Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Author: Michaela A. Castello

  • Tengo mucho en mi plato, y no tenedor

    Today has been rough, and there’s still a lot more ahead. It started with Developmental Bio, after which I went jogging around the loop for Jogging class, as opposed to the track. The day was just too beautiful to not enjoy for at least a little portion of it. After that I had to hurry…

  • Bodies: The Exhibition

    This weekend Rachel and I went with some friends to see Bodies: The Exhibition in D.C. It turned out to be quite the adventure as we got lost part of the of way there and had to call them for directions. They allowed visitors in until 11 PM, however, which I thought was a brilliant…

  • The Orange Box

    I preordered The Orange Box over Steam not too long ago and scored five games for $45. Unfortunately I already had two of the five (Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One), but I’m recouping some of my expenditure by passing those two along to Omar for a small fee. He started playing Half-Life 2…

  • Harry Potter

    After several weeks of returning to my room, rudely deserting my appalled roommates and shutting myself away until the wee hours of the morning, only to wake up exhausted the following morning, I have finally finished the Harry Potter book series. Yes, I know, I’m about oh, say, four or five years behind the rest…

  • Don’t You Just Hate When You Forget

    I can’t stand it when I have the perfect idea for something to write here, and then forget it hours later. It’s like the more information I try and cram into my brain, the more stuff falls out the back, forgotten. At any rate, my day got off to a poor start when I was…

  • Interview

    The other day I had an interview with a new research professor on campus. During our conversation, she abruptly asked me, “Michaela, what has been the most difficult part of your life thus far?” I looked her right in the eye and answered promptly with a single word, “Gastrulation.”

  • Follow-up

    In reference to the previous post: I do not cheat; I do not plagiarize. What I resent is being treated like a criminal when I have not, and do not plan to, do anything wrong, especially when the defined “crimes” have been deemed permissible by esteemed professors at this university as opposed to a tired…

  • Labs Suck

    Cell Biology lab has put me in a foul mood this afternoon. To be fair, it starts at a disadvantage thanks to the time: 2:30-5:30 on Friday afternoons. However, any remaining grace I may have felt for the class evaporated faster than isopropyl alcohol when my partner Amir and I began the activity. So much…