urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew Ethan Ethan 2006-05-16T04:56:09Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:37011 2006-05-16T04:56:09Z 2006-05-16T04:56:09Z Somehow in the past week "doing work in lab" became synonymous with "throwing darts at the dart board". Also, for some reason, although I'm not sure why, I'm really excited about turning 23. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:36623 2006-03-11T21:47:06Z 2006-03-11T21:47:06Z Last night I drove while it was snowing for the first time ever. I was pretty scared. But it's ok. I'm alive. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:36404 2006-02-28T06:32:56Z 2006-02-28T06:33:20Z I feel strangely watched. But strangely, I feel as though I am watching. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:36294 2006-02-16T09:38:52Z 2006-02-16T09:38:52Z 1.I need: crack<br />2. cheetah: Apple Ripped me off<br />3. Relationships: one is the loneliest number<br />4. Your Last Ex: offical ex? The bitch was crazy<br />5. Power: square root<br />6. Marijuana: Berkeley<br />7. Crack: Dave Chepelle<br />8. Food: crackers<br />9. The President: vice president<br />10. War: declared war on quail<br />11. Cars: and shot his hunting buddy<br />12. Gas Prices: with a gun<br />13. Halloween: scary aint it?<br />14. Politics: haha, go NRA<br />15. Religion: cracked<br />17. MySpace: your space<br />19. Marriage: Dawson's creek?<br />20. Fashion: paper cuts<br />21. Brunettes: brown<br />22. Redheads: sexxxy<br />23: Work: not play<br />24: Pass the time: crack<br />24: Football: go bears...drink beer<br />25. One night stands: one lamp on the one night stand<br />26: Pet Peeve: your mom<br />27: Pixie Stix: and dixie chic ks<br />28: Vanilla Ice: ice ice baby<br />29: Porta Pottie: alliteration<br />30: High school: low schooll<br />31. bestfriend: your mom<br />32. Pajamas: sleep naked, save...pajamas<br />33. Wood: sleep naked...haha<br />34. Surfers: skaters<br />35. Pictures: of Cheney shooting people urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:35935 2005-12-29T13:30:14Z 2005-12-29T13:30:14Z I've been in Fresno for a day and a half, and my mom is driving me out of my mind. I hope I get to go to Berkeley tomorrow. If not, the day after and I'll be up there through New Years. Break will soon come to and end and I'll be back at UCLA. Wow quarter system breaks are fast...Here's to being in Berkeley soon. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:35638 2005-11-22T04:09:37Z 2005-11-22T04:09:37Z My car just got fucked up. Damn you LA and your hit and run drunk drivers. At least I'm safe, even if my car got the shit pushed in. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:35539 2005-11-15T08:25:36Z 2005-11-15T08:25:36Z I have to say that corn bread and honey butter are among my favorite foods of all time.<br />UCLA is good. I'm still busy. Go figure. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:35251 2005-11-02T23:25:35Z 2005-11-02T23:25:35Z As if LA rush hour wasn't bad enough, dumb-ass hippies gotta go "Demonstrate" something.<br /><br />Dear All,<br /><br />Further details regarding the traffic disruption this evening.<br /><br />Ian<br /><br /> <br />START DATE/TIME <br />Wed, November 02, 2005 11:00 AM <br /> <br />END DATE/TIME <br />Wed, November 02, 2005 9:00 PM <br /> <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION <br /> A protest-demonstration is planned at the West Los Angeles Federal Building and will move to Westwood Village. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic will be impacted. <br /> <br /> <br />OUTAGE TYPE(S) <br />Traffic Notice Partial Closure <br /> <br />OUTAGE LOCATION(S) <br />OffCampus Unidentifiable <br /> <br /> <br />Menu <br />View Other Outages &lt;http://outages.admin.ucla.edu&gt; <br />View Notified List &lt;http://outages.admin.ucla.edu/notifiedlist.cfm?outageid=2012&amp;nomenu=1&gt; <br /> <br /> <br />LOCATION DETAILS <br /> VETERAN AVENUE CLOSURE: Beginning at 11am and ending as late as 11pm. Veteran Avenue, from south of Wilshire to north of Ohio Avenue will be closed.<br /><br />WILSHIRE BOULEVARD CLOSURE: Beginning anytime after 5 pm and ending as late as 11pm. Wilshire Boulevard will be closed from just west of Glendon Avenue to just east of Sepulveda Boulevard. It has been confirmed that Wilshire Boulevard will be closed beginning no later than 6:30 pm.<br /><br /><br />WESTWOOD BOULEVARD CLOSURE: Beginning at 6:30 pm and ending as late 9 pm--Closure of Westwood Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to Le Conte Avenue.