Yikes. My first Biostats online Excel exam is available this weekend. I've been doing all right on my homework and stuff but a test on Excel intimidates me a little. Especially alone. I have no friends to double-check things with because it's a test. I think I'm so un-confident about it because it's one of those classes where I'm never really sure I'm right. It's not like chemistry class where the calculations will be within a range that seems reasonable for what I'm looking or like a class where there is certain stuff I need to study and can memorize. I never seem to know for sure if it's well done. Anyway, classes are still sailing smoothly. Besides a couple of tests for Biostats and one project for Community Health Assessment, I really only have my weekly assignments that I have figured out and final papers. Not so bad.
My field experience has been pretty interesting. Working with dietetics means really awesome food. I had a meeting with the group at someone's house last weekend and she made seafood stew and chocolate cake that still makes me salivate when I think about it. In fact, I think I'm going to look into what it would take to become a Registered Dietitian. I'm not sure if it'd be an entire addition to the MPH or like an extra year or what, but I'm really interested in it. OOOH, And I get to go to the Capitol on Monday night to listen to a hearing about licensing and natropaths. I will have more to report next week.
I don't care what anyone says, I think instant pudding made with soy milk that doesn't really ever solidify takes really, really good. It's kind of more between chocolate milk and pudding but you still have to eat it with a spoon. It's easiest to just chill it out in the fridge in the measuring cup. Little tip from me to you.
I'm not even sure what I did last weekend. Oh yeah, last Friday I saw some performance art at the Walker Art Museum called Hey Girl. It was definitely the most beautiful piece of theatre I've ever seen. It was an hour performance with no dialogue or narrative but it consisted of so many strong images it didn't need any. There were many moments that will be stuck in my head for my lifetime. Then I went to the Varsity to see the band Times New Viking. They're this noise rock garage band from Ohio with voices like sand and glue. They were really awesome. They opened for Super Furry Animals, who I don't know well. I stuck around for a few songs, but I wasn't really digging it. Monday night I saw A Place to Bury Strangers and Holy Fuck at the Triple Rock. It was a loud and great show. I had to wear ear plugs it was so loud. But awesome.
A bar between the U and downtown called Maxwells' caught on fire the other day. I drove past it tonight and it looked like an abandoned ice palace. Since it's been so freaking cold, the water from the hoses froze all around it. There are long icicles hanging from the windows, flags, sign and street signs and the entire burned building is covered in a layer of ice. If you're around here, so see it soon because it may get warm enough to thaw things out in like a month or so.
No, but really, today it was about 20ish degrees but the sun was out. It felt like spring. I took off a layer of gloves and loosened up my scarf. I was giddy.