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banana

Excess is not rebellion.

About Me

I have this tendency to wind up at the right place at the right time but not figure it out until way later and have no idea how I wound up there in the first place. I sort of wish the right place at the right time involved more of the beach.

My Interests

Little fish. Sharks. Ineffability. Avocadoes. The option to finally be able to live somewhere that is not here. Going anywhere that is not here. Bunny Killers. Going to med school in ten years. Bad puns made by old drunk Irishmen. Being in water. Frescoes. Very very very old buildings. The Vatican. Illuminated manuscripts. Remembering to drink enough water. The possibility of grad school in Hawaii.

I'd like to meet:

The guy(s?) who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. The CEO of Planned Parenthood. Someone who can get me onto the Farrallones. Also, a mermaid.

Music:

[Insert reputable hip hop] [insert reputable rapper] [Insert bad retro eighties and nineties] [insert still hip punk] [insert classical to represent my diversity of taste] [Insert tragically hip hardcore and metal] [Insert bands you've never heard of so I can impress you with my knowledge of unknown obscure scene bullshit]. I swear I'm not jaded.

Movies:

Several years back I had terrible insomnia, and the only way I found to put myself to sleep was to watch Jaws from the point where they all get on the boat to go catch the shark.

Television:

This one time, I got really sick and went over to Cynthia's cuz she got cable. I watched VH1 for more hours than I am willing to admit. I was kind of ready to die by the end of the day... I have also developed a deep and undying venomous grudge against CSI.

Books:

Have you ever met a bananna that could read?

Heroes:

katie ravnik. Dr. Paul Farmer.

My Blog

Very very patiently waiting

for absolution.Maybe I don't require it after all?
Posted by banana on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:35:00 PST

Notes on a company retreat

-Ph.D.'s can drink. A lot.-No, really. A LOT. We had an open bar. About three hours after the open bar opened, the bartenders had run out of whisky, gin and triple sec. There were 60 people on th...
Posted by banana on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:05:00 PST

Fire drill

So my school's literary magazine is kind enough to want to publish my story and the magazine goes to the printer tomorrow and so my final revisions have to be emailed before I go to bed tonight and it...
Posted by banana on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:28:00 PST

The advantage of an exotoxin

Bacteria does not have to be immediately present to infect the host: the toxin works itself into the host's system and travels all over, causing a systemic infection. Also, if I had a band, I woul...
Posted by banana on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:58:00 PST

Sitting in a corner playing crazy by myself

I have gone insane and am vainly trying to take everyone with me. I hurt the feelings of those I love dearly. I keep forgetting to call people back. Soon I will have no friends and I can't blame an...
Posted by banana on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:39:00 PST

Conquering new lands in the name of everyone that is in my boat

I have made an important new discovery that will change my life and the lives of everyone around me. It quite possibly is the most important innovation since quarks, or the things that are smaller th...
Posted by banana on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:46:00 PST

Better than minesweeper

So a couple of months ago i got a new computer (thank you kindly mr. bonjour)and it is wonderful and fabulous and I love it but it doesn't have minesweeper. or solitaire. Or freecell. What on earth...
Posted by banana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

on the topic of infection

Guys, you don't know how lucky you have it. Really. Bladder infections fucking suck ass. SO much horrible pain. So incapacitating. Ow.
Posted by banana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what does 'transmutate' mean?

So I woke up at six this morning because I had to pee. I staggered to the bathroom, sat for a minute, and stumbled back, totally stuck in this dream state, you know? I was awake but my dream was sti...
Posted by banana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

worse than the bus stop

Erika, I just discovered, has not yet gone over to Colby's. She is still here at the house. Cynthia has not left Marin yet, so we can't make dinner till she comes back from Oakland. All of us are w...
Posted by banana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST