Things Biology has taught me, My NYC trip, and other stuff.
You know, there was another longer clip of the Utada song released and the more I listen to it, the more I start to like it. Here it is. Give it another listen. =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lc5d5YlUE&eurl=http://hikki119.wordpress.com/
I'm going to make a ring tone out of it. But anyways....
THINGS BIOLOGY CLASS HAS TAUGHT ME.
1. Pretty obvious. THE SUN IS IMPORTANT, because it is the only input of energy into the biosphere.
2. Shark liver is the spiritual predecessor to Centrium tablets, or vitamins in general. Also, their skin is also has rough as sandpaper, which is why divers might bleed if a shark swims past them.
2. A frog's liver takes the same place within their bodies as our lungs do. I saw this first hand when I dissected one. That and their eggs fill the remainder of empty space within their abdominal cavity. The eggs rot and look like diseased tissue.
3. Always cook your pork or raw meat products well. The FDA does nothing to screen meats for eggs of parasites which may infect your food. Therefore it is entirely possible for the parasites to gestate in your body. And removal of parasites is a bitch. XD
4. Sponges reproduce asexually so in order to farm them for commercial sale, farmers tear them into millions of little pieces and let them all regenerate to their original size.
5. Snail's heads are disgusting. The back end of their bodies, twists and curls inside the hollow part of their shells to RIGHT ABOVE THEIR HEADS. So their head and antennae are covered in their own feces. Ick.
6. When threatened, sea cucumbers can *INSERT-SCIENTIFIC-TERM-ILL-REMEMBER-LATER-HERE*(edit: autoeviscerate) to protect themselves. This means sea cucumbers throw up their organs in hopes the predator will want to eat its organs and leave it alone. Gruesome. XD
7. Teeth evolved from modified gills.
8. People may think flying is fun but it's actually extremely energy taxing for birds to commence flight. therefore, it's actually very mean to chase and have them flutter away. Flight sucks.
9. Jungles and rain forests are the exact same thing. The term to refer to it only changes based on which continent
10. The scientific term for the gastrovascular cavity in cnidarians (or jellyfish) was "mouth-anus" prior to the 1970s. Not kidding about that. Seriously.
Tell me if you like the list. I could make another one. XD
-I had a fabulous past couple of days. I've been working out and I feel my muscles getting stronger and my stomach flattening a bit, which is nice. Ran for an hour and worked with a trainer after. I'm still sore all over but it feels nice.=)
-There was a thanksgiving luncheon on Thursday. Got tones of food for just a dollar. Awesome, although the desserts sucked.
-Small F.S. Test which only took 10 minutes. And then we could leave.
-I made rice balls (onigiri) with raw salmon and marinated it in equal parts soy sauce and sukiyaki sauce...
-...Which I couldn't do until I GOT MY FUCKING RICE POT BACK! I MISSED IT. T_T I had so much fun acting silly about starving and making such a big deal about rice being the main staple of my diet. Some random drunk girl took it during the Halloween party because she was hungry. But how can you cook rice without the cooker? XD
-I got to write an awesome paper classifying anime fans into different groups and got an A on it. SWEETNESS. I have never had so much fun doing homework. EVER.
- I met a professional hair model for TIGI/Bedhead when I answered an ad for a dinner cooking buddy. It's kind of cool knowing a model. We haven't actually met yet, but she's really nice. And her name is Lisa too! XD I can't wait to cook something with her.
-There was a party at my apartment again, but it didn't get out of hand this time. Although another person ended up drinking too much AGAIN. Elle though managed herself well after we gave her a talk. She's been drinking way too much up to the point of getting sick and passing out at places she's not even familiar with. But apparently she listened so we're all relieved. Had two Shirley temples with a splash of vodka in each one. Don't know if I could build tolerance for stronger drinks, or even learn to like the taste of beer. It tastes awful.