<br /><br />LECONTE AVENUE CLOSURE: Closure of Le Conte Avenue from just west of Hilgard Avenue to just west of Gayley Avenue<br /> <br />GAYLEY AVENUE CLOSURE: Closure of Gayley Avenue from just north of Le Conte to Wilshire Boulevard<br /> <br />SAN DIEGO FRWY ACCESS: Closure of San Diego Freeway (405) Wilshire Boulevard on and off ramps, located east of Sepulveda Boulevard<br /><br />Recorded information from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation regarding the closures is available at 323/224-6534.<br /><br /><br />Please note: Actual closure time of Wilshire Boulevard and Westwood Village streets is subject to change based on crowd size and safety of traffic to pass. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:34833 2005-09-06T20:00:04Z 2005-09-06T20:00:04Z Oh God. I think I have a stalker...again.... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:34687 2005-08-31T10:05:09Z 2005-08-31T10:08:19Z Life seems to be going pretty well for me now. Things are quiet and calm, but I know how to find excitement when I need it. I'm living in Westwood village, in the university apartments. I have a two bed/two bath that I pay an exorbitant amount for, but I've had it all to myself since mid June when I moved in. My roommate is supposed to move in sometime in the begining of September. I'm not sure how I'll change to sharing the place cause I've been spoiled by having it to myself, but so be it.<br /><br />I've been doing research at UCLA. I'm working at the UCLA and United States Department of Energy Molecular Biology Institute Laboratory for Structural Biology and Molecular Medicine. I'm not sure why the name has to be so long, but there ya have it. I'm just a rotation student, so what I'm doing now isn't necessarily what I'll be doing for my thesis, but the project is really interesting and I really like everyone in the lab, although the professor can be a dick sometimes. Well not to me, cause I'm a rotation student, and he needs me cause I'm the only one who's interested in doing crystallography for him when his current student graduates in a year. We'll see what happens. I still have to rotate through another two or three labs. Probably only two, I want to start on my thesis. I start TAing in January, and no I don't know what class yet. Something really fucking hard I'm sure. And everyone is going to be a pre-med, and probably won't speak English. Ah the advantages and dis-advantages to going to a prestigious school.<br /><br />I've been a frequent visitor to Berkeley the past month. I went once about three weeks ago to see some friends and again last week to see everyone at my fraternity and to make sure rush is going well. Like always, they re doing just fine. Last I heard they were at 14 guys and growing, so hopefully they can keep the momentum. I have my own bitchings about the university trying to stop the Greek system. But fuck them, they get nothing from me. I'm supposed to pay the donation I pledged from when I graduated, but I haven't paid it yet. I will as soon as the University starts behaving itself. Along those lines, rumor has it that Dean "I'm a bitch" Kenny may be resigning from the university, which means we're going in the right direction. I also got season football tickets, so I'm going up there this weekend and I'm taking Viri with me. Nope, she doesn't have a choice. <br /><br />Not dating anybody yet, but that's more by choice than anything. I've met a few girls but I've lost interest in all of them pretty quickly. Its time for me to focus on school and maybe a few months or a year down the road I'll find someone worth pursuing. In the meanwhile, it seems as though the 3am drunk dials from girlfriends of the past seem to have stopped, and I'm afraid if I date someone new they'll start up again. Ah undergrads can be so immature sometimes. Ah welcome to "adult world", not that adults can't be just as bad. I've decided that 22-25 is the worst age for a guy. Girls younger, like 18-21 are still in their I was just released from home and now I'm young and obnoxious and I have to drink all the time and party all the time phase of their life. Meanwhile, girls who are 22-25 just assume guys their age are immature and want to date guys who are older, like 26-30. What a cruel cruel world. Ok, I'm over it.<br /><br />I have a lot of nice pictures of UCLA, Westwood, and where I work. I'd like to post them but I don't know how to use a computer. If anyone can tell me how to post a picture on LJ I'd be in your debt. Just don't expect me to pay the debt :) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:34462 2005-06-10T07:22:54Z 2005-06-10T07:22:54Z I know I never update anymore, and chances are I'm not going to get back in the habit. BUT, I fell like updating now, because I'm so excited.<br /><br />Quick Flash through my life:<br /><br />I'm going to UCLA for biochemistry as a university fellow (plenty of cash flow)<br />I'm moving into an apartment in westwood on June 18th.