Doctoral Candidate

This past Friday I completed my Candidacy exam and I am now a doctoral candidate. I did a really good job on my presentation as well as fielding the questions that I received.

I was really nervous at the start of my presentation. My hands were shaking. I really don't know why I was that nervous. So I got through the presentation really well. So I was most worried about the type of questions that I was going to receive. I got asked questions that I had no problem answering. I even went to the white board and made a diagram of what I think is happening in my cell line.

It was a packed room. Not one seat available. Didn't think that many people were gonna come out. Even NM came out. I've had a crush on her since my second year here. I think I would have really got at her if she didn't have a boyfriend. But I knew I passed before they told me.

Now the grind can begin to get the hell outta here.

Updates

Damn it seems like its been a minute since I last blogged.

Well a couple of updates.


1. I take my Phase II Preliminary Exam on March 28th. I need to stop bullshitting and start working on it. I think I will be ok though.

2. I'll be going to San Diego April 12-16. I'm lightweight excited about the trip. I already have my plane ticket booked, hotel room reserved and I have my check to cover the expenses upfront.

3. Basketball season is going well. We finished the season 7-1. It was a 3 way tie for the best record. We had the number one seed in playoffs (due to average margin of victory). We are now in the semifinals which will be played tomorrow. The championship game is Monday.

4. I've come to realize that I am doing bad on all of my New Year's resolutions. I need to do better.

5. I missed my homecoming this year. I felt some type of way about that.

Unexpected...

So in high school I kinda used to talk this girl named Natasha B. I had the biggest crush on her for the longest time. We talked for a little bit but I guess we worked better as friends. I haven't seen or heard from her since HS graduation.

So out the blue she hits me up on myspace yesterday. Asked how I was doing and whatnot. I actually thought she was married because her name on myspace is Natasha Azra. But apparently that is her stage name. She was in a group called Exhale in high school. Now she is a solo artist living in Atlanta.

She looks so much better than she did in high school. She even picked up a little bit of weight (a good thing). She gave me her number and told her I should hit her up whenever I'm in Atlanta.

This Weekend.

I went to see CL this weekend. We had a great time. I had a lot of fun. I got there like Friday around 8pm. She made me dinner. Steak, potatoes and brocolli. It was pretty good. Afterwards we just laid up and watched tv.

The next morning we stayed in bed till like 1 or so. Then we got up and went to the Tai place to eat lunch. We went to mall for a little bit and then went to the movies. We saw National Treasure 2 and Cloverfield. Both movies were excellent. I really liked Cloverfield mainly because it was different. So afterward we went back to the house and watched tv some more and had sex some more. lololol.

The next morning we stayed in bed till like 11 or so and watched the 1st season of lost and some key episodes of season 2 (she wants me to watch this season with her). The show is actually pretty interesting. Im upset I didn't start watching earlier. So after that we went to get wings from Buffalo Wild Wings and watched the Superbowl. We then watched the Wire.

I got up like at 4am to drive back to Nashville. I'm still tired though.

Another Invite...

Another girl who goes to Meharry has asked me out on a date. She wants to see a movie tonight. I don't know what it is but its been happening a lot lately. I've been gettting a lot of attention from the opposite sex. CL says its because I have a glow. Maybe so.

Life of a Graduate Student

Sometimes I love being a grad student and sometimes not so much. This post is for one of those things that I hate. I get a monthly stipend to attend grad school. Great right? No. Not so much. I only get like 1700/month. Which sounds great until you realize that you live the life of a regular job working adult. Rent, food, utilities, car note, car insurance, phone, etc. 1700 goes by very quickly considering these factors. On top of that we are not allowed to work. Shit sucks. Anyway i'm done complaining about my financial situation because I realize that it could be a lot worse.

Catching up with old flames

So I had a conversation with CL about wondering what happened to old flames and friends who seemed to drop off the face of the earth. After our conversation it got me wondering about two old flames. One is a girl named Mari whom I used to go out with my senior year in high school and she was my prom date. The other is a girl I haven't thought about in a long, long time. Her name is Dominique. She was my first real crush. I went to elementary school and middle school with her and I liked her the whole time. We went to different high schools because she ended up going to a private school.

So I ended up googling both of them. I found out that Mari works for the Enviornmental Protection Agency. So I emailed her to see how she was doing in life since I haven't talked to or seen her since like my freshman year in college. She emailed me back and let me know that she was doing fine. She moved from Oxon Hill to Alexandria and she has a four-year old daughter. It was good to hear from her.

I ended up emailing Dominique on classmates.com because I couldn't find any other contact info for her. Hopefully she contacts me because I'm really curious to see how she has been doing. I haven't seen her since the 8th grade (circa 1995).