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Mari

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whethe

About Me

[S]he attacked everything in life with a mix of extrordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. -Douglas Adams


Just the facts ma'am
Wondering: ...why frisbees get bigger as they get closer. Then it hit me.
Orientation: Horizontal sometimes. Vertical others.
Hometown: Baldwin Park, Ca.
Religion: Science
Sign: Stop
Children: A gaggle of 'em!
Schools
WVU Health Science Center
Morgantown, WV
Graduated: Excuse me while I bust a gut with riotous laughter. Degree: Once upon a time, I thought a PhD would be cool. What a fool I was....
Clubs: Tom and Fred's Little Experiment.
I was the negative control.

University Of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Graduated: Before I died
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Science Degree
Major: Biology/Technical Communications


Baldwin Park High
Baldwin Park, CA
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni

My Interests

My kids, friends, science, gadgets, good music, life, movies, any irregularities with my skin (pick..pick..pick..)

I'd like to meet:

The first person who cracked open an oyster, looked at the slimy goop inside, and thought "yum! What an excellent meal!"

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. -Emerson

My friends know my soul's poetry, and they recite it back to me when I've forgotten the words. For that, I am eternally thankful. -M

Music:

Last nine songs echoing through my house

Movies:

Anytime, anywhere.

Television:

I haven't watched TV regularly since...umm...1992.

Books:

Anything I can get my hands on. In a pinch, cereal boxes will do for reading material.

Heroes:

My kids. My parents. Most of my friends. Anyone named Melvin.

My Blog

Science, god, and stolen posts.

I only recently started reading Ravnostic's blog. It's a great way to pass the wee hours of the morning and often his posts and questions start hilarious threads of comments. This blog post was pretty...
Posted by Mari on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:18:00 PST

Graduate School Barbie

Stolen from someone years ago. Tweaked through the years, but the core remains the same.GRADUATE SCHOOL BARBIE (TM) Graduate School Barbie comes in two styles! Delusional Master's Barbie (tm) and Ph...
Posted by Mari on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:46:00 PST

NaNoWriMo: I suck

The goal: 50,000 words in one month.My story: I wrote 48,000 words. Beautiful Words. The Great American Novel was about to be birthed. I was feeling good I tell ya. Then a lightening storm hit. Power ...
Posted by Mari on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:00:00 PST

3:55 in the morning and all is well...

    Just in case you were wondering.I'm going to be certifiably insane if I don't get some sleep.Or maybe I'm already insane and that's why I can't sleep. Wag the dog.~M...
Posted by Mari on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:58:00 PST

Insomnia sucks.

I've been up for 31 hours and I'm not sleepy. I'm so tired I can't see straight, but I'm absolutely, positively not sleepy. If you're an insomniac, you understand.See the bags under my eyes in my prof...
Posted by Mari on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:26:00 PST

Random Motherhood Memories

I remember:-when Jonathan insisted on wearing his red triceritop sweatshirt for an entire week. He was three, so by the end of of the week, it was covered in peanut butter and mud.-when he (Jonathan)...
Posted by Mari on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:16:00 PST

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Boy do I have mixed emotions. Did I like the movie? Hmmm....I think I was supposed to like this movie, and I know that by saying I mostly didn't, I'll hear that I'm too politically correct. There were...
Posted by Mari on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:29:00 PST

Update on Jonathan

Despite the lack of hair and the sudden ear growth, that really is my son on the far left. If you haven't talked to me in a while and didn't know: Jonathan joined the Army Reserves and is currently in...
Posted by Mari on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:42:00 PST

The latest "newsletter" from Japan

Word from Heather:   Hello all!  I have had the most insane two months in the world.  Sometimes, I can't even believe how insane they are.  I wake up feeling perfectly normal, then...
Posted by Mari on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:54:00 PST

Science, Japan, and more...

Uploaded more pics...Also, the answer to "what have you been doing these past few years" can be summarized with: spinning my wheels.Oh, and if you care to read it, you'd be forever enriched by reading...
Posted by Mari on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:44:00 PST