Current mood:	AHHHH!!!
Current music:	aphex twin - girl/boy song [redruth mix]

i am SO boring
terrible news! chemistry awards day is next thursday and i was hoping that there wouldn't be many undergrads presenting posters so it'd be less scary and i could maybe win a prize automatically cause no one else entered, hahaha. but the preliminary list came out today and there are ten other undergrads -- TEN! that's too many. i'm scared now.

1) matthew youngblut - laser photo-initiated nitrosylation of n. europaea cytocrhome C (544): a study of the protein's role in reducing nitric oxide
2) neal rosenberg III - is metallothienin a zinc reservoir for zinc deficient u-87 cells?
3) sean m. seefeld - polypeptide collapse initiates the change in redox potential of the phe-83 iso-1-cytochrome c mutants
4) mitchel breunig - cell ca2+ sensing with the fluorescent indicator INDO-1 potential competition from cellular zn-protein
5) JIA FENG - fabrication of ultrathin monolayer films for single molecule manipuation!!!!
6) ivan kamyshko - effect of diazeniumdiolates on DNA binding activity of zinc finger-containing transcription factor SP1, and the DNA protecting effect of SP1 activity
7) melissa pergande - identifying preferential lewis base binding sites in amino acid residues using borane: a preliminary computational chemistry investigation
8) calvin sprangers - reversible proton transfer across metal oxide interface: protonation and proton-transfer dynamics within the proton cryptates a-[HxW12O40]^((8-x)-) (x=2,3)
9) christopher m. witzigmann - towards a new synthesis of co(azacapten)^3+, a mediator for use in the electrochemistry of proteins
10) jeff slosarczyk - photoinduced generation of nitric oxide from N,N'-bis-(carboxymethyl)-N,N'-dinitroso-1,4,-phenylenediamine in the presence of 1-electron reduced methyl viologen
11) protonation rate investigations of the metal-oxide proton cryptate complexes, a-[HxW12O40][8-x]- x=2,3

okay this is ridiculous because i assumed it would be best to write a simple title for the poster since all of the technical information would be on there already and we would be standing there to explain everything, but apparently everyone else did the exact opposite. because i did not mention my molecule or fluorophore's names -- dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and 5-(octadecanoylamino)fluorescein, nor did i mention the names of the techniques for monolayer film assembly or any fluorescence microscopy terms. but then looking at the list of grad student posters (i won't type that out) their titles are simple like mine, so i feel better. i think that the other undergrads just wanted their projects to sound big and complicated. jerks.

i signed up for classes monday morning...

summer 2007 schedule:
CHEM 344 - organic chemistry lab (2 cr)
CHEM 345 - organic chemistry II (3 cr)
CHEM 489 - physical chemistry research, upper division (2 cr)

fall 2007 schedule:
PHILOS 341 - modern ethical theory (3 cr)
PHILOS 430 - history of ancient philosophy (3 cr)
PHYSICS 120 - general physics I (4 cr)
PHYSICS 121 - general physics I lab (1 cr)
BIO SCI 380 - grand questions in biology (3 cr)
CHEM 489 - physical chemistry research, upper division (2 cr)

also yesterday i sent in my application to tutor math, chemistry, biology, and logic. and i am in the process of applying to volunteer in the recovery room st. joseph's hospital. i'll probably apply for a position at st. mary's in case i don't get the other one. and i will still be volunteering as a vision screener with prevent blindness wisconsin, though probably less often if i get a hospital position.

AND, perhaps the best news i have to share, is that i might be getting another bunny soon.

mmm, raisins!