I made the rice balls on Friday night to have them ready fro my trip to NYC. During the party. Yes. I'm crazy. People seem to marvel at me when I work in the kitchen and give me props. I've already told them that I hate that they don't have parties on Saturdays here when I'd be able to have more fun with them. But whatever. I cleaned up, I made my snacks, and I slept around 1. Woke up at 6, dragged my ass to school on the T after waiting for 20 minutes in 20-30 degree wind, and shivered all the way to 150 Tremont St. Slept on the way there and hung around with Kashav, Ching (Kashav's girlfriend) Kevin, Luther and three other people who's names I'll never remember. Ate dim sum with them, went shopping, bought new cell phone straps, some cute cups, and door signs altogether for $20 in Chinatown. I kind of wish I'd had more spending money. =\
Then my group went to Times Square on the subways. I love the subways in New York because the local music played there always reminds me of traveling in some exotic locale in South America. Like some world map traveling music in a video game. We went to Toys R Us and checked out a street Bazaar. Couldn't buy anything.
And then we were going to eat at TGI Fridays, but I finally got called by my friend Arturo and his friend Nathan to meet up at Toys R Us. Took 30 minutes for him to meet me, but ti was well worth it. I did almost kill him because he was calling me from a pay phone and there was one RIGHT IN FRONT of the exit of Toys R Us. UGH.
We were looking around for the restaurant we ate at last year when we came for the NYU Student Open House, but instead ended up just walking all the way to where I was supposed to meet the AAA (Asian American Association). The entire walk took us from Times Square, Union Square, Little Italy, some unknown fashion districts, and eventually Chinatown right next to NYU. I got to see the Washington Square Arc which inspired me a little more than a year ago and talked with Arturo all about our memories, and how much I wanted him to kick my ass to go to the university. He said he could still see the both of us going there one day together. Seeing it is a big motivation to succeed. =)
The entire walk took over 2 and 1/2 hours and we were all exhausted. We got there about 15 minutes before time so I wanted to get some Pho' (sounds like fuck without the -ck at the end) to go on the bus. While waiting for my takeout, a bus from the same company as I'd gotten here on passed in front of the restaurant at exactly 6:30. I hadn't taken Reggie (The AAA president) so seriously when he said the group was leaving exactly at that time since there was no one on the bus when I got there early, so I took it easy until I saw it pass. I got up in a state of panic and said "Oh fuck!" in a Pho' restaurant. Arturo laughed at me, but went with me to my bus. XD
We talked some more and he wanted to know why I was so disagreeable about Flora in general now. He was trying to remain neutral, but after telling him everything from the beginning and seeing how seriously I was talking about everything, he kind of felt a little bad about questioning my feelings on the matter. But he's still in good regards about her. It's odd to know that without mentioning anything she did during the summer that she contacted Arturo to see how he was doing like she hadn't done anything wrong to the rest of us. Why is she trying to be friends with Arturo when she's so happy dissing the rest of us? Kind of pisses me off that she has the nerve to even try. Because if I have any say in anything, I'll let everyone know the nasty stuff she's done to everyone before they make their own judgment about her. And if she doesn't want stuff said, she should say something about her actions. ANYTHING. She has the nerve to talk shit about everyone, but supposedly CRIES when Johnny says something along the same lines about her(Just one thing) after she's done everything she has and gets people to front for her without them actually knowing the complete story. If she's can't take a dose of her own medicine she shouldn't start trouble at all. It's bullshit. And I don't want any of my friends to associate with her.
But luckily, almost all of them don't. And with good reasons.
