Collide

Sometimes we're on a collision course, and we just don't know it. Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do about it. A woman in Paris was on her way to go shopping, but she had forgotten her coat - went back to get it. When she had gotten her coat, the phone had rung, so she'd stopped to answer it; talked for a couple of minutes. While the woman was on the phone, Daisy was rehearsing for a performance at the Paris Opera House. And while she was rehearsing, the woman, off the phone now, had gone outside to get a taxi. Now a taxi driver had dropped off a fare earlier and had stopped to get a cup of coffee. And all the while, Daisy was rehearsing. And this cab driver, who dropped off the earlier fare; who'd stopped to get the cup of coffee, had picked up the lady who was going to shopping, and had missed getting an earlier cab. The taxi had to stop for a man crossing the street, who had left for work five minutes later than he normally did, because he forgot to set off his alarm. While that man, late for work, was crossing the street, Daisy had finished rehearsing, and was taking a shower. And while Daisy was showering, the taxi was waiting outside a boutique for the woman to pick up a package, which hadn't been wrapped yet, because the girl who was supposed to wrap it had broken up with her boyfriend the night before, and forgot. When the package was wrapped, the woman, who was back in the cab, was blocked by a delivery truck, all the while Daisy was getting dressed. The delivery truck pulled away and the taxi was able to move, while Daisy, the last to be dressed, waited for one of her friends, who had broken a shoelace. While the taxi was stopped, waiting for a traffic light, Daisy and her friend came out the back of the theater. And if only one thing had happened differently: if that shoelace hadn't broken; or that delivery truck had moved moments earlier; or that package had been wrapped and ready, because the girl hadn't broken up with her boyfriend; or that man had set his alarm and got up five minutes earlier; or that taxi driver hadn't stopped for a cup of coffee; or that woman had remembered her coat, and got into an earlier cab, Daisy and her friend would've crossed the street, and the taxi would've driven by. But life being what it is - a series of intersecting lives and incidents, out of anyone's control - that taxi did not go by, and that driver was momentarily distracted, and that taxi hit Daisy, and her leg was crushed.

•Smile•

I had a wonderful weekend at Bonnaroo and as much as I would love to expound on all of my experiences, this week has been hell and well I just need to to smile. Sometimes you just need to sit back, remember what you are here for, that nothing is impossible, thank God for the life you've been given and just Smile.


















Quote of the Night: Pull yourself together and use what you have.  ~Betsy Cañas Garmon

Victim

“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXCQT1wKS0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The $6,000,000 Man

So I know a couple of weeks ago I told you about a speech my professor gave us on our last day of class and I actually recorded it on my phone. I was listening to it last night and thought about the story he was telling before he got to the part that I last blogged about. After thinking, I just knew I could probably find it on the internet to share with you. Well I did and this is it.


The $6,000,000 Man.


Well, time passes (such as it does). It was again my father’s birthday and time for another humorous reminder of the annual event. I was perusing the birthday cards in a local department store when I came across a very cute card:
“According to biochemists, the materials that make up the human body are worth only 97 cents.” (Hallmark Greeting Card Co.) An underestimation, I thought.
With this card in mind, I toyed with the idea of calculating just how much the average human body is worth. So I and a friend (who was interested in biochemistry) sat down to figure out just how much a human body could fetch on the fair market exchange. Using a biochemical supply catalog, we investigated the price of the various chemicals and came up with some shocking results. Human DNA was $770 per gram. Hemoglobin was $3 a gram. Insulin was $48 per gram. Follicle-stimulating hormone (or FSH) was relatively expensive (about $4,900,000 per gram). A righteous amount of bucks, we concluded.
We averaged all the chemicals per gram (dry weight) of a human being, arriving at $250.25 per gram. Human beings are approximately 70% water, so we calculated my dry weight as 24,545 g. Next we calculated how much the average human body was worth. The final amount was most gratifying: $6,142,386.30. Not bad, I concluded gleefully. I’m a six million dollar man, and I can’t even run 60 miles per hour.
One must here draw a balance between a human being and a bunch of chemicals from a supply catalog. If it were possible to purchase these chemicals, you would not purchase a human being, but merely an assembly of molecules. But why the discrepancy between the 97 cent figure and the calculated one? The answer is easy. By paying for thevarious proteins and hormones, one is paying for those chemicals which are high up in the genetic ladder, while carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and water are relatively cheap and easy to come by. For example, proteins are long folded chains of amino acids which are commercially available for anywhere between $3 and $12,000 per gram. However, the smaller molecular weight amino acids are somewhere around 30 cents a gram. Thus we see a cost difference in the size and complexity of the chemicals.
As we learn in science courses at a very young age, cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs form systems. As we progress we learn that the cell itself is made up of smaller units called organelles. One of the organelles is ribosome. The cost of assembling DNA and proteins from ribosomes is phenomenal. To synthesize a human being from organelles is prohibitively expensive, in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Next we must form cells, and then tissues. Organs must then be created and then the organs formed into systems and finally into a living, breathing human being. The cost at each step becomes progressively higher as the complexity of the process increases. An incomprehensible task, to say the least. Thus the naked truth faces us, and we quickly realize that each human being is priceless.

by Gerry Marangoni

Change is Good

For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

~Benjamin Button

Never Give Up

I'm honestly out of words… I'm not sure if it is my lack of sleep or the fact that I just have so much Mammalian Phys and Biochem packed in this brain that it is impossible for me to converse on a normal level. If you're in the process of finals, as I am, then I am sure you totally understand! Regardless of whether your having finals or not, I think anyone can relate to this quote in some aspect of their life.
 I LOVE YOU ALL!  Don't ever take "no" for an answer!! HAPPY TUESDAY!



Listening to: Titanium - David Guetta feat. Sia
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