<br />I'm living in Bel Air at the moment at a family friend's place.<br />And most importantly...<br /><br />I LOVE WESTWOOD AND I LOVE LA!!!! Berkeley sucked and this will be the best time of my life!<br /><br />For everyone who says they don't like LA because they keep looking at everyone and is worrying how fake they are: Calm the fuck out and just enjoy the view. Go out and love yourself and let other people worry about themselves. BECAUSE I LOVE LA!!<br /><br />Oh, and yay Habibi and the rest of Westwood. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:34235 2005-03-03T23:54:35Z 2005-03-03T23:54:35Z So I'm pretty much trying to decide if I want to study biochemistry at UCLA or at Brandeis (outside of Boston). Considering the fact that both programs are of equal quality, I'm not sure which I should pick. <br /><br />Any suggestions? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:33914 2004-12-27T18:41:02Z 2004-12-27T18:41:02Z A White Guy, A Latino Guy, and an Old Guy AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GRAD APPS ARE DRIVING ME LOCO!!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:33381 2004-09-30T06:53:36Z 2004-09-30T06:53:36Z So now I'm just pissed. I feel like I've been stabbed in the back with a 12 inch blade. If you're going to make my life miserable, at least do it with some fucking dignitiy. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:33069 2004-09-27T11:06:34Z 2004-09-27T11:06:34Z Everything feels like its slowing down lately<br />Am I hurt? Yes<br />Am I angry? No<br />Am I alive? Maybe<br />Do I care?<br /><br />Everything feels like its falling down lately<br />Be there more than despair? Yes<br />Be there a world behind? No<br />Be there even and end? Maybe<br />Do I care?<br /><br />Everything feels like its going up lately.<br />Can I grow older and wiser? Yes<br />Can I die deeper inside? No.<br />Can I strive for reality? Maybe<br />Do I care?<br /><br />Everything feels like its moving too fast lately.<br />Did I lose control? Yes<br />Did I ever have control? No<br />Did I even bother to try? Maybe<br />Do I care?<br /><br />I am pulled in all directions<br />Each stretching in every which way<br />I stand still going nowhere<br />But I have gone all too far. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:33012 2004-08-27T17:35:02Z 2004-08-27T17:35:02Z Official rush starts today. So far we've signed 9 guys in the past week. We're doing well. I want to sign another 15 guys by the time we're done. I think it's possible. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:32698 2004-08-05T22:33:12Z 2004-08-05T22:33:12Z It looks like next semester is going to be pretty tought for me. Here's what's on my plate right now:<br /><br />MCB 110: General Molecular Biology, 4 units<br />MCB 110L: General Molecular Biology Lab, 4 units<br />MCB 140: General Genetics, 4 units<br />MCB 199: Independent research, 4 units (yay for winning Nobel Prizes)<br />History 178: History of the Holocaust, 4 units<br />Rhetoric 160: Rhetoric of legal discourse, 4 units<br /><br />Total: 24 units and a headache on the side. <br /><br />So, i was gonna take rhetoric 164 (rhetoric of legal theory, different from rhet 160), but it turns out I know a bunch of people taking history 178, so Nate convinced me to take it instead. He said Meital is gonna be in that class, and I know that Mellissa is taking it too. Alex also maybe? who knows. Since I dropped the rhetoric I had to pick up MCB 140 so that i can still double major. It just works out, trust me.<br /><br />Ya, that plus being pledge master next semester, plus studying for GREs and applying to grad school. Looks like I'll be pretty busy. Its ok, we can still hang out sometime. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:32382 2004-07-16T16:31:09Z 2004-07-16T16:31:09Z I'm really excited. I feel like I'm finally doing stuff with my life. I'm leaving for LA today, and I'm going to Arizona for a week later this summer. But here's the big one: I'm going to Chile and Peru this winter! I'm going with Nate, and we're just gonna take a backpack and see what adventures we can find. I kind of wanted to go to Europe at some point, but he's been there a lot, and I don't want to go in the winter. But winter here is summer there, so hopefully it'll be cool. Sucks though because that's their rainy season. So I get a little wet, so what. But I'm glad I finally get to travel somewhere. