Even more frequent updating...

Ok, so got back recently from another long school day, and I'm just... ugh. Tired. Sore, too. Not sure why that is.

I had the hardest physics exam in the world yesterday. The class average was a 54%, which is a failing grade. They had to curve the exam just to even it out. Even after the curve I'm only at a 70%. A 'C' is better than an 'F' but still... damnit. Everyone agreed the test was horrible and a total morale-killer. It's hard to study for physics knowing that the exam will be so hard you'll fail the crap out of it.

Ian (~zorachshells) sent me some soap and PEZ from Canada, unexpectedly. Thank you Ian! That was very cool. I love getting stuff in the mail, it's a real day-maker if you know what I mean. Ian's the coolest Canadian ever. If you're Canadian and you think you're cooler, you have to meet him so he can glare down at you with his insane 6'7'' height.

Randall's blog is new layout wonderment. However I think this is just temporary, because he's able to make a moblog again (mobile blog) where he sends pictures to his blog from his cell phone and it updates automatically, so that will require a different layout (again). It will be cool, trust me. [link]
Oh, and here's my sexy new mp3 player: [link]

Um, now it's time to go make Randall some sweet peas in milk. "What the hell," you ask? I don't know either, it's some creepy Southern thing that I don't understand.


Protist of the day!
Today's protist is: Ciliophora stentor.




C. stentor is a free-living, single-celled creature. Stentor can move freely by waving its little hair-like cilia that coat its surface, however most prefer to stay anchored to something, like the ones you see above. Stay tuned for a new "Protist of the Day," coming soon.

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_{I have created a print account at Zazzle.com. I have heard many good things about Zazzle, and I've even heard of people choosing Zazzle over deviantART for their print sales, so I am sure it is a quality service. I definitely want a deviantART print account but I cannot afford one for a while, so this will be my solution in the meantime.
My print gallery: lucidtheory's Zazzle gallery.
The prints are all standard sizes for easy framing/use of any sort.
If there are any of my images that you would like me to make available as prints that I have not already, please note me and let me know (including size desired), and I will do so right away. I can also make them into greeting cards, shirts, etc.
Thank you in advance for visiting.
(Please tell me if you buy anything! The service does not let me know who buys what, and I want to thank people properly!)}

On with the more frequent updating...

I spent all day at school, and most of the night cleaning the apartment. We have some sort of bullshit "inspection" tomorrow morning where they come in everyone's apartment and do preventative roach spraying, and also look around to note cleanliness. Meaning we have to keep our apartment, that we pay for, clean to level of their standards. I find it quite annoying. I'm not the neatest person. I would love to be, and I probably would be if I had more free time, but with school and work and research I don't really keep my place in stellar condition. So, yeah. The inspection Nazis are probably showing up at some ungodly hour tomorrow morning to wake us up and intrude on our domain.
You know, it really ruins the illusion of "home" when you have to put up with mandatory inspections.

Randall is writing a blog entry in is awesome new blog about our apartment situation and stuff (I think). His new layout won't be up until Thursday evening or Friday, so... look at it then for new layout wonderment. Here's the link: [link]
Oh, and here's my sexy new mp3 player: [link]


Protist of the day!
Today's protist is: Chlorophyta volvox.




C. volvox is a free-living, photosynthetic, single-celled creature. What is extra-unique about it is that several individuals get together and live in the membrane of a hollow, gel-like ball of goo that they secrete. So, what you're seeing above, are little globes of several individuals that grouped up together. Stay tuned for a new "Protist of the Day," coming soon.

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_{I have created a print account at Zazzle.com. I have heard many good things about Zazzle, and I've even heard of people choosing Zazzle over deviantART for their print sales, so I am sure it is a quality service. I definitely want a deviantART print account but I cannot afford one at the moment, so this will be my prints method in the meantime.
My print gallery: lucidtheory's Zazzle gallery.
The prints are all standard sizes for easy framing/use of any sort.
If there are any of my images that you would like me to make available as prints that I have not already, please note me and let me know (including size desired), and I will do so right away. I can also make them into greeting cards, shirts, etc.
Thank you in advance for visiting.}

I should write more journal entries. Although it occurs to me that few people read them, I still like doing it, and I don't do it enough.

