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[25 Sep 2009|12:41pm] |
i made a 9.7 out of 10 on my first protocol when administering my first WAIS-IV.
my prof said that is very unusual for a novice.
WOOP!!!
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[15 Sep 2009|04:18pm] |
happy birthday to matt, steph and myself.
didn't work out at all last week b/c i'm a lazy ass and didn't feel good b/c of periods.
but last night i did weights for like 30 mins.
nothing today b/c it's my bday.
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[26 Aug 2009|09:15pm] |
so i'm back in tyler.
this is going to be a hell of a semester! i apologize upfront for any crazies that occur in the next 4 months..
this is what i have on my plate:
Mon: Assessment of Individual Mental Ability 4pm-7pm
Tues: Advanced Statistics in Psychology 4pm-7pm
Wed: Applied Counseling Theory 1pm-4pm
Thurs: Issues and Ethics of Psychology 4pm-7pm
i think applied c.t. and ethics are going to be relatively light for me. my applied prof already loves me and i've had the ethics prof for 2 other classes and he loves me too. plus he's actually not a hard prof at all. assessment is with would-smash-prof (dr. schmitt) who loves me; there will just be a lot of outside work. oh well. i don't know about stats tho.
i plan on putting in my two weeks notice on thursday so i'll be able to hang out more when i'm in houston! YUS! the weekend before my birthday should be my last full weekend there... i plan on picking up shifts when they need me but i can't keep working all the time. school is getting more demanding and i need time to spend with the people i love.
speaking of my birthday, since i'll be in tyler for my bday all by my lonesome, my celebration will be the following saturday, the 19th. we (ginny, steph, and myself) will be celebrating our bdays at DANSEPARC b/c i'm sorely in need of some danse. please come out and celebrate with us.. we will make it uber fun and we need to support shoo!!
lastly, i finally decorated my apt in tyler so it actually looks like someone lives here..
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[24 Aug 2009|10:17am] |
i've been on break for about 13 days now!
it has been amazing.
lotsa good times with friends and lee and just relaxing!
some honorable mentions:
*wine night w/ ladies
*RED LOBSTER W/ AWESOME HUBZ and CARR0E
*first PR night!!
*wine nights with matt and charlie
*pgirl with ginny
*swimming and hanging around an umbrella
*tall vodka sodas with extra limes
and i head back to tyler on wednesday.
there's the 29-95 thing at pgirl tonight if anyone is interested.
also,
i think we might have people over tomorrow and make dinner.
it's my last night here before hell begins.
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[09 Aug 2009|02:20pm] |
i'm unrealistically annoyed with fucking everything and everyone right now.
haven't some people learned when to leave me the fuck alone?
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[27 Jul 2009|06:14pm] |
so after an extremely busy weekend at work
(mets were in town and there were 2 weddings downtown)
and a very lucrative weekend
i'm at school about to take midterms.
not to mention i was a ball of crazy this saturday and sunday.
several times on both days i had to harness all my chi in the universe to not flip the fuck out.
i feel rotten b/c i was projecting on lee (of course) and my friend nate.
i had to send lee away so i didn't say anything i didn't mean and would strongly regret later.
that was a wise decision.
b/c i flipped the fuck out on tatum and it was ugly.
i'm currently trying to work on getting my shift covered on the 8th so i can go to summerfest and see some awesome bands.
also, deathray davies are playing thursday at rudz so if you like them or just like good music, you should come out. OKC in 4 weeks!
i'm really excited for all my preggers friends.
it's odd b/c i wasn't incredibly stoked for my sister when she told me she was preg, but i'm really really excited for my friends.
i guess it's b/c they did it the right way...
dating for a while, married for a while, then baby.
i'm glad my friends are logical.
i'm feeling more stable today..
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[20 Jul 2009|01:19am] |
honestly
i
can't
fucking
breathe
right
now
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[02 Jul 2009|01:33pm] |
i'm extremely hypomanic right now.
EXTREMELY.
which means i'm going to drink a retarded amount of alcohol tonight and then stay up til prolly 4 or 5 in the morning.
that's not much different than when i'm not manic.
alas, midterms came and went.
counseling C and A: A bitches
career counseling: A bitches
i find it annoying that counseling people (i mean students) are so feely and into talking about things (like life issues.) clinical people are not. also, i hate that counseling people don't know anything about the DSM-IV TR. FUCK OFF.
and really counseling people.. are you really questioning why someone wouldn't want to feel manic??
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[17 Jun 2009|02:35pm] |
sorry i haven't updated.
not like anyone really reads this.
this is the second week of school and i'm already kinda tired of it.
