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QofQuimica said:
Yeah. You and I are the only ones here on a Saturday night. 😛
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Haha. :laugh:

I actually did go to a party but it wound down early. Which is fine. I am going to go to bed "early" (for me on vacation I usually go at 3-4 am) and then furiously get ready for the packers tomorrow.
 
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just getting in from my dinner. quite a bit of fun and we raised a lot of money to help buy medical equipment!

and i danced! and now my feet ache. stilletos... you are not my friend
 
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scentimint said:
oh what the mess has nelly furtado done to herself??? (watching SNL)
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two words. sell out. i liked her better before.

as for dvc... entertaining read, nothing to go crazy over. if there's a movie that bashes... well, pokes fun at catholics... then it's dogma. buddy christ! and then the like i've always remembered:

"I have issues with anyone who treats faith as a burden instead of a blessing. You people don't celebrate your faith; you mourn it."

which i must admist i'm guilty of. as i've gotten older the more detached i become. that could be due to a many number of reasons, but i think for the most part i just don't agree with certain church stances.. and that difference creates disdain... and now... well i'm pretty sure if i went to confession i'd be doing a zillion rosaries because of this :laugh:
 
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QofQuimica said:
Well, that's a different story. But unlike Evo's opinions, your own opinions are something that you actually have control over.
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No, no, no. I failed to clearly present what the blog was about. He was talking about health.
1. Do not drink.
2. Do not smoke.
3. And for the love of God, do not be FAT.

He had been discussing thoings that he had seen. It wasn't said in a shallow manner or anything. In fact, it was a very interesting retrospective of year 1.

ANything that gets me to thinks about my weight throws me into a tizzy. But, nothing has been done about it. I try, oh gosh I try.


Forget I said anything. Seriously. :laugh:
 
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I have to get ready for church and then a talent auction where hubby will be auctioned. HA! Adios and I'll see y'all later!!

😀
 
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Bio Yr 1 exams tomorrow I have all three modules to review. Mod1: cells, ultra structure of cells, cell membranes, the fluid mosaic model, microscopy,water, bilogical molecules, enzymes. Mod2: repro in humans, repro in flowering plants, mitosis, meiosis, PKU,sickle cell anemia,Trisomy 21, monosomy, haemophilia, nucleic acids, protein synthesis and all the associated aspects. Mod 3: genetics, chi square, mutations, cystic fibrosis, huntington's chorea, duchennes' muscular distrophy, variation, natural selection, speciation, classification, biodiversity, methods of conservation, eveolution, egs to illustrate evolution: darwin's finches, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, speciation in spiders, rainbow trout and brown trout, mosquitos in the london underground. natural selection with biston betularia. And all tha t i have to do today.
 
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supernova33418 said:
Bio Yr 1 exams tomorrow I have all three modules to review. Mod1: cells, ultra structure of cells, cell membranes, the fluid mosaic model, microscopy,water, bilogical molecules, enzymes. Mod2: repro in humans, repro in flowering plants, mitosis, meiosis, PKU,sickle cell anemia,Trisomy 21, monosomy, haemophilia, nucleic acids, protein synthesis and all the associated aspects. Mod 3: genetics, chi square, mutations, cystic fibrosis, huntington's chorea, duchennes' muscular distrophy, variation, natural selection, speciation, classification, biodiversity, methods of conservation, eveolution, egs to illustrate evolution: darwin's finches, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, speciation in spiders, rainbow trout and brown trout, mosquitos in the london underground. natural selection with biston betularia. And all tha t i have to do today.
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Psshht! Is that all? :laugh: J/K

Good luck!!
 
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TypeA said:
No, no, no. I failed to clearly present what the blog was about. He was talking about health.
1. Do not drink.
2. Do not smoke.
3. And for the love of God, do not be FAT.

He had been discussing thoings that he had seen. It wasn't said in a shallow manner or anything. In fact, it was a very interesting retrospective of year 1.

ANything that gets me to thinks about my weight throws me into a tizzy. But, nothing has been done about it. I try, oh gosh I try.


Forget I said anything. Seriously. :laugh:
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Heh, ok. I just went and read it. Now my advice would be not to ever be one of his cadavers. :meanie:

In all seriousness, if your myspace pic is recent, I don't think you have to worry about anything. You're very pretty. 🙂
 
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QofQuimica said:
Heh, ok. I just went and read it. Now my advice would be not to ever be one of his cadavers. :meanie:

In all seriousness, if your myspace pic is recent, I don't think you have to worry about anything. You're very pretty. 🙂
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That's sweet, thanks. The picture is recent, but actually at a heavier weight than I am now.
 
