Month in Review

I'm taking a course in which I have no foundational knowledge.  I'm kind of ticked me off because I've been alive for almost a quarter century, and this is all new to me.

I wish someone would have at least mentioned something about the Soduim-Potassium Pumps. I'm tempted to not believe in them because...how do they know this is really going on?

Also if it is true, do I need to start eating bananas because I had no idea potassium is so important?

The pumps are keeping you alive.



This is what we learned on the first day. It's the critic acid cycle or Krebs cycle. They mentioned it once in Biology 5 years ago but I thought it was dumb so I didn't pay attention. Actually whenever someone mentions the Krebs cycle, I always think about Mr. Krabs.















We also go to the laboratory. There are only 3 people in my section. An old lady, me, and then a guy who's applying to dental school. Dental School guy is getting us through lab. Last week we had to do a stupid chemistry experiment. I didn't learn anything. But felt like this.






I'm repeating a course. I took it in 2010. To apply to the program I'm applying, it has to be in the last five years of your start date. It's horrible. We wear lab coats though.

It's a whole class of evil scientists. JK. Most people are really snobby and think they are gonna be the next surgeon general. But all I'm thinking is "you look kind of frumpy in your lab coat."

We study cadavers a good 6 to 8 hours a week.
We look like this, except we wear lab coats. Quote of the day, "This leg is really heavy." It was just a leg.

My group was struggling to locate the plantaris during open lab. Having taken the course before I knew exactly were it was. They didn't believe me when I showed it to them. But the TA validated it, and they said "Oh, you were right." It's a pretty easy muscle to find cause it looks like a plant.







I have become completely and utterly desensitized at my job. I'm not really surprised by anything anymore.







I joined this research group thinking I was going to be one of the cool kids, make lots of friends. It's basically slave labor. We are currently working on a project which includes my least favorite activity. Searching for articles and citing them. We were each given 100 articles to cite over midterms.

Took a secret picture lol

Last week, they were going on and on about some higher thought process topic...I was just a warm body in the room. They asked my opinion. I told them the truth. The professor is my cousin so I feel duty bound to press on. 

That was September.