stardust

every neil gaiman book i read always makes me think "how cool would this be as a movie?!?". when i was first introduced to netflix i got pretty excited when i saw this. but my excitement was quickly turned to something akin to embarassment after the first, oh, 5 minutes of the tv-movie. let's just say the special effects left a lot to be desired. plus the acting was really cheesy. but then i saw the trailer for this while randomly skimming through yahoo and i was very pleased. looks like a *stellar* cast. . . get it stellar. . .haha. . .

in other news: my one month to write my grant proposal for my candidacy starts tomorrow. the horror!!!

also. . . the buckeyes are in the final four!

and. . . it is about 80 deg outside. . .

now i'm confused whether i should be happy or not. . .

sleeping for the buckeyes

ha! the buckeyes are in the elite eight!

apparently they rallied from a 20 point deficit and all while i was in bed dreaming! i saw the first half when they were down by 17 but then i went to bed and lewis scores 17 points. . . i was also not watching (i.e. cowering behind the couch) last game when they went back from a being behind 9 points against xavier and when lewis made that miraculous 3 point shot with 2 seconds left in regulation to send it to OT. . .maybe i should just sleep all the way to the finals. . .

go bucks! zzzzzz. . . .

reference fun! fun! fun!

as you've probably seen me mention in one of my many whiny blog entries in my 3(?) different blogs, i am now doing my candidacy exam. i was just looking for protocols on purification of murine macrophages and i found a reference 1985 paper written by a guy named Richard who for better or worse has the last name Crapper. . . yes, I have a reference for Crapper et al., 1985 in my Experiment Outline portion. . .

books by e-mail

brilliant idea!

daily lit

you get several pages worth (about 5 mins reading's worth according to the site) everyday via e-mail. and it's free! and you don't even need to register!

i just subscribed to King Lear. . . of course the reading list is limited to classics. but there are boatloads full of classics that i haven't read. they also have biographies and old self-help books (as in lao tzu old). i started with shakespeare because it's relatively short (only 20-some installments). but you could subscribe to something like war and peace which is a LOT of installments =)

enjoy!