THEY DRESS THEM CUTE, THEN THEY EAT THEM!!!!@*&*(&*


Acgk! They eat them after they dress them!! DANGER PHOTOS AND ARTICOO!


Just sunk another exam. I am pretty sure I forgot how to sleep.. derrrr..

HELLO!

I have another babble. But it is a question to YOU!

So, I would like to do some unique lighting in the house. Either some with some small flame, Like lanterns, wall-mounted candle holders, stuff like that. Option Two is a custom wired and computerized set of hidden LED's. The candles, more expensive, but most elegant. or LED's- a little too future-geeky but very safe and perhaps can be worked with. Also, the LED's will be a PITA!!! to set up.

Oye! Can anyone else think of something cool to do with a bachelor pad? I just want it to be really nice with an earthy set of colors, with comfortable reading and Chess areas, just a nice little place with some of my own sort of 1930's feel.. I may not have unlimited cash, but I might know a place or two.. Oh! And really soft, too. I *hate* hard edges.

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Also, Wigwam is SUCH A GOOD BOY! I let him run all around the house sometimes, and he ALWAYS uses his litterbox. And check this out- He NEVER enters the kitchen. Won't touch the tiles. And then he'll come and hang out with me and munch on some carrots, then Off! again, to go run in circles or explore the bookshelves. And when it's time for him to go back home (out all the time could be dangerous! ) I walk over to him and crouch. He comes right out and goes back home. Oh, and he purrs when I pet him and he grooms my hand.

Not bad for a rodent, eh?

Oops... my bad!

Oh, And I read an article about a water-treatment (They used the word sewage, but everyone else uses 'water treatment'. I guess they wanted to drive the point a bit harder.) plant in SF that was to be named after GW Bush. I'm glad someone's having fun, right?

Meanwhile, I'm still figuring out how not to pay income tax.

School is almost done for the semester. My last two exams are this week- just in time. I could really use a breather- the tough classes I took, along with your standard post-relationship malaise made things pretty tough this time around. I must say, though- I learned a whole lot this time around! I can totally tell you what exactly happens to a body around death and afterwards. Call me the master of rigor mortis. :) But it's only a short time before I start a new set of classes. I need to start knocking out those little 1 credit classes, but it's a lot of paperwork to take on. I need to take at least 6 credits worth of classes to use my financial aid, and juggling more than 3 classes at a time is friggin' nuts. I'm going to have to suck it up and do it, though.

The oddest part is that the body seems to actually 'know' that it is dying. There's a series of changes that take place before death, called the 'agonal' phase. All physical changes, and of course they don't happen in sudden deaths- But I think the most curious thing happens after death- postmortem caloricity- when the cells of the body still have oxygen, but the death has occurred- the body actually warms up after death, due to metabolism and the body's inability to cool itself via respiration and such.. 'cause it's dead. But the cells still use that last little bit of oxygen.

Oh, This guy MADE some Nixie tubes for Valentine's day. Now that's pretty sharp!! That guy must be really good.. Working with glass like that and filling the tubes with proper gases? Hardcore, man. I just need to figure out how to drive one with it rotating through a series of numbers.

Otherwise, it's another too-short weekend here. I slept in all day yesterday, just stepping out for milk and cookies later on, and doing some studying. My grand plan to set up a grill failed me, though- gwennaelle presented me with a wee lil' Weber grill some years ago, and I haven't a chance to use it yet- no space at home, and I haven't an opportunity to take it to the beach. I thought I would just need to put some bricks down on my 'porch' and I would be ready to go.. but the hardware store is closed today. I'll just do it some other time, I really need to study.

And now, since I've babbled about studying for long enough, I guess it's time to go do it, hmm? I did get a wonderful motivator the other day. I learned the average yearly income for a funeral director in Chicago is SIX FIGURES.. dear god! I nearly choked on my tea when I read that. That would probably take a few years to work up to, but still. I do think I'd probably start off at a still somewhat handsome rate.

