#intro to molec and cell

My mom’s response when I told her that the presentation I’m doing tomorrow is about the induction of ectopic eyes in Drosophila (making fruit flies develop eyes on their wings and legs and other places where eyes are not supposed to be) via targeted gene expression: “Oh no, that’s so naughty. They shouldn’t be doing that, messing with genes.”

oof. I have studied pretty much not at all for the test I have tomorrow, because I had dress rehearsals every night this past week and then this weekend was full of performances, so today I was honestly just so exhausted that I slept for six hours in the middle of the day and didn’t do anything productive

I mean, it was worth it. I have so missed performing. But yeah, tomorrow’s test may not go so well.

The girl sitting next to me is SO MAD about Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin and it’s so funny

My excuse for barely studying this weekend will be that I had a lot of rehearsal, and that excuse will be 100% invalid seeing as I have been laying in bed listening to an audiobook and playing candy crush for the last 4 hours

I feel bad when all the things in a class are coming easily to me and other people are struggling, because I think I can come off as a bit of an asshole about it, especially when I can’t keep myself from interjecting in other people’s conversations to correct and/or assist them. I honestly honestly just want people to understand. I like explaining things to people, I like helping out.

It’s not that I think I’m smarter than the people around me who don’t understand the thing, it’s just that the stuff we’ve been doing is heavily ochem-based, and most of the people in the class are baby freshmen or sophomores who haven’t taken that yet, and I have taken it, and I love it, so I’m like LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THESE BONDS and they’re like …who is this bitch