Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Coffee!

So I had a bunch of coffee this morning, and I'm feeling quite chipper. I have lots to say. Hopefully I will get to say it all before the coffee wears out.

Anywho, I got my mark for my midterm in developmental bio yesterday (online), and I did surprisingly well, considering I thought I failed. The test was mulitple-multiple choice, so there were more than 1 correct answers, but you had to choose all of the correct answers, or else you got zero (no part marks). So anyway, it was beyond hard. I went to that class today, and got my test back. I actually failed? Weird, what's going on? Turns out EVERYONE failed, and the prof was like, "oh...maybe this system is too difficult" and then gave everyone 10 free marks! Cool!

I have decided something very awesome. Compliments are just the greatest things. I love compliments...who doesn't? So, I've decided to compliment strangers, starting at 1 a day, and then moving up to 2 and then 3 and so on (until maybe 8? That's a lot!). And I'm also going to compliment people I know as well (as many as possible). It can be kinda awkward, but I love getting compliments from random people, eg when I'm buying things: Nice wallet! Gee, thanks!! It's good to know that someone appreciates my wallet like I do. So, anyway, yesterday I complimented a girl on her glasses and today I told a girl I liked her shoes. Both responses were skeptical and less enthusiastic than I had hoped, but I think that's because people generally keep compliments to themselves, and people aren't used to accepting them, you know?

I also love listening in on people's convos. AND I love when something weird happens, but you're by yourself, and surrounded by strangers, and you all just give each other understanding looks.

This morning on the overstuffed bus, I overheard this convo:
Guy: Man, I'm falling all over the place!
Bus driver: Oh, is it my driving?
Guy: No, no. It's just that when I stand on buses I tend to roll around like a puppy in a moving vehicle.

Well said, Guy. I laughed, as I too felt like a puppy on a moving vehicle.

I would just like to point out, that finding complete journal articles for free online is extremely difficult. Just sayin'.

Man, you know what are cool? Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are just awesome. When I was little (like, 3 and 4 years old), I wanted to be a "dinosaur scientist". Just recently, I remembered why. BECAUSE DINOS ARE COOL! My bf disagrees, but whatever! I predict that he will be eaten by one. Anyway, just think about it...dinos...huge lizards. And some with big back legs and tiny useless arms. How did those tiny arms even develope? Also, interesting fact: pterodactyls and other flying lizards did not evolve into birds, as one would predict. It was the T-rex and Brontosaurus (now re-named Apatosaurus) (the entire group is named Saurischian Dinosaurs) that became our modern day birds. Weird! (Or I suppose dinos didn't evolve into anything, and birds were just there already OR dinos never existed in the first place, according to our Creationist friends). Anywho, maybe I should get into paleontology?

Ok, that was a good bloogage for me. Adios!