And afterwards, I talked to Arturo about Achika's feelings towards him. He got Achika to help contact me, but I wanted to avoid telling her because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. Arturo's pretty much in the same position I was in with Julian, but on a more intense and dragged out level. Achika doesn't want to understand that people know how heartbroken she is and suffers more when she doesn't have to. And I had to remind Arturo of this. He knows. But Achika only tries harder to hide her feelings. I feel like Achika's going to stay the same way I was until Arturo finally makes the effort to completely block her out of his life for a while. It's not fun to watch her suffer. She needs to learn how to live without him. =(
So I said goodbye to my affectionately-named 'Nacho Libre extra' Arturito and he gave me, the wide screen-eyed girl, a hug and promised to visit me in two weeks before I go home to Miami for winter break. And a bunch of the Asian kids saw me with him. I also got a call from Marlene and talked to her about us eating dinner at Kobe when I get home Tuesday night. I'm getting worried because I originally told my mom it was only going to be one or two friends and Aaron and now everyone seems to want to come along. I DID try and offset the cost for my mom by telling everyone to bring $10 and share entries when possible. Everyone except Achika, because she and her dad struggle and we understand. I'm going to have so many people sleeping over and visiting. XD
Tony, one of the more popular kids in the Asian cliques, must have heard me saying I don't have alot of friends here to Marlene and asked how my day was, which is atypical. It felt like I'd had a really good time. The more time I spend up north, the less having few friends bothers me. I'm more comfortable in my skin day in and day out. And I appreciate everyone back home so much more. =)
I don't think I'd even care if I lived by myself next year. But I'd much rather live with friends. It's cheaper too. XD
I've set some new personal goals and I when I get home I just want everything to be a nostalgic reminder of my fun but slow summer. Only now it's not going to be slow but over packed with the limited amount of time I have there. And then it's back here again.
I want to drive. I want to go sit around Borders and catch up on the manga I haven't read within the past 3 months. I want to go watch a movie for the first time since I've left. I want to go to the beach. I want to go swimming. I want to roll down hills in the middle of the night and weave around in the darkness on my golf course back home. I want hugs and warm kisses and more. Not THAT kind of more, but more. You should know what I mean. More. And I want to try new things too. Like cooking in my own kitchen back home. Walking to Dolphin Mall instead of driving. Go see people and surprise them instead of calling ahead.
Just two more mornings of school and I'm free for a week. I can't wait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lc5d5YlUE&eurl=http://hikki119.wordpress.com/
I'm going to make a ring tone out of it. But anyways....
THINGS BIOLOGY CLASS HAS TAUGHT ME.
1. Pretty obvious. THE SUN IS IMPORTANT, because it is the only input of energy into the biosphere.
2. Shark liver is the spiritual predecessor to Centrium tablets, or vitamins in general. Also, their skin is also has rough as sandpaper, which is why divers might bleed if a shark swims past them.
2. A frog's liver takes the same place within their bodies as our lungs do. I saw this first hand when I dissected one. That and their eggs fill the remainder of empty space within their abdominal cavity. The eggs rot and look like diseased tissue.
3. Always cook your pork or raw meat products well. The FDA does nothing to screen meats for eggs of parasites which may infect your food. Therefore it is entirely possible for the parasites to gestate in your body. And removal of parasites is a bitch. XD
4. Sponges reproduce asexually so in order to farm them for commercial sale, farmers tear them into millions of little pieces and let them all regenerate to their original size.
5. Snail's heads are disgusting. The back end of their bodies, twists and curls inside the hollow part of their shells to RIGHT ABOVE THEIR HEADS. So their head and antennae are covered in their own feces. Ick.
6. When threatened, sea cucumbers can *INSERT-SCIENTIFIC-TERM-ILL-REMEMBER-LATER-HERE*(edit: autoeviscerate) to protect themselves. This means sea cucumbers throw up their organs in hopes the predator will want to eat its organs and leave it alone. Gruesome. XD
7. Teeth evolved from modified gills.
8. People may think flying is fun but it's actually extremely energy taxing for birds to commence flight. therefore, it's actually very mean to chase and have them flutter away. Flight sucks.
