sountrak: oasis: wonderwall
being somewhat of a perfectionist, i really like it when my experiments work, work well and work the first time. that so didn't happen last week.
anyways, it's over. another week to start afresh. and correct. andhopefully successful.
i must be one of the worst people to own a cell phone. i barely keep it on me and i'm never around to answer it. i always end up finding messages from exasperated family and friends wondering where i am. driving home from al's graduation last, last weekend, i found one of said messages from, of all people, B. "i haven't talked to you in awhile," he said. there's a reason why, i scoffed in my mind. but trying to be a better person everyday, i called him back the next evening. i don't particularly know why, knowing where it will all lead to in the end (like it always does), but we're talking again. maybe i just like to wallow in misery.
why does it feel like too many people are dying this year? another one of our church members passed away last night; he had a massive stroke and hemorraging of the brain. most of his family is overseas; i don't know if they made it to dc in time. so, we're going to have another funeral. i think our church is weary, tired. even the children don't ask why anymore. i knew this person somewhat well; he would always joke around with me and give me huge bear hugs. i couldn't go to the last funeral because it was just too much. i should go to this one.
luckily enough, it looks like i'll be going to kenya this july. things haven't been worked out as in dates, but it's almost definte.
other things of note:
- interesting article (wash-po) about HIV vaccines. i think one of the things that really concerned me was the stories of the researchers. once well renown and now reduced to scouring for money, just for taking a risk that nobody else wanted to take. science is really like that; it's scary to me.
- despite all the going-ons... i was able to cook in the kitchen this
weekend: vegan pumpkin pie, mango bars, vegan brownies and vegan chocolate chip cookies (of course, not milk chocolate). 3 out of 4 ain't bad; i ended up burning the mango bars (but i like burnt anything, so i keeping it to eat it!). i should have used tofu instead of the other egg substitute. maybe i'll try again this week, also with some vegan pound cake. i'm pleased; now i have something to satisfy my sweet tooth.
- i'm a somewhat... active driver. this guy last week tried to cut me off, as i was driving to work. i wasn't having it at all. i mean, just because i'm a woman i can't drive? guys need to learn not to mess with me.
- another funky science article. i think if i ever had a child (and that is a big if) and it was screened and found to have the gene that would lead to alzhemier's disease, i would still have that child. because isn't life more about the journey than the end?
peace
being somewhat of a perfectionist, i really like it when my experiments work, work well and work the first time. that so didn't happen last week.
anyways, it's over. another week to start afresh. and correct. and
i must be one of the worst people to own a cell phone. i barely keep it on me and i'm never around to answer it. i always end up finding messages from exasperated family and friends wondering where i am. driving home from al's graduation last, last weekend, i found one of said messages from, of all people, B. "i haven't talked to you in awhile," he said. there's a reason why, i scoffed in my mind. but trying to be a better person everyday, i called him back the next evening. i don't particularly know why, knowing where it will all lead to in the end (like it always does), but we're talking again. maybe i just like to wallow in misery.
why does it feel like too many people are dying this year? another one of our church members passed away last night; he had a massive stroke and hemorraging of the brain. most of his family is overseas; i don't know if they made it to dc in time. so, we're going to have another funeral. i think our church is weary, tired. even the children don't ask why anymore. i knew this person somewhat well; he would always joke around with me and give me huge bear hugs. i couldn't go to the last funeral because it was just too much. i should go to this one.
luckily enough, it looks like i'll be going to kenya this july. things haven't been worked out as in dates, but it's almost definte.
other things of note:
- interesting article (wash-po) about HIV vaccines. i think one of the things that really concerned me was the stories of the researchers. once well renown and now reduced to scouring for money, just for taking a risk that nobody else wanted to take. science is really like that; it's scary to me.
- despite all the going-ons... i was able to cook in the kitchen this
weekend: vegan pumpkin pie, mango bars, vegan brownies and vegan chocolate chip cookies (of course, not milk chocolate). 3 out of 4 ain't bad; i ended up burning the mango bars (but i like burnt anything, so i keeping it to eat it!). i should have used tofu instead of the other egg substitute. maybe i'll try again this week, also with some vegan pound cake. i'm pleased; now i have something to satisfy my sweet tooth.
- i'm a somewhat... active driver. this guy last week tried to cut me off, as i was driving to work. i wasn't having it at all. i mean, just because i'm a woman i can't drive? guys need to learn not to mess with me.
- another funky science article. i think if i ever had a child (and that is a big if) and it was screened and found to have the gene that would lead to alzhemier's disease, i would still have that child. because isn't life more about the journey than the end?
peace
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