publishing

Reading my newsweek today in an attempt to stuff my brain full of essay topics for saturday, i noticed that on the cover was a piece on an HPV vaccine to treat cervical cancer. I myself had written a 12 page paper on this very topic last semester, of which i was very proud. but even more proud now that this topic has been deemed worthy of a newsweek cover. How exciting is it to predict whats going to be important to the world. imagine having the ability to not only predict, but direct what the world knows. also, the actual cover story is about women who cant sleep, and the reasons for it, one of which is sleep apnea, which i also wrote on.

im going to miss college, and writing papers that i feel proud of, that seem important and actually say something interesting. ive been stuck in science for so long that writing papers seems such an impossible and disgusting task, but the truth is, i love reading, and i do really enjoy the feeling of accomplishment after writing something worthwhile. and the thrill of knowing that my ideas are perhaps important.

i always said there were two other careers i would enjoy. 1-a chef. i love cooking, i enjoy all aspects of it, making people happy, the artistic creativity, the scientific aspect, and of course, i love food. and also 2-publishing. i dont think i have it in me to write a novel (though i do want to try someday, imagine how that would feel!) but i would love to pick what books were published. i love reading.