the after party.

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Silver Lining — Rilo Kiley

I was your silver lining, but now I’m gold.

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my love-hate relationship with biebs has hit a new all time high. why does he look good yet why am i bothered by his macking on women-girls swag

ps. i spent a good 15 min looking for a good gif! everything else was tweens photshopping themselves next to him or reblogging his profound lyrics or  pictures of their undying love tattooed on their lower backs.

and somehow i fall into this category.

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Anonymous asked: ryan gosling

hey girl. you mean ryan god-ling

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I’m currently taking an upperdiv class called the Psychobiology of Fear and Anxiety, taught by my PI, and ohmygawd the material is so difficult, but it’s so goooood. The first midterm is on Thursday, and it’s literally taking me 3-4 hours to go through each lecture, and all the while I’m simultaneously tearing my hair out from stress and gaping at all this crazy cool information.

Fear is such an innate, primitive emotion and I admit I never really paid attention to it until I started my research on fear. The professor, Dr. Fanselow, is pretty much known as the guy who discovered the fear circuit in the brain, thus converting learning about fear from a psychological point of view to a biological model. 

His research primarily revolves around the amygdala, a brain structure responsible for processing emotional reactions, fear included. You would think that if you removed the amygdala, then fear would be entirely eliminated. Fanselow’s research, however, has shown that the surrounding area in the brain, called the basal nuclei, eventually replaces the function of the amygdala, thus maintaining fear.

My biology classes have always forced the concept of the brain’s plasticity down my throat, but to see it in action is amazing. Discovering how fear works in the brain has a zillion applications, which includes anxiety disorders, a personal interest of mine since I grew up with loved ones suffering from the disorders. While reading this publication, the little nerd in me was pumping her fists in the air, saying “damn that’s so coooooool”

I lovelovelove being psychobiology. Best of both worlds.

let me give you a joyous tour of my weekend

I woke up early this morning incredibly happy and energetic, and ran out to my living room to share my bountiful sentiments with my roommates, only to realize they were all still dead asleep. I felt weirdly embarrassed, but I fist pumped to myself and immediately put Earth Wind and Fire on full volume before running back to my room to do a Very Girly Thing and re-try on all the clothes I bought from shopping. 

Most of all, I’m blogging to wish y’all a Happy Easter! After coming back from a beautiful mass with an inspiring homily, I feel  blessed and grateful for the family and friends I have in life. Congratulations to my sister; she’s getting confirmed next week!

Shout out to UKS Culture Night — it was a phenomenal production. No need for further explanation.

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spring break, you saucy little minx

… the utmost tease.

Post-finals high follows a comforting pattern: red-faced celebrations, retail therapy, and food adventures. Weirdly, many of us finished early this time, and we took our advantage in full stride, gleefully checking in a variety of places on Facebook every day, then passing out together like a giant sleepover. The novelty was that a friend’s cousins from flippin ’ Missouri were over, and us city slickers (an actual term they called us, heh) had a grand time showing them beaches and 405 traffic, only to be mind blown by stories about farm life, where neighbors were acres away, a Saturday involves shooting deer in your backyard, and what, y’all don’t know what a combine harvester is? No, we is woefully ignorant.

But I digress. Now that I’m home and my tummy is full of mama’s cooking, a lethargy creeps in, and Sunday plans are embarrassingly lazy: catch up on my TV shows and a few books I’ve been meaning to read all quarter.

apt 304 loves apt 307. my unlikely family.

so ive turned vegetarian

… aaaand it’s not as bad as the carnivorous cavewoman in me thought it would be. 

For starters, I feel excelente. I live in an apartment, so the transition wasn’t too bad, as I already cook pretty simply and generally don’t eat KBBQ or red meat any more. I refuse to go down the carb-y “cheese, pasta and repeat” pathway, so I kind of just replace everything with tofu or heavily seasoned vegetables (but I gagged Friday night eating a sad meal of black beans and rice while staring longingly at my roommate’s sizzling pork chop).  More energy, lighter, and feeling weird all over with this… cleanse. 

So far, reactions from people have ranged from skepticism and doubt of how long I’m going to last (you meanies!) to “is that you’re less of a [expletive] now” (you jerks!) to one very positive gasp of surprise (I took that as a compliment).

I admit I’m being a bit bougie with this temporary lifestyle (Lent season, oh what up). Waving my sushi in the air, organizing wine and cheese nights, munching on grilled asparagus, sipping my soy milk. Kindly remind me why I hate PETA again? All in a day’s work, guys.

rabbit food warrior food.

my day summed up in a gif. oh glorious internet

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islandfresh21:

Success!  UKS Google+ Hangout with the maximum amount of people (10).  Actually, we had more than 10 and some people waited for others to leave.  Boyyyyyy was it laggy.

hanging out with alumni makes me feel cool

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