First post

I'm not sure who I'm writing this for, and no one will likely read this, but I decided to start this because I'm trying to avoid writing my Buddhism paper. I'm writing about the Buddhist practice of self-immolation. Turns out, Thich Nhat Hanh is the only major Buddhist monk to approve and support the practice. Contrary to popular belief, TNH doesn't see it as an act of suicide, rather, it's a kind of offering that is done for the sake of everyone. Enough about that.

Anyway, I'm currently accepted into about 7 different biochemistry programs, and I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out which one I should go to by April 15, the due date. I could go to Ann Arbor, UCSD, Madison, Georgetown, Washington, Boulder, or this weird thing called the Johns Hopkins - NIH Graduate Partnership Program that sounds a bit scary, actually.

My dad and I came up with this weighted scale for ranking each of the schools, and Madison came out on top, by a longshot, seems like. I like having a choice, and I'm supposed to sit on it and think for a while, and see where my subconscious takes it.

If you can't tell I'm a huge nerd already, here's a hint: I spent the first half of my spring break in Salt Lake City presenting a poster on using quaternions to track the motions of biological macromolecules in a computer simulation.

Man, I'm so easily distractable. I spent almost all my time this evening trying to write my paper but actually moderating posts on fmylife.com, which is a pretty cool site if you haven't checked it out yet. Now I'm writing a silly blog post to no one in particular. Maybe it's for posterity's sake. I remember when I sent a couple of emails to myself in the future through something they called the Time Machiner and being a little bit pissed off when the site crapped out. It'd be pretty cool to keep this up, maybe as some sort of memoir of myself.

Boy, I really hope that everything about my school turns out to be good. I can't see how it won't.

And now, in the fashion of one of my favorite websites, oddtodd.com,

ok bye!