miss akay

Ahoy... more midterms

Yet another spectacular day spent at Van Pelt, with Stef! This week has been a challenging one, met with recurring thoughts about what it is that I really want in life. Daniel texted me from Lake Tahoe. Dana invited me to go scuba diving with her in Samoa. Stephanie just got back from Brazil. Brett's rock climbing in France. Bobby's still in Thailand, living it up, while nickel and diming it. Todd called and said it was sunny in SF. Daniel is now on a cruise in the Caribean. What punks! So, what is it I really want out of life? Meaning. Finding pleasure in what I do. And I have that! I am happy. I look back on all the great things I've done and realize there's so much to come. I sometimes wish I were out playing with my friends. Though I'm thankful to have the opportunity right now, to grow. Right now, I gotta get this brainy stuff out of the way!

Tonight's biochem exam was fun. I had to explain the enzymatic activity of a particular hypothetical experiment gone awry. My reasoning involved a Bunsen Burner, that the experimenter used for cooking his Ramen noodles, as the culprit for raising the temp in the experiment, thus denaturing the enzyme and decreasing the reaction rate. I'm glad Dr. Loudon has a good sense of humor. It's worth it to try and entertain him a bit. He's a funny guy. He started throwing cough drops at students, during the exam. Not the most serious professor I've ever had... but of course, as most people probably know... I am very okay with that!

Let's learn and get stuff done, but at the same time, not get too completely caught up in taking ourselves so seriously. FKO, right?! It is all about the art of not taking life too seriously, very seriously!

posted by miss akay @ 11:48 PM