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Things I need to get done by the end of the upcoming week!!

I think it might end up being a busy week for me because I have more hangouts than usual and I need to start getting ready for my interim assessments.

• Finish reading my slides on Gender and African studies and making short notes.

• In depth revision on the cell structures ✅

• and cell division ✅

• Start the topical past papers on anatomy and physiology ✅

Side Quests:

- Get and write a letter as a birthday gift for a friend

- Thrift pop up this week

- Long overdue hangout this weekend

- Get back to my fave library

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i keep thinking today is saturday but it's friday. i want nothing more than to chill. but i really really really need to get back on track, so here i am pretending i'm studying at a cozy café when i'm actually just at my desk, feeling confused and utterly disorganized with all the info i have to shove into my brain 🙃 it's not that i hate or don't find what i'm learning interesting. i would really really really enjoy it if i could read about them and revise them at a leisurely pace. unfortunately that's not the case and nnnngggggghhhhhh sometimes i just feel like giving up but i would feel really terrible about it if i didn't at least try. i also updated my picker wheel so i'll be forced to do the maintenance things i've been putting off during my pomodoro breaks.

learning:

18 mol bio slides ✅ (i was supposed to finish all 30 left for this section but whenever i focus for >3h on a single subject i start zoning out and getting distracted...which is what happened 😵)

mol bio lecture 2/3 ✅ (there's a little bit left, but i am zoning out 😵‍💫)

finish psyc ch 2 of 4 ✅ (lately they just keep repeating info we've covered b4 with a few more details 🤷🏻‍♀️ i'm not complaining but i can't wait for them to cover new stuffff)

finish biochem section 4 ✅

biochem discussion posts ✅ (i completely forgot they were due today until 2h before the deadline 🙈😵🙈😵🙈😵 luckily, they're short assignments 🙈🙈🙈)

self-care:

physio exercises x5 ✅

meditate ✅ (i did it on my own! for 10 minutes! it took a little bit to get my mind to quiet but eventually i was able to bring my attention back to my breathing/other physical sensations like the temperature with greater ease; feelings noticed: guilt -> anxiety bc i had not gotten started on my morning routine and studying right away)

bike ✅

laundry ✅

fresh air + look far ✅

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it's raining, i'm in my semester's longest and most boring class, the sky is cloudy, the room is dark, everyone is sleepy, the professor's voice is overpowered by the sound of the rain, the weather switched from stuffy and humid to breathy and cool, the petrichor is taking over my brain, the chaotic mind has slowed down, 60 pairs of eyes battle against sleep and exhaustion to concentrate in the class when all they want is to go home and crash on their beds, shabby notes written by drowsy hands, rough diagrams drawn by tired fingers, headaches stemming from a long and tiring day, drained social batteries blinking alarmingly for a recharge, everyone in the room is done for

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I love reading about the emotional lives of scientists, I love how, more often than not, they are either more romantic than Chopin or more sinister than satan himself. I love reading their love letters, I love how they describe their work with such excitement that I can't help but be overwhelmed and infected by their wonder. I cry for their tragedies and I cheer for their joys, I remember that they were children too, they were confused teenagers, passionate young adults, amateur poets, cinefiles, car enthusiasts, angsty students, insecure lovers, they were more human than most of us.

If we want more kids to want to become scientists we must show them the deeply moving stories of hope and grief past scientists have went through so they can see themselves in them.

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Binging Normal People because the sem has started but our timetables aren't out yet, so no class

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common laboratory bacteria ranked by smell:

Streptococcus anginosus: sweet and butterscotch-y. a favourite of all techs.

Candida albicans: a yeast. smells of rising bread dough and beer. some isolates produce this smell stronger than others, and more odorous organisms are sometimes shared among staff to enjoy the smell

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: sweet, like a fake grape flavour. reminds me of my childhood. sometimes compared to tortilla chips. always pleasant to encounter

Proteus vulgaris: not commonly liked, but i would describe its smell as akin to chocolate cake. others might call it fishy. a controversial fave

Staphylococcus aureus: on blood agar, the smell is reminiscent of that of unwashed human skin. reminds me of smelling people, which makes me like it

Coagulase negative Staphylococcus: similar smell to S. aureus

Klebsiella pneumoniae: a rectal smell somewhat like E. coli, but with more of a "wet dog" funk. i don't hate it

Haemophilus species: mildly unpleasant. a moist and musty smelling genus

Escherichia coli: the ambassador of the world of bacteria smells like you might expect bacteria to. i would not describe the smell as fecal, but certainly rectal.

Enterobacter cloacae: much like E. coli, but just noticeably worse. like you left your E. coli plate in a nasty bathroom

Fusobacterium nucleatum ACC 25586: QC for anaerobic jars. smells of rotting pumpkins, acrid flatulence, and bad breath all rolled into one. i refuse to work with it on benchtop

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zine about YOUR bones :) everyone thank your carpals!!

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Because I can NEVER let what happened to me last semester, happen a-damn-gain

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Had to create a studyblr in an attempt to romanticize my degree😔

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one of the most boring lessons I’ve learned is that when a task feels overwhelming, you just have to start doing it. Even if you’re not sure how to do 90% of it, look for one small component that seems close and start there. Sometimes it’s reading one article on the topic, or searching one related term, or literally just googling how to do the task. Do anything other than thinking about it. The process of working on a thing inherently makes it less scary.