Really random question...

For people who work hourly jobs (like myself), how do they do wages over Daylight Savings Time? I mean, in the Spring, do people just lose an hour of work if they work the graveyard shift? And during the Fall, do they have to work an extra hour?

As some of you may know, I've been volunteering with ProgressiveU for the last year and a half, first as a moderater and then as a director. ProgressiveU is a 501(c)4 non profit organization [501(c)3 status pending] that provides a place for students to discuss and debate issues ranging from poverty to the economy to the more controversial subjects (religion, abortion, etc). Over 50,000 students have signed on to make ProgressiveU one of the most diverse and dynamic student blogging communities on the web. But... that's not all ProgressiveU does.

( More About the Organization and How You Can Help )

If you have any questions, you may ask them here or you can email the ProgressiveU Directors (Naomi Leger, Art Morgan, Fallon Glenn and myself) at info@progressive.org.

Thanks in advance from all of us at ProgressiveU for your support!

Chelle
Director of Member Services
mvenus929@progressiveu.org

Well, sort of. It happens to be my birthday, and tonight is the start of Rosh Hashanah, which IS a new year, just not one most people in the world celebrate. Still, it's a nice symbolic time for me to start anew.

Originally, I was going to use this post to just reflect on what's happened in the past year, and I might still wind up doing that. But, I've been introduced to a couple projects that I think I'll take up instead. A series of New Year's Resolutions, though they'll last longer than a year. Welcome to mission101. Here's my list of 1001 things to do in 101 days.

( Mission 101 )

If you want to follow my progress on these goals, please comment on this post. Thanks much!

So, I want to be able to read a ton of books before I die, and there are quite a number of lists out there. Since I've kinda lost interest in one of the lists initially given to me, I figure using some of these lists, and keeping track of them here, might do me some good. Of course, I'm horrible with keeping up with my projects, so maybe this will motivate me a little more.

The bolded titles are those I've read.

First off, BBC Big Read.

( BBC Big Read )

Tally: 17/200

It should come as no surprise that most of those I've read were assigned for school.

I also want to do The 1001 books you should read before you die.

Tally: 14/1001

And finally, the list of 30 British librarians suggest you read before you die.

( 30 Books to Read Before You Die )

Tally: 3/30

Well, while I originally started this journal (writing in it, anyway) as a way to discuss my application to medical school, I have made the decision to broaden it a little more. Especially considering I won't be going to medical school this next year, and won't be applying for another year. That'd be a very dead year if I just wrote about pre-med experiences.

So, while I probably won't use this for really intimate thoughts, I figure it might be a good place for me to just journal. Maybe better my writing style, or vent when it's not appropriate to blog on ProgressiveU.

Does that mean I'll update with more regularity? Probably not. But I'll certainly use it through the month of July as we approach my first attempt at JulNoWriMo. 50,000 words in 31 days. Can I do it? Probably not, but it won't be without trying.

I'm going to be writing a memoir; everything I can remember up until now will be written down. I'll probably focus on emotions more than actually events, since this is a memoir and not an autobiography. I probably won't attempt to publish it either. Maybe I'll get a bound copy made many years from now when I want to pass it on to someone, but now is not that time. For now, I just want to write it all down.

I still have about 15 minutes before I'm officially allowed to start, so this entry is mainly just a way to distract me until I can write it all out. Feel free to comment if you wish.

Well, I took the MCAT yesterday, after months of studying. It was difficult. The Physical Sciences section took forever, and I finished a whole minute before the timer ran down. I skipped my break and went straight on to the Verbal section, finishing that with 3 minutes remaining. It was tough, so I'm hoping I scored well enough on it. I took a little bit longer of a break... about a minute, before starting the writing section. I finished both writing samples with 10 minutes each to spare (you get 30 minutes per sample), and then took another short break before bouncing into the Biological Sciences section. It was more difficult than I was expecting, and was really light on Physiology, which disappointed me. I finished with about 10 minutes to spare. Total time in the testing room was about 4 hours. Not too bad.

I'll get my results around June 11th. I thought I'd put up all my practice scores and study techniques in case anyone was interested.

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UPDATE: I ended up getting a 36R on the actual test (12-11-13). Something must've paid off.