Monday, January 24, 2005

I'm sexy

I received my student evaluations from last semester today.

Very interesting:
Out of 5, my engineers ranked me on average a 3.6. and my majors ranked me 4.6.

Now, this is a complete opposite of what I thought my ratings would be. I thought the majors would rank me lower than the engineers because I graded them harder. Oh well. I did not know they liked me that much.

Only 4 students made extra commets:
My favorite: Candaceis muy caliente. Translation: I am very hot!!!!
Haha, it's nice to know that I still have it...now I am trying to decipher the hand writing. It is sloppy, and a guys, so I'm not hot to a girl, at least.
Some guy wrote that he needed a calculator, but spelled it calclulator. Dumbass.
One guy actually signed his statement, so I know who it is from. Nice person, who is smart.
And the last one said I was a helpful TA.

It's good to know I did okay, except some students thought I did not grade fairly.
:)

Sunday, January 09, 2005

Bold what applies

bold what applies...
1-I'm a girl
2-I'm a boy
3-I like rain
4-I am a good dancer: BALLET
5-I wear tank tops

6-I like thongs
7-I watch cartoons
8-I've watched Nick Jr. well into my teens: Hell, even now!

9-I spend too much time online
10-I have a collection of something: Several things
11-I have too many clothes
12-I can't control myself
13-I have been in love
14-I prefer construction paper over regular printer paper
15-I have a coloring book
16-I've been in a different country other than my own: Mexico, England, France, Italy, and Switzerland

17-I pretend to know things I don't
18-I am often sick
19-I complain too much
20-My life isn't as bad as I like to say it is
21-Someone likes me
22-I wish I weren't so stupid
23-I think I need to talk to someone about my problems
24-I don't treat my friends as well as I should
25-I have skipped school before
26-I can stand on my toes
27-I can do the full macarena

28-Tongue-twisters are easy to say
29-I listen to 80s music
30-I have too many secrets to count
31-I try to be as honest with people as much as possible
32-I'd be better off without my parent(s)
33-I have more than one life-changing regret
34-I want to live to be over 100: that would be a miracle with me breathing in all of those chemicals each day
35-I like to party hard
36-I listen to heavy metal
37-I sometimes stereotype people even though I say I hate labels
38-I'm artsy and 100% original
39-My nose is stuffy right now
40-I wish the weather would be warmer
41-I've frollicked on a beach
42-I once updated my journal more than 5 times in a day
43-I have more than one messaging program
44-I think South Park is the best show ever
45-I love Johnny Depp
46-If I see a penny, I always pick it up
47-I watch Disney movies regularly
48-Peter Pan has the right idea
49-I have a special cup that nobody can use but me
50-I'm territorial
51-Even if I believe in non violence, I will fight for what I believe in
52-I have a new computer: MAC, MAC, ACK!
53-My boy/girlfriend doesn't treat me as well as they should
54-I try to be a good person to everyone
55-I am rude
56-I snore and/or sleep talk
57-I over-eat when I am too stressed out
58-I take a lot of pics of myself then delete them because I think I'm ugly
59-I have a bad self-image
60-I think I'm fat
61-I'm waiting for someone to get online right now
62-I want to paint my room a different color
63-I have an interest in designing things: Yeah New Molecules
64-I'm a follower, not a leader
65-I watch Comedy Central like there's no tomorrow
66-I am in love right now
67-I underestimate what my parents probably know about me
68-I take people for granted
69-I listen to music all the time
70-I'm a huge nerd

71-I know the real definition to the word 'dork'
72-I'm not as charitable as I could & should be
73-I change or update my profile(s) regularly
74-I am a member to 5+ web-sites
75-I like to play neopets daily
76-I know someone that needs help, but I don't try to help them
77-I've dipped my head under water to hold my breath to see what 'drowning' feels like
78-I have a step-family
79-I've thought about dying before
80-I didn't have many friends when I was growing up
81-I comment on my friends journals
82-I watch the news
83-I'm into politics
84-I do my homework regularly
85-I have a cell-phone
86-I'm not shy
87-I have three blankets on my bed that are all different colors

88-I think my house/appartment smells weird
89-I am two-faced around certain people
90-I bite my nails
91-I watch Lord of the Rings at least once a week
92-I think some of my friends are total nerds: Hello, I am in Chemistry and I think I'm a nerd too!
93-I've attended a Cosplay
94-I have a penpal
95-I think stickers are the coolest
96-I like to correspond with people through actual letters & packages
97-I think hugs are the greatest show of affection
98-I sometimes don't wash my hands after I use the potty
99-I have tried my hand at acting
100-I made a positive difference in someone else's life
101-I'm generous (when i want to be)
102-My heart has been broken
103-I have been in a long term relationship

104-My friends barely know how I feel
105-I have a car
106-I've run up a phone bill
107-I watch the Surreal Life
108-I have an optimouse
109-My internet is too slow for my needs
110-I love to eat chocolate
111-My biggest fear is being alone
112-I have a best friend who knows me 100%
113-I like the band Coldplay
114-I have/used to have braces

115-I find everyone attractive in their own way
116-I have been in a long distance relationship
117-I look for the good in people
118-I'm usually fun to be around

119-I cry at least once a week
120-I have stuffed animals
121-I don't have cable
122-I have a pessimistic outlook on life
123-I clean my ears
124-I like to work out
125-I don't like to complain

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

LONG TIME COMING....

