I think I aced my first Chem 32 test today. I’m happily surprised.
I definitely aced the first Phyc 10 test tonight. :-)
I’m rather terrified about my Anat 25 test tomorrow. About 100 questions like these:
9. In receptor mediated endocytosis, coated vesicles add cell membrane receptor proteins to the endosome membrane. Pieces of the endosome membrane containing these proteins bud off. Which of the following happens to them ? (a) They are destroyed by lysosomes. (b) They add to the nuclear envelope. (c) They are returned to the plasmalemma. (d)They join the Golgi body. (e) They become peroxisom
27. During muscle contraction, which is the second event to occur in the following list? (a) troponin changes shape (b) calcium binds to troponin TnC (c) tropomyosin moves (d) myosinbinding sites on G-actin molecules are exposed (e) calcium ions released from sarcoplasmic reticulum
You didn’t think I did my taxes early because I’m just a good person did you?
Do taxes, so I can fill out my FAFSA, so I can apply for loans and grants for school. Yipe, the spring application deadline for CalGrants is in 3 days, Friday. But I can’t apply until my FAFSA clears… in 3 days. Talk about cutting it close!
TDAmeritrade took their time getting me my tax info. Then I mostly did my taxes. Then I was waiting for some tax help from CCSF. But that was a bust. I knew more about taxes then they did. So I just did my taxes on my own.
I thought that maybe I could put money into my IRA and pull it out when I needed it for school next year; I thought maybe this would be a good way of getting tax free money for school. But it turns out that while I would not be subject to the 10% penalty (because of a school withdrawl), I would still have to pay taxes on the money taken out of my IRA. So it’d be a lot of paperwork for not much gain.
And now I’m down to the wire on this grant/loan cycle.
AND I have big Chemistry and Physics tests tomorrow and an Anatomy test Thursday.
And today I rode to CPMC Pacific Campus (where I’m doing my hospital volunteering for school and such) in 30 minutes… less time than it would have taken on the BART + shuttle bus. And it was easy.
Hurray!
And here’s a shout-out to the guys at Pedal Revolution who set me up.
I tried Fungavir for my persistent toenail fungus yuckiness. It’s “too good to be true” claims are too good to be true. The website offers vaguely worded claims that it has special ingredients that get under the nail where other products fail. It does not.
It works about as well as any other topical antifungal I’ve used, but it’s more expensive and the advertising is shadier. Don’t buy it.
I’ve written a lot over the years about anti-fungals, take a look. Short form: Most topicals keep the infection at bay but none get under the nail to the root of the problem. Prescription orals sometimes work, sometimes don’t. There’s no reliable cure for nail fungus, this is especially true for topicals. Oral medicines work from the inside-out so you’ve got a better shot at a cure but they aren’t reliable either.
Fungavir’s website is filled with weasel words and hot air. Read some of their ad copy with that in mind:
http://jamius.com/Robot/Robot.html Make sure to watch his youtube playlist with 68+ videos… he’s been building this giant robot for some 5 years… and it’s still a work in progress! Rock on!
After seeing the GoDaddy Superbowl ad, I have decided to drop them as my domain host provider. Their ads are consistently demeaning to women and that’s not cool.
My subscription is paid up til 2015. I put it on the calendar to drop them in 2014.
For reference, the ad I saw opened with, “This sure is a crazy way to draw attention to .co names from GoDaddy. Who won’t notice a hot model in body paint?”
Here’s a link to the 30 second ad on Youtube. It’s gotten 60 Thumbs-Ups and 200 Thumbs-Downs. It’s not often that soft-porn gets a Thumbs-Down!
