Life

"We know relatively little about the diversity of cellular life on Earth, not to mention the vast range of plausible noncellular life-forms that might await discovery elsewhere in the universe. Endorsing a sweeping definition of life based on such scanty knowledge is akin to defining “music” after listening to a single recording of Bach’s solo cello suites over and over again. The suites are a sublime example of music, but hardly sufficient to characterize the entire genre."
-Hazen, Robert M. 2005. Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origins. Joseph Henry Press.

from a reading for Biology. I always think that scentists don't consider the fact that life on other planets might be so far from our lifeforms that we cannot even detect them. Just because the only living things we know are defined by DNA and cells and water and oxygen doesn't mean that that is the only type of being out there in the huge universe. and This guy put that really well.

Uhhh...

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Sometimes I make funny faces :)

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Mark, my roomate is the closest. The one in the middle, Jackie, is a friend. and on the end is Angie, a housemate.
I thought it was funny to see them all with laptops in front of the tv.

My side

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Here is my side of the room

School Starts tomorrow!

So far Davis isn't too bad. I've run around doing things that need to be done. Like books, dealing with financial aid, dealing with banks. ugh. oh well.
I've been getting sleep for the most part. But I've still been pretty darn tired. I think it's getting a bit better, I hope.
I burned an Amy Winehouse cd from my roomate mark. Which makes me happy.
And I went to a Pirate Party last night at a friend's house. That was a lot of fun. I got to see a lot of friends and hang out and be silly. Then I woke up too early this morning to buy textbooks from other people on campus. When it works out buying books form other students is the way to go. You can get it way way cheaper. and at the same time i can stick it to the man by not giving the bookstore my money. but unfortunaty there are some new books that i dont think are avalible anywhere but the bookstore. which is irritating but oh well.
later today i am going to make pasta sauce and go to the farmers market. and go to bed REALLY early because I have class at 8 AM. ICK.
And i'll add photos later. im really hungry and tired of dealing with photos.

Back at College

I'm back in Davis.
Almost moved into my room.
There is a lot of stuff I have to get done already. I'm trying not to stress too much yet.
Rumor is that there is a bike shortcut to campus from our house that only takes 10 mins.
Which is way cool.
I miss SC and the people.
But I will survive.
I'm going to bed and hoping that I have more energy tomorrow.
I'm tired of being exhausted. So hopefully tomorrow I won't be tired.


And.
I like classic Rock a lot.