2 of my classes are incredibly dull.
the first one of the day makes me fall asleep b/c the prof is Mr. Tangent and we NEVER get through a full lecture, in 2hr 20 mins. and the PP is only 15-20 slides long.
i mean really???
sad thing is, i really like this prof.
mon/wed class is boring. the prof is monotone and there's not much to really say.
thursday class is fine. it's just once a week so i feel like things are more rushed than ever.
this is kinda my life.
correction: this is my life.
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[20 May 2009|12:06pm] |
BEACH HOUSE WEEKEND 2K9
GAWWWWWD i'm so excited. too excited to sleep to be honest!
we're going on a supply shopping field trip tonight.
got my new swimsuit yesterday and it's awesome.
carrie and i went on a beach attire shopping trip monday and it was a success.
heading to spec's whilst on the way to the beach.
i hope my brother gets a hotel up there. it'd be good to see him.
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[14 Apr 2009|03:33pm] |
3 more weeks of school.
thank
fucking
god.
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[22 Mar 2009|11:33pm] |
so here it is:
i had a really fun spring break.
should have studied more, b/c i had a midterm right after break, and it wasn't well.
i went to sxsw and had a phenomenal time w/ carrie, ben, jess, and ronnie. super super super fun.
here's some things i'm thinking:
i use to really like austin. i don't now. it's not the austin of 10 yrs ago (when i first went) or even 5 yrs ago. the people aren't fashionable, they are hippy chic. which isn't awesome to me. everyone pretty much smells. i don't like it. i know i'm snotty about fashion and whatnot, but i'm usually okay with different things. but i just couldn't help feeling that i didn't like or belong in the environment i was in. and i really didn't. i was super happy to be back in houston. i know people may not think houston is hip or whatever, but fuck.. we are WAY better dressed.
the good thing is jess and i were ridiculously fun together. as were carrie and i.
here's the other thing:
i'm feeling really weird and anxious and apathetic this semester. like i care about my schooling and doing well, but after important days tests whatever i stop caring. i'm tired. i'm apathetic. i'm ready for something else. i wish i was more dedicated. i was last semester. i'm just kinda done right now. ugh. what a terrible feeling.
and i mess my friends.
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[09 Mar 2009|12:31pm] |
it's my spring break!
i'm gonna go to the zoo today and hh it.
ginny is hanging out with me tonight and i'm really excited about that!
i have a date w/ my main man tomorrow and i got butterflies in me tummy.
going to the carnival on wednesday!
might go on a pub crawl on thursday!
FUNFUNFUNFUN
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[27 Feb 2009|04:59pm] |
so i can't take it anymore.
everytime i look at the stupid page my heart aches.
so i'm done. i give in.
we are hopping around ireland this july. it's been almost 2 years since we were in europe and i need my fix.
anyone is welcome to join us. tix are about $600 now. that is not bad.
YAYYAYAYAYAY!
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[17 Feb 2009|07:19pm] |
I REALLY DON'T THINK MY BRAIN CAN HANDLE ANYMORE INFORMATION THIS WEEK.
sorry, ya'll will help me study:
Signal Transduction Cascade:
STC1- Neurotransmitter activates a 2nd messenger that activates a kinase enzyme which adds a phosphate group to a 4th messenger protein creating a phosphoprotein.
STC2- Neurotransmitter opens an ion channels which allows CA++ into the neuron and acts like a 2nd messenger which activates a phosphatase enzyme which removes a phosphate group from a 4th messenger phosphoprotein reversing STC1.
CSTC Loops:
For Executive Functioning: Dorsolateral PFC--> Striatum--> Thalamus-->DLPFC
For Selective Attention: Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex (DACC)--> Bottom Striatum--> Thalamus--> DACC
For Emotions: Subgenual ACC--> Nucleus Accumbens--> Thalamus--> SACC
For Impulsivity/Compulsivity: Orbital Frontal Cortex--> Bottom of Caudate--> Thalamus--> OFC
For Motor Behavior: Prefrontal Motor Cortex--> Putamen--> Thalamus--> PFMC
Neutrophic Factors
Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)
Proapoptotic Receptor (P75)
Antiapoptotic Receptor (Trk A)
Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)
Insulin-like Growth Factor (ILGF I and II)
Neurotrophins 3,4, and 5 (NTs 3,4, amp 5)
Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF)
Neuronal Impulses and Action Potential
1. An ion in a cell contributes to negative charge.
2. Higher K+ in cell, higher Na+ outside cell.
3. Electrostatic pressure froces K+ and Na+ inside, Cl- outside.
5. Diffusion pushes K+ outside, Cl- and Na+ inside.
6. Resting potential at -70 mv.
7. Impulse comes along and summed at axon hillock, reaches threshold of excitation at -60 mv, Na+ gates open allowing Na+ in.
