With Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: JAZZ) remarkable share price increase from a 52-week low of $34.02 to a recent high of $60.00, it makes you wonder how much gas JAZZ has left in the tank. A biopharmaceutical company based in Ireland, JAZZ produces sixteen different medications pertaining to narcolepsy, pain management, oncology, psychiatry, and women’s health.... Continue Reading →
A Scene From My Life as a Writer
Deep breath. Loosen the shoulders. Close your eyes and open them. “Dang it! Nothing.” The cursor blinks mockingly at me on my blank Microsoft Word document. I get up from my chair and walk around my room. Apparently, writing a novel is more difficult than I thought. Where’s the dog, I think to myself. I... Continue Reading →
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall: The Secret to Big College Classes
Sometimes, it can feel intimidating to sign up for a class with over 100 seats available on the roster when you’re used to classes that have no more than 30-something students in them. I’ve compiled a list of how to deal with big college lectures and why you shouldn’t be intimidated to sign up for these massive classes.
Live Long and Prosper: Creating a College Class Schedule that Won’t Make You Miserable
These tips will hopefully assist you in enjoying your first semester of college by ensuring that you’re not too overworked with too little free time. They should also help you to go after an awesome (if not perfect) grade point average by allowing you to focus your efforts and not spread yourself too thin.
“Heaven, Hell, and a Passing Grade” — Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, Hehe!
I won 1st place in the 1st/2nd Quarter 2014 "America's Funniest Humor!"(TM) Writing Contest held by HumorPress.com. My winning entry, “Heaven, Hell, and a Passing Grade” is about me trying to find out if I’m going to Heaven or Hell in the afterlife. What could be funnier than being caught in between eternal salvation or damnation?
Going to Graduate School? Here are Step-by-Step Instructions for the Application Process from a Current Graduate Student (with a 4.0 GPA for both Undergraduate and Graduate Careers, can I get a whoop whoop!)
A former coworker of mine is getting geared up to apply to graduate school. He asked me if I had any advice and, well . . . let’s just say that my replying e-mail was quite long. I thought that I would post what I sent to him because I do believe that it is... Continue Reading →
Smoke-Induced Longing for Summer
With all of the smoke from the fires around here (particularly the one in Yosemite), I'm stuck inside because of my asthma. I'm an outdoors girl, and I love my summers, so you can imagine how happy I am about this. Therefore, because I can't enjoy the typically beautiful weather that the Sierras give us... Continue Reading →
Measuring Up: Doctors, Writing, and Expectations
Well, this isn’t an entry that is completely about the wonders of the Sierras. Today, it’s just about . . . a rough day. I called a doctor’s office to get an appointment today. I’ve called the office two times this month and they kept telling me “we don’t have her calendar yet, we don’t have... Continue Reading →
Fires, Bunnies, and Rock Chucks (no animals were hurt during the writing of this blog)
I love living at the foot of the Sierras, particularly during the summer. I swear that summer is not better anywhere else. While it’s hot (and we’re in a heat wave right now), most of the time you can still do plenty of activities outside. The sun shines most of the time, and you get... Continue Reading →
Sagebrush flowers. Although this picture shows the flowers during the winter, I figured that it would be appropriate considering that the sagebrush is now in full bloom here. Hello allergies!
At the Foot of the Sierras 