#maureentheintern

name: *this area under construction* 

height: 5'7"

fav bands/artists: horn stuff: {Radek Baborak, Sarah Willis, Julie Landsman}, walking to work: {Mother Mother, T Swift, Muse, inspirational songs}, music for technical writing: {soundtrack to Avatar (James Horner), Paper Planes (M.I.A. on one-song repeat), Beethoven Pastorale}

meaning of url: it stands for powder X-ray diffraction. It was the first experimental technique that I used in my new lab. It felt like a new beginning, and a new life. It means a lot to me, so I made it my username!

last thing you googled: Robert Plant hair

birthday: October

gender: genderqueer woman

sexual orientation: bisexual. I hate the word "bisexual", but I also don't like the animosity between the bisexual and the pansexual communities.

one place that makes me happy: Places that are dripping in books. Books. Every wall is books. Books everywhere. Books.

what i’m wearing right now: a shirt. 

last book i read: Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It's about the revolution that produced the republic of Biafra, which existed for a few years in the 1960's in Nigeria. It was really intense.

last thing i said to a family member: I love you

favorite beverage: espresso, milk tea, espresso, milk tea, espresso, water

favorite food: popcorn, clam chowder, cucumbers, squash, mashed potato, noodles, pork belly soup, pho, plain rice

last movie i watched: Dear White People with canalsobemoe, Run Lola Run, and the first five minutes of Totoro

dream vacation: I have never been anywhere warm, so maybe like- South America? Somewhere with trees so large I can feel the pressure of living

dream wedding: hmm. Lots of friends, lots of family, lots of love, lots of laughing, lots of smiles. It would be nice if it were outdoors. Maybe in the fall, with pretty leaves? 

dream pets: my cat, his name is Kaiju. He is a dragon. So if he were given the ability to fully realize his dragon baby self, that would be awesome.

dream job: Solid state chemist researcher and professor by day, professional french horn player by night! I want to be well respected and treated as an equal by my peers, I want to help people who don’t come from traditional backgrounds work on interesting and important research, and I want to contribute to the state of science.

random fact: I’m afraid of the dark :O And I have never had Korean BBQ, but I KNOW that canalsobemoe is going to help me remedy this. Right?

you got to see l'arc en ciel???? god even if it was terrible i envy you wow

Wow, nonnie really needs to pet a dog or something…

I know this is cliche’d advice but you should really just blog about whatever interests you! It’s YOUR space, and it’s gotta be good for YOU. Honestly, you don’t owe your followers any specific content.

misssmisato answered:

aHHH i’ve found blogging is much more fun when you just blog whatever you want!!!! if you want to blog both onto the same blog then go for it!!! i did that and it didn’t seem to bother people too much, if you’re worried about it

brucebenner answered:

i would think keep on doing whatever you want and if people dont like what they see theres an amazing thing called blacklisting

stevenyeun4spiderman answered:

treat yo self.