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My hubby sold for $310. :laugh:

We had that talent auction today at noon. It was all these things like this architect designing your kitchen, an original painting of the subject of your choice, desert once a month for a year by one of the ladies in the church, a weekend at this (amazing) lake house that is owned by a couple in our church...a bunch of stuff. Hubby's "talent" was an authentic hand-knotted persian rug (7'x10') and he would go to your house and vacuum for you once.

His sister end up buying it. We can't stand her anyway. He started cringing when she started bidding. Anyway, the money goes to the church.

We bought 2 afghans made by a lady in the church. They are so soft.

Fun times..now, I can't wait to get out of there!
 
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i agree with Q...PW, you are b-e-a-utiful! 😀

wow, your hubby went for a lot! that's awesome 😉

i'm working on my amcas essays today...they're coming along (slowly).
 
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beary said:
Now that we all have our pictures up, I think we are a quite nice looking bunch of girls (and A-man. :laugh: )
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Funny you say that - I changed my avatar to Skullspliter from the beer label of the same name. This guy is my husband's doppleganger. Seriously. It's spooky, but he's hot 😉
 
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megboo said:
I proofed Anastasis' for her - if you need help, just let me know 🙂
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thanks, that'd be awesome! it's going to take me a while to get a good working copy out, but i will definitely be in touch when i get there 🙂
 
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Thanks for the compliments, y'all. 😍 I certainly hope you didn't think I was fishing for them. My comments really had nothing to do with appearance. My concern with weight is based mainly in health.

I agree, we are a pretty sexy group... :meanie:

I could swear I have seen A-man somewhere before. Hum...
 
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i think we all have worries about the waist line at one point or another. you have nothing to worry about, you are so puuuuuuuuurty

normally i don't care, but my mom won't let up. she means well, but i guess she can be a little too blunt. for example, the other day she was like you know you won't do well on your interview if you're fat.

wtf!?!? i don't think she realizes it, but she is most likely the reason why my sister and i had eating disorders.
 
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mom's really can be abusive. Mine is very rough and my sister and myself. Its bad enough that I know that I've gained weight but even when I was skinny I was fat b/c I weighed 20lbs more than she did in high school. She also didn't play sports or lift weights. Meanwhile everyone else thought I had an eating disorder because I ate so much but still was a stick 😎 Now I WISH i could still do that.
 
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you can still do that... if all you ate were carrots and apples.

when i work, i'm a workaholic, never take the time to eat. i was like that senior year of college, working all the time on top of school and activities... my mom asked me if i was doing drugs 😡
 
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and even worse... is when you're not fat but your mom is and then she takes it out on you cause you're skinny
 
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mshheaddoc said:
mom's really can be abusive. Mine is very rough and my sister and myself. Its bad enough that I know that I've gained weight but even when I was skinny I was fat b/c I weighed 20lbs more than she did in high school. She also didn't play sports or lift weights. Meanwhile everyone else thought I had an eating disorder because I ate so much but still was a stick 😎 Now I WISH i could still do that.
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Heh, that's how I was too. I started lifting weights in college, and now my weight is normal. But I stopped this past month, and I've actually lost a few pounds. 😱 I'm going to have to start up again as soon as I move and get settled.

I think everyone's parents worry about them. They want your path in life to be smoother than theirs, but that's not always possible, and after a point, it's not even desirable. Mine were worried because my sister hit puberty at 12 (most girls do; that's average), and I was 15 and still hadn't started. I finally did start that year, and I asked my mom, "THIS is what all of the excitement was about??? WTF!!!" They also sent me to a shrink at one point b/c I would rather stay home and read than go out and do things with my friends. The shrink told them I was fine. It's just that my peers had different interests than I did, and I absolutely WOULD NOT even pretend to be interested in things like boys or celebrities or cheerleading. :laugh:

I have to pity my poor mom; I wasn't an easy child, and if I didn't want to do something, I just wouldn't do it. There was no reasoning with me once I had made up my mind. My mom actually tried to get me to do cheerleading once. I was probably about 7 or 8 years old. The lady who ran the cheerleading clinic called my mom and told her to come pick me up because I wasn't participating. When my mom got there, she asked me why I wasn't participating, and I told her I didn't want to do it because it was stupid. :laugh: When I was in HS, my English teacher didn't want to let me join the gifted program. She was worried that being around so many underachievers would make my grades go down. My mom told her that if anything, I'd have the rest of them making straight As. :meanie: As it turns out, several of my gifted classmates did flunk out or drop out, but I graduated as class valedictorian. 😛

