Yet Another

So I have yet another exam for Human Anatomy. I have grown to dislike this class more and more. It is just so much to remember and I just don't know if my brain can hold this much information. We have to remember all the bones and muscles plus their functions. Some of the bones come to me easily like the big ones but there are all these little nicks and crannies we have to remember. I find it quite ridiculous. I feel that with the multiple choice option for my lecture class will be easier for me but lab is a different story. The muscles have the most obscure names. I do not know how I will remember how to spell them since I can barely say them.

I guess this is where I must start studying hardcore since my exams are next week on Tuesday and Wednesday. My idea is breaking it down into smaller pieces. I will focus on the head tomorrow. Remember all the bones and all the muscles. Then move onto the shoulders and arms and legs and abdominal. For the most part I'd have to say the abdomen both posterior and anterior are the easiest for me to remember. As well I think I got the bones of the skull down.

On a positive note I did well on my Big History quiz today. I feel that my brain collects the information from Big History a lot more than Human Anatomy. I can explain anything in that class and that is why I think I did so well. Maybe I should try to think about Anatomy in a different way.

Dilemas

If it's not one thing it's another.

Two weeks ago or so the internet in my dorm did not work. I tried everything. I unplugged it from my laptop, I unplugged it from the wall, I restarted my computer, and I checked if I needed updates. It was none of those things. My internet just decided not to work for two days. I spent most of those two days in the library since I need my internet but you know there were still times when I would have rather been in my room. This caused me to sit in the hallway to check my tumblr and facebook. I am addicted to tumblr. Well anywho magically on the night of the second day my internet decided to work again... I am relieved and excited but at the same time I still wonder why it did not work.

Now two weeks later my cable is acting up. Every channel works until you get to MTV. Of course, the one channel I want to watch does not work. I was able to watch Glee the other night since it was on the lower channels but I need MTV. So yesterday it didn't work and last night but this morning I watched MTV and it was just fine. Hopefully tomorrow it will be magically fixed. I mean it only happens to my room. Clearly there is something wrong with it.

What will go wrong next?!

Saying No to ‘I Do,’ With the Economy in Mind

According to this article ever since the recession the number of young people getting married has decreased over the years. The reason for this is that they do not have secure jobs which is an important factor in this economy. Since weddings can be very expensive, many people are postponing their weddings. At the same time the number of couples living together without being married has gone up. Cohabitation has became more accepted over the years and it was stated that the amount of men and women getting married dropped about 50 percent in 2009. With marriage usually comes children and buying a house so this is why money is such an important factor.

Personally I think it is great that people are waiting longer to get married. It is a sad thing to see cars that say fast divorce. I think that money is an important factor but it's more about deciding if the person is right. I don't think knowing someone for a year counts but that's just me. Maybe with people waiting longer there will be less divorces.


ECKHOLM, ERIK. "Saying No to ‘I Do,’ With the Economy in Mind - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. .

The warm weather has been a nice change. I know as soon as it starts to get cold my body will just go crazy, well as myself. I love it when it's warm and I can get a nice tan. I swear as soon as I don't get sun of a week or so my skin starts to lose color. I guess that's why summer always give me something to look forward to. The weather also reminds me of San Diego minus that fact that I can't just go to the beach and swim in the water in about 20 minutes. I really miss the ocean and the smell of it and how warm sand feels. I really didn't care much for the beach when I was at home. I mean I liked to go there and have fun. I liked to swim or boogie board but I was always a little grossed out by the sea weed or scared that some ocean animal would kill me. But now that I don't have this wonderful luxury, I know I had taken it for granted. I'd love to go the beach right now. I know when I go home in late November it will not be as hot but I still want to go to the beach. Even if that means just dipping my feet in the water for a couple of minutes. Also watching the sunset on the beach is just gorgeous. All the colors and the cool breeze just makes me feel so happy inside. Well until then I can enjoy the rest of the week sweating and not freezing to death.

Describing

As a class assignment we were to go outside and find something we find appealing and write about it.

It's a nice warm day with lots of beautiful things around me but the first thing that really catches my eye was the lamp post. It is painted black and gold and has beautiful detail. Kind of reminds me of a European column or something along those lines. It is sort of randomly placed and doesn't really go with the building but on it's own it looks nice. There are green trees behind it and a spider that happens to live on it. I'm sure there have been many spiders that have lived on this lamp. It makes me wonder how long this lamp has been here and what different colors it has been.

I love the freedom I have in speech class to talk about whatever I want to. I decided to do my second speech on the band Pierce the Veil. They are a San Diego band and they are also all Mexican just like me. I wasn't really a big fan of them until my boyfriend started listening to them all the time. They are now up there as one of my favorite bands.

