if you're going to the new California Academy of Sciences, don't look! highlights..

glad the Philippines is the richest of something..
i'm sure so many others thought this too.
(like Josh.. pointing..)

this wall was larger than life.
i liked the jellyfish-ish thing..

thumbs up for colonization.

probably one of the coolest things. i recommend going here first 'cause then you go down to the aquarium after..

i love SF.
more pictures on facebook..

blankies!

make awesome tents! i slept here two nights.. ^_^ this is one of my favorite things to do.. i don't know if i could handle sleeping in real tents. in the woods. with bugs.

Grandpa John

McCain walks like a penguin. I know that doesn't have anything to do with his qualifications.. There are just so many things about McCain (grandpa-ness, voice of death) that make me not want to listen.

My dad is voting for McCain, even though he said he liked Obama before.. 'Cause Obama is saying things he would do as President, but, like McCain said, had voted differently before. Josh sent me the link to factcheck.org.. And I wish everyone could read this stuff:

"Once again, McCain said that Obama raised taxes 94 times. This came up in the vice presidential debate, and it is a bogus charge.

Fact check.org, a non-partisan watchdog, has analyzed the charge.

Of the 94, 23 of those votes were indeed votes against proposed tax cuts. Eleven of them were increases on families earning over $1 million to help fund programs such as Head Start and school nutrition. And 53 were on non-binding budget resolutions that foresaw allowing tax cuts to expire as scheduled. Such out-year projections are meaningless, since non-binding budgets are passed each year.
Fact.check.org ruled the claim misleading.
--Glenn Kessler"

anyone can cook!

I sat watching Ratatouille today.. and while the music, characters, and food made me happy for a number of reasons I couldn't help think of what else I could have been doing during that time. what could I have done for that hour and a half that could make me a better person or make the world a better place..

could have read my Microbio book so that maybe someday I could get into a PA school, or do Stats homework so I get an A on the next open book test. could have planned out my future so I don't waste anymore of my parents' money... or studied for my EMT test that i'll take who knows when (c'mon, Fast Resonse!) so that I can pass it and get a job. I just wanna work already! but it's a good thing that there are so many things you need to do before you get into health professions, 'cause you deal with people's lives. I guess I just wish I was smarter.. ha!

words of wisdom

I like listening to songs and buying CDs by womyn 'cause you gotta support them... They're able to do what they love and be successful. Men do to... They've just been successful longer... Hah! But I still buy their CDs too..

Freakin' Amel... I liked the part where she said you should do what you love. 'Cause that'll make you happy. And as I sit here gluing little numbers to papers for some template, I really think I gotta start looking for things that will help me get a better place.

Estelle, Track 05 on her cd- I think I can relate 'cause of things that have happened in the past with silly boys.. "Love isn't just about touching and holding hands. It's a spiritual thing..." Yeah that spiritual part- that's why you're with them... 'Cause you share something you don't have with anyone else. All her other songs have some words of wisdom. So far my favorites are 5, 11, and 7. Maybe all of them are my favorites..

My favorite number is 7. The next 8ish posts will hopefully be good since this one is #71 on this blog, and I can't help but think something is special when it starts with a 7, or is song #7 on a cd, or adds up to 7 (like my first and last name! maybe that's why I like #7)...

Here it goes...

"No one knows the color of a soul."
-Brother Frexpar, Wicked

I just think this is a good line...

music

that music that just touches your soul..
makes the day at work not seem like work.

found mine:
Goapele radio station on Pandora
Michael Bublé
Wicked sountrack (heck yes)
that freakin' Sarah Bareilles song