Whatever makes your sin curve ocillate

So, I met someone today- well, I met the in August, however we discussed this for the first time today- that also believes that life is like a sine curve. The amplitude may change, but nothing is ever constant, except change. Things are always changing from good to bad, increasing to decreasing, concaved up to concaved down.

Which brings me to the one law that I live by: Every Action Has An Equal And Opposite Reaction (thank you Newton). Because no matter what point you pick on a sine curve, you can find at least one other point that is the same distance from any other point. Also there are an infinite number of places where it changes sign, concavity, direction, etc.

Anyways, I wasn't sure there was anyone as crazy out there as me. Anyone (other than 3π/2) who would believe this theory, or way of life. But apparently there is.

So again, whatever makes your sine curve oscillate, however, just remember in π/a (where a is amplitude) radians you'll be oscillating in a different direction.

C'est ma vie

I started going to the gym on a regular basis which was only slightly hindered by the fact that I lost my Gator 1 card for about a week, but I always feel better when I start my day out at the gym. And even on days like today, when I go to the gym at night, life seems to be quite a bit more vibrant, or maybe I'm just in a better mood.

This past friday I had an "interview" with Dr. Brockmann about working for her next semester. And while I was worried about her not wanting me to work for her, when I got there, well, before I got there, she had already decided that I was going to work for her. So, we talked about the research and about my previous research and came to the conclusion that I had until February to come up with a procedure and then in late February we, I, would start collecting data, and she'd go out and help me over spring break and then I would process all of the data. Then, if I got results, we would publish a paper together! We also decided that I should get credits for taking the class so I'm taking ZOO4905.

I'm pretty excited, things seem to be going really well now, espeically school, I really hope things stay like this for a while. Also, I vote tomorrow for the first time!

The [Butterfly] Garden of Eden

Today has been one of the most interesting days since I started at UF this fall. First of all let me point out that the high today was 79º and the low was 39º, point being that the weather is amazing. Anyways, there was a "poster session" at the Florida Museum of Natural History which counted for extra credit, and while I might have gone for the wrong reasons, I did throughly enjoy it. One of the posters I read about had something to do with mitochondria and Brownian motion, I guess the lab had disproved the common conception that mitochondria moved in a linear fasion. Or at least in this particular marine analid. Even while hardly understanding half of the poster, I was impressed and curious.

After reading a couple more posters, I found out that the Butterfly Garden was free for the day, because of the poster session, so Mike, Steve, and I wandered through the Garden. Let me tell you, the Butterfly garden on a regular day is nice, the Butterfly Garden on a day with temperatures in the 60's is the equivalent of the Garden of Eden.

While at the poster session, I realized that I had a paper due tuesday for my "Science For Life" class so when I got home (and woke up from my nap) I started browsing the database of professors and found a Dr. H. J. Brockmann who studies Animal Behavior, and while reading through her web pages I decided that I wanted to work in her lab, so I sent her an email asking if she wanted an undergraduate and a copy of my resume so hopefully I can get a job in a lab.