Just received my course notes for Cell Biology which includes instructions for all the lab work. Looks like the most living thing I’ll be cutting up is a rhubarb plant! And a bit of fiddling with human blood and mouse intestinal cells - but the main thing is, no cutting up of actual corpses.
I’m sure [...]

At my chemistry tutorial last night, we made a start on organic chemistry. It is the area of chemistry that deals purely with carbon molecules. It was fascinating! We got to play with those little plastic models with spheres and rods, and learned all about the very rigid naming conventions for carbon molecules. And about [...]

The nominations for the Academy Awards should be announced later today, an event that thrills me no end as I am an Oscar whore! We traditionally have a bit of an Oscar bash and this year will be no different, though we will have to persuade new punters of the crazy fun of laying down [...]

…a new gay girl tv show addiction! And yes folks, I’ve found a good one. It’s a new US cable teen show called South of Nowhere, and the main character is a teenage girl questioning her sexuality and having an intense relationship with her best friend. It’s great! I have downloaded all the episodes from [...]

I had a great time at my Chemistry class last night. I’m really into it now, and actually enjoying the whole process of learning. Still haven’t quite memorised the damn periodic table though!
Now I’m thinking about possible future careers… all still a pipe dream but we’ll see what happens.

We went to the movies last night - oh it was a very exciting occasion - just two girls out on the town, footloose and fancyfree. We went to see Serenity (finally) and it was fantastic, we really enjoyed it. It wrapped up a lot of loose ends from the tv series and was very [...]

Right, back to the usual frivolity, and the exciting news that I got THREE great albums yesterday!
Firstly, of course, the new Kate Bush album, Aerial. I was greatly anticipating this as I’ve mentioned before, and it does not disappoint! Once again Kate has proven her utter originality and timeless musical brilliance. Favourite tracks so far [...]

From Popbitch:

Kate Bush’s long-awaited new album Aerial is out next month. Kate did a few interviews, then started cancelling press appointments. Then she allowed a few phone-only interviews. And then stopped again.
The reason? Apparently Kate feels she is looking rather fat.
Kate of course is one of the music industry’s most famous stoners. At [...]

I’ve been swotting up on chemistry a little and I found a good resource at about.com. It includes some chemistry safety recommendations:
Dress Appropriately (for chemistry lab, not fashion or the weather)
No sandals, no clothes you love more than life, no contact lenses, and long pants are preferable to shorts or short skirts. Tie long hair [...]

Did you know that the recently discovered 10th planet in the solar system has been named “Xena”? A temporary name until a final one has been decided on. Even better, scientists have just discovered that Xena has a moon, which they have named “Gabrielle”.
How romantic! I vote that they keep those names permanently!
Read all about [...]