A New Love

Actually two.

I like music. Lots of it. Most actually. However, Moon can attest to how I dislike (at times greatly dislike) certain folk groups. They make catchy songs but I really get tired of their voices quickly. I could never listen to Kingston Trio for more than like 3 songs without wanting to stab whoever is tormenting me.

Anywho, a good friend has gotten me intersted in the Jonas Brothers. In actuality, it was more another friend who has huge posters all over her side of the dorm room covered in their faces. I began to wonder what was so great about them. I'd never bothered listening to them. Until now. I like them. I also like looking at them. That's always a plus. (Joe is particularily hot when he wants to be. Nick is really cute but 16 :P and Kevin looks amazing in his vintage clothes and sideburns.) ***Tangent***
I normally hate thick sideburns but Kevin makes them look really good. At least to me. I never thought I'd like the whole Elvis 'burns...oh well. Things change.

The other love is T.M. Revolution. I liked him previously but this same friend (not the Jonas otaku* but the other one) recently rediscovered him and helped me to do the same. He is amazing including when he appears to and is cross-dressing.

I need to find a downloading site for Japanese music...

self

*otaku is used here in more the Japanese sense without the negativity. So more of a mix of American "being-an-otaku-isn't-bad" and the Japanese "that-person-is-an-obsessed-idiot."

Fun Defintion

I just wrote this nice post about this definition I came across in Mm's blog and it just got erased. Wonderful. I now feel no need to re-write my thoughts. It rather upsets me to re-write things as i can never have it the same way as I did the first time when it's fresh and new. Hopefully this will publish despite the huge red ERROR going across my screen right now.

Self

ps. the word was coital

Kitties, WoW, and Organic Chemistry

Today, I have managed to get internet at a friend's house as we work on our research project for this summer. We are writing our grant proposal and hoping to get funded. It envolved making a computer program that will show chemical reactions. I won't go into details but I really would like to. I am a sincere science dork/nerd/geek (whichever). But so is my research partner so we're good.

While here at MK's house (my friend) I got to see her kitties and I'm excited because the female one (Kitty) is pregnant. She is adorable and tiny with a bulging belly. She's only 9 months old and almost ready to give birth. The other kitty (a male - KK) is jealous of the attention she's getting. He also got mad at me earlier when I didn't let him in the bathroom while I peed. Apparently, in the wild, the Beta-cat( in this case KK) goes with the alpha-cat (me) and guards him while he's doing his business. Had I known I would have let him do his guarding but I didn't so he just sat outside the bathroom and waited for me. Angrily. You could see it in his face. Oh well, nothing to be done about it. He's now happily tucked away in a new box that MK set up for Kitty to give birth in. So much for that idea.

Now that I have written a suffiecent amout regarding my trip, i will go to happily play WoW and level my character.

Self

I've been waiting to level for some time. I'm happy this trip inables me to multitask!

Nipples and Christmas Break

Apparently, to Moon my exclamation of "New Post!" was really "Nipples!" Wow, she just waved her bra in my face in response to me blowing a raspberry at her. Odd. But then again she's Moon.

I have now finished all of my exams! I had 4, one each day and an essay due today. I'm happy I studies (not as well as I should have) but I think I did okay. At least I got a 96 on my formal lab report! And I just found out the most wonderful news every about Organic chem. Dr. S is going to count the lowest test grade as half as much as the others! Woo! that will help everyone's grade.

Organic bleh! you'd think a biologist would like organic anything, but alas, it is not so. To demonstrate this point several bio majors are dropping their BS degrees to BA degrees so they don't have to take the second half of the course. Lucky them. I can't do that. I'm pre-med, both required. Sigh...

Sadly, my toe began hurting again today. I don't think I mentioned it any previous post but I suffered a toe injury during a play here on campus. It swelled and hurt for about 2 or 3 weeks and then stopped. But now, a month later, it's starting again. Maybe I should go to the doctor if it continues. Although nothing should be wrong. It wasn't broken, just swollen. Sigh...why does like have to include hurting toes? At least it's not something more serious.

yay! home in a few hours!

Self

I'm very glad I get to see Mm's new kitty soon. ^_^

Yay! New pointer!

