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Evenings like this make me reflect on college. Evenings before I had several tests, when I felt tense and ready for the next day to be over. I hate to wish my life away, but evenings like this make me wish for time to go faster. My tests now are certainly not as stressful as other tests have been, but I do feel the familiar tensing. Tomorrow I have two exams and a presentation, but I think that I am prepared and I'm pretty sure that the studying is over for the evening. Only "The Office" reruns await. This poem makes me appreciate even days like this. I'm lucky to be 25 in this summer in Indiana. The Life of a Day - -Tom Hennen Like people or dogs, each day is unique and has its own personality quirks which can easily be seen if you look closely. But there are so few days as compared to people, not to mention dogs, that it would be suprising if a day were not a hundred times more interesting than most people. But usually they just pass, mostly unnoticed, unles...

I know what you're thinking... What issue isn't near and dear to her heart? But, this was perhaps the first issue that I become politically aware of and certainly the first one in which I became more pro-active. This is because our friends, the Tokarski's, have been fighting the highway for too many years now, in addition to which, the project hit too close to home when IN-DOT announced that our home and land was in the 2000 foot corridor where the new I-69 is planned. Here is a current op-ed from the Indianapolis Star regarding the highway. I also included it for your convenience. Read it. Write a letter to your congressman . Pass it on. My view: Jesse Kharbanda Let's make Major Moves for 21st century Gasoline prices have been rising for the past four quarters and political instability abroad probably will increase these prices even more. In response, Indiana is taking some foresighted steps to foster smart alternative...

It's my 4th to last shift here at IU hospital at the AOC desk and I'm certainly not mourning that fact. It's true, I'll miss the ease of my "Daily Show" updates and the hours of study time that this job provides me with, but I think that I will enjoy a weekend again much more. Having just returned from two wonderful weekends away in which I did not come into work, I was reminded again of the joys of not having to come to work on Friday at midnight. Taos was wonderful. My family is incredible and it was such a pleasure to see everyone familiar and meet many new family members as well. We rented out the San Geronimo Lodge in Taos and all 47 of us took over, leaving doors unlocked and being able to eat any snack left out in the dining room. We visited the Pueblo , which is over 1000 years old, and ate Indian fry bread. We ate well and hiked. We laughed a lot and Mom put together a phenomenal slide show. It was great. And then I flew home. That was not as great. ...

When I left Kroger today (arugula is on sale!), I saw a middle aged man leaving with two packages of Ramen noodles and a 24 pack of Bud Light. That's a downer of a grocery list.

1. Some ambition to read my psychology textbook and do some homework. (By the way, another fantastic quote from my fantastic book: "However, up to 20% of patients who are compliant with these medications experience antidepressant 'poop out'". Wowza . Have you ever read a textbook that used the words, "poop out"?) 2. Another gin and tonic. I'm sure that that would help with #1 too. 3. A cuddle buddy. Well, I hate the word 'cuddle,' but I could use a nap friend, as referenced by Talia . 4. For the aforementioned buddy (in #3), to tell me to get my ass out of bed and start studying my psychology. 5. A bizmillion dollars so that I didn't have to go to nursing school, but instead, could be a philanthropist and buy myself an honorary doctorate. I think that I would find that quite fulfilling. 6. A sweater. I'm sitting right under the air conditioning vent and I'm cold. 7. Direct sunshine on my little herb garden. I need that e...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91943477&sc=emaf I guess that this is why breast augmentation took off. The inflatable bra had too many unforeseen side effects. ... Jon Stewart had great fodder this week... sadly enough. Check out this segment and the following about James Dobson. Hilarious, yet when it's that funny, there's always a note of tragedy too. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=174783&title=be-patient-this-gets-amazing (My favorite part is the: "Attach it in an email that he will likely read" with subject line, "Love is..." and some Precious Moments characters.)

I wish that I were more excited about the next six weeks of my life. After all, it IS summer, a season that I love. The tomatoes will be ripening, I can make fresh pesto, the weather is hot, gin and tonics are back in season and the outdoors simply buzzes with activity and anticipation. ... Six weeks of an intensive psych course has the potential to cramp that summer style a bit. Despite the fact that currently this is our "mini-vacation" between summer sessions (a whopping four days) and a time for most of us under-achievers to catch up on Ethics homework, we have 10 chapters assigned to read and several worksheets due Monday. If, when I say worksheets, you're imagining worksheets similar to those in elementary school, then... you're unfortunately right on target. Last night I spent a solid amount of time doing a vocabulary list. I looked up the words in the glossary and then wrote down the definition. It reminds of me vocab lists consisting of "beaker" and...