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:32251 2004-05-15T22:59:49Z 2004-05-15T22:59:49Z I'm sitting in my lab on a Saturday. Waiting. This stupid gel is taking forever. I just want to go home and go take a nap. The final this morning went pretty good. Not great. We'll see how it goes. The GSI lost my research paper, so I didn't get it back like everyone else did today. She's going to look for it, but if she can't find it, then I'll have to print it out for her again. This is the same GSI who lost my second midterm earlier in the year. It was partly my fault though. She graded it and everything, I just wasn't in section the day she handed them back. Or section the following four weeks, so I just asked her the other day for it back and she said she couldn't find it. Whatever, it doesn't really matter. The final was really well written. I always admire professors that can write a good science exam. It's not easy, but the questions were well written, interesting, and thought provoking. The other chem final sucked because it was poorly written, but this one was good.<br /><br />I'm hungry. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:31987 2004-05-15T01:09:15Z 2004-05-15T01:09:15Z "The New Year" Death Cab for Cutie I think I'm going to start updating again. I let the journal sit for a while just to sort of clear my mind. But now my mind is pretty clear. I think it's because of finals. All this stuff that I'm supposed to know, but I don't....clear mind, ya know?<br /><br />Anyways. Tomorrow is my last final. 8 in the freakin' morning. I hope I don't sleep through it. Last tuesday, the last day of class, I had 2 in class final and a take home final due. That super-sucked. But at least that means I have most of my shit done. Tomorrow morning is biophysical chemistry. I don't really know what to study, so I think I'm going to go to Hillel tonight for the last time this semester. Hopefully the dinner will be good. I just don't want to study. After that, I get to focus on my research, which my presentation is on tuesday. I got to get something done by then...gah! Alex has been pretty good about getting me to study, which is good. I decided I don't like to study by myself. It's so boring! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:31696 2004-04-19T20:53:35Z 2004-04-19T20:53:35Z Once Upon A Time...<br /><br /><br />...The End. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:31261 2004-03-08T23:41:04Z 2004-03-08T23:41:04Z I'm overtired, but it's my own fault and I have a long way to go before i can regain control of my life again. My weekend in a flash:<br /><br />Went to dinner at Hillel on Friday night. It's become a regular activity for me. Mostly because I know that Rachel is always there, but also cause its free food. Mmmmm, food. Things are still weird between us, but whatever. I'm half getting the "just be friends vibe" and half getting the "I want more vibe". Kind of weird, but to be honest, it could go either way for me. Anyway, I got rid of her because my fraternity was having a big-bro, little-bro event, which I had to go to cause Brandon's my little bro, and a drunkard. So we got super drunk. Dont remember too much after that, hehe.<br /><br />Saturday: Jaimie from high school called me. She was in Berkeley, surprise surprise, but I couldn't meet her for anything cause she was going to SF and then back to UCSC. Maybe some other time. Also, I read part of a book. That night, it was century club at AEPi. That's one shot every minute for one hundred minutes. And now I'm a member. Yay. Oh, and Andy ran around Channing circle butt ass naked and got his ass slapped by some random guy. Again, after that the details get fuzzy, hehe.<br /><br />Sunday: Spent the day reading my book. Rachel called me up and met me for lunch. That was nice, but we went to Intermettzo, and I don't really like it all that much. Whatever. <br /><br />Today: Wrote the paper for my book. I started at 10:30, and wrote 5 pages in three hours. It was crap. but it was only the rough draft. So tonight I work on it some more. Also, tonight I'm going to work on the St. Patty's Day party music soundtrack. I get to be responsible, yay. I'm really excited about the party. 1000 jello shots, a keg of Guinness, other intoxicating beverages. Gonna be lots and lots of fun. I'm gonna try to get Rachel to come. Who knows, maybe we'll figure out where we stand exactly. Until next time, C-ya! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:31001 2004-03-04T08:27:02Z 2004-03-04T08:27:02Z "The New Year" Death Cab for Cutie I'm tired and grumpy.<br /><br />I finally hit the "brick wall" of Berkeley. You know the point where you realize you just can't put off being a student forever. At that, I'm playing catch up in all of my classes. Essays to write, but a crapload of reading to do before i even think about writing. I just wanna crawl in a hole and die...I'll put that in my calander. Speaking of calander, I've started writing stuff down in a calander, and I'm just now realizing how busy my life really is. And I thought I was lazy, ha! Well, I still am lazy, because I some how avoid half of the things in my calander, go figure. Like class for one.