Here's a little on what I presented on: Vic and Mike Fuentes, both members of Pierce the Veil, are bothers always been in bands together. Their first band together was in 1998 and it was called Early Times. They released an album called “No Turning Back” and it soon spread. Equal Vision Records liked their music and signed them right out of high school. Because of legal reasons they changed their band name to Before Today and released their album ”A Celebration of an Ending.” After touring Vic and Mike were left alone in the band and changed their name to Pierce the Veil. Shortly after their first album as Pierce the Veil was released they adopted Tony into the band and soon after that Jaime joined the band. The band went on to tour and release two albums. The most recent one is called Selfish Machines and was released this summer.

I was so excited while presenting I accidentally went over time.... Oh well.

The weather this weekend was very warm which is enjoyable to me because as soon as it gets cold I'm pretty sure I will die. Today I went to my first concert in San Francisco and it was a lot of fun. Fours hours of standing, no shoes, the hot sun, tons of people, and amazing music. All things which I find enjoyable. I'd say this was a good weekend.

I really liked Sara Bareilles' performance since she was just so real and connected with the audience well. You don't think people that have became that popular are still people sometimes so it was nice to see a little of her personality. She is also just a real strong woman. I never really listened to any of her songs but after this concert I think I will.

As well, I just cannot get over how gross porta potties are. I mean if someone comes out of one with no toilet paper it makes me question if they even used any, which grosses me out. Plus they just smell really bad. I mean it's 2010 at least invent some that flush. It's not that difficult of a task when you think about it.

A Little Rant

It has came to my attention that no matter how much I study for my tests still get bad grades. No matter how much i know the material I don't get the grade i know i can. It disappoints me and makes me want to do better but I'm not how I can. College makes me so frustrated because of this. I don't like the fact that the tests are online. I don't like the fact that we don't know what we got wrong.I know I should and I do plan on talking to my teachers about what I got wrong so I can learn from it but it would be nice if the computer just told you from the get go. I thought I was going to get straight A's in college but now I'm at the point where I just want to pass the class. But at the same time i was a good GPA so I can get good scholarships since I do not want to get more loans next year. I am not the type of person that likes to stress over school but I tend to be stressing about classes and how I'm going to do. I don't want to stress. I like to be carefree. Not sad and stressed. I guess I will just study more and try to keep up with what is going on around me.

Regimens: Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep

Do you ever think about having a massage after a long day? Well I'm sure a lot of people do since they are relaxing and you feel much better afterwords. A study in LA was help on Swedish deep tissue massages and they actually found out that with these massages everyday people had some positive effects on their health. They saw that the deep massages decreased the amount of stress hormones as well as increasing that amount of white blood cells the clients had. This means you would be less stressed and your immune system would be very strong. This kind of makes me want to get massages everyday. They also did tests on softer massages which also had positive effects. This one also decreased the amount of stress hormones and had more of a hormone that has to do with how content a person is. I know I'd be happy after this too so all of the research makes sense. I wonder if other massage methods can have any other positive effects on the body.


RABIN, RONI CARYN. "Vital Signs - A Good Massage Brings Biological Changes, Too - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. .

Tug of War Pits Genes of Parents in the Fetus

While reading this article and I was really interested in what this would actually be about then I saw the thing about animal testing. It states that they used mice to determine whether we can receive two sex genomes from either parent. Both babies died in the womb. This is really sad to think about. But I guess it proved a point.

I also found it interesting on how it started to talk about how women have more sex than mice would. I really don't understand what this has to do with anything when animals have sex to reproduce and women usually don't want to get pregnant. The article goes on to say that you get your sex drive from your parents which is pretty awkward if you ask me. Although it makes perfectly good sense, parents usually don't encourage this. This is an ironic thought.

I found it pretty funny how everything scientific in this article is related to something we can relate to. Parents are thought of as these rule makers and they actually make up a lot of your behavior while you are being created with their genes.

Exam 1

So I had been studying all last week and weekend for my Human Anatomy exam. I spent a lot of time and payed close detail to what I had to learn and remember. Obviously this didn't work out too good for me and I learned that I need to find a better way to study. The sad part about all of this is I could explain all of the topics except for bone which most of the questions were on. For some reason I payed more attention to fractures thinking that would be on the exam. I found out I was wrong. I felt good about my performance on the test only to find out I failed. This was devastating to me since I have never failed anything in my life. It's sort of a reality check as well. I was stressing and sad when I found out my grade. I am a calm person when it comes to test because I usually do well on them but I guess I need to put in a little more effort. Luckily I checked my grade and it was curved quite a bit. I am happy about this of course but now I know what to expect for next time. I will definitely do better the second time around.

