leave the...
– John Oliver on American contraception debates, The Bugle 183 (via equalitis)
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Physics and chemistry are SO COOL!
Seriously. I love discussing light and photons and whatnot. Someday I’m going to take more advanced physics classes and calculus classes and understand things better. Sooo cool. I like to go to class. Knowing more things makes me realize how much I don’t know, but also gives me new insights, however small, every day.
Hermione complex for life.
Sidenote, I hate the GOP candidates,...
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Wanna see a picture of me trapped under a tree?
– Dwight Schrute
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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
– ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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So I don't 'celebrate Lent.' I'm not religious.
HOWEVER!
I need to give up processed sugar. Like holy shit I do. Clearly I missed day one of this thing. But maybe I can try for the same period of time that people are celebrating Lent. Here are good reasons to do it:
- Sugar destroys your teeth.
- Sugar destroys your ability to metabolize things efficiently.
- Sugar is not usually processed very ethically.
- Sugar is so highly processed...
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Real life.
Me: Gee wiz, look at all of this reading I have to do. Better get started now!
My Brain: Hey, I have a better idea! How about instead of doing your homework, you get lost in the weird part of youtube again for hours!
Me:
My Brain:
Me:
My Brain:
Me: Looks like you win again. Oh god, where am I? What is that???