Like a Drospohila

Yesterday afternoon, I stayed after that horrendous test (R^2 people!) to go to that presentation by Iolani alumnus Mimi Shirasu-Hiza. While all that lecture about circadian rhythm and immunities relationship went over my head, I did pick up several helpful hints about life.
Mimi eradicated many of the awkward assumptions of what a scientist was. A scientist can be short. A scientist doesn't have to be obsessed. A scientist does not have to be an old geeky man without any outside interests. And the fact that your life can take a totally different path from what you expect. When Mimi was in high school, she wanted to become a writer. But a summer research program that doc! sent her to changed her life.
I suppose that even though I have no idea what I will do in the future, I should not pressure out so much. Especially for those of you who think that you have no passion, there is still plenty of time to find something that you really enjoy. Try new things, take a risk. Because discovery is immortality.

Oh look! A 3and 1/2 of hearts! WHUT!?!?!?









On a lighter note, thanks to the efforts of one of the semi-homeless, it is snowing in doc!'s room! Preposterous, you say, but this is the kind of weather that the mainland has been experiencing since October, for some people. I say semi-homeless because she has not yet to date stayed until the homeless shelter closed. They're so lovely!