Monthly Archives: May 2006

Schizophrenia versus Addiction

Posted on May 29, 2006 by kotori3

Good talk by Casey today. (Not my dog, but rather a fellow grad student).    Schizophrenia may be related to increase in the recycling of the dopamine reuptake system in the mesocortical pathway (the motivation pathway).  Treatment of the positive … Continue reading →

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Staylefish and Anoxia Complex

Posted on May 26, 2006 by kotori3

What a fun night!  "Woo! Yeah!"  (Most of the night was full of "Woo!"s and "Yeah!"s).  I went with the triple Js (Jay, Jesse and Jordan), and I think we had a great night of drinky drinky, staring contest, salt … Continue reading →

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Straight Rights Update 2

Posted on May 25, 2006 by kotori3

An excerpt from this week’s Savage Love column made my jaw drop. I’m all about keeping healthy, but this is NOT the reason to do it. What, will Bush soon make all women into baby-pushers that aren’t allowed to go … Continue reading →

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Welcome to my ghetto neighborhood

Posted on May 24, 2006 by kotori3

While driving to work/school from my apartment, we passed two women (dressed in VERY short skirts, and tight-ass belly-showing tops), who were posing and smoking on the grass by the street.    Hookers?  Or just normal girls waiting for their rides?  … Continue reading →

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Too much science…

Posted on May 15, 2006 by kotori3

not enough bloggin about fun.   On saturday night, I went to a club called "The Barking Frog", which used to be for older, 25 – 30 y/o people.  I found myself in the midst of slutty, skanky teenage girls … Continue reading →

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Sense of impending doom

Posted on May 15, 2006 by kotori3

So, one of my supervisors (the nice one) started to help me on my abstract but then had to go because she was called into my other supervisor’s office (Tutis).  She said that we should finish the abstract in his … Continue reading →

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What the hell does…

Posted on May 8, 2006 by kotori3

"write more carefully" mean?  Christ, I wrote this paper up the EXACT same way as the EDITTED version of my first paper that I submitted to Tutis. When asked, he just says to "write more carefully so I don’t have … Continue reading →

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Scientific Inspiration

Posted on May 1, 2006 by kotori3

Lately, I was a little down on my academic standing. Having Tutis say I "must not have done so well on [my] comprehensive exams" and chastise me for volunteering to present an article at journal club (that was related to … Continue reading →

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New Star Trek movie to follow the lives of young Spock and Kirk

Posted on May 1, 2006 by kotori3

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/dream-cast-for-trek-redux.htm   I hate to say it, but this amused the inner geek in me. Mostly because I like all the castings, especially Ryan Reynolds as "Captain Kirk".  Gabrielle Union would also make a great Uhuru.  Personally, I think Wil … Continue reading →

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