Puppy Love

Has anyone but me noticed the attention the press seems to to be paying to the Obama dog situation? And by the Obama dog situation I mean the fact the Mr. Obama promised his daughters a new dog when they move into the White House. Here are some examples of the web sites and news articles out there on this very topic.

from the Associated Press: Obama: Getting a family dog isn't easy

from yahoo news: "Peru Offers bald Dog of Incas to Obamas"

www.obamafamilydog.com A whole website dedicated to convincing the Obama family to adopt a shelter dog instead of buying one from a pet store.

From BBC News: Obama Family dog 'major issue'

From Fox News: Obama: Choosing family Dog is a 'Pressing Issue'

From the Washington Times: Obama" Getting a family dog isn't easy

PETA to Obama: adopt your Dog from a shelter

The AKC conducted a survey to decided what breed the family should get. The final verdict: Poodle.

From Chicago Breaking News: Obama girls getting a puppy.


Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.

Amendment 1: I can only hope that the American public turns out to be as interested in rest of Obama's decisions as his dog decision.

Amendment 2:I guess we could call this fascination in the press with the new dog as "puppy love."

Amendment 3: I only have a week and half left until Thanksgiving Break!

Amendment 4: an enantiomer is a non-superimposable mirror image isomer.

Amendment 5: All this talk about dogs makes me miss my little Reggie.

Fun Vidoes and Quick Catch-ups

Well, I'm sorry that I haven't posted for so long. Things can get a bit busy here. My knee is finally starting to feel a little better. I had to get a steroid shot last week, and I believe it might finally be on the mend. I have to go to one more doctor's appointment over Thanksgiving and hopefully I will then find out what is causing my knee pain. I will keep you all updated.

This weekend my dad visited me here at school. That was very nice and really fun. I don't think we have spent that much time together just the two of us for a very long time. We went had a really great time, and it meant a lot to me that he wanted to come down here and spend the weekend with me.

I can't believe that it is only two weeks until thanksgiving break. I have 11 days of school left until break and then only two more weeks of classes after that, a week of exams and then my first semester here is over. It has gone very quickly. I am still loving school and I am planning on officially declaring my major this week as chemistry.

Here is a video that a friend posted on his blog that I thought you would all enjoy:



Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.

Amendment 1: I can't wait to see some of you at thanksgiving!

Amendment 2: that doesn't mean that I'm not looking forward to seeing some of you, just that I don't think I will have a chance to see lots of people, as I will be visiting family.

Amendment 3: Pressure equals force divided by area.

Amendment 4: prayers are still appreciated for my knee and also as I find out what is really wrong with it.

Updates

I'm afraid I have very little to report. Life goes on. I am settling in back at school and am now almost caught up in all my classes. I still need to make up an O-chem lab, but I won't do that until next week.

Next week is going to be very busy. Physics exam on Monday, paper due on Wednesday, and o-chem exam on Friday. Plus Friday is Halloween and my school is having a dance that I will be going to. I won't be doing any dancing as I am still on crutches. I believe I will go as a pirate as the other things I have considered do not lend themselves well to crutches.

The really odd thing about going to school in southern California is the heat. When I was home on break it was nice and cool. What I would consider Autumn weather. But here it is still in the 80s. I hope that by thanksgiving it will have cooled off a little. I just doesn't seem like fall with out the weather change. And it certainly won't seem like the holiday season if it is still the high 70s low 80s.

Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: If you want to know how stressed you are just multiply your elastic modulus by your strain.

Amendment 2: that was physics by the way.

Amendment 3: A practical joke I want to try at some point: put a spinning fly wheel in a suitcase and tell someone to walk around a corner.

Knees, news, and no more home cooked meals

Well, I am very sorry that I haven't updated in so long. I have been a little distracted being at home and dealing with my knee. So before I get to anything else here is an update about my knee.

