Hi Girls!
Is anyone going to APHA? If so, I really want to meet up! :)
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Mental Institution
Hi girls!
ah...how can I describe my experience....the place looks like a mental institution. NO JOKE. All the walls are white. There's long, long hallways with white walls and tan doors. And the whole building is like this. And I almost feel like I'm in one too...When people say our government is a real bureaucracy, it's true. We spent almost a day trying to find out if our award letters should address the applicants as MD s or M.D. s. Yes, it took half a day to pass through all the authorities whether or not to have dots. DOTS?!?!? It's crazy.
ah...how can I describe my experience....the place looks like a mental institution. NO JOKE. All the walls are white. There's long, long hallways with white walls and tan doors. And the whole building is like this. And I almost feel like I'm in one too...When people say our government is a real bureaucracy, it's true. We spent almost a day trying to find out if our award letters should address the applicants as MD s or M.D. s. Yes, it took half a day to pass through all the authorities whether or not to have dots. DOTS?!?!? It's crazy.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island (oh, how I miss Mike Meyers-SNL characters. If reference is not clear, just smile & nod & take this intro as a foray to "discussion topics")
Random things of interest in the news:
--> NY Times today, "Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy?":
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/magazine/16epidemiology-t.html?ex=1347595200&en=ce44128eb0042a76&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalinkn=ce44128eb0042a76&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
AKA What epidemiology does & does not tell us. Though I want to write a comment about social determinants of health!
--> Public Health Certification
http://www.nbphe.org/
My favorite part, The registration fee is based on when you register for the exam: $300 August 15 – October 15, 2007 $350 October 16 – December 31, 2007 $400 January 1 – April 30, 2008. Meaning we should get on it NOW to save $50.
Ok, so nothing in the news about this, I'm just really curious how it's going to impact us as professionals. I tried searching for negative press about it (key words including 'controvery,' 'debate' 'concerns' but nada. Anyone else heard stuff?)
--> Public policy, Russia style
"Skip work, make babies, governor says"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070912/od_nm/russia_sex_odd_dc;_ylt=Ak0UbFVmQrfRhdswN1xe.IkSH9EA
--> Public health, China style (water sanitation)
Chicken chokes after testing the water
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070910/od_nm/china_safety_chicken_odd_dc;_ylt=AgSFeHgR526f9XWpXYiduAcSH9EA
And last two links not to mean anything negative or mocking about other countries. Just random things that made me chuckle but then think about more serious things. Which is all I can ask for in life.
Random things of interest in the news:
--> NY Times today, "Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy?":
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/magazine/16epidemiology-t.html?ex=1347595200&en=ce44128eb0042a76&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalinkn=ce44128eb0042a76&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
AKA What epidemiology does & does not tell us. Though I want to write a comment about social determinants of health!
--> Public Health Certification
http://www.nbphe.org/
My favorite part, The registration fee is based on when you register for the exam: $300 August 15 – October 15, 2007 $350 October 16 – December 31, 2007 $400 January 1 – April 30, 2008. Meaning we should get on it NOW to save $50.
Ok, so nothing in the news about this, I'm just really curious how it's going to impact us as professionals. I tried searching for negative press about it (key words including 'controvery,' 'debate' 'concerns' but nada. Anyone else heard stuff?)
--> Public policy, Russia style
"Skip work, make babies, governor says"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070912/od_nm/russia_sex_odd_dc;_ylt=Ak0UbFVmQrfRhdswN1xe.IkSH9EA
--> Public health, China style (water sanitation)
Chicken chokes after testing the water
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070910/od_nm/china_safety_chicken_odd_dc;_ylt=AgSFeHgR526f9XWpXYiduAcSH9EA
And last two links not to mean anything negative or mocking about other countries. Just random things that made me chuckle but then think about more serious things. Which is all I can ask for in life.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
My update from the foggy city...
Somehow I find that time simply slips away from me and before I know it I'm woefully behind on catching up with people, paying my bills, answering e-mails, and of course my looming thesis. Part of the problem is that I've only been in Seattle for only around six weeks total since spring quarter ended, and the rest of the time I've been essentially a nomad.
Right now, I'm in San Francisco and plan to be here in the Bay Area for the next six weeks. It's the start of playoffs for my club team's ultimate season, so I'm down here to be around for practices and the Sectional and Regional tournaments. Last year I came down here for around a month before school started, doing a similar thing, but this year I was much more loathe to leave Seattle. First and foremost because Will and I just moved into a new apartment last week. I'm totally in love with it and am bummed that I don't get to really live in it until the end of October! Once I get back into town, I will definitely have to have you all over to check it out. We're living in a one bedroom apartment in a cool old building at Phinney and 50th, right across from the zoo. I really like the location, although I tried to go for a run and realized that being on top of a hill means it's impossible to find a flat route to run. I ended up doing hill sprints instead, which are not exactly my idea of a leisurely jog.
