Moles, and calibration curves, and standard deviations, oh MY!

Is the semester over YET?! I'm rocking my biology class, but there is less rockage in my chemistry classes. I'm so ready for a new semester.

Anybody have any exciting news? I don't.

Rob and I have been watching Scrubs in our free time. I have really begun to like that show. Now, it's not a passionate love like I have for Buffy and Firefly, but it still falls in the positive area of the approval scale!

Alright, I have more chemistry homework to do. Wait! Here's a countdown to help me get through this misery!

Another homemade video to share!

So, I felt creative yesterday on my day off and now want to share the product. It's an extremely cheesy video of my cats rolling around on the back porch after I sprinkled a handful of catnip around. All four of them are affected, but Izzi is the one that gets aggressive.

You might notice the bad 70's porn music in the beginning. When they're rolling around together I always imagine a kitty orgy, so finding that music made me giggle. A lot.

Ah, well... you might get a laugh.

My adventures!

Between studying and sleeping, I have managed to have some adventures. Firstly, I am excited that I got to go to the Richard Dawkins lecture last night. It didn't start till 7 and I happened to walk by at 4:30 and there was already a line forming!! Of course, I jumped in and I got a pretty good seat. He's one feisty old man and I like it!



I didn't get home till 10 p.m. (on a school night, yikes!) and when I walked up to the house, I noticed the front door wide open. Rob was home and upstairs (grr) and 5 of our animals were sitting on the couch or chairs looking at the front door as if they knew something was wrong. The second I walked in I saw the ferret cage open... and she was gone. We searched and searched and searched until I passed out from exhaustion. All day I have felt like a terrible ferret parent, even though I wasn't even home. I had nightmares of her being eaten by coyotes or mangled by the stray dogs. Oh, my poor little Lili!

Waiting for my shift to begin at work, I hopped online and looked at craigslist. Listed this morning, someone found a ferret in my subdivision! After screaming and running in a circle, I grabbed the phone and called her and arranged a pickup. Apparently, Lilu had quite a trek last night. She was 9 houses across the street! The woman's son (age 16) slept with her under the covers. (giggling at that image!)

Now, she's safe and warm in her own bed that needs washing, but I don't care about that. I'm just glad she's home.

I thought I'd share a little picture I took yesterday morning. I like the extra note at the bottom. :)

Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog ...

I managed to capture on video the bats that have taken up residence in our house as they were leaving for their nightly forage. I didn't put any music in the video because you can hear their echolocation as they take off.

Before you ask, no, we have no intention of getting rid of them. I don't kill things just because others think they are a pest. Bats are amazing little creatures. Here are some interesting facts, courtesy of this website.

Contrary to popular misconceptions, most bats have very good eyesight and excellent echolocation so they do not become entangled in human hair, and seldom transmit disease to other animals or humans.

Bats are more closely related to humans than they are to rodents. Several studies indicate that the Old World fruit bats and flying foxes may actually be descended from early primates.

A single little brown bat can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour, and is one of the world's longest-lived mammals for its size, with life spans of almost 40 years.

A nursing little brown bat mother can eat more than her body weight nightly (up to 4,500 insects).

I love birthday presents!

This is what the hubby made me for my birthday! Now I can store 18 bottles of wine, instead of 6. Or I will be, as soon as he finishes staining it. Isn't it awesome?!

Twinkle, twinkle little bat! How I wonder what you're at!

There is officially an invisible beacon on the top of our house calling wild animals to live with us. Just today I found a sparrow who'd made her nest in my planter on the back porch. She's laid 4 eggs in there and is very protective of them. She screeches at the dog every time he goes outside. I'll try to get a picture soon without disturbing her.

At dusk we were standing in the front yard discussing something very important, I'm sure, when we were suddenly surrounded by about a dozen bats. Rob looked up and could see them coming from the overhangs on our house.

We had bees last year in the back yard...I hope they come back!

I leave you with this precious face:



Awww! I just want to squish it with kisses!!

Utter sadness

Isn't this a pathetic sight? In my excitement, I pushed too hard when opening. Ugh. Now what do I do?

Tonight begins the infamous Spring Break. I'm really needing a break right now. I can't wait till the classes get fun!

I love Eddie Izzard

This one made me laugh out loud several times. Check him out. If you've never seen his act, I definitely recommend watching. High-larious.

You want gossip?

Stalkers suck. Especially crazy myspace stalkers. Pffth.

Wish list

I so want this. Can you guess what it is?