I have Patella Femoral Syndrome. This basically means that my knee cap doesn't track correctly when I bend my knee. The hill here at school made it flair up. The good thing about this is that I don't need surgery; I can't do any permanent damage by using it. The bad thing is that I am going to have trouble with this for the rest of my life. A rather sad thought for someone that has nearly three years of climbing hills every school day. However, there are somethings that I can do to manage it. I will be on crutches for the next few weeks to settle this flair-up down. I will have to do PT and exercises on my own for a while. (Well, I will have to do exercises for the rest of my life). As soon as I can, I will be getting a bike to help me get up the hill. I would also recommend buying stock in Motrin, as I can guarantee that they will never go bankrupt as long as I am alive.

I have to say that it was so much fun to see everyone at home. It was the perfect birthday present to be able to come home, see my friends and go to church. I miss you all terribly when I am away.

Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: I have a new CD to listen to (my birthday present from Indy), As I Am by Kristin Chenoweth.

Amendment 2: And wonderful new stationary (from The Stomach) to write letters on.

Amendment 3: Does anyone still care that I ended that last amendment with a preposition?

Anecdotes

well, I injured my knee again, but I don't really feel like writing about that right now, so here are some funny stories about my life here at school.

My physics professor is very smart. He knows exactly what the people in the back of the room on laptops are really doing. So he sometimes will pull out the router on the way to class. He says that everyone in the back row looks "very grumpy" on those days.

doing your own laundry is not as easy as it sounds. I have yet to have any problems because I don't wear fancy clothes. The other girls in my suite have not been so lucky. yesterday someone finished her laundry with an extra shirt and one less sun dress.

It was raining for the first time since I have been here yesterday. It wasn't really raining just misting. But the item of dress that most people had in common (usually it is sun dresses for the girls, and shorts for the boys): rain boots. Who wears rain boots for a light rain?

I am now sure that the dining hall serves the same chicken everyday. Only they call it something different.

Right before I came here I switched shampoo bottles so a brand that I had never heard of so i wouldn't get it confused with other people who used the common brands. Five out of the seven girls in my suite use the exact same brand. So much for no confusion.

we get to listen to music during O-chem lab. It turns out my professor is a music lover with a huge knowledge and passion for oldies. You learn something new and random everyday about your professors.

My comp. professor has sever hearing loss. They way he got it: driving race cars. How many people drag race in their twenties and then decided to get their doctorate in English?


Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: p=mv. Momentum equals mass times velocity, and is always conserved.

Amendment 2: If you do want to know what happened to my knee, check out my church website in the prayer request section or my HSA blog.

A video

A friend posted this on his HSA blog. Please watch all the way to the end. Honestly, I don't care what your personal political views are. But this man is right, all people deserve the freedom that we have in this country.




Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.

Updates and WWII Wall Pictures

Well, I promised a friend that I would put up a picture of my latest addition to the wall. So here it is.


My mom sent me some WWII pictures that I had up on my wall at the farm. I never got the chance to put them up at our new house, but I really love them and I thought they would make a nice addition to my dorm room. The upper right and upper left photos are of General Eisenhower talking to some men from the 101st Airborne division before D-Day (I'm a big fan of the Screaming Eagles, in case you didn't know). The center picture is of a little girl in France placing flowers on an American soldier's grave after D-Day. All of the other pictures were taken in the Pacific at places I'm not sure exactly where.

I haven't been very good about doing email updates so I thought I would add a little one in here. I was lying out on the front lawn last night with my section mates. And I realized how odd it was that I was here at this school. For as long as I can remember I have told my family that I would never go to school in Southern California. Here I am. I wanted to go some place with snow and cold weather. The average temp. here all year round is 75 degrees. I had my top two schools already chosen since I was 16. But I'm not at either one. I only really came to visit because we got to stop at Disneyland. But I'm here now. God really is amazing! I had my college life all planned out until He got in the way. And I'm so glad He did, because I know this is where He wanted me.


Cheers!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: Power equals force times velocity.

Amendment 2: I will be going to Mexico for a short weekend mission trip at the end of October. I can't wait to go!

Amendment 3: the 101st Airborne Division is what Easy Company (band of brothers) was a part of. I wrote a blog entry about them a while back you can reread it here: http://literary-junkophile.blogspot.com/2008/07/band-of-love.html