9. Jungles and rain forests are the exact same thing. The term to refer to it only changes based on which continent
10. The scientific term for the gastrovascular cavity in cnidarians (or jellyfish) was "mouth-anus" prior to the 1970s. Not kidding about that. Seriously.
Tell me if you like the list. I could make another one. XD
-I had a fabulous past couple of days. I've been working out and I feel my muscles getting stronger and my stomach flattening a bit, which is nice. Ran for an hour and worked with a trainer after. I'm still sore all over but it feels nice.=)
-There was a thanksgiving luncheon on Thursday. Got tones of food for just a dollar. Awesome, although the desserts sucked.
-Small F.S. Test which only took 10 minutes. And then we could leave.
-I made rice balls (onigiri) with raw salmon and marinated it in equal parts soy sauce and sukiyaki sauce...
-...Which I couldn't do until I GOT MY FUCKING RICE POT BACK! I MISSED IT. T_T I had so much fun acting silly about starving and making such a big deal about rice being the main staple of my diet. Some random drunk girl took it during the Halloween party because she was hungry. But how can you cook rice without the cooker? XD
-I got to write an awesome paper classifying anime fans into different groups and got an A on it. SWEETNESS. I have never had so much fun doing homework. EVER.
- I met a professional hair model for TIGI/Bedhead when I answered an ad for a dinner cooking buddy. It's kind of cool knowing a model. We haven't actually met yet, but she's really nice. And her name is Lisa too! XD I can't wait to cook something with her.
-There was a party at my apartment again, but it didn't get out of hand this time. Although another person ended up drinking too much AGAIN. Elle though managed herself well after we gave her a talk. She's been drinking way too much up to the point of getting sick and passing out at places she's not even familiar with. But apparently she listened so we're all relieved. Had two Shirley temples with a splash of vodka in each one. Don't know if I could build tolerance for stronger drinks, or even learn to like the taste of beer. It tastes awful.
I made the rice balls on Friday night to have them ready fro my trip to NYC. During the party. Yes. I'm crazy. People seem to marvel at me when I work in the kitchen and give me props. I've already told them that I hate that they don't have parties on Saturdays here when I'd be able to have more fun with them. But whatever. I cleaned up, I made my snacks, and I slept around 1. Woke up at 6, dragged my ass to school on the T after waiting for 20 minutes in 20-30 degree wind, and shivered all the way to 150 Tremont St. Slept on the way there and hung around with Kashav, Ching (Kashav's girlfriend) Kevin, Luther and three other people who's names I'll never remember. Ate dim sum with them, went shopping, bought new cell phone straps, some cute cups, and door signs altogether for $20 in Chinatown. I kind of wish I'd had more spending money. =\
Then my group went to Times Square on the subways. I love the subways in New York because the local music played there always reminds me of traveling in some exotic locale in South America. Like some world map traveling music in a video game. We went to Toys R Us and checked out a street Bazaar. Couldn't buy anything.
And then we were going to eat at TGI Fridays, but I finally got called by my friend Arturo and his friend Nathan to meet up at Toys R Us. Took 30 minutes for him to meet me, but ti was well worth it. I did almost kill him because he was calling me from a pay phone and there was one RIGHT IN FRONT of the exit of Toys R Us. UGH.
