Alrighty, when you read the title, were your first thoughts 'oh my gosh, brilliant ideas had been formed!' or were your thoughts more along the lines of 'somone's head exploded?' Well, for the past couple days, actually, since last friday, I've been getting these 'sort-of' migranes. They start a little above the center of my forehead, and spread. Like, take your head, and fold your fingers so that they all come to a point, then place it a little above your forehead, and spread your fingers. That's how my little headaches start. Then the pain goes down my jaw bone, and sort of resonates there for a while, until it gets tired of staying there, when it then moves to my temples and the room begins to spin.
It is terrible. I've had to go and lay down and take motrin until I fall asleep. The worst. Everyday without hesitation, BAM! Headache....the worst. If I get them every day this week, I'm telling Mother and requestiong a scan on my noggin.... 'cause this can't be normal. Nope, can't be normal.
Hope your brains don't explode,
-Jereality;; ^_6
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Updates on me! And a little bit of Bio-Related Humor...
Hello! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a couple weeks....well, two weeks and a day. I really, really meant to...I just couldn't find the time. Between the new year at my Education Station, and some other family related arguements...well, I just had to sleep through it all until it stopped its boiling rage, and cooled to a nice simmer. Anyway, now that I am back, I'd like to update you all on a few things.
1) I've reaaraanged my bedroom. I don't know if I told you that yet, but I did....and It's amazing how much extra room I've got now. Mind boggling, and the like.
2) I battled my Mathematics teacher for a one hundred when I got a 95....just so you know, I won.
3) I have this bizarre tendency t cut little half moons out of my contacts when I take them out now...I think I need to cut my nails or something...'cause this is getting ridiculous now.
4) I really enjoy making these lists....sadly, it must come to an end...for I have some Scientific Humor for you...
Alrighty, so, I have to run a few things by you all firstly. In list form, pra'aly...
1) My class of seven had to do a lab useing a special enzyme in potatoes. This enzyme is also found in liver...but it tends to smell when you blend it and add it to water and set it on ice...So, we just used the potato.
2) We did read the lab directions...though, in the backs of our minds we had a question or two...that was probably a mistake...
Okay, now that you know those two little facts, I'm going to tell you some more. The lab was designed for us to be able to study the enzyme catalaase, which speeds up the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide - which happens to also be in our splendid human bodies (*Fact: If too much of this product builds up in your body...you die. End of story...) - into water and oxygen. This catalase-mediated reaction is important to the cell because it prevents a build up of hydrogen peroxide, which, as I stated before, will mess up the fragile balance of cell chemistry.
Alright, so what we needed to do was put a little piece of cheesecloth paper disc thing, and dip it in different concentrations of this potato enzyme liquid and then drop it in some hydrogn peroxide, and count the seconds it took for the disc to float back to the top. (*Note:The disc floats to the top of the hydrogen peroxide because of the enzyme in the potato juice. The enzyme breaks down the hydrogen peroxide, causing the gasses to get trapped as bubbles, which lift the little disc to the surface)
Well, my group, already half crazed because of laughter think we understand what we're supposed to do. So, we fill out little beakers up with the potato juice, and figure hey, why not waste the hydrogen peroxide and just pour it into the lid. We switched the hydrogen peroxide and the potato's roles in the experiment! So, we'd dunk the disc into the lid of hydrogen peroxide and then dropped it in the potato juice! Needless to say, our results were horrible...
Well, we (my group o' two and I = 3 persons) decided to ask what was going wrong. Well, our instructor comes over, apparantly glancing at the table behind us before coming over, because he instantly looks at our table and says 'where's your hydrogen peroxide'. Well, we tell him, and then there is a chorus of 'ours too' from the table behind us. Well, after a few claims of the group behind us being followers, we were dissed by group three on the other side of the room.
Group Mine and Groupe Table Behind Us got together to see our newly revised data when over strolls a member of Group Three. She looked slightly confused, but had her hands steepled in front of her...sort of like Mr. Burns
, so I look at her and go 'what?' and she says 'when did you guys dip -mumble mubmle mumble-' And then she looked at us, and then me, and I registered what she said and went 'you did the same thing as us!' Then she backed away, and I pointed and went 'Ooohh!' which came as a collective 'Oooohhh!' from the other four girls that were in the combined 'our side of the room' group.
Then the girl who had come over as Mr. Burns's partner tried to defend her group. But I would have none of that, ending the 'you diss us, we diss you back' chant with a 'yeah...no.' Ah, good times....
I do suppose you'd have to be there for it to be really funny. 'Cause let me tell you, it was freakin' hysterical. We laughed...oh, did we laugh..
And that's about it....
May you never forget which is the catalase,
-Jereality
^_6
1) I've reaaraanged my bedroom. I don't know if I told you that yet, but I did....and It's amazing how much extra room I've got now. Mind boggling, and the like.
2) I battled my Mathematics teacher for a one hundred when I got a 95....just so you know, I won.
3) I have this bizarre tendency t cut little half moons out of my contacts when I take them out now...I think I need to cut my nails or something...'cause this is getting ridiculous now.
4) I really enjoy making these lists....sadly, it must come to an end...for I have some Scientific Humor for you...
Alrighty, so, I have to run a few things by you all firstly. In list form, pra'aly...
