Don't step on that fish, Castiel.

Come in, come in, / And get out of the cold. / Gather round the fire and the tale will be told. / Of a woman called Kiki / who died from her feels. / Fish fingers and custard were her favourite meal. / But she loved those two brothers, / and their angel to boot, / as they fought all the monsters and chose a new route. / But we cannot forget those other two men / a detective and a doctor / and 221B's den. / Her life outside this / could seem rather dull / as science makes Kiki want to bash in her skull. / Running experiments and playing the game / nothing in her life was ever the same. / After fighting a battle / the war's almost won / against her eating disorder she stood with a gun. / And demanded her freedom from its ropes and its chains / And now flowers will rise out of this little fall of rain. (Beautiful graphic from the lovely Katie .)body, a, a:hover {cursor: url(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99frud9kp1rniey4.png), auto}

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We now have all the proper safety warnings on the door to the lab. #ladiesdoitright #hbic

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Yeah...because that's normal. (And looking at the camera gives me a false wonky eye. Lol) #anisocoria

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Beach day!! #socal (at Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

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Guess who is a master of science!! #hbic #onthewaytophd

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It feels like coming home. (at Tavern at the Beach)

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At least I've taught one of the right. #gonoles #ucsd #heartmelts

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WHEN I WEIGH OUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COMPOUND IN ONE SCOOP

credit: itkindarhymeswithcoma

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Ok. Seriously going to try to update my personal blog regularly.

Here's some pics from my first day of grad school.

Will write a more detailed post about where I'm at soon.

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New Personal Blog

Hello Dear Followers...I know I haven't been on tumblr in ages, and it would take a really long time for me to explain what my hiatus has been about...and I'm not entirely sure myself at the moment.

But, in honor of my imminent departure for graduate school at the brilliant University of California San Diego, I have made a new personal blog which will document my journey to La Jolla (driving with my best friend), and my subsequent years of graduate school as I work on my PhD in chemical biology.

biochemistryandyoga

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i think i'm falling for you but i can't see the ground for your face

i think i'm falling for you when i want to show you all the beauty you bring to me

i think i'm falling for you because you make my heart leap you make my face smile and your words make flowers grow

i think i'm falling for you i hurt when you hurt and share in your wordless frustration

i think i'm falling for you falling into a love i didn't know existed.

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The Renfrew Center offers free monthly webinars on various eating disorder topics. My accountability partner said we should both do it...so I'm attending.

Will you?

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Love After Love

The time will come  when, with elation  you will greet yourself arriving  at your own door, in your own mirror  and each will smile at the other's welcome,  and say, sit here. Eat.  You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart  to itself, to the stranger who has loved you  all your life, whom you ignored  for another, who knows you by heart.  Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,  the photographs, the desperate notes,  peel your own image from the mirror.  Sit. Feast on your life. 

-Derek Walcott

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Off to therapy.

Back at it after almost two years. =/

Wish me luck.

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For any of my followers out there struggling with EDs, depression, trauma, or any mental illness and is working with the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). There are some great apps for Android and iPhone to help whenever you find yourself in a bind.

For Android: DBT911 For iPhone: DBT Diary Card and Skills Coach

The Android one is free...but the iPhone one is not. Just thought I'd put that out there. I have DBT911 and it's really great.

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I know a guy in a Finnish Boy Band.

Life=Complete

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It's a Friday, not much lab work to do, morning chats with great friends and coffee!

It's going to be a good day.