June 5, 2007

• What?

  Meh.

  So the ol' J-O-B has been pretty enjoyable as of late.  I think I
  may be able to publish a paper on my findings soon and actually get
  some credit for it even though I'm just a little undergraduate. 
  That's one nice thing about the group I'm with:  if you give the
  effort you get the credit.  I think that's kind of uncommon in
  most research positions at universities, leastwise that's what I've
  heard.

  Chemistry is pretty sweet.  Just throwing that out there. 
  Everything in today's world is in some way effected by chemical
  processes.  Regardless of the practical side of it, it's also
  pretty amazing to think about how chemical reactions actually work, how
  all those tiny little structures interact with each other in ways that
  allow for so many of the things we need every day to be created.

  Now that I'm on the subject, existence is a pretty awesome deal as
  well.  When you think about all the things that must be exactly as
  they are for the Earth to continue on as it is and sustain life as it
  does...yeah, it's pretty amazing.  Breathing, walking, especially
  thinking...wow...it's just pretty cool.

  I'm a bit worried that I'm squandering my existence, amazing as it
  is.  I'm trying to fix it, though.  I'm going to start taking
  Karate again in the Fall and I've been trying to work out and eat
  better.  I've been working on my tailoring skillz and creating my
  Felicia costume for Halloween (Yes I realize that I plan pretty far
  ahead, but it's a slow process making a costume from scratch.) and it's
  been pretty satisfying thus far.  I'm also saving up a bit of cash
  to buy myself some o' that Robert Heinlein that I love so much and
  maybe a couple of books on string theory.  I'm not going to be one
  of those useless kids who doesn't understand anything about the world
  and just gets some dead end job to support some children who will grow
  up to do the same thing.  I want to acquire some information that
  is worth passing on.  I want to be able to instill a love for
  intelligence in my offspring.  I want to be worth having a
  conversation with.  I want to do something worthwhile with my life
  and make other people's lives better in the process.  I want to
  find others with the same hopes for themselves.  I am excited.

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