1) My class of seven had to do a lab useing a special enzyme in potatoes. This enzyme is also found in liver...but it tends to smell when you blend it and add it to water and set it on ice...So, we just used the potato.
2) We did read the lab directions...though, in the backs of our minds we had a question or two...that was probably a mistake...
Okay, now that you know those two little facts, I'm going to tell you some more. The lab was designed for us to be able to study the enzyme catalaase, which speeds up the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide - which happens to also be in our splendid human bodies (*Fact: If too much of this product builds up in your body...you die. End of story...) - into water and oxygen. This catalase-mediated reaction is important to the cell because it prevents a build up of hydrogen peroxide, which, as I stated before, will mess up the fragile balance of cell chemistry.
Alright, so what we needed to do was put a little piece of cheesecloth paper disc thing, and dip it in different concentrations of this potato enzyme liquid and then drop it in some hydrogn peroxide, and count the seconds it took for the disc to float back to the top. (*Note:The disc floats to the top of the hydrogen peroxide because of the enzyme in the potato juice. The enzyme breaks down the hydrogen peroxide, causing the gasses to get trapped as bubbles, which lift the little disc to the surface)
Well, my group, already half crazed because of laughter think we understand what we're supposed to do. So, we fill out little beakers up with the potato juice, and figure hey, why not waste the hydrogen peroxide and just pour it into the lid. We switched the hydrogen peroxide and the potato's roles in the experiment! So, we'd dunk the disc into the lid of hydrogen peroxide and then dropped it in the potato juice! Needless to say, our results were horrible...
Well, we (my group o' two and I = 3 persons) decided to ask what was going wrong. Well, our instructor comes over, apparantly glancing at the table behind us before coming over, because he instantly looks at our table and says 'where's your hydrogen peroxide'. Well, we tell him, and then there is a chorus of 'ours too' from the table behind us. Well, after a few claims of the group behind us being followers, we were dissed by group three on the other side of the room.
Group Mine and Groupe Table Behind Us got together to see our newly revised data when over strolls a member of Group Three. She looked slightly confused, but had her hands steepled in front of her...sort of like Mr. Burns
, so I look at her and go 'what?' and she says 'when did you guys dip -mumble mubmle mumble-' And then she looked at us, and then me, and I registered what she said and went 'you did the same thing as us!' Then she backed away, and I pointed and went 'Ooohh!' which came as a collective 'Oooohhh!' from the other four girls that were in the combined 'our side of the room' group.Then the girl who had come over as Mr. Burns's partner tried to defend her group. But I would have none of that, ending the 'you diss us, we diss you back' chant with a 'yeah...no.' Ah, good times....
I do suppose you'd have to be there for it to be really funny. 'Cause let me tell you, it was freakin' hysterical. We laughed...oh, did we laugh..
And that's about it....
May you never forget which is the catalase,
-Jereality
^_6
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The VCR Chronicles: Red, White and Yellow....S-Cord?
Alright, after a long time of postless days, it has come time for me to post for you. And, as promised, the second part to my VCR story....
Last time you caught me putting in the complaint to my Superiors, and them telling me I would be getting a new VCR. Well, it turns out that Mother had put this plan to action one evening as she took me to the back of Wal*Mart, into the Electronics station. I picked out a neat black, sleek lookin' VCR/DVD player and went on my merry way.
Well, we get home, install it, and realize we don't have the right kind of TV. So, we look at each other and decide another adventure is up for grabs. So, we get the keys, hop back into the Mystery Machine and go back to Wal*Mart. Once there, we made ou way back to the Electronics section, and found this thing that was supposed to connect any TV to any VCR, and some wires we knew that we didn't have ( like, oh...an 'S-Cord'...what's that??). We drove home, and set up the Magic Box thing, and tried to watch a movie. Didn't work. Nor did trying to watch a video....
Turns out that VCRs are going out of style...unfortunate, I know. You need to rent a cable box, or something and do some other fancy wiring work...It's all very complicated for me, and I don't understand it. I just know that my VCR stinks and I want a new one. End of story...or is it?
That's about it...Nap tiimmmmeee!
I'll talk atchy'all later. Good Evening....
-Jereality;; ^_6
Last time you caught me putting in the complaint to my Superiors, and them telling me I would be getting a new VCR. Well, it turns out that Mother had put this plan to action one evening as she took me to the back of Wal*Mart, into the Electronics station. I picked out a neat black, sleek lookin' VCR/DVD player and went on my merry way.
Well, we get home, install it, and realize we don't have the right kind of TV. So, we look at each other and decide another adventure is up for grabs. So, we get the keys, hop back into the Mystery Machine and go back to Wal*Mart. Once there, we made ou way back to the Electronics section, and found this thing that was supposed to connect any TV to any VCR, and some wires we knew that we didn't have ( like, oh...an 'S-Cord'...what's that??). We drove home, and set up the Magic Box thing, and tried to watch a movie. Didn't work. Nor did trying to watch a video....
Turns out that VCRs are going out of style...unfortunate, I know. You need to rent a cable box, or something and do some other fancy wiring work...It's all very complicated for me, and I don't understand it. I just know that my VCR stinks and I want a new one. End of story...or is it?
That's about it...Nap tiimmmmeee!
I'll talk atchy'all later. Good Evening....
-Jereality;; ^_6
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