I probably should update. I honestly do not realize how long it has been. I have been extremely busy for the past 2 months. For a while, I had a test every other week. Finals are over, and they were extremely hard and long and complicated. I got an A in one of my classes, but have not received the grade in the other class.

I get to go home for a week and two days. My boss gave my this week off because I decided to switch my research project. The guy who is in charge is out of town for 3 weeks and therefor I can not start this week. But my boss gave me a book to read on synthesis for my class next semester to prepare me for my hard synthesis class. This weekend is the BRBT Nutcracker, so I am leaving Friday so I can go see it on Saturday. Matthew is working and flying in on Thursday and driving back with me the day after Christmas. I'm glad he gets to go home.

He has a job interview tomorrow with the same bank because the manager liked him. So, cross your fingers and pray.

I finally graded all of my classes lab reports and notebooks: 63 reports and 26 lab notebooks in a weekend.

So, I am going to enjoy my relaxing holiday of two weeks, and then I get to begin research.

So, here's to a HAPPY RELAXING HOLIDAY!!!!

Saturday, November 06, 2004

Another Web update

My website will be updated once more to add a Molecule, but that will be it. It should be finished by Wednesday night!!
Click ME

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Cheers and Jeers

Cheers for me for updating this blog and my Website, that is due next Friday. So, this weekend it should be complete.
Updated/

Jeers to the lab coordinator for not giving out the report requirements to the TAs. I should have graded those reports over the weekend. Now I have 4 sets of lab reports to grade when we should only have 2.

Cheers for me making an A on my Mechanisms test and a B on my Physical Organic test.

Jeers to all the Americans who voted for Bush. What were you thinking? Another 4 years of this crap!!! I can't take it. And a Republican Senate and House that will probably take away money from NIH grants, WHICH IS HOW I GET PAID!! And make stem cell research illegal...I know they will try. BOO!!!

You can tell I am still mad about the elections.

Go ahead, and say what you want about my political views, but HEY...you should know me by now.

Sunday, October 24, 2004

These things are addicting

Stole this from Travis, and he does not know what happened to Numbers 1-14 either.
I am not answering some, so there will be numbers deleted.
The PAST Side:

15) Memory (People) you miss most: TAILGAITING AT LSU and all my buddies in BTR, my friends from elementary school
16) Memory you would like to forget: Too many from 2000-2002, part of the last semester at TCU
17) What did u do today: partially grade papers, CLEAN
18)Last person you talked to on the phone: Matt
19)Last thing you said: "I love you too"-to Matt on the phone.
20)Last song you listened to: Tin Cup Chalice--It's Jimmy

NOW the FAVES part

21)Food: Italian
22)TV show: Friends, Will and Grace, the Apprentice
23)CD: A1A-Jimmy Buffett

25)Toothpaste: Crest
26)Ice Cream: Chocalate or Peanut Butter
27)Candy: Snickers or Reeses
28)Channel: NBC and ESPN
29)Shampoo/Conditioner: Pantene
30)Songs: too many
31)Sport: BASEBALL-GO SOXS (too bad Cubbies)
33)Friends: Do I have to.

PEOPLE YOU KNOW Side:

34)Best Friend(s): Nicole
35)Funniest: Dan and Brian from school
36)Sweetest: George and Shagufta
37)Weirdest: All the Chemistry grad students for being chemistry grad students
38)Most annoying trait of a friend: stop talking just to hear yourself speak
39)Ummm....39? MMMMM..K, it's not a great number ( you can divide it by 3)

The ONE OR THE OTHER Side:

40)*N Sync OR BSB: definately NSYNC, even though I saw BSB in concert
41)Peanut butter OR Jelly: Peanut Butter
42)Coke OR Pepsi: Coke
43)Matt or Ben: Definately Matt, my Matt..not that Matt
44)MTV OR VH1: ummmmmm
45)Apples OR Oranges: Apples
46)Vanilla OR Chocolate: Chocolate
47)Flowers OR Candy: Flowers, I'll get fat on the candy
48)Dawson's Creek OR Felicity: Dawson's Creek
49)Romantic, Comedy OR Horror: Comedy
50)Book OR Magazine: Neither...do I have time to read...Although, I am reading Harry Potter for the umpteenth time.
51)TV OR Radio: Both

The BELIEVE OR NOT Side:
52)Do you believe in angels: Yes
53)Aliens: I'm a scientist, I need more evidence
54)Heaven & Hell: Both
56)Yourself: I better if I'm going to get my PhD

The HAVE YOU EVER Side > > >[Answer YES or NO]

57) Been on a plane: Plenty
58)Cried in public: Yes
59)Climbed a tree: Yes
60)Fell asleep in a Movie theatre: no
61)Met a celebrity: Don't think so
62)Met the president: He was at my graduation, which I refused to go to.
63)Gotten a cavity: nope
64)Shopped at Abercrombie & Fitch: Yep, I still have a $50 gift certificate to spend
65)Gone skinny-dipping: no
66)Skipped school: Of course
67)Gone to a theme park and checked out all the cute girls or Guys: no

Do you like ........

