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Ana Maria Bendecida

Imitation of Life

About Me

Does the thought of organ harvesting turn you off of donating your organs or body to science? Do you wish you could further medical research, but lack the trustfund to have a hospital wing named after you? Maybe you think there's nothing you can do to help cure cancer but wear little pink ribbons or yellow rubber bracelets. Let me ask you, my Judeo-Christian XY friend, You ever wonder what happens to all those unwanted foreskins from NeoNatal departments? Or after they've done sweeping up the broken dishes at the bris? Let me just say that somewhere, some poor lab tech [formerly me] maintains and grows batches of cells derived from your unwanted, and unused, foreskin. So pat yourself on the back, there, buddy. You *have* made a difference.
Probably.
SCIENCE!

My Interests

Monkeys have tails.
Apes do not.

Music:

Lots. and lots.

Movies:

24 Hour Party People; Wet Hot American Summer; Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels; Princess Mononoke; My Neighbor Totoro; Spirited Away; Hedwig & the Angry Inch; the Jerk; Wallace & Gromit; Chicken Run; Wayne's World; La Haine; Now, Voyager; Johnny Belinda; La Cite des Enfants Perdus; Little Otik; Spies Like Us; ...

Television:

shows with snarky humor and/or smart writing: Arrested Development, etc. Project Runway.

Books:

Certified Book Worm. Latest reads: House of Leaves; Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell; Consider The Lobster;