Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Travel Updates
In September, I presented my research at the 2007 Society for Molecular Imaging Meeting in Providence, RI. It was a good trip filled with lots of science, food, drink, and laughter. The folks in my lab are so much fun, and to see what we did in Providence when we weren't talking science, check out this link:
2007 SMI Trip
After the meeting, I took the train (for the very first time!!) to visit college buddy, Missy, who goes to med school in Burlington, VT. I got to spend a couple of days driving around Northern VT while Missy was working and then we celebrated my B-Day on Fri. night. That same night another college friend, Andrew, drove up from NY and then the next the three of us (and Missy's friend Mike) drove to Montreal. Check out the pix:
Vermont/Montreal
The last few weeks have been crazy with presentations, 12 hr. experiments, lots of meetings, etc. But it has been a nice change of pace for me and I am looking forward to getting a lot of work accomplished this fall.
TTYL!
B
2007 SMI Trip
After the meeting, I took the train (for the very first time!!) to visit college buddy, Missy, who goes to med school in Burlington, VT. I got to spend a couple of days driving around Northern VT while Missy was working and then we celebrated my B-Day on Fri. night. That same night another college friend, Andrew, drove up from NY and then the next the three of us (and Missy's friend Mike) drove to Montreal. Check out the pix:
Vermont/Montreal
The last few weeks have been crazy with presentations, 12 hr. experiments, lots of meetings, etc. But it has been a nice change of pace for me and I am looking forward to getting a lot of work accomplished this fall.
TTYL!
B
Monday, September 17, 2007
Britney's Piercing
Here is video from when I got my eyebrow pierced back in July! I absolutely love it!!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Summer 2007
Whew! This summer has flown by and I can't believe that I haven't posted about anything that I have done! Let's recap Britney Summer of 2007:
My Sister Got MARRIED!!! The wedding was on 7/7/7 in Atlanta and went so smooth! It was a lot of fun and Chan and Bo were so happy and excited that it was infectious! I got to see grandparents, aunts, cousins, and meet a ton of people from Bo's family and eat lots of good food. After their honeymoon in the Bahamas, the newlyweds moved to Augusta, GA where Bo is now a 1st year medical student at Medical College of Georgia.
School/Work:
Finished my qualifying exam in the middle of June so I am now officially a PhD candidate :-) I spent way too many late nights at lab, but got to know all of the nighttime security guards!
Along with my boss and some co-workers, I have submitted one review article and one research article and am almost finished with another research articel. Thus, I have spent most of my time in front of computers writing, making figures, re-writing, etc. But I am gearing up to get back to the bench to start up a new series of experiments.
I got to go to the Aspen Cancer Conference in Aspen, CO with my boss, Dave, and a fellow grad student, Snehal. It was such a neat experience: it was a very small conference and covered a wide range of cancer-related topics and many big whigs from the field were in attendance. It was very laid back and a typical day consisted of presentations all morning, lunch, afternoon free time, evening poster session or bbq/mixer, often followed by hanging out in downtown Aspen.
In September, my whole lab is going to the Society for Molecular Imaging meeting in Providence, RI. I will be presenting a poster there and am really looking forward to that and to hearing about the latest and greatest in the field of molecular imaging. I am then taking a few days to take the train up to Vermont to visit my friend Missy for a few days. I have never been to the Northeast before and I can't wait to explore and get to see Missy!!
Concerts:
Ozzfest- saw Static X, Lamb of God, and Ozzy Osbourne (with guitarist Zakk Wylde). Ozzy was very coherent and seemed to be in really good shape and he played some of his best hits (War Pigs, Crazy Train, Bark at the Moon, etc)
Family Values Tour- got to see Korn, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Atreyu, etc.
G Love and Special Sauce free at Live on the Levee
Upcoming concerts: Megadeth and hopefully Alice Cooper and/or Shooter Jennings
Outdoorsy Stuff:
I went on two hikes in Aspen. One was up to the Maroon Bells with Dave and Snehal and we probably hiked 5-6 miles and got to some gorgeous scenery! The next day, Snehal and I and some of the other students at the conference took the gondola to the top of Aspen Mt. and hiked around up there and got caught in an afternoon thunderstorm, but the views were great and the rain was refreshing!
A few weekends ago, my friend Shu and I decided to go to Meramec caverns and invited some friends to come with us. We had a picnic lunch and then toured the caverns. It was cool, but not near as cool as Lewis and Clark Caverns back home in Montana. And at the end there was a SUPER CHEESY light show (i.e. light bulbs flicking on and off against a rock formation, with old, crackly version of the MO state song and God Bless America playing in the background); I laughed so hard (though I don't think laughter was the reaction they were trying to elicit) that my sides hurt afterwards.
