Study

So it's study time ...

Assignments are almost done, so it is now officially, study-my-brains-out-for-finals until the end of April.

Here are my flash cards, they are from mid-terms only:
I can't wait for summer.

Octo-cloaking device?

You must watch this! It is verified and real ... The octupus has a layer of cells with pigments under muscular control underneath the epidermis.

Reasons Not to Drink and Drive

I volunteer on Thursdays in the CT department of the University of Alberta Hospital.

Today, someone came in who had been in a Vehicle Accident ... 100km/h into a railway pole.

One guy was decapitated on the spot, and the other one, the unlucky one, had a swollen brain. When the brain swells it pushes out against the skull, but it can only push so much, and so, with enough swelling, it will start to push down the vertebral column. This was his story. Apparently, if he's really lucky (or unlucky), the doctors will be able to drain blood from his brain and he will live, but will probably be a vegetable, or have significant brain damage.

Alcohol, speed (both drugs and velocity) and the wheel. Bad combination

Jan Zwicky

I need a quick break from the diversity of animals ... Ali's writing a paper on a philosopher poet from Victoria. Her name is Jan Zwicky:

Absence

When the sky is no longer a roof
one's eyes are finally open:
it is in the valley one draws breath.

The pines are so slender. They weave
gently, almost without noise,
pushed by currents that do not reach us here.

Now the cities are behind us,
and the wars. Lantern-light
streams from the solitary window.

What is past drifts up then
without effort: river-scent
at twilight, through the rubble of the day.

Social Music Revolution

You must check this out, nothing more needs to be said:

http://www.last.fm/

Light and Shadows

Today I looked down Whyte Ave. The setting sun sent light and shadows on the traffic, and I feel there is something calm there, some temperance in a world gone mad.

Or should we see the sun as a burning ball that will someday implode?

"Don't you know it seems to go ..."

The apartment

The last installment in the welcome to my new life series!

We have a beautiful new apartment, good landlord ... all for $625/month! Complete with:

Bedroom

Study:
Practice Room/Guest Bedroom:
Kitchen:And Washroom:
And of course, you're all welcome here!