My plan is to really work on my thesis full-time while I'm down here. I'm banking on the fact that all the friends I'm crashing at have jobs that will leave me all alone and bored during the day, creating the perfect environment to focus on my thesis. That's the theory anyway... I also got hooked up with a job coaching 5th grade volleyball at a local private school while I'm down here. It's pretty much the perfect job for me right now since my co-coach is one of my best friends from my ultimate team, we only have practice twice a week, and I'll make enough to cover rent and living expenses for the months I'm down here. I'm a little nervous about how coaching 10 and 11 year old girls will go. They are sooooo small I have no idea if they'll ever be able to serve the ball over the net. My co-coach assures me that what they lack in size and athletic talent, they make up for in adoreableness.
I hope to hear what the rest of you are up to as well. And I'm sure to be back on the blog asking for thesis support once I realize how far behind I really am!
Right now, I'm in San Francisco and plan to be here in the Bay Area for the next six weeks. It's the start of playoffs for my club team's ultimate season, so I'm down here to be around for practices and the Sectional and Regional tournaments. Last year I came down here for around a month before school started, doing a similar thing, but this year I was much more loathe to leave Seattle. First and foremost because Will and I just moved into a new apartment last week. I'm totally in love with it and am bummed that I don't get to really live in it until the end of October! Once I get back into town, I will definitely have to have you all over to check it out. We're living in a one bedroom apartment in a cool old building at Phinney and 50th, right across from the zoo. I really like the location, although I tried to go for a run and realized that being on top of a hill means it's impossible to find a flat route to run. I ended up doing hill sprints instead, which are not exactly my idea of a leisurely jog.
My plan is to really work on my thesis full-time while I'm down here. I'm banking on the fact that all the friends I'm crashing at have jobs that will leave me all alone and bored during the day, creating the perfect environment to focus on my thesis. That's the theory anyway... I also got hooked up with a job coaching 5th grade volleyball at a local private school while I'm down here. It's pretty much the perfect job for me right now since my co-coach is one of my best friends from my ultimate team, we only have practice twice a week, and I'll make enough to cover rent and living expenses for the months I'm down here. I'm a little nervous about how coaching 10 and 11 year old girls will go. They are sooooo small I have no idea if they'll ever be able to serve the ball over the net. My co-coach assures me that what they lack in size and athletic talent, they make up for in adoreableness.
I hope to hear what the rest of you are up to as well. And I'm sure to be back on the blog asking for thesis support once I realize how far behind I really am!
Friday, September 7, 2007
Where are you RIGHT NOW?
I do hope we all contribute to this blog - I know everyone is busy & it's the summertime wind-down, lots of travel, etc. And the "first post" I think becomes daunting - is it interesting enough, I'll wait until I have more time, so many other reasons to postpone. So how about a simple enough question: Where are you RIGHT NOW?
I am personally in my new abode, in Wallingford along the Burke Gilman. Beautiful view of Lake Union (near Gas Works) and downtown Seattle. I just had a friend in town from the East Coast and he literally fell in love with Seattle - I find that happens a lot (I did point out that the summer weather can be condusive to a false sense of infatuation, Seattle Freeze concept, traffic, etc. to be fair, but took pride in my secondary home for the moment). ANYWAY, that's where I'm at - about to go for a run to the IMA. Yay for still having that pass, and that most of the pesky undergrads are going during summer. =) Though I'm not supposed to be here at all - should be on my way to the Hoh Rainforest for a weekend of camping. I'm having funky asthma problems, though, so I'm going up tomorrow AM with the second round of cars in my group. Giving me time to soak up sun outside & post on this blog! I promise to be more interesting in the future. =)
But please, POST, even just a sentence or two.
I am personally in my new abode, in Wallingford along the Burke Gilman. Beautiful view of Lake Union (near Gas Works) and downtown Seattle. I just had a friend in town from the East Coast and he literally fell in love with Seattle - I find that happens a lot (I did point out that the summer weather can be condusive to a false sense of infatuation, Seattle Freeze concept, traffic, etc. to be fair, but took pride in my secondary home for the moment). ANYWAY, that's where I'm at - about to go for a run to the IMA. Yay for still having that pass, and that most of the pesky undergrads are going during summer. =) Though I'm not supposed to be here at all - should be on my way to the Hoh Rainforest for a weekend of camping. I'm having funky asthma problems, though, so I'm going up tomorrow AM with the second round of cars in my group. Giving me time to soak up sun outside & post on this blog! I promise to be more interesting in the future. =)
But please, POST, even just a sentence or two.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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