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I haven't posted in a while, so I shall remedy that.

School has returned, and has eaten my life (as it should be.) Organic Chemistry isn't nearly as horrifying as General Chemistry, but it is only week 2. This may change. Evolutionary Biology is rather wonderful (huh, who could have predicted that?). Invertebrate biology is very cool (ctenophores are BEYOND spiffy). Cell biology, is, well, cell biology. More in depth on stuff that we've learned in at least three previous biology classes (sigh). And given all that, I hope I can be forgiven for not posting (OMFG HOMEWORK!!). 

I recently had a good dig around my iTunes library--found a number of things I'd forgotten I had, as well as not finding a number of things I know I did have (there was an epic hard drive fail not too long ago, so this isn't unexpected, merely irritating.) For some reason, all of the Crystal Method, Prodigy, Rage Against the Machine, and other more hardcore electronic/techno/rap-ish things (for the love of god, I'm not enough of a connoisseur to know what all the genres are) are much more appealing to me now that they were even a few months ago, never mind when I got them years ago. Something about the bouncy is appealing (yes, Rage is bouncy. I can't hear you, lalalalala.) I'm also going on a small Big Band kick, having recently dug out Running Wild, the Boston Pops doing Glen Miller. Its absolutely fabulous, though for some reason iTunes has named it "easy listening," which makes me angry inside. It also annoys my male roommates (two out of the three) which just makes me happy. I guess after the RATM and Daft Punk they weren't expecting In the Mood. Pussies. 

My Doctor Who and Torchwood kicks appear to be moderating themselves--likely because I'm caught up on all the existing episodes and now wait with bated breath for the new seasons. (grr arg snarl, Torchwood only gets five episodes...gggrrrrrrrrrr.....) This is very sad for me, because I live in the states and we don't get our BBC shows until way after the UK release--revenge, I suppose, for the same thing with American TV in the UK (my sister made very angry noises when she could not get the current season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer while she was at school in London.) However, I currently have advantages that she did not (and NO, I don't feel guilty, dammit. I watch them again when they come out on SciFi. And they should broadcast Torchwood while they're at it too. If they can get as dark as Battlestar Galactica, they can do Torchwood, too.) Anyway....mad obsessiveness (all evidence to the contrary studiously ignored) has slowly faded to a dull roar. (I am NOT looking into grad schools in the UK. I am NOT. I SWEAR. Except the evo-bio programs are figgin kick ass....i think i may have found my calling...huh, who'da thunk?) 

Thoughts involving fiction writing are back on the horizon--we'll see if they actually take off.