I am terribly excited about something that has always bothered me: the mouse pointer. It made no sense to me at first why that stupid arrow was always pointing to the left. I just couldn't figure it out. Why was it going the wrong way? They it dawned on me: It's right for right-handers.

It always agitated me that it looked so wrong. But now my pointer has a pointing right orientation and the little pointing finger that comes up when you roll over links is a left hand. My laptop is now even more perfect for lefties! I love it.

Now if I could only do something about the mousepad and keyboard...

Self

Thanksgiving break

I am upset right now. I told Taiyou I would take her to the airport over a month ago and now my parental unit is forcing me out of it. Because it's better for him. What about Taiyou? He told me to tell to take a taxi. To take a taxi to a place 30 minutes away. That is crazy expensive especially when I could take her and get home around the same amount of time. 1hour 30 minutes no matter what I do, so I figured I'd help a friend with 30 of them.

I don't understand why he's this way but then I do. I understand he worries but I don't understand what these severe worries are founded upon. I have to learn to travel. It's not like he didn't provide me with 50 thousand different maps, all current, of the places closest to me to which I could end up going.

This is really frustrating. I hate to do this to Taiyou but I have no choice. I wish I had mentioned it earlier so that if (indeed when) he did this Taiyou would have had mor notice than the day of.

I really hate this. I can't believe I'm backing out on my word. I didn't even want to wait until 4 to leave but because I had already told her I would take I relented and decide to wait for her to get out of class.

I hope she doesn't get mad at me. But then again, it's really not my fault. I made plans to include her, it's just that they got shot down. I hope all goes well for Taiyou. I wish he knew her better. Maybe that would help. Or if she lived somewhere between here and home.

Sigh, alas, I have to do what I do not wish. The damage is done. For the sake of well-being I do not understand.

Self

Rat babies

I work it the rat lab here at school. It's my work study location as one of my bosses is the one who does all the rat stuff.

I walked in today, just a few minutes ago and decided to check up on the rats and see if their room was warm enough as it is very cold today. I walked in and didn't see the heater but decided to check out the really cute and now fuzzy rat babies (did you know that they are called kittens, too?) I look in the large cage and see the mum and then I noticed something red. It was half a baby. I continue looking around the cage and I see other babies. One looks like it had it's neck bitten. Another half was lying next to the mum and about 2 or 3 very still ones were just lying there. I couldn't help but stare at first. I'm shaking as I type this. I named one them. I watched them grow, open their eyes, and get fur. I petted them and loved them while I could. I knew they would be used in an experiment later on this school year but I didn't want them to die like this. At least in the experiment they would have died in a less gruesome way than being ripped in half.

Out of all of this I hope that the mum isn't the one who did this. But I really hope that the other babies are safe some place else. It was 15, then 2 died, now it appears that maybe 5 more were killed. Isn't this the reason you take the male out of the cage after they are born? Sigh...I wish this wouldn't happen when you get attached to little ones. I just hope the others are okay, for the experiment and for my heart's sake.

Funny thing is, I never really pegged myself as caring a lot for animals. I guess working with them and wanting to take care of them does that to you.

Why do things have to die? Especially this way. Death can deal with (I'm sure those who know me know that), but murder by evisceration is another thing entirely.

::UPDATE::
Okay, so the babies were all eaten by the mum. Dr. S will have to wait to continue with her experiment. Basically everyone was upset by this. All those who knew the rat babies anyways. Dr. K (the person I work for) was very upset when Dr. M (the other person I work for)called him to ask him if he knew about the babies. Lucky me. First person to see them. At least everyone else had warning.

I think I accidentally worried some people. One of my friends heard about it and asked me if I was okay. Al truth be told, I don't know. I think so but then there are moments when I don't think so. I'm kind of dreading going to work tomorrow but looking forward to it as well. (I would like to know what will be done as far as the experiment and about the mum). And earlier in the evening when I got back from SCSDB, I went in to the science building and saw a white napkin on the stairs and freaked out. I thought it was a dead rat and was horrified at finding another.

At least now I don't have such a vivid picture of the babies. I keep thinking about them and how cute they were and how happy they made me. But I will continue to think of them. I know that people think that isn't the best when you see something that makes you sad but I'll try (and am trying) to think of the happiness they brought me and all the other people that interacted with them.

Self