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

Category: Life

Short (and long) reads extracted from my personal life.

  • Research Worries

    I have been working hard on the guinea pig brains over the past week-point-five and it’s getting close to my next moment of truth. This Sunday while Rachel is at work I’m going to come in and run a Western and see what kind of stuff comes out the other end of the five-hour procedure.…

  • My Life in Six Words?

    Saw this on David’s blog and was rather intrigued. I came up with: Changing the world; starting right here.

  • Early Mornings

    All I have to say is, waking up before seven three days a week is terrible. Especially when I stay up late the night before doing homework.

  • I Want One

    I Want One

    I have always really liked the aggressive exterior image of the Corvette. I just saw this picture of the 2009 ZR1 and it’s pretty sweet. I might just have to set the picture as my desktop wallpaper for a while. Check out some more detailed information and pictures on this blog.

  • Headshot

    I got to go shooting for the second time in my life today at a range owned in part by one of Rachel’s and my friends. He’s got an amazing collection of weapons both modern and historical and as a result Rachel and I got to work a variety of firearms. We tried out three…

  • Running the Race

    Pre-med students are, by nature, competitive. There is room for debate on whether it is the stressful path that makes us this way, or if it is our personalities that direct us to take the path. Either way, the result is that we spend an awful amount of time comparing ourselves to others (especially other…

  • The Substitution Effect

    Many times in movies a hero retrieves a desired object through a clever substitution, in which the object is replaced with a worthless but similar item. I seem to fall prey to similar scenarios of my own making, in which I will fail to realize the number of objects in my possession has, in fact,…

  • Found My MAP

    UMBC has this interesting little subsection on the student portal called “My Academic Profile,” or “MAP.” This page is supposed to display your progress through completing the General Foundation Requirements (GFRs) the university requires before they will allow you to graduate. The caveat? They never update the darn thing, largely because the inane system requires…