Right now we're working on watching all of The Simpsons ever. We're about a third of the way through season 2, so it will be a project. At an episode or two a day, we'll get there eventually.

I'm having a meeting with my new research advisor tomorrow to start up a new project studying these huge ants. By huge I mean over an inch long. They're some of the largest ants in the world. I'm also starting a new project with my leaf-cutter ants regarding how they care for their larvae and pupae, and all that kind of thing. I still don't know how I got neck-deep in entomology.
At least I'm quitting one of my many small jobs caring for a caterpillar colony in yet a third laboratory. It's just a timesuck right now that I don't need. Plus it's pretty fruitless, considering I don't even know that I can get a genuinely good letter of recommendation from the head of that lab, considering I don't really do much in there anyway. There wouldn't be much to say.



_{Sea sponge. (photo from sxc.hu)}


Sponges can only look so interesting. Still, have to admire them and their perserverence at existing.

Ok, I'm done for now. I believe I will be updating more frequently from now on, just for the hell of it. Hope everyone reading this is doing well.

________________________________
_{I have created a print account at Zazzle.com. I have heard many good things about Zazzle, and I've even heard of people choosing Zazzle over deviantART for their print sales, so I am sure it is a quality service. I definitely want a deviantART print account but I cannot afford one at the moment, so this will be my prints method in the meantime.
My print gallery: lucidtheory's Zazzle gallery.
The prints are all standard sizes for easy framing/use of any sort.
If there are any of my images that you would like me to make available as prints that I have not already, please note me and let me know (including size desired), and I will do so right away. I can also make them into greeting cards, shirts, etc.
Thank you in advance for visiting.}

Weelll,

I just saw the results for the Winterdream Photography contest, hosted/judged in part by `garrit (posted in his journal here: [link] )

I was not a winner, but I made it to #46 out of 449, so I'm still pretty excited about that. I'm listed there on his journal page.
This was my entry:



The Unknown Artist Project is behind this contest. They are holding another one soon I believe, and I look forward to it. Maybe I'll rank a little higher next time...

________________________________
_{I have created a print account at Zazzle.com. I have heard many good things about Zazzle, and I've even heard of people choosing Zazzle over deviantART for their print sales, so I am sure it is a quality service. I definitely want a deviantART print account but I cannot afford one at the moment, so this will be my prints method in the meantime.
My print gallery: lucidtheory's Zazzle gallery.
The prints are all standard sizes for easy framing/use of any sort.
If there are any of my images that you would like me to make available as prints that I have not already, please note me and let me know (including size desired), and I will do so right away. I can also make them into greeting cards, shirts, etc.
Thank you in advance for visiting.}

All this free time before school starts again is confusing. I'm not used to not having 100 things to do at any given time.

Also, take a look at this:




How is anyone supposed to work in these conditions?!

Notice how he lays directly on my mousepad, not only eliminating possible desk space, but inhibiting computer use as well.

Anyone else have one of these things on their desks all the time?

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Notes about self:

- I love to sleep in but I'm no good at it. I always wake up feeling crappy, and then get tired a few hours later. It's anti-logic.
- I get restless often, but I have nothing better to do when the restlessness happens, so I don't know what it's caused by.
- I attach ridiculous amounts of sentimental value to most of my possesions. It makes me a pack-rat, and makes my apartment messy and cluttered. It's always liberating to throw things away, but hard to bring myself to do it sometimes.

Rice is the best food ever.

I want it to thunderstorm.

Sorry for the randomness of this boring entry.

________________________________
_{I have created a print account at Zazzle.com. I have heard many good things about Zazzle, and I've even heard of people choosing Zazzle over deviantART for their print sales, so I am sure it is a quality service. I definitely want a deviantART print account but I cannot afford one at the moment, so this will be my prints method in the meantime.
My print gallery: lucidtheory's Zazzle gallery.
The prints are all standard sizes for easy framing/use of any sort.
If there are any of my images that you would like me to make available as prints that I have not already, please note me and let me know (including size desired), and I will do so right away. I can also make them into greeting cards, shirts, etc.
Thank you in advance for visiting.}