Something in the way you people smell, like you've got no soul at all.

I wrote a revision about one of my poems on this blog from two years ago for my creative writing class, and it brought my professor to tears.

The Process (3/9/09)

“Baby fat doesn’t smell like adult fat.”
You would expect it to be easier to autopsy an adult
than a child. We flip the tiny cadaver’s scalp up,
and then I can pretend I am dissecting a cat, AP-bio style.

You don’t need the bone saw on children.
Using the scalpel, we cut the cartilaginous ribs one-by-one,
and easily remove the breastplate.
The organs are miniature, and even cute.

I’ve never seen a heart so small and so precious.
I only think it’s sad that it will never see CAD.
I wonder what this child could have done or seen
with its life, now wasted by asphyxiation.

Art vs. Science

Neuroscience major requirements that correspond with pre-med coursework:
Bio 152
Bio 153
Chem 111
Chem 112
Chem 211 (orgo I)
Health Fellows Program (not required)

English major requirements that correspond with pre-med coursework:
Any Lit class
Any language class

# of courses required for English major: 12 # I've completed: 0
# of courses required for Neurosci major: 14 # I've completed: 3

Planned schedule next year if Neurosci major:
Fall= Bio 152, physics, orgo I, brain and behavior (basic neurosci)
Spring=physics, orgo II, neurobio, argument and research writing

Planned schedule next year if English major:
Fall= bio 152, physics, orgo I, intro to literary studies
Spring= physics, orgo II, Intro to Amer. Lit II, Spanish or French


WHAT SHOULD I DO?????

Between the Lines of Fear and Blame

Today I was in the school paper for attending the American Medical Students Association conference in DC. Although I am not a med student yet--merely a pre-med--this whole article got me thinking about my plans for a major. I realized that since I have been at school, the majority of my time that is not spent on sleep or schoolwork is used for reading the classics. Maybe my true passion is becoming an English major. Maybe that's why I needed to hang out with the boy...it would all make sense to me then. I also found out that I'm going to be an RA next year. w00t! I have no monies; this will be a good thing for me. I'll be able to exercise my authority over next year's freshmen, and make awesome door decorations (Yay arts and crafts). I am getting really burnt out of science right now, especially since my F+ on my latest bio exam (never saw that coming). I am sure I can make it up on the final, but knowing that I have a C in the class right now sucks bad.
I still haven't gotten any money back from the school after the AMSA conference so I couldn't pay off my credit card today. I hate being so broke. I have been selling "Free Books" from the Math, Computing, and Engineering Center on Amazon.com in order to break the cycle. I've made $46 dollars so far. I'll get out of this hole soon, I just hope I don't drown in it first.
I am actually going to do some homework tonight...maybe.