I'm pretty excited right now. I have all my christmas presents planned out. My mom, dad, brothers, girlfriend, and all my great friends at flock hall. I have something planned for all of them. I can't wait to get things finished up and put in little boxes with wrapping paper and bows. I think I may be the most holly jolly atheist around.

So, I spent the last week performing labs in my kitchen. I put off doing 13 labs for my physiology course online until just this last week. I got them all done though. Stressful as it was, there were some fun ones.

Here are a few of the more exciting ones.

DNA isolation using household chemicals.

-chop liver
-mix clothing detergent, baking soda, salt and water.
-mix with liver for 4 minutes
-filter through coffee filter
-throw away filter and keep liquid
-layer 95% rubbing alcohol on top of the liquid

then you get dna where the alcohol meets the liquid.










Another really nifty lab was done with nothing but red cabbage, lemon juice and ammonia.

-chop red cabbage
-boil 2 cups red cabbage in 1 cup water
-collect the liquid... it is deep purple.
-when you add lemon juice it turns bright pink
-when you ad ammonia it turns green








These were the fun labs out of the lot. The rest were not very fun at all.

I'm glad I didn't get into dental hygiene school on the first go around.

That statement may sound odd to those of you who have heard me bitch about not getting in, but let me explain.

Because I didn't get in this year I had to get a job. I'm loving full time employment even if I don't like being at work.

Because I'm no longer in school I had to move out from the basement apartment at my parents house. I am loving the freedom of having my own place.

Because I didn't get in this year I will be around Laramie at least until next December. I get to see all of my friends and hang out with them for a while longer--that means you flock hall.

Also, since I wont be leaving laramie just yet I don't have to try and deal with a long distance relationship.

So you see it's really not that bad, silver lining and all that jazz.

Well thats all for now, I just thought I really ought to post something to get back in the habit. Now I'm going to go fashion some black vatican fan gear for flynn and linus.