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Name: Derrick
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Birthday: 12/26/1900
Gender: Male
Interests: time to update.. ellen wong is stupid.
Expertise: no, she's REALLY stupid.
Occupation: Unemployed/Between Jobs
Industry: Nonprofit
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Member Since:
10/26/2003
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| Remember those good old days in high school when everyone had to supposedly pass a swim test to graduate?
I think that was THE DUMBEST requirement. ever, especially for a school district in San Francisco, CA
1. Who swims in San Francisco? The city has a reputation for cold winds and lots of fog. Why does it make any sense that high schoolers would either want or need to learn how to swim?
2. High schoolers are some of the most socially awkward and self conscious people around. Trust me I was one not too long ago. It doesn't make any sense that they would subject themselves to walking around half naked to swim 6 laps. Good thing I'm so good looking, with my fat layers.
3. If I was a merman or a porpoise it may make sense that i would need this skill in the future, to save my fellow merpeople/ porpi. Or even if I was a lifeguard. I didn't go to school with any aquatic animals and doubt again that anyone living in San Francisco has hopes of being a professional lifeguard.
back to human genetics...
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| Time runs together now. Almost halfway through the pseudo last fall quarter of my pseudo last year. Just yesterday it was stuff-your-faces-until-you-get-a-heart-attack night. Well I guess everyday in my life is stuff-your-face-until-you-get-a-heart-attack night, but still.
Flash Forward is a creepy show. I wished they had that on a less dramatic basis for majors and careers and stuff. If only I could look 5, 10 years ahead, I'd know what to emphasize more now and what to stop doing.
I don't know how people spread themselves so thin. Last year's valedictorian from college of bio sci had a record 48 A+'s in her entire college career (the rest being regular A's), where she also interned at a lab and did clinical internships on campus. Although I'm not at that level (I don't even have 1 A+), I wonder how much Ritalin one must take, how antisocial and competitive one must become, to obtain such a high level of academic rigor. And then what? are they truly satisfied? I hope so because i have neither the patience or willpower to do what these people do. Getting to class and work while not falling asleep is enough for me.
And don't even get me started on this whole post secondary education thing.
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| fridays are made for skipping school and work to watch all the shows that you dvr'ed during the week. and to drink starting at 4
p.s. i miss my dog who poops everywhere. don't really miss the smell though
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| major genetics minor econ no japan: June 2010
major genetics major econ no japan: summer 2010
major genetics minor econ yes japan: fall 2010
major genetics major econ yes japan: winter 2011, but actually spring because who stays until March.
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| If I ever just have 350 dollars, not earmarked for anything, I think I would buy a kitchenaid stand mixer. I've been wanting one of these things for a whilllllle now, but I guess it's more wanting it than needing it. Plus I live in an apartment and I doubt that there's any time to use it or any space to store it. Pet peeves: warm beer indecision overexcessive frugality. This summer. blah. I feel like it's over, yet I still have a month until Fall quarter starts. I definitely should not have taken math-based econ class this summer. My brain feels lethargic and unable to comprehend school at the moment. Too much work, is what I think. Someone please just offer me a job now so I don't have to waste my life thinking about what the next step is. Which brings up a really good quote. Well it's actually not that good of a quote b/c it's wordy, but it brings up a good point, and this is someone who currently rolls in the dough, so anything he has to say, i will listen: "You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something; your guts, destiny, life, karma, whatever because believing that the dots will connect down the road, will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make ALL the differences." - Steve Jobs 
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