8. At -40 mv, K+ gates open letting K+ out.
9. Peak at +40 mv, Na+ gates become refractory.
10. K+ gates slowly close, over shoots to hyperpolarization.
11. Na+ gates close and reset.
12. Na+ and K+ atpase return to -70 mv (3 Na+ in, 2 K+ out)
Dopamine Pathway
-Originates in the VTA and Substantia Nigra.
-Projects to the PFC, Basal forebrain, Striatum, and Nucleus Accumbens via the Hypothalamus, but not to cerebellum or spinal cord
-Regulates movement, reward, cognition, and psychosis.
*Thalamic DA system:
-Originates from periaqueductal gray, ventral mesencephalon, hypothalamic nuclei, and lateral parabrachial
-Contributes to info transferred from the Thalamus to the neocortex, striatum and amygdala
-Involved in sleep and arousal
*Incertohypothalamic Pathway:
-Originates in the zona incerto
-Innverates amygdaloid and hypothalamic nuclei in sexual behavior
Norepinephrine
-Originates in the locus coerulus
-Regulates mood, arousal, and cognition
*Ascending Noradrenegic Pathway
-Arise along the middle and rostral brain stem centers and projects thru out the brain, but not to striatum or nucleus accumbens
Serotonin
*Ascending Pathway:
-Originate in brainstem and extend to same regions as noradrenegic, but also to striatum and nucleus accumbens
-Regulate mood, anxiety, sleep
*Descending:
-Extend down the brainstem and spinal cord
-Regulates pain
Acetycholine
*One
-Originates in the brainstem
-Extend to the PFC, basal forebrain, thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus
-Regulate arousal, cognition, etc
*Two
-Originates in the Basal forebrain
-Project to PFC, Hippocampus, and amygdala
-Involved in memory
Histamine
-Arises from tuberomammiliary nucleus of the hypothalamus
-Projected thru out brain and to spinal cord
-Regulates sleep and wakefulness
and that's just the stuff i know for sure...
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| some of what i learned in psychopharm last night |
[05 Feb 2009|03:26pm] |
Tyrosine--> Hydroxylase (Fe#, O2, Tetrahydrobiopterin-THB)
DOPA: Decarboxylase, Vit B6--> DA (Dopmine- B-hydroxylase, Vit C, O2)
Norepinephrine: N-Methyltransferase (PNMT) S- Adenosylmethionine (SAM) if you have all this you have Epinephrine
Tryptophan--> Hydroxylase, Fe#, O2, THB--> 5-hydroxytryptophan--> L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase(have to have Vit B6) --> 5-Hydroxytryptamine (serotonin- 5HT)
Choline+Acetyl Co A (enzyme)--> Acetylcholine (CoA)
Histidine (amino)-> histidine-> decarboxylase, Vit Ba-> Histamine
i think i got everything written down. she was going super fast.
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| a few things |
[30 Jan 2009|12:35pm] |
*psychopharmacology is hard. end. of. story.
*was told that i was "disillusioned" by this suburan, corporate america bitch b/c i said that sarah palin is an idiot and i laughed when bitch told me that "sarah palin is an example of what all women should be!"
oh really? there's NOTHING about her that would make me model myself after her.
*i know this is gonna sound really weird, but i really want to know some answers to this. okay, here's the thing:
i watch a shit ton of celebreality and "real chance of love" has just ended. during one of the episodes something was said about this one girl giving chance head, and the girl like FLIPPED out and was like, "I DIDN'T DO THAT I HAVEN'T SUCKED A DICK IN MY LIFE!!!" and there was a time when one of the girls said that real went down on her and when he found out he was like "ewwww".
so here's my question: does anyone share the view that oral sex is disgusting and you'd NEVER do it? i hear it all the time (not just on tv) and i wonder why people react that way. so please give me your thoughts, ideas, and personal stance on oral sex, giving, receiving, etc. feel free to post anonymously, i won't ask who you are and i don't care. i just get a bit confused when i hear people are grossed out.
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[20 Jan 2009|12:48pm] |
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last night was pretty awesome.
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[17 Jan 2009|06:21pm] |
happy birthday miles!
you make me complete.
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[16 Jan 2009|02:15pm] |
so my grandma died about 8 or 830 last night.
funeral is sometime next week.
i feel like i can't breathe when i think about it so i'm trying not to.
want to get HAMMERED tonight.
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