Other Randomness:
Superman Museum in Metropolis, IL. I took my pal Aaron who is a big Superman fan and we had tons of fun. AFter the museum, we drove to a place called Lambert's Cafe near Cape Girardeau, MO that is famous because the dinner rolls are served by a waiter who rolls a cart around the restaurant and throws the rolls out patrons who give him a shout out. We had to wait in line for ONE AND A HALF HOURS, but the food was quite good and it just being there was quite an experience.
I have become addicted to the game Guitar Hero 2. My buddy Josh introduced me to it and I went out and bought an XBOX 360 just for this game! I have already had a number of GH2 game nights at my place; it is a great party game! I also bought Dance Dance Revolution, but I really suck at the game and need to practice it.
OK, I should really be doing some work now, so I had better get. I will try to load pictures later.
B
My Sister Got MARRIED!!! The wedding was on 7/7/7 in Atlanta and went so smooth! It was a lot of fun and Chan and Bo were so happy and excited that it was infectious! I got to see grandparents, aunts, cousins, and meet a ton of people from Bo's family and eat lots of good food. After their honeymoon in the Bahamas, the newlyweds moved to Augusta, GA where Bo is now a 1st year medical student at Medical College of Georgia.
School/Work:
Finished my qualifying exam in the middle of June so I am now officially a PhD candidate :-) I spent way too many late nights at lab, but got to know all of the nighttime security guards!
Along with my boss and some co-workers, I have submitted one review article and one research article and am almost finished with another research articel. Thus, I have spent most of my time in front of computers writing, making figures, re-writing, etc. But I am gearing up to get back to the bench to start up a new series of experiments.
I got to go to the Aspen Cancer Conference in Aspen, CO with my boss, Dave, and a fellow grad student, Snehal. It was such a neat experience: it was a very small conference and covered a wide range of cancer-related topics and many big whigs from the field were in attendance. It was very laid back and a typical day consisted of presentations all morning, lunch, afternoon free time, evening poster session or bbq/mixer, often followed by hanging out in downtown Aspen.
In September, my whole lab is going to the Society for Molecular Imaging meeting in Providence, RI. I will be presenting a poster there and am really looking forward to that and to hearing about the latest and greatest in the field of molecular imaging. I am then taking a few days to take the train up to Vermont to visit my friend Missy for a few days. I have never been to the Northeast before and I can't wait to explore and get to see Missy!!
Concerts:
Ozzfest- saw Static X, Lamb of God, and Ozzy Osbourne (with guitarist Zakk Wylde). Ozzy was very coherent and seemed to be in really good shape and he played some of his best hits (War Pigs, Crazy Train, Bark at the Moon, etc)
Family Values Tour- got to see Korn, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Atreyu, etc.
G Love and Special Sauce free at Live on the Levee
Upcoming concerts: Megadeth and hopefully Alice Cooper and/or Shooter Jennings
Outdoorsy Stuff:
I went on two hikes in Aspen. One was up to the Maroon Bells with Dave and Snehal and we probably hiked 5-6 miles and got to some gorgeous scenery! The next day, Snehal and I and some of the other students at the conference took the gondola to the top of Aspen Mt. and hiked around up there and got caught in an afternoon thunderstorm, but the views were great and the rain was refreshing!
A few weekends ago, my friend Shu and I decided to go to Meramec caverns and invited some friends to come with us. We had a picnic lunch and then toured the caverns. It was cool, but not near as cool as Lewis and Clark Caverns back home in Montana. And at the end there was a SUPER CHEESY light show (i.e. light bulbs flicking on and off against a rock formation, with old, crackly version of the MO state song and God Bless America playing in the background); I laughed so hard (though I don't think laughter was the reaction they were trying to elicit) that my sides hurt afterwards.
Other Randomness:
Superman Museum in Metropolis, IL. I took my pal Aaron who is a big Superman fan and we had tons of fun. AFter the museum, we drove to a place called Lambert's Cafe near Cape Girardeau, MO that is famous because the dinner rolls are served by a waiter who rolls a cart around the restaurant and throws the rolls out patrons who give him a shout out. We had to wait in line for ONE AND A HALF HOURS, but the food was quite good and it just being there was quite an experience.
I have become addicted to the game Guitar Hero 2. My buddy Josh introduced me to it and I went out and bought an XBOX 360 just for this game! I have already had a number of GH2 game nights at my place; it is a great party game! I also bought Dance Dance Revolution, but I really suck at the game and need to practice it.
OK, I should really be doing some work now, so I had better get. I will try to load pictures later.
B
Saturday, June 16, 2007
The Dresden Dolls 'Shores of California' music video
Watching this reminded me how much I LOVE the Dresden Dolls and how awesome Amanda Palmer is! Notice her cool eyebrows!
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