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Mississa

About Me

long bath taker, 5k runner, long distance swimmer, for the betterment of the worlder, rainy day and night lover, tomato grower and *eater*, bear poop studier, friend misser, head over heels-er, faller in lover and mover to idahoer, couldn't have a happier lifer, dreamer and future plan maker, hiker, biker, gotta love a dyker, birder, learner, teacher, organic food cooker and grower,and zoologist (first and foremost).

My Interests

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ok so my house has a hitch, but also a woodstove which has a strange equalizing effect. feeling just a little lost and without my community but managing to get by and have some kicks while adjusting... I study way too much despite my best efforts to blow off academia and have a good time. Sadly a good friday night at this point involves wine, a blazing fire and my faithful canine by my side. Help? LGBT would be a big plus, I miss my people...

My Blog

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... is like 7 only better.  Mushroom season without the means, but still I can think about batboy and laugh out two cups of gravy.  But still, I'd like the mushrooms.  I think I got the...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:11:00 GMT

best day of my entire life!!

just got the letter today- I got into vet school BOO YAH!
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:22:00 GMT

publication!!

five months after leaving a job that was sucking my will to live, I got the best news ever!! I've been published!  And in an amazingly prestigious journal- Cancer Cell.  Granted this project...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:37:00 GMT

crackhead

so the boyfriend and I went climbing together for the first time yesterday.  a potentially sticky situation for sure- but we had the best time ever.  He even managed to convince me to try a ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:48:00 GMT

ask...

and ye shall receive.  a new plan which is really an old plan working out perfectly with a perfect you-know-who.  Welcoming tricksters back into my life in a new positive light and learning ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:59:00 GMT

stick it to me

something more relaxing (and probably better for you) than a glass of wine on the couch is going to the acupunturist.  Oh monica my dear how I love you and your pokey needles of extreme pleasure....
Posted by on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:09:00 GMT

e coli

for those of you geeky enough to know why this makes me happy: today I ran a gel and discovered that a)I got amplification products off of my first PCR that I designed and ran from b) cDNA that I made...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:37:00 GMT

sometimes a nut isn't a nut

which is why you shouldn't put them in your pocket- in case it turns out to be a many-legged insect that opens up and crawls out after it gets a little warm.  still... really tempted to move half...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:29:00 GMT

Miss Gertie

I also got to feed this girl, and she is GORGEOUS.  Check out the feet, they're the cutest things going.  I heart hippos...  
Posted by on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:22:00 GMT

new love

For those of you who haven't been to the zoo in a while, I suggest you rush out and go, but I warn you now- you may fall in love with the new sunbear, Francis.  I have been studying my new friend...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:50:00 GMT