thursday means....TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!!!!!

Good news...next week is the week of Thanksgiving. I am sure you all know this. This makes me really excited. Why you ask??? I will tell you why.

Here is a list:
*I only have school Monday and Tuesday
*This means I don't have to work in the MAC on wednesday
*I have Thursday off...and then I am taking Friday off.
*I get to eat a lot of food...
*I have a run thursday morning...that means a free t-shirt.
*I am going to the Pacers game thursday night.
*I am going to go see the lighting of the Christmas "tree" for the first time
*I am going to go shopping really early friday morning.
*My friend Heather from elementary school, who I haven't seen since elementary school...is coming in tuesday from texas.
*did I mention a lot of FOOD????


So the world is on the brink of a major flu epidemic. It's coming! The avian flu...we talked about it in immunology. I guess sometimes when you actually go to class...you can learn a few things. I read an article about it in the paper today...and I thought...wait! I just learned about this yesterday. You see...the H5N1 flu virus is coming to get us! So be ready...

I bought a coat yesterday...it's hot...plus I bought awesome shoes...(Pictured below) they are hot too...and my hair is awesome...I will take a picture and put it up soon...


Best shoe ever.....

So what's going on with you????

yo!

I just got my hair done...I put red streaks in it...it's pretty sweet. I will take a picture soon.

K...School has been crazy. It's almost done for the semester...that's pretty sweet.

Hey...if anybody would like to sponsor a child for Christmas...meaning buy them some toys and such...let me know...or if you want to donate money towards Christmas dinners for needy families...let me know...

i have to go to class now...

i will write more soon...

does anybody know what the deal in France is??

*I GET TO GO TO A U2 CONCERT!!!!! That's right...be jealous. I am going to one in Cleveland on December 10th. WOOHOO!!!! Nathan got tickets...I am super pumped. U2 is awesome. He have me a card...and it said "What are you doing December 10th?" With that was a U2 book...and the card had a little map of the stadium in it. I was pretty excited.

*The pink stripes in my hair were only temporary. They were supposed to last a few days...but I don't think that we had the dye in my hair long enough so it didn't really. I have no pictures. Don't worry...I thought it was super cool...so I will do it again...then I will take a picture.

*I am going to a Pacer's game tonight. They play Miami Heat. Shaq won't be playing. I have been to the last 3 Miami games...and Shaq has not played at any. I really would like to see him play.

don't you wish you looked like this???

Now that's hot. So I guess in Kansas they are about to do a vote on the practice of teaching evolution in public schools. This seems to be a crazy ongoing issue...doesn't it? It's sort of weird that we spend so much time concentration on how we are going to teach on evolution...when only MAYBE a class period or two will get spent talking about in high school. When I was in high school, I wished that we would have spent more time on it. So...back to Kansas...

Here is a little part of the article....

Now, the new Kansas standards, which outline what teachers should teach and test on, leave evolutionary principles in the curriculum but insert phrasing that encourages students to question their validity. The standards also delete certain text about how science is defined.

I am not a teacher or anything...so I am not sure why this bothers me so much. Actually, I do know. I was super upset when we touched on evolution in college and people wouldn't even listen to it. There has to be some way that people can LEARN about it. Learning about it doesn't mean that's what you believe. I learn about a lot of stuff I don't believe. What makes me most mad is this phrase: The standards also delete certain text about how science is defined. That's terrible! You can't do that! Sooo...in an effort to change the way evolution is taught...we are going to neglect to fully teach the definition of science. Wow...

It pretty much seems like a lot of time wasted on something that doesn't even get that much notice in the classroom. There are other things we probably should be focusing more on. Maybe we should focus on actually offering quality education to students. We need to worry about getting students prepared for college and life. I don't think colleges are going to sugar coat evolution. My college didn't...and they were baptist affiliated.

I know this a little bit of a rant...I don't really have a lot of time to actually make myself sound coherent...what are your thoughts?

Here is the article:

article

In other news...

Pacers have won the first two home games.

Did you hear about that guy that is suing Home Depot because he was glued to the toilet seat?

I fell up the stairs this morning...and scraped my hand.

it hurt.

I put pink streaks in my hair. It's kind of cool.

K...I'm done.

Have a great weekend!!! What are your plans???? I will be out of town...woohooo.....

sweet...

I knew my math degree would be usual for something...

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Oh yeah!!!!

So the Elmo costume...random isn't it? I started out in overalls...but somehow it turned into the nurses costume. Awesome. Speaking of awesome costumes....

Check this out...

http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/1622852/

Captain Crunch is Brian T.'s little brother...Robbie...he is crazy...

Alright...I must go to class now...