Just Throw a Brick

...I know it's been awhile. School's been kicking my butt this semester and I've had a lot going on, between school and work and roommates and a certain guy I've been spending a lot of time with ;) I just haven't had  a lot of time to write, and at the same time make it interesting. But hey, that's college.  It's President's Day, which means I get the day off (Yay!) but means I should be catching up on all the stuff I'm behind on (lame). This is also the last day off I get until the end of the semester (BYU doesn't get spring break, unfortunately). I hate winter semester for that very reason. I tend to get burned out around the beginning of March and we still have a bunch left to go. Just thinking about it makes me stressed. Oh well. What else... Me and my roommates have been getting along better, especially the one that I vented about a few months back. Sometimes I go back and think about how ridiculously annoyed I got, and it makes me la...

So I have been doing finals all week, and my brain is pretty much fried. So I went on the humor section of Pinterest, and I discovered Grumpy Cat. My life is changed forever. It's like me, but as a cat. I have never enjoyed a meme more than this. And possibly my favorite...as if I could pick a favorite... Happy Finals Week, everybody. -K 

...in University Chorale, so it's not that special. But hey, it's something. It has actually become one of my favorite classes, because when I come I just sing. I don't have to worry about anything else besides singing as well as I can in my little Alto 2 section. By the way, I've got a joke for you. Q: How many altos does it take to change a lightbulb? A: 8, one to change it and seven to complain about how high it is. Hardy har har. But wait, there's more! Q: How many sopranos does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Just one to hold the lightbulb while the world revolves around her. Okay, now THAT'S funny. You can probably tell that sopranos annoy me to no end. Sorry it's short today, friends. It's been a long couple weeks and it's not about to get any better. ... OH WAIT! It's Thanksgiving next week! YEEEEESSSS! See you on the flip side, -K A picture for the road? And again, Whose Line provides my life with joy...Well, ...

You have been sufficiently warned. If you're looking for something that will bring a gentle smile to your face, like a bunch of kittens or something, I've got a website for you. Google Images. If you're here to read about my ANNOYING roommate, read on, friends. You ready for this? Okay. First of all, you should know that I will do almost anything to avoid contention with roommates. I've found that if you pick your battles extremely selectively (like for me, when it comes to the A/C), you get a lot farther than crying about everything. True story. So I complain a lot when I get in mediums like this because I know they're never going to read/never care to read/never even think that I would have a blog. I'm just going to make a bullet list of problems, if it's all the same to you. Shake up the format, and all. Chronologically through the day, if possible.  First thing in the morning. Truth is, I don't really like talking to people in the morning, but...

No, really. Once you get past all the words you can't read/pronounce/tell are English, it's all awesome from there. My two favorite science bros Today's post comes from a quote out of my Infections and Immunology book, "Sherris Medical Microbiology" (2010). The author writes (describing how Louis Pasteur was treated after he discovered a vaccine to zoonoses anthracis, a disease in herbivorous livestock): "He was cheered and carried on the shoulders of the grateful farmers of the district, an experience now, unhappily, largely restricted to winning football coaches." Powerful stuff. No really, this whimsical sentence actually made me think for awhile. What if the great scientists of our day were celebrated as much as sports stars? Allow me to speculate. First off, we would have a lot more scientists. Science is such an amazing field, with new discoveries made almost every day. Can you imagine how much faster we could cure diseases if everyo...

Hello all you reader people. How's it going? (Rhetorical, please don't answer out loud at your computer.) I've been doing well, just getting back into school, work, etc. It's been pretty so-so, I'm not home a whole ton because I'm always at school or working. But I have spent enough time in my new apartment complex to figure out who the alphas and the betas are. Confused? Allow me to explain. Alpha male: The "it" guy. Everyone wants this guy. You all know one of them, and you all want him because that's just the way it goes. Everyone wants the alpha, that's why he's the alpha. Beta male: The "it" guy's friends. He hangs out with Alpha because he knows he can pick up the slack because let's face it, Alpha can't date all the women, and inevitably leaves a trail of broken hearts and floods of tears wherever he goes. Betas are around to take care of the ones that Alpha deems not acceptable. Gamma male: These are the ...

Well, faithful readers, here's where I actually talk about my life instead of post random pictures of things I like. If that's your cup of tea then...go on Tumblr or something. Ahem. I've moved to a new apartment complex where I know absolutely no one, and so far it's been pretty fun. I've made good friends with a few of my roommates, and I get along well with all the rest so it's been fun. I have one from Russia, which has been fun. It's forced me to have a different kind of humor, since my usual sarcasm can be confusing to her. It's definitely been weird, but I'm getting used to it. One problem though, my roommates keep turning off the A/C, but if you know me, you know I like to be cold. If I feel crappy because it's too hot, you don't want to be anywhere near me. True story. So anyways, I'm forced to secretly turn on the air conditioning when people aren't in the room/aren't home. I feel kind of a like a secret agent or a s...