In this week's news...

And there's a first week of school down. Chemistry, molecular bio, and trig. Trig, methinks, will be interesting. By the end of the class the overwhelming image impressed upon me was that i was having an hour and fifteen minutes worth of dental work done with no anesthesia. And i generally like math. Just that the prof is this overweight, burnt-out drill dergeant looking/acting feller that's desperate that all should know he ain't gunna take no crap offa' nobody, and that in spite of all appearances, he's cool. And then simultaneously he fires off a barrage of what he'd like you to believe are jokes: flat, syrupy, goofy one-liners that have the effect of making (at least me) cringe and internally scream, "Ow! Stop that." Then he'd repeat 'em a minute or so later just to be sure everyone got it. Maybe i'll get used to it.

In biology we've so far learned beyond any shadow of a doubt that we all share a common, precellular evolutionary ancestor with yeast. i can't seem to get very excited about that no matter how hard i try. i think about it and think about it-- no effect. Oh, and bacteria have the ability to pick DNA up off the floor (or from other bacteria), splice it into their own genome, and express it. Sounds like a fine hobby. Also gives me a renewed vigour 'bout not taking unnecessary antibiotics. Very bad. i think that's m' most interesting class.

Chemistry's just fairly dreadful. i don't think there's really a way to make chemistry any less dreadful. One either likes it or doesn't, and i doesn't. i do hope it grows on me though.

i guess all in all, i've seen my kiddoes maybe two hours in the last week, and i'm becoming almost hopelessly depressed. All part of growing up, i guess: c'est la vie.