May 13, 2006

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  Spring quarter.. seventh week is about to start. Most other school are almost done with finals. So much has happened since the last time I wrote, I dont even know if I can remember it all... but here goes...

  

  SPRING BREAK!!! GET NAKED!!! hehe... that was the theme of our spring break this year (even though it was lacking much of the get naked part). Kendra, Colleen and I went to Palm Springs, stayed at a country club (thanks to Kendra's aunt and their place right on the golf course)!, we lounged poolside, went shopping, played bingo, walked through palm springs at night, and slept (ahhh, sleep. I dont get much of that during school)  It was pretty awesome, actually.  Then I went home for a few days and also did absolutely nothing. Also pretty darn awesome. Then it was back to the everyday... back to ochem, bio, physics, and econ.

  First weekend into the quarter was soooo much fun! The girls came down. aka the other three of the Fantastic Five (or is it Fabulous? I dont remember, either way, it fits) that dont already live in SD, aka Ash, Riss, and Kee. Actually, Ann came down too, so that was even better! I hadn't seen Keely in practically years before that. But yea, love those girls. We just hung out, went to the beach, kee and I went for a run to the cliffs, we went to the Padres game (and they had fireworks!)... it was great.

  Oh, before I forget... I wanted to comment on something. So... I was searching for some information on Socrates for a paper I was writing last quarter... and I learned something new. I had just found a perfect description of what I had wanted to write about, and Kendra noticed I was looking on Wikipedia. She warned me to be careful about my information... I never before had been warned about wikipedia... so she explained it all to me... how the whole purpose of wikipedia and why it gives you so much free information is because people can add whatever they want to it... that is how it exists... great idea, but scary when you realize you can just click "edit" and add something like "woooo kendra is awesome" to the middle of a paragraph about Sophist debates, which is exactly what I did (didn't save it though, don't worry). And, although you would like to believe that anyone who actually adds information to a site like that knows what they are talking about, sometimes you need to double check your information. But, here comes the scary part... I started trying to search for other sources of information (I mean, arguing matters of philosophy and existence, you never can be too careful)... and I started noticing the small print at the bottom of each page... saying such things as 'information courtesy of wikipedia' or links to 'more information' that bring you to wikipedia. so anyway, not that you can't trust their information (I am actually thinking of adding some to the sections on Siena if I ever have time, because they are sadly lacking) but its a good thing to be aware of if you are really trying to learn something and want accurate information.

  But anyway... enough of that...umm, what else is new... I got a kitty! Her name is Toula... kinda like Tulip but with an 'ah' or 'uuu' sound insead of the 'ip'. Finally she has a name, after a few different ones and a while of just calling her 'chub chub' and 'hey little fat belly'. I spent a while trying to figure out an Italian name for her... we thought about calling her Pazza (crazy/insane) or Pancia (belly)... there was a whole list... but I finally decided on Leone (lion)... but then got complaints that it was too hard to say (whatever, no it's not). But anyway, the name Toula was inspired by the city Tula in Russia (look it up, try it, I bet you wikipedia is at least in the top five results) but yea, I'm sure that's not how they pronouce Tula in Russian, but I dont know Russian, so oh well. She is a crazy cat. She loves cords (computers, lamps, curling irons, doesn't make a difference), paper bags, boxes, and her little squishy green soccer ball. Kendra made her a little mouse toy but she seems to have hidden that somewhere... one of these days we are going to find a whole stash of little things she has stolen.

  
  
  

  So this quarter has been pretty crazy. I'm still working at Orphagen, taking four classes, as well as.... yes! the exciting classes. We (Kendra and I that is... we are one unit these days... so I just say we instead of I, makes it easier) go to 'Yoga/Pilates Blend' every monday/wednesday before class - 8am baby! (I love that class... hopefully i'll continue taking it over the summer).. and on tuesdays we go surfing. Second surfing class I got up, but only for a few seconds. But, during last week's class, I got up for real! I was actually surfing! so awesome. The waves were HUGE that day tho, so I also got clobbered by one that was much larger than myself. Kendra later told me what she saw... one second I was there, and the next all she saw was my board flying high through the air... and no more Kyla At that point in the morning, I finally felt like I was comfortable with where the waves were breaking... but apparently I judged that one wrong... (actually, it was directly after that when I caught the wave though, so maybe the ocean was telling me something... not sure what) lol

  AND, last weekend we took the best possible class you can take here at UCSD. That's right, Underwater Basketweaving! It's a class you definately cannot leave this school without taking. I would describe it, but the name does that for me. I am actually fairly proud of how my basket turned out... and hey, I now have something to hold my fruit

  
  
  

  ok, so im seriously getting tired of writing... but one more thing... I am changing my major! and super excited about it. Pharm Chem is no more. I am now (well, soon to be, once the paperwork goes through) Animal Physiology and Neuroscience. I realized that insead of taking an entire year full of just biochem and pchem, I can still go into whatever I want and actually take more, different classes. So... I get to learn more while hopefully enjoying it even more... so life is good.

  xoxo ~ky~

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