TV

Since about the beginning of the semester my one and only tv was not working for some weird reason. we think that the problem was the remote (we tried the batteries, and yes we did actually did get up and try the buttons on televison but it still didn't work) so when I came back up to Fresno, I couldn't help but notice the big new LCD TV that had replaced the old one. I also can't help but notice that my study habits haven't been what they used to be over the last week.

Personally I think that Televison is among one of the most addictive drugs, right below crack (I don't do crack, mom). I would much rather read than watch some b-list movie, but I can't bring myself to get away from the TV and get my nose in the book. Anyway I have come to the conclusion that when I actually graduate and can afford a place of my own, I definately will not be getting a TV for it.

On another thought I love what my conditioner is doing to my hair! its making it so soft!!! Instead of big hair, I get it more where I want it to be.

Dragons are silly

Biology and stuff

I was so happy when I walked in today and my rommie said that I got my movie that I ordered a while ago. I had a bad experience when I ordered something online previously because it came and they left it at the office of the appartment complex that I live in, and they didn't let me know that it had arrived. Nonetheless I am happy because I have it now...

I remember watching this movie in theaters when it first came out, and thinking what a great movie it was. It is called Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, and it is a documentary type move on how several scientists got in trouble over mentioning that there was at least a little credance to the notion of intelligent design. Being a Cradle Catholic surrounded by an unbeleivably faithful family and a biology student as well, this movie had a really big impact on my outlook on this matter. My faith has always been a big part of my life, whether it was forced upon me or I chose to immerse myself into it, I always took a more rational view on the way things came to be than my parents might like, and this film really entertains my train of thought.

Anyway this movie comes highly recomended, it isn't about whether or not God exists , or anything like that, but it does make people like Richard Dawkins look foolish and ignorant.

One of my favorite scenes was when it shows a CG movie of what happens inside a cell and being able to be like "oh thats a microtubule, and that a carrier protein, and thats a chaperonin!" It is really amazing how the life works on a macroscopic as well as a microscopic level. biology has to be one of the most exciting sciences because you get to see how everything comes together from physics and chemistry to form the dynamics of life as we know it. besides that it changes so frequently!! Species are being reorganized into different families and taxa (names of species) because their genomes (DNA) are being sequenced and we are realizing that we placed them in the wrong places. the other day my teacher was showing us the phylogeny (family tree if you will, it shows how different species are related to a common ancestor) of many different species and he was like "oh that wasn't there when i learned it."

speaking of my biology class it freaks me out every time my head itches in that class because he is a parasitologist and some of his underlings work with head lice infestations in tent city... ... ...