my opinions on economic disparity can’t be summed up by a hashtag #firstworldproblems

haven’t posted in tumblr IN SO LONG

studying for the MCATs is really fun you guys should try it

officially going to India in the Fall for study abroad (Public Health and Human Rights Program!)

also going to be researching protein kinases and inhibitors over the summer, which’ll be pretty cool (depending on what they let me play with in the lab)

also there are three drunk guys outside who have been serenading a tree for the past half hour, I think them attempting to harmonize is my cue to go join them and get off the internet

soyacide:

xanis:

Emma Watson for GQ Magazine (May 2013)

its been awesome keeping a written journal lately i’ve forgotten what it feels like

packing for haiti this very minute

T-ONE DAY BEFORE WE LEAVE

I learned how to do the soil and water purity testing over the week and it’s not that bad, i just gotta get my shit together before we leave

will probably have no internet for ten days so I’m really looking forward to that

i just hope all goes well for the most part

mollieebrown:

rashadsays:

The media is only perpetuating ignorance and inciting false hope by blowing up with articles and stories regarding the first person being “cured” of HIV.

Here are the facts:

1. The person in question is a toddler. A baby girl. She was infected by her…

my parents are going on there first vacation together tomorrow! this is so cute oh my god I can’t handle this AT ALL

eating exorbitant amounts of cheesecake and watching reruns of Doctor Who is a really effective cure for being traumatized by midterms and papers and responsibilities this past month

I just really love my grandmother.  I absolutely adore her with every fiber of my being. 

Fucking healthcare. Biggest economic scam in country. 

And this is coming from someone who wants to become a doctor. 

“you can’t clean something without something else getting dirty”

why do I even go on the internet, the inner ocd in me is screaming right now

if you could analyze this etching for me that’d be great

i’m a science major and is just way out of my usual element

p.s. i’d love your forever

why am I having a test on President’s day that’s not American

My mother just told me that my cousin in India, my dad’s nephew, passed away. I don’t even know how to feel after that conversation. Or more accurately, I’m not sure why I have this inexorable voice telling me I should feel something else than what I’m feeling right now.

Guilt.

Honestly, I didn’t know him. Our paths crossed once, over nine years ago, when I was in fifth grade visiting India for the first time since I left. That memory is just a fleeting remnant of that entire summer.  Sure I knew of him, but I didn’t know him. I don’t know what he liked, what he didn’t, what his dreams or aspirations were, nothing that will keep him alive in my memory. And for that reason, I feel guilty. 

In his final moments, he was apparently outside in the middle of the street last night, and when they found his body it was apparently due to alcohol poisoning. He always acted rashly and was often inebriated, but no one expected something like this to happen. He just got married recently and how do you deal with becoming a widow at the tender age twenty-nine? They might have been married for long, but long enough for her to dearly miss him now. 

How do you even go about life as a parent after having to bury your own child? My family members lost a grandson, a son, a brother, a cousin - so many identities passed away with him.

It’s beyond painful to think about. The harsh reality of life is truly that we never know what’s right around the corner. And we might be able to deal with it, and we might not. 

anonynaila:

subvertcliche:

mello-dramatic:

Everyone who reblogs this will get the title of a book to read based on their bio/posts.

Everyone. I mean it.

THIS IS THE BEST POST

I HAVE EVER SEEN

EVER

they really do mean everyone