<br /><br />One thing I've decided to to at the begining of the semester was to get a crush in each of my classes, kind of an incentive to go to class. Well, it hasn't really worked out how I wanted it to. I mean, I dropped my MCB 110 class because there was nobody worth talking to in that class, let alone developing a crush on. Chem 130b i have my study buddy, even though she has a boyfriend and we've been study buddies since freshman year for chemistry. Ok, Priscilla doesn't count as a crush, but hey, she's nicer than the professor, so it's incentive. In chem 104a, well a bunch of my friends are in this class, and I can't really develop a crush on any of them. I guess Liat will have to do...hehe. Hi Liat. My rhetoric 172 class I don't have ANY idea what the hell is going on, so I don't have time for a crush. And then rhetoric 103b. I gave up on this class...until this week. Well, I don't know her name yet, but she's in my discussion section. And i've talked to her casually, like twice, after class. Tomorrow I'll see her again. Maybe I'll ask her name. And if she's lucky, maybe I'll let her be my crush.<br /><br />On that note, what's going on with Rachel you might ask? I dunno. It doesn't hurt me to call her, but its not that exciting either. Something to do if I have nothing better to do, I guess. And right now I have a lot of homework, so she gets the back seat for a little while. When the right girl comes by, I'll know. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:30800 2004-03-01T23:55:52Z 2004-03-01T23:55:52Z Third Eye Blind "Slow Motion" Miss Jones taught me English<br />But I think I just shot her son<br />'Cause he owed me money<br />With a bullet in the chest you cannot run<br />Now he's bleeding in a vacant lot<br />The one in the summer where we used to smoke pot<br />I guess I didn't mean it<br />But man, you shoulda seen it<br />His flesh explode<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />We tend to die young<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />What a brother knows<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />Now the cops will get me<br />But girl, if you would let me<br />I'll take your pants off<br />I got a little bit of blow we could both get off<br />Later bathing in the afterglow<br />Two lines of coke I cut with Drano<br />And her nose starts to bleed<br />A most beautiful ruby red<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />We'll remember these days<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />Urban life decays<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />And at home<br />My sister's eating paint chips again<br />Maybe that's why she's insane<br />I shut the door to her moaning<br />And I shoot smack in my veins<br />Wouldn't you?<br />See my neighbor's beating his wife<br />Because he hates his life<br />There's a knock to his fist as he swings<br />Oh man, what a beautiful thing<br />And death slides close to me<br />Won't grow old to be<br />A junkie wino creep<br />Hollywood glamorized my wrath<br />I'm a young urban psychopath<br />I incite murder for your entertainment<br />'Cause I needed the money<br />What's your excuse?<br />The joke's on you<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />Oh yeah<br />Slow motion see me let go<br />Slow motion see me let go urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:blueeyedjew:30670 2004-02-17T20:14:28Z 2004-02-17T20:14:28Z "Bleed America" Jimmy Eat World Alright, I'm back in Berkeley. Arizona was a $hitload of fun, except for the fact that Heather annoyed me the entire. I dont really feel like giving a play by play, but in general everything was fun. From the talking to guys at other schools, to the party on Saturday night. But since I'm lazy, if you want stories come talk to me individually. I got everything from empirical evidence that UofA girls are dumber than a doornail to Tuscon Police Department sucking WAY more than the Berkeley or UC Police departments. <br /><br />I ended up calling Rachel last night after my meeting. We talked for about an hour, mostly about my trip, and what she did on Valentines Day. The conversation was going well, and I asked her to dinner, but she has two midterms this week, and she said she'd call me back about doing dinner on friday or saturday. Sounded like a blowoff to me, but we'll see if she calls. She still seems into me somewhat. I was thinking some place nice, but not too nice. Any suggestions? Well, there's always the party friday night, so maybe she'll come to that. Wait, after what happened to her during the last friday night party she went to, we'll see if she ever ends up showing up to AEPi again. HA! OK OK, I'll tell the story...some other time. Right now, LUNCH!!!!