To change!

I have nothing new, so here is a quote I wrote down a while back and I've just found again this morning:

We are such creatures of habit that once we feel stronger and better, we return to the habits that first made us sick. Each day we need to invent something different, to not go back to the old ways, to change.
- Zhu Dan Xi (I think)

Have a great week.
-Saint of spiders

PSA for the day is...

The human stomach can only hold up to 2 liters.

I should probably have considered that before I went in a competition to see if I could drink 4L of milk in an hour. I was not even close. I got to 2.5L and bottomed out, but I am proud to say that I did not vomit. Although I was pretty close and I had to hang around the toilet for a little while.
Drinking that much milk is really not advisable unless you have a wicked fast metabolism and it can work it's way through you're system really quickly. Which is not the case for me.
And to finish off the day, we went to an all you can eat sushi place, which was DELICIOUS and had way too much to eat.
Well, I hope you all had a relaxing weekend and hope you have a great week.
-Saint

Gay bar and random ramblings

I guess it's about time I posted something new and since I went to my first gay bar on Saturday, that seems like a good topic to post about.
It was just like I expected and I had loads of fun, maybe too much fun. I went with a group of friends, who are all straight except for one of the guys. Oh, and since I'm not out to any of my friends, I was a little worried before we got there, but turns out I had nothing to worry about.
I'm pretty sure that they would be okay with me being gay, but I just can't seem to get the nerve to tell them. And I feel bad just telling the one gay friend (I have started to tell him many times) and not telling the others. It sometimes gets awkward when the girls are talking about cute guys and all I can do is smile and not say anything. They have all just assumed that I'm straight, which brings up another topic, namely me not being gay enough (which sounds weird the way I just said it). Everyone just assumes I'm a tomboy, which I totally am, but that makes it hard for me to meet girls.
Oh, back to the original topic. There were a lot of cute girls at the bar and watching them dance was ... nice! The whole time I was there, the only people I got to dance with were gay guys, which was fun, but...it would have be way more intersting to dance with some of the ladies and I guess that would have been a way for me to come out to my friends. aw well, maybe next time.
My straight guy friends were a little disturbed by the shirtless guys, who were actually dancing, which was really funny and spent a good amount of time hiding in a corner. The girls were alot more comfortable, but it wasn't like when we go to other straight clubs. Even the one friend who made my gaydar (which I don't really have, but like to think I do) go off when I first met her, but that could just be me wishing that she was at least a little bit gay.
Anyways, that's all I've got for now. Hope everyone is having a great day/ week.

- Saint of spiders

I don't really have anything new to say...

so I might as well talk about shoes.

I've never been able to understand how some people become obsessed with shoes. That is until now. I've always just thought of shoes as something to cover my feet as I move around. I usually buy a pair that is comfortable and I'm pretty much done until they are about to fall apart.
That was until yesterday when I found this pair of boots. Even while I was paying for them, I wasn't really excited by them. I figured they looked nice and I might as well get them since I hadn't gone shopping in a while.
It was only after I wore them out that I started to truly love them. I'm usually bad with heels, but these felt right and comfortable, even with all the snow and ice on the road (probably not the most ideal conditions to try them out in). I am happy to report that I didn't fall over at all, not even a little trip, the entire night.
I definitely have to go shoe shopping again sometime soon and hopefully I'll find something I really like. Wait...I get paid next week, sweet! Isn't it weird how some item of clothing or a pair of shoes can completely make your day?

Long Time...

Wow , its been a long time since I last posted here...almost 3 months. Things have been crazy here with my first semester of grad school, TAing and doing research. Its been fun though (these people know have to have fun) and the holidays were nice, even if they were a bit short. Now I'm settled and hopefully will post oftenish...we'll see.

To celebrate my return, here's a sweet video that I found. Enjoy.

Well, see you around.

- Saint of spiders

Thursday: Top Ten ways to get thrown out of chemistry lab

10. Pretend an electron got stuck in your ear, and insist on
describing the sound to others.

9. Give a cup of liquid nitrogen to a classmate and ask, "Does
this taste funny to you?"

8. Consistently write three atoms of potassium as "KKK."

7. Mutter repeatedly, "Not again... not again... not again."

6. When it's very quiet, suddenly cry out, "My eyes!"

5. Deny the existence of chemicals.

4. Begin pronouncing everything your immigrant lab instructor says
exactly the way he/she says it.

3. Casually walk to the front of the room and urinate in a beaker.

2. Pop a paper bag at the crucial moment when the professor is
about to pour the sulfuric acid

1. Show up with a 55-gallon drum of fertilizer and express an
interest in federal buildings.

Today: Chemicals with unusual names

Draculin

Draculin is the anticoagulant factor in vampire bat saliva. It is a large glycoprotein made from a sequence of 411 amino acids.

You can find more here.

- Saintofspiders