January 2012
17 posts
resolves
~3 months into this new life in Boston and I am still constantly reveling in the fact that I am no longer a student. 2012 will certainly be uncharted waters in that respect. I haven’t been diligent in keeping up with writing lately, so definitely have some catching up on thoughts to do.
Going home for the holidays invariably reverts me back to teenager tendencies of lazing around the house...
opportunity costs
Similar to my watch-buying fiasco of last summer, I am now experiencing crushing indecision in the buying a pair of high quality leather boots. Have narrowed the choices to the two below:
source: What I Wore
source: Frye
The main problem with any investment, aside from the value of the investment itself (whether it is a pair of expensive boots, artwork, college education, etc), is of course...
2012…the year I apply to medical school?
now compiling my list of books to read...
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
A Visit From the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
'11
new years in Wisconsin suburbia. froze in a tent, watched Duke beat UNC! attempted golf, took an improv class, spring break in hong kong w/ minor foray into macau, graduated from college, saw loads of awesome surgeries, took the mcat, traveled the west coast and discovered a bit of san fran’s charm, signed first lease, moved to Boston, started first job, made new friends.
its been a good...
December 2011
27 posts
2 tags
Traveling home tomorrow for an abridged Christmas “break.” The concept of vacation days is so strange. What do you mean I don’t just get extended periods of time off a few times a year…?
“Remember what makes one human,
animal, is not the high road
but the baseness...”
– Dante Micheaux, from “Enemies” (via quotesforintellectuals)
November 2011
12 posts
Still on the beach. But probably for not too much longer as there are a ton of things staffing. This is both a good and bad thing as I love the free time, but am bored out of my mind.
Since being unstaffed have done a lot of:
- staring into space
- watching hulu
- shop (for clothing and home decorative objects, oh how I feel a domestic)
- have 4 hour conversations about feminism and gender...