Good day!

Ok, overheard across the courtyard:

*WHAP*SLAP* WHAPPWHAPP
OH BABY! Oh, oh!
whapwhapwhap
**shreik* OH BABY!
thwocka thwocka thwocka

.... I think you get it. I treated this malady with judicious usage of the sound system.


BTW! Everyone skips it, but Itunes U is the SHIT. Tons and tons of free educational pod-stuff (heh!) from MIT, Duke, FCC (chortle) and UCB. (I just had to shove UCB in to see who's a Blatz fanatic or janehex).. anyhow anyhow- go forth and Experience Entomology.

PS. Web-peeps: Hit up the 'Fine Arts" section. Piles o' webby codie timey-wimey stuff on there.

Oh yeah, and in my joy after my exam: I counted four souls in the embassy, me and three cavy. I did the only thing I could: I decided to name them all after The Cult of Skaro, just for fun.

I played several Dalek mp3s and got juice out of the fridge as if my hands were at my waist and couldn't bend.

EEXXXXXTEEERRRRMMMINATE!

"You would make a good Dalek!" (That's my favorite.)



"THE DOOOOOCCCCKKKTOR!!"

"Veni, Vidi, Vici." - Julius Caesar

First exam, Buisness Law: 100 questions, 60 minutes. Leftover questions are points off.

Got an 85 on the speed exam :) Considering that I really don't enjoy technical law, I feel that it is rather different.. words don't mean what they usually do, etc etc.

And unto my professor: Bring forth my consideration! Chris demands it so! BANG!

Heheh and something funny happend today, but I'll just STFU.

Oh, and I spent 20 bucks on veggies for the pigs. They're gonna get faaaaat. :) FAT FURBALLS! JOYOUS RAPTURE!

Firstly, I did my weekly testing for school today.. Then, after that, I usually read the first few pages of the next week's lesson to see what I need to do.

Next week's chemistry? The subtle arts of SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION and DECOMP!!!

Seriously, that was a little out of left field!

But I'm pretty busy getting my ass kicked with school this semester, someone shoot me before I take so many 'heavy' courses again.. gotta keep a fluffy one in there, mm?

DOCTOR WHO: AMAZING. I won't give away the spoilers, as it *just* aired overseas. But OH MAN.

(Breathes into paper bag, promptly calms down)

Oh, and there was another school thing: They had me take an aptitude test from another company?! Standard 8 minute run through a bunch of questions designed to be little puzzles, only the last few were too tedious to work through. Then I see that's it's for employment?! EEEH?

Of courses, it could be, and probably is something totally unrelated, but wouldn't that be nice! Perhaps I could work for free classes, or the extra paycheck would always be welcomed!

What else? I'm playing with the idea of making arty little theremins. The schematics seem easy to make, and the instrument itself is practically screaming out for attention. I'll probably start on those soon.

*dribbles*

This is a page from a news paper in Cuba. Sure, it's all "St. Fidel!!!" and all that, but reading what others are doing, and then wondering what else you're not hearing. As an american. They call us "The Empire", are we even close to doing the right thing? Are we being led somewhere bad? Just the differences overall..

It's like America is the last kid in the pool. Everyone's having fun and is happy, and we're just too proud to be just like everyone else.

OOHH OOOOOOOOOOJ1

Dr. Who fans: THE SHADOW PROCLAMATION!!!!

Twitter types: Here is an awesome feed to follow. It's the Mars Phoenix lander, reporting about things on Mars, but all from the first person: MarsPhoenix @sfmeyer It's about 1am & beginning of Sol 29 right now. Spent yestersol getting the wet chem lab ready to receive sample; soil coming soon. 08:10 PM June 23, 2008 from web in reply to sfmeyer It's a very interesting network to look at, there's other machines, I think, And they converse to people on Earth.

BTW:
I have some BRILLIANT new ideas. I'll speak of them later.