68)Bill Clinton: Not his personal life...didn't mind him as president
69)Lollipops: not really
70)Dreams: i guess...I have no choice
71)Love : yes
72)Whipped Cream: yes
73)South Park: funny
74)Boy Bands: No
75)Guys: only one romantically
76)Girls: as friends
77)Death: don't know yet

The WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE Side:

78)Dog/Cat: cat, i don't have to wait to go to the bathroom
79)Blue/Purple: Purple..hello LSU
80)Chocolate/Vanilla: what the hell?


The QUESTIONS THAT DON'T MATTER, BUT I'M STILL ASKING Side:
81)Do you sleep with a stuff animal: not anymore..I have Matt
82)Last time you showered: this morning
83)If you were a crayon, what color would you be: not BURNT ORANGE
84)If you could be a tree, what kind would you be? OAK, you last long
85)How many buddies do you have on your list: 78
86)One pillow or two, cotton or feather: barely one...it doesn't matter
87)Last CD you bought: don't buy them unless they are Jimmy
88) How long are you in the shower: 10 minutes
89) How do you eat a Reese's Peanut Buttercup: around the edgeand then the middle
90)What is your locker number: don't have one..my student shave 2 each though
91)Right, Left, or Ambidextrous: Right
92)What is on your mouse pad: Winnie the Pooh holding a jar of Huney
93)What is under your bed: nothing

Stole this from Nicole

Act your age: 21..for another month
Boy/Girlfriend: YES, MATT
Chore you hate: cleaning the cat's litter box
Dad's name: William
Essential morning facial item: contacts and toothpaste
Favorite actress: who cares?
Gold or silver: silver
Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA
Instrument(s) you play: I was a ballet dancer, jeesh
Job title: Graduate Assistant (same as Nicole), Teacher's Assistant, slave to my boss
Kids: nope, not until my PhD
Living arrangements: 2 bed-2 bath in Austin, with Matt, and with two cats...and they have their own bedroom too.
Mom's name: Debby
Number of places you've lived: Baton Rouge, Fotr Worth and Austin
Overnight hospital stays: When I was born
Phobia: some heights and public speaking..ha and I'm a grad student and have to give a lot of presentations (you'd think theatre would have helped this)
Quote you like:
Religious affiliation: Catholic
Sibling(s): Stephen, older brother
Time you wake up: 8 or 9 am. Grad student go in late and stay late at school...unless I'm pulling my normal 12 hour day. It's the same on Saturday because I have class.
Unique habit: you tell me?
Vegetable you refuse to eat: They mostly have to be raw, except corn, potatoes. Cauliflower, squash, brussel sprouts. Anything steamed or cooked.
Worst habit: I can be demanding and then lazy in the same hour.
X-rays you've had: foot, foot, foot, hell I was a ballet dancer, foot, foot.
Yummy food you make: Don't cook much, but I make one hell of a cheesecake and cookies from scratch.
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius.

Lost everything....

I had a huge entry about how my week will be and it got deleted, so here is a mini-version of it because I am not typing that all over again.
Monday: Lab.
Tuesday: no class but I have other things to do.
Wednesday: Presentation on Diels Alder Reactions and NMR training for 3 hours. Remember dienes and dienophiles. Everyhting you learned in sophmore organic should not have been taught that way and is only half-truth.
Thursday: I have reports to grade for my lab this day. I started reading them today and they sucked. So, I stopped reading them and I am going to figure out all their problems.
Friday: doctor's appointment.
Saturday: 9 am 2 hour test.

Matt went home this weekend; he comes back tomorrow and I will be so glad to see him. I miss him!! It's weird being in this apartment all by myself.

Sunday, October 17, 2004

And they keep coming...

Mom left today. Only stayed a day but that was good. I still have 11 papers to grade for my Thursday class. I receive 16 more tomorrow and 11 more on Thursday. They just keep coming. My test on Friday was not bad, but was rushed. 8 problems in 50 minutes, where each problem took our class an average of 7 minutes. So, that gave us time for only 7 of the 8 problems. I had 5 minutes left on the test with the last problem to complete. We have new prof on Monday. We hear he is funny but does not teach very well, so we will end up having to teach ourselves. We still have other prof for our other class. He is generally concerned about our grades and asked everyone's opinion about the test. Really nice guy. Rides go-carts and has a Porche. Not bad, but he is the editior of JACS. He edited my paper and accepted it. Pretty cool. I am sitting in his lab until I can move to my own lab group in December.
Presentation tomorrow too.
Back to grading.