I feel like I ought to have more to write about, and I know that if I really took the time to think about what is going on (or took advantage of half the opportunities available to me around here) I would. But it sort of seems like my brain turns off when I close a book, and refuses to reboot until the next time it is called upon for something academic. Come back, brain! Come back, creativity!
Today I had a histology exam. It was a trainwreck in classic Kate Gunderson fashion. Which is to say, I think I did okay, but I tried very hard to sabotage myself while at it. First, I switched times with a classmate so she could take it in the earlier session and get to work, so I was no longer on automatic pilot. Consequently, I somehow thought that my section of the exam started at 3:30 when in actuality it started at 3:00. Thank you Erika for informing me of this fact when you walked by me, still studying obliviously, at 3:20. So I frantically bluster into the exam room (wear bright red when you do things like this! It attracts no attention at all!) and sit down, am informed by my neighbor that I must be at a logged-in computer to take the exam and then approached by the professor who says, I seem to be one exam short, and has to run off to print out another test. Clock ticking. When he comes back I head off to the microscope room to try and describe the appointed slide, barely save myself from mistaking the colon for the gall bladder (how? how? they are at different ends of the digestive tract!) and scoot on back to the computer lab. I finished with about 3 minutes to spare. Also, this is the professor who agreed to write me a letter of recommendation...after seeing how I did on the exam.
Hi, my name is Kate and my hobby is shooting myself in the foot. Thank you and good night.
PS: I leave you with the amazing simulated and poop-free cow entrails thanks to my Uncle Dan (dear Great Britain, this is cheating and also a fine example of why you are so awesome): http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/haptic-cow/
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