Studying After A Long Day Doesn't Work Well

Especially when you're studying with a friend. And studying biology. When you're both Bio majors. Why you ask? Because you're tired and your twisted mind starts making everything horribly hillarious even if they're deadly parasites. I did learn several interesting things today however!

Studying paraitology and reading out facts for each species leads to some very realizations:

"'Undulating' is a dirty word. In the same sense that 'moist' is a dirty word."

Shortening parasite names to species names allows you to humanize them and remember them just like you remember the douche-bag in class who always argues with the professor:

"donovani is a sandfly licking, leishmania spreading, fiend!"

Dramatic pauses and emphasis are always welcome when reading dry descriptions of parasitic diseases:

"...and may lead to...DEATH...in 2-3 years...if untreated."

"Has 100% mortality...if untreated."

Parasitology makes me never want to leave the Pacific Northwest ever because of all the parasitic diseases in the tropics and in Africa and in Central and South America:

"If I ever see a Kissing Bug, I'm going to flip out..."

"Where are they native?"

"Well, they found this one in Texas."

"Never going to Texas."

Two of our classmates probably think we're insane now given how loud we were laughing (I actually had tears forming) but that's ok. We already knew we were.