September 4th

So this is my first time washing clothes at college. I’m the kind of person that doesn’t like to repeat my outfits so I pretty much wait till all my underwear are dirty before I wash clothes. In this case I ran out of clean shorts and didn’t know what to wear so I decided to wash today.

For starters I had to put money on my card which I didn’t remember where to go to put money so that took me awhile to find. Second I actually had to read directions how to use it. I find directions very handy now a day. Well any who the washers here are very small because all my clothes barely fit. Usually I don’t even have enough clothes after 3 weeks to fill up my whole washer. Lastly the wash room is a bit creepy. It’s fresh though which is nice but today is a nice day so it’s fresh everywhere.

Now I must go down and put my clothes in the dryer. It was nice to get some homework done in the mean time. I wonder if I’ll have to read directions on how to use the dryer or if anything interesting will happen.

Craigslist Removes Adult Services Section

Craigslist has been this sudden phenomenon over the past 3 years. It sort of like Ebay in the sense that it’s an online swap meet where you can sell used things. In addition to selling possessions one could also “sell themselves” for money. If you ever think of someone selling themselves prostitution is something that instantly comes to mind. A big problem with the sight is that people are offering favors or different acts from themselves to other people for money. People are afraid that this would be making the child trafficking and pimping of women worse with this site.

In the article it talks about how a many was accused for killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist. No one knows if any sexual acts went on but these are one of the many things advertised that usually aren’t what they seem to be. The man ending up committing suicide while waiting for his trail date, which is a very unfortunate thing.

It’s really sad to see that so many people getting hurt and/or dying due to this website. I personally know someone who was posted on the site as a joke and it just proves how serious this actually is. Some people in this world are creepy and are looking for more than just someone to talk to. Everyone just needs to be more aware of what’s going on online.

PRESS, THE ASSOCIATED. "Craigslist Removes Adult Services Section –
NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Sept. 2010. .

September 2nd

Currently listening to “Stay away from my friends” by Pierce the Veil because it’s cute. I think Pierce the Veil alone makes me miss San Diego so much since they are a San Diego band and I've lived off of listening to their music all summer. They are amazing live and have dedicated fans. Also I miss my boyfriend and this band reminds me of him. I think he fell asleep which is kind of sucky because I really wanted to talk to him. But oh well there’s always tomorrow.

I am now a strong believer in karma. If you do something bad then something bad will happen to you in return. Granted, bad things happen to good people too but still karma is out there so watch yourself. I have seen karma take it's toll on someone recently and all I can say is maybe they should think before they act. Thinking before you do something is always good.

Everyone is going home for the 4 day weekend. Technically it’s a 3 day weekend if your school is normal but of course I have bomb weekends every weekend. I am bummed that I have to stay here and can’t go see my family and boyfriend but I mean it has only been two weeks. Going home would almost ruin this whole independence thing.

Oh San Diego, how I miss you. Stay beautiful for me. I will see you in late November and all the wonderful things you have to offer me.

August 28th

I’m sorry but the Steelers were an utter disappointment today. I am not a fan of Dixon as our quarterback but then again it was only a pregame so technically it doesn’t even count. I didn’t even finish watching the game. It was making me too sad.

Well I should probably finish my Human Anatomy and Chemistry notes, wahhh. I never thought I'd be spending a good amount of my weekends doing homework in college. Speaking of unusual things I swear you hear and see the weirdest things in college. Beating up nuns in a Christian school? Boys running up and down the halls with no pants on. Too weird for me.

I just think of how each day passes the sooner I will be able to see my wonderful boyfriend. The sooner I will get to hug him forever. The sooner I can go home. The sooner it will be summer. Yeah got a little too carried away there but oh well.

Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime

In the article “Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime” it talked about how in our age of time everyone is so connected to digital devices. The main topic that was carried throughout the article was that while exercising people will watch television, text message, check their emails, and other things of that sort. The common message was if this a good thing or a bad and how is it affecting out brains.

Personally I do not think that multitasking or how people are so into their phones is a bad thing as long as it doesn’t affect how they connect with other people. If someone needs to watch television as motivation for exercising is a good. I like to watch television while running at the gym because it takes my mind off of what I’m actually doing. I am not a fan of running but if I’m also watching the episode of Real World I missed last night, my trip to the gym turns into a positive thing. I do also agree that sometimes people are too tied into their social networking and text messaging to actually pay attention to what is important in life or notice how beautiful nature is. All and all digital devices are made for our entertainment and that is what they do, entertain people.

Something that surprised me in this article was the age of some of the people that were checking their email while waiting in the car or listening to their ipods. Call me crazy but it really surprises me how these digital devices are attracting people of all ages. It just seems to me like there is something that bridging the gap between the young and the older people.

Richtel, Matt. "Your Brain on Computers - Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World New N.p., 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 26 Aug. 2010. .