How would you guys say you have changed the most since childhood? Do you think those changes are positive or negative overall? I think that the biggest change for me is that I have become more open-minded and patient with other people. I realize that they know things that I don't know, that there is a world outside of school, and that it's ok to do things that are stupid (in the sense of being silly) sometimes if they're fun. But there are limits; I still am not willing to be a cheerleader. 😉
 
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i realized long ago that i live in a constant state of oblivion. i suppose that can be bad, but it keeps me 😎
 
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lilithny said:
normally i don't care, but my mom won't let up. she means well, but i guess she can be a little too blunt. for example, the other day she was like you know you won't do well on your interview if you're fat.

wtf!?!? i don't think she realizes it, but she is most likely the reason why my sister and i had eating disorders.
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🙁 I'm very sorry lil. My folks used to be terrible on me when I was younger. They said the exact same stuff about interviews - that I won't do well or be successful because of people's first impression. (And now I'm a fat MD/PhD 😀 )

Mine have really let up considerably as I have gotten older. I guess they realize they're nothing they can do about it or something. But hang in there. 👍
 
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lilithny said:
when i work, i'm a workaholic, never take the time to eat. i was like that senior year of college, working all the time on top of school and activities... my mom asked me if i was doing drugs 😡
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OMG we have like the same parents. My folks always used to think I was doing drugs (and I have never once done drugs my entire life). When I was in high school I had typical teenage angst - my folks thought it was drugs. Admittedly I drank too much during my first semester of college, but I got it under control by second semester. And then I got sick (my heart but we didn't know it yet) and lost like 70 pounds in two months, was all pale and ragged looking, and my folks thought it was drugs. 😡
 
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QofQuimica said:
Heh, that's how I was too. I started lifting weights in college, and now my weight is normal. But I stopped this past month, and I've actually lost a few pounds. 😱 I'm going to have to start up again as soon as I move and get settled.

I think everyone's parents worry about them. They want your path in life to be smoother than theirs, but that's not always possible, and after a point, it's not even desirable. Mine were worried because my sister hit puberty at 12 (most girls do; that's average), and I was 15 and still hadn't started. I finally did start that year, and I asked my mom, "THIS is what all of the excitement was about??? WTF!!!" They also sent me to a shrink at one point b/c I would rather stay home and read than go out and do things with my friends. The shrink told them I was fine. It's just that my peers had different interests than I did, and I absolutely WOULD NOT even pretend to be interested in things like boys or celebrities or cheerleading. :laugh:

I have to pity my poor mom; I wasn't an easy child, and if I didn't want to do something, I just wouldn't do it. There was no reasoning with me once I had made up my mind. My mom actually tried to get me to do cheerleading once. I was probably about 7 or 8 years old. The lady who ran the cheerleading clinic called my mom and told her to come pick me up because I wasn't participating. When my mom got there, she asked me why I wasn't participating, and I told her I didn't want to do it because it was stupid. :laugh: When I was in HS, my English teacher didn't want to let me join the gifted program. She was worried that being around so many underachievers would make my grades go down. My mom told her that if anything, I'd have the rest of them making straight As. :meanie: As it turns out, several of my gifted classmates did flunk out or drop out, but I graduated as class valedictorian. 😛

How would you guys say you have changed the most since childhood? Do you think those changes are positive or negative overall? I think that the biggest change for me is that I have become more open-minded and patient with other people. I realize that they know things that I don't know, that there is a world outside of school, and that it's ok to do things that are stupid (in the sense of being silly) sometimes if they're fun. But there are limits; I still am not willing to be a cheerleader. 😉
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I hear ya on the skinny/losing weight thing. I guess I'm lucky in that I have a high metabolism and can eat just about anything without gaining weight. I am trying to think of ways to bulk up a bit, especially my arms, because they are freakishly skinny to the point that they probably gross people out. My old gym teacher acttually thought I was anorexic...I didn't catch on until later because she'd try to oh-so-delicately approach the subject, but I need people to be more blatently obvious. All she would need do is watch how much I can eat in one day and and she'd be more likely to conclude that I was an overeater. My older brother is the same though, and it sucks worse being a guy and being that skinny.

As for the second part of your post, I can't say I've changed a whole lot personality wise. If anything, I've become more confident as I've grown older, although it is something I'm still working on. I've also become less judgemental and more able to appreciate the shades of gray rather than looking at things as black and white. I can relate to what you said about being quite happy reading books but I did go out and play often. However, I wasn't a girly girl growing up. I was far more happy doing tomboyish things like climbing trees and playing hide and seek rather than playing with dolls. I liked playing sports too, but gave that up in high school 🙁 If my parents were concerned about my tendency to become engrossed in books or my lack of interest in boys, they never let on. I'm glad they didn't push me to do something I didn't want to. Me cheerleading would be a sad sorry sight...I had no sense of rhythm whatsoever (and still don't :laugh: ). I have no sisters, so there is no competitions or comparisions, which seems to happen lots between sisters. Mother daughter competitions are worse. It kills me to see mom trying to dress like she is 16 again to compete for attention with her daughter. Not a healthy situation at all.

