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I have been trying, in agony, to write in this livejournal, but I have had the poorest luck imaginable. I have had this post open for the last five days. FIVE. Maybe what I meant to write will never be written. All I know is I have two finals on Tuesday, a flight to England on Wednesday, and severe drama regarding the MCAT to worry about right now (see below). Discussing Beerfest will probably not be very conducive to success should I attempt it. But I will say this, I drove home last Sunday with a smile, compared last year's emotional self-flagellation. Smiles are important, oh yes they are.

May I just mention that the leak of the new Tori Amos album has reached my ears (thank you annaybunny). It's the first album I've been able to sit & listen to all the way through since Scarlet's Walk. I'm not sure why this is so. It may be partially because I have this deep affection for Scarlet's Walk and had looked to her other albums, without much success, to give me that same feeling of beauty and yearning. But this is good. It makes me want to take a long walk alone and get lost. It will make for good travel music when I am in Europe, I think.

MCAT WANK ALERT: I have to take this test by July 2nd. I only found out the latest I should take it is July 2nd this morning, because up until this point I just thought I had to take it by the ballpark month of July. All the dates are closed in the 100 mile radius for July 2nd. So I signed up for July 31st (the nearest date that didn't involve me driving to South Jersey, Connecticut, etc.) and intend to look out for drops opening up spots closer to me. But seriously, Stony Brook Med School, do you think it would have been wise to send me mail, be it electronic or postal, that delineates the protocol that's appropriate? To tell me officially instead of by word of mouth? To have some kind of relationship with me, even the most formal and methodical/contractual way? How was I supposed to know? Come to think of it I STILL have no idea what's involved in preparing for the med school application process other than sending things to you through AAMC.org. You would think that one of the colleges with the highest rate of pre-med undergraduates in the state/area would have some sort of mandatory pre-med advising, especially for people who are in their 8 year program! But in the last three years, if I wasn't vigilant about the classes I'm required to take, everything would have imploded.

I just want to read about biology & psychology and think about my vacation this week, please.