Chemistry all over the place

So it seems that suddenly I haven't updated in almost a week. Interesting stuff that's happened recently:

A girl in my chemistry class has a tattoo of serotonin on her foot.

About a week ago Williams sent us an email saying he'd graded a few of our iodine reports and they were "a step backward" for most of us, but one person he graded got 169/175. Since I came in with a complete draft almost a week before the due date and got his personal feedback on it, I wondered if I might that person. I wasn't, but my TA gave me 168/175.

I didn't get into research at PSU, which I found out in an annoying way. Having waited over a week since what I thought was the notification date, I went back to the website to make sure I was right about it. They had posted a notice to the effect of "we've notified all the people we accepted" on their blog. Because a blog is SUCH an official conduit.

I've been running in my fancy new running shoes, aiming for 4 days a week. Monday and today I ran in the afternoon in the sun.

I'm coming back to Portland on Friday, June 12th. I don't know how I'm going to make money to buy food in Portland, but I'm not feeling like research is a good enough incentive to keep me away. I need to find a way to make money and something interesting to do, though, that's for sure.