Anyhow, those are my rambling thoughts on that topic. BTW, Any weight lifting advice would be greatly appreciated 😉 It's a little intimidating for a wee person to walk into a gym, especially amongst guys built like football players
 
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QofQuimica said:
I absolutely WOULD NOT even pretend to be interested in things like boys or celebrities or cheerleading. :laugh:
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I plastered my room with pictures of New Kids on the Block. :laugh:

I actually had a whole bunch of pictures of them that I carried around with me, and one of my friends "borrowed" (=stole) it, and this resulted in massive junior high drama.
 
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Crazy Canuck said:
Anyhow, those are my rambling thoughts on that topic. BTW, Any weight lifting advice would be greatly appreciated 😉 It's a little intimidating for a wee person to walk into a gym, especially amongst guys built like football players
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Hmm... I spent a few years training for powerlifting competitions (didn't make it so maybe not the best person to talk to 😳 ) but I can probably give you some tips. Getting started is the hardest part. Don't worry about all the big football guys - they are more concerned about what they are doing than what anybody else is doing. You could start with machines just to get the idea down and they are safer than free weights. Never lift the same muscle groups two days in a row. Depends on your schedule but you could do a whole body say twice a week, or arms one day and legs/abs another, or a popular split once you lift more is chest/tris, back/bis, and legs, with one day of rest a week. I would shift to free weights once you feel a little comfortable as that is much better for developing overall strength (but be sure to use a spotter for anything you're lifting above your head or neck). Compound movements like squats or deadlifting are great for developing overall real life strength. That's my lifting thoughts.

There are a lot of good websites and books out there too. Lifting is fabulous and I hope you enjoy it. I am going to get back into it one of these days. It made a tremendous difference in my life when I did it.
 
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Crazy Canuck said:
Anyhow, those are my rambling thoughts on that topic. BTW, Any weight lifting advice would be greatly appreciated 😉 It's a little intimidating for a wee person to walk into a gym, especially amongst guys built like football players
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If you're a girl, it's easy. You just walk up to the big guy, tap him on the shoulder, smile big, and ask him to let you work in. Seriously. They'll totally let you do it. They'll even change the weights for you in between sets, and tell you how great you're doing, that they've never seen a girl lift that much before. It's the best thing for your ego EVER. 😀

If you're a guy, I'd wait until they're finished, or go with some bigger friends. 😛
 
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beary said:
Ha - we are opposite druggies. I need heroin. :laugh:
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dude, morphine is just one synthetic step away from heroin. i presented on morphine synthesis as a senior chem major and i had added that step in my presentation to show how freaky that is. the prof who reviewed my presentation beforehand was like, "um... take that last step out of there, there will be grad students at your presentation and i dont trust them." :laugh:

so the moral of the story is, morphine would probably be a good substitute for you dr.beary. :laugh: 😉

as for lil - dont worry about it, your interviewers will 😍 you. just talk about granola. 😛

and type A - so you recognize me huh??? hmm.... that damn americas most wanted episode will haunt me forever. 😉
 
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beary said:
Hmm... I spent a few years training for powerlifting competitions (didn't make it so maybe not the best person to talk to 😳 ) but I can probably give you some tips. Getting started is the hardest part. Don't worry about all the big football guys - they are more concerned about what they are doing than what anybody else is doing. You could start with machines just to get the idea down and they are safer than free weights. Never lift the same muscle groups two days in a row. Depends on your schedule but you could do a whole body say twice a week, or arms one day and legs/abs another, or a popular split once you lift more is chest/tris, back/bis, and legs, with one day of rest a week. I would shift to free weights once you feel a little comfortable as that is much better for developing overall strength (but be sure to use a spotter for anything you're lifting above your head or neck). Compound movements like squats or deadlifting are great for developing overall real life strength. That's my lifting thoughts.

There are a lot of good websites and books out there too. Lifting is fabulous and I hope you enjoy it. I am going to get back into it one of these days. It made a tremendous difference in my life when I did it.
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OMG, I was training for powerlifting too! I never ended up competing, but I was really into it for a while when I was engaged to Bachelor #2. He was a powerlifter too, all natural--no suits, no straps even. I remember one time he deadlifted 695 pounds; I was there, and so was another friend of ours, and we filmed it. Un-freaking-believable that a human being can lift that kind of weight....
 
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