New Favorite Hobby

I find that the majority of college students are very amusing. I've taken to putting in my iPod ear buds and sitting outside major buildings on campus (like Todd Hall, the CUE, the CUB, or any of the main libraries) and pretending to read or study while listening to the ridiculous conversations people have.

One thing that irritates me is how much the word "like" is used today. I know I say it from time to time too, so I can't gripe too much, but seriously? Multiple times a sentence? [sigh]

I'm just taking a break from studying CVA to write this and let my brain absorb information.

I'm also picking up my keys to my new apartment tonight and am moving in this weekend! I'm excited and will post pictures once I'm all unpacked AKA sometime next week.

TAKE THAT UPPER DIVISION BIOLOGY!

HaHA! Just finished and sent off my last lab write-up! I am so done with 2/3 of my labs! Now I get to focus all my energies on my Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy practical exam tomorrow night.

Sadly, my brain has kinda shorted out and I'm taking a break to check my e-mail and let everything sink in. I was in my anatomy lab until 10PM last night studying, and will probably have a late night tonight too, since they close the lab tomorrow morning to set up for the exam. 

Just to prove how much I've been studying CVA, I've been doodling the cat cardiovascular system in the margins of my notes and writing down the 12 cranial nerves in their order (olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, auditory, glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal accessory, and hypoglossal). Blarg. On the upside, my TA taught us an easy way to remember the order: "On old Olympus' towering tops, a Frenchman and German viewed some hops." I realize it doens't make much sense gramatically etc, but it stuck.

Now, to distract my mind from sheep brains and shark guts, time to people watch in the B&N cafe in the Bookie. :) 

and Dead Week begins...

Yup, that's right. It's Dead Week already. I'm ready to curl up and die already. I've got an exam on Thursday...my most frightening one... my practical for Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy... Please cue the dramatic music.

But, since I've been lazy, here's a quick review of things I've done and stuff that's been happening:

1) I've fed a Lion at Cat Tales in Spokane
2) I've walked in the Pullman Relay For Life (1-3AM and then caught a ride home to warm up),
3) I've helped set up and work at Springfest
4) Spring has appeared and Mother Nature has decided to remind me that pollen can be used as a weapon
5) SWINE FLU! (zomg...40 cases in...all of America...I'm shocked) Yeah, my anatomy lab was laughing over the people freaking out, because we're bio-geeks and all already wash our hands enough and have minimal concerns over diseases that don't, say...make you bleed out your eyes or cause horribly painful deaths.

Pictures will come soon.

And Spring appears!

The sun is out and its a bit warmer than normal! Yay! And its the weekend! Lots of chillaxing to be done and I am starting right now with awesome Paranormal show marathon and some good food. Its time to cook up some angel food and have a good dessert!

A quick review of the week before I get to work baking: I was surgeon for my Bunny Surgery for lab this week and did AWESOME! I was even complemented by the people from the Office of the Campus Vet which was very nice and a bit of an ego boost. I did accidentially knick the right cephalic jugular branch but clamped it and tied it off quick. I had to invert the bladder out of the body and it popped out and was AWESOME! Our urine samples were the only one in our section that was pure urine with no blood!

Ok bio nerding over! 

I've got all my advising done but was told by the Honors college to submit my thesis proposal by this coming Friday. I really must thank them for giving me a week to get it done... blargh.

Ok off to bake!

Dear Winter

Dear Winter,

As much as everybody loves a little snow every once in a while, this is rediculous. It's spring now, so please stop pretending it's January. 3-4 inches overnight is not a good treat for anyone at this point in time, especially on the weekend when we all have to get out and do things.  Mom's weekend is next week, so if you would be so kind as to not appear that weekend, I'd much appreciate it.

Thank you,

A Smith

P.S. You'd better not show up in June again this year too.

[Fangirl Squeal]

My god, I didn't realize how much I still loved Naruto until this morning. Plot line has been kinda over the top dramatic, and I'm definately looking forward to seeing the main character kick major ass, but as soon as Yondaime Hokage appears at any time--be it flashback whatever--I let out a fangirl squeal. 

If anyone read's Naruto, be sure to check out this week's chapter. SERIOUSLY! :D

OneManga.com is a good place to read any sort of manga you could wish for for free without downloading. :)

I'm a Heartless Freak

It's been forever since I posted, but I've just been stressing out and dealing with shit (Roommate moving out and exams). I'm still dealing with shit (2 exams and a paper due tomorrow) but I'm at the point beyond caring. 

Anyways, I'm definately a freak with no remorse. I was in the CVA lab today for 6 hours straight studying cat musculature and, I kid you not, I started humming Sweeney Todd songs to myself while chanting "Digestic, Mylohyoid, Geniohyoid, Hyoid, Sternohyoid, Thyrohyoid..." (P.S. All throat muscles in a 1 inch radius of each other). I'm a freak. I've got no remorse. PETA would burn me alive if they saw me playing around with my cat during class (I make it wave at people when they walk over). I've no respect for my dead cat. 

At least I haven't fallen asleep in the lab like my friend Courtney did (yes, Kess, I do know another Courtney). She woke up at 5 at her table next to her dead cat when her boyfriend called her to find out where she was. 

Oh, and one of the cats has been named Zombie. It's eyes are open a bit, it's tonge is out a bit, there's enough fascia still on it that it looks grey-ish, and one more thing...oh yeah, all the skin/fur up to it's forehead has been removed! This includes the ears. I didn't know this until I was running through its anatomy and my lab partner flipped it up to look at the shoulder's and it's face stoped 5 inches from mine. Yes, I let out a "HOMIGOD!"and jerked back a bit. It looked like it was going to eat me.

Yeah, time to finish a lab report and study for Ecology exam tomorrow morning. After that, review anatomy and then bed! Yaaay!