We were looking around for the restaurant we ate at last year when we came for the NYU Student Open House, but instead ended up just walking all the way to where I was supposed to meet the AAA (Asian American Association). The entire walk took us from Times Square, Union Square, Little Italy, some unknown fashion districts, and eventually Chinatown right next to NYU. I got to see the Washington Square Arc which inspired me a little more than a year ago and talked with Arturo all about our memories, and how much I wanted him to kick my ass to go to the university. He said he could still see the both of us going there one day together. Seeing it is a big motivation to succeed. =)
The entire walk took over 2 and 1/2 hours and we were all exhausted. We got there about 15 minutes before time so I wanted to get some Pho' (sounds like fuck without the -ck at the end) to go on the bus. While waiting for my takeout, a bus from the same company as I'd gotten here on passed in front of the restaurant at exactly 6:30. I hadn't taken Reggie (The AAA president) so seriously when he said the group was leaving exactly at that time since there was no one on the bus when I got there early, so I took it easy until I saw it pass. I got up in a state of panic and said "Oh fuck!" in a Pho' restaurant. Arturo laughed at me, but went with me to my bus. XD
We talked some more and he wanted to know why I was so disagreeable about Flora in general now. He was trying to remain neutral, but after telling him everything from the beginning and seeing how seriously I was talking about everything, he kind of felt a little bad about questioning my feelings on the matter. But he's still in good regards about her. It's odd to know that without mentioning anything she did during the summer that she contacted Arturo to see how he was doing like she hadn't done anything wrong to the rest of us. Why is she trying to be friends with Arturo when she's so happy dissing the rest of us? Kind of pisses me off that she has the nerve to even try. Because if I have any say in anything, I'll let everyone know the nasty stuff she's done to everyone before they make their own judgment about her. And if she doesn't want stuff said, she should say something about her actions. ANYTHING. She has the nerve to talk shit about everyone, but supposedly CRIES when Johnny says something along the same lines about her(Just one thing) after she's done everything she has and gets people to front for her without them actually knowing the complete story. If she's can't take a dose of her own medicine she shouldn't start trouble at all. It's bullshit. And I don't want any of my friends to associate with her.
But luckily, almost all of them don't. And with good reasons.
And afterwards, I talked to Arturo about Achika's feelings towards him. He got Achika to help contact me, but I wanted to avoid telling her because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. Arturo's pretty much in the same position I was in with Julian, but on a more intense and dragged out level. Achika doesn't want to understand that people know how heartbroken she is and suffers more when she doesn't have to. And I had to remind Arturo of this. He knows. But Achika only tries harder to hide her feelings. I feel like Achika's going to stay the same way I was until Arturo finally makes the effort to completely block her out of his life for a while. It's not fun to watch her suffer. She needs to learn how to live without him. =(
So I said goodbye to my affectionately-named 'Nacho Libre extra' Arturito and he gave me, the wide screen-eyed girl, a hug and promised to visit me in two weeks before I go home to Miami for winter break. And a bunch of the Asian kids saw me with him. I also got a call from Marlene and talked to her about us eating dinner at Kobe when I get home Tuesday night. I'm getting worried because I originally told my mom it was only going to be one or two friends and Aaron and now everyone seems to want to come along. I DID try and offset the cost for my mom by telling everyone to bring $10 and share entries when possible. Everyone except Achika, because she and her dad struggle and we understand. I'm going to have so many people sleeping over and visiting. XD
Tony, one of the more popular kids in the Asian cliques, must have heard me saying I don't have alot of friends here to Marlene and asked how my day was, which is atypical. It felt like I'd had a really good time. The more time I spend up north, the less having few friends bothers me. I'm more comfortable in my skin day in and day out. And I appreciate everyone back home so much more. =)
I don't think I'd even care if I lived by myself next year. But I'd much rather live with friends. It's cheaper too. XD
I've set some new personal goals and I when I get home I just want everything to be a nostalgic reminder of my fun but slow summer. Only now it's not going to be slow but over packed with the limited amount of time I have there. And then it's back here again.
I want to drive. I want to go sit around Borders and catch up on the manga I haven't read within the past 3 months. I want to go watch a movie for the first time since I've left. I want to go to the beach. I want to go swimming. I want to roll down hills in the middle of the night and weave around in the darkness on my golf course back home. I want hugs and warm kisses and more. Not THAT kind of more, but more. You should know what I mean. More. And I want to try new things too. Like cooking in my own kitchen back home. Walking to Dolphin Mall instead of driving. Go see people and surprise them instead of calling ahead.
Just two more mornings of school and I'm free for a week. I can't wait.