****DISCLAIMER: I DID NOT THINK ANY OF THESE UP*****
1) Are you constitutive? Because you've been turning me on all day!..
2) I'll be telomerase, so we can make it last forever.
3) A biologist, chemist, and Natural Physics scientist went to see what's under the sea. After only one hour, the chemist came back and the other two were lost. The chemist wrote in the lab experiment book, "The biologist and physicist were soluble in sea water."
4) If I were an enzyme i'd be DNA helicase so i could unzip your genes.
Yep! Here at Life U we're pretty much nerds. And we're OK with our nerdyness. But most of us will be able to retire at 50 :)
Showing posts with label Life Updates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life Updates. Show all posts
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Final grades - Fall 2006
Well,
As most of you know, this quarter was largely taking pre-requisites that I didn't feel like I should've been subjected to (that's right... SUBJECTED TO). It had been a long time since I'd taken these classes, but I had taken them. Unfortunately the credits wouldn't transfer. SOOOOOO, I was stuck taking classes that I had slid my way through earlier in my undergraduate days.
SO Biology 111, and Biology 112 weren't that daunting to me. The only issue I had with those classes was that I just don't care about a lot of the stuff that these classes cover. I just knew I was going to have to study harder for these.
Algebra on the other hand was a BEAST! First of all, my time before entering the Doctorate program was pushed back an entire quarter because of this class! Then, there is the fact that I have NO confidence in my mathematical acumen. That's right, nothing makes me feel quite as dumb as sitting in a desk, staring at a page full of numbers. Yikes!
WELL, Bio went much as expected. In those two courses, I earned a B and a C respectively.
Algebra, again, is a different story. God completely blew me away with His grace!!!! I walked into the final clinging to a C average. I walked out of the final distraught because I KNEW I had just bombed it! I mean I knew it.
The test was multiple choice, so I knew that there was a chance... I also knew that, by rights, I should fail this course (anything below a C is failing). Well, I looked last night on Blackboard and God worked on my behalf in the heart of the professor and in that scantron machine, apparently!!!!
I GOT A B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!!! 2 B's and a C are not the best grades, but they look beautiful to me!!! It's on to Chemistry and Physics next quarter :)
By the way, if anyone is a Chemistry wiz, I may need you next quarter. I think that my chemistry tutor is going to be unavailable to me, after all.
As most of you know, this quarter was largely taking pre-requisites that I didn't feel like I should've been subjected to (that's right... SUBJECTED TO). It had been a long time since I'd taken these classes, but I had taken them. Unfortunately the credits wouldn't transfer. SOOOOOO, I was stuck taking classes that I had slid my way through earlier in my undergraduate days.
SO Biology 111, and Biology 112 weren't that daunting to me. The only issue I had with those classes was that I just don't care about a lot of the stuff that these classes cover. I just knew I was going to have to study harder for these.
Algebra on the other hand was a BEAST! First of all, my time before entering the Doctorate program was pushed back an entire quarter because of this class! Then, there is the fact that I have NO confidence in my mathematical acumen. That's right, nothing makes me feel quite as dumb as sitting in a desk, staring at a page full of numbers. Yikes!
WELL, Bio went much as expected. In those two courses, I earned a B and a C respectively.
Algebra, again, is a different story. God completely blew me away with His grace!!!! I walked into the final clinging to a C average. I walked out of the final distraught because I KNEW I had just bombed it! I mean I knew it.
The test was multiple choice, so I knew that there was a chance... I also knew that, by rights, I should fail this course (anything below a C is failing). Well, I looked last night on Blackboard and God worked on my behalf in the heart of the professor and in that scantron machine, apparently!!!!
I GOT A B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!!! 2 B's and a C are not the best grades, but they look beautiful to me!!! It's on to Chemistry and Physics next quarter :)
By the way, if anyone is a Chemistry wiz, I may need you next quarter. I think that my chemistry tutor is going to be unavailable to me, after all.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Winter 2007 Schedule
Hello all,
I just got my class schedule for next quarter finalized. Now I can start planning how (and how much) I'm going to be able to work. I would appreciate any help, if anyone is a Pysics wiz! I have already had a woman of God offer to help me with Chemistry. Love y'all.
Monday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Chemistry Lab - 3:00PM - 4:50PM
Tuesday:
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Physics Lab - 3:00 - 4:50PM
Wednesday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Chemistry Lab - 3:00PM - 4:50PM
Thursday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Physics Lab - 3:00 - 4:50PM
Friday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Isn't it sad that I have to come to campus on Fridays, just for Chemistry?
I just got my class schedule for next quarter finalized. Now I can start planning how (and how much) I'm going to be able to work. I would appreciate any help, if anyone is a Pysics wiz! I have already had a woman of God offer to help me with Chemistry. Love y'all.
Monday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Chemistry Lab - 3:00PM - 4:50PM
Tuesday:
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Physics Lab - 3:00 - 4:50PM
Wednesday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Chemistry Lab - 3:00PM - 4:50PM
Thursday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Physics 1:00 - 2:50PM
Physics Lab - 3:00 - 4:50PM
Friday:
Chemistry 11:00AM - 12:50PM
Isn't it sad that I have to come to campus on Fridays, just for Chemistry?
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
love...
Man!!!
I have been thinking a lot about love lately. God's love, the purity and the strength of it, and then the power of watching God's love through me change people's hearts.
I have been in a tough situation (as far as circumstances go) for a while. I was released from my contract, basically because I was a Christian. I had to decide to stay in Richmond an extra 3 months in order to love some people above myself. I left a job and people that I loved to move to a city where I really didn't know anyone to go to a school that I had never seen. When I got here, my car started messing up - lots of things happening with this car (Power Steering leak, tires, starter, neutral switch). Plus, I was surrounded by people who were putting expectations on me without letting me know what they were. WHEW!!!! All of that can be pretty rough.
HOWEVER!!!!! God's love towards me has been GREAT! God has also allowed me to humble myself and I am seeing the fruit of it. I am watching my prayers for people become manifest. I am watching love transform people's hearts. I am watching my natural circumstances come back on the upswing. Also, God showed me another portion of my family that I had never met. Ed & Deana Montgomery have a tremendous heart and again, are like a piece of me that I had been missing. I am so thankful that God showed me them. It amazes me how when God shows me a member of my family, our hearts become knit almost instantaneously.
More to come, I have to go take a test now.....
I have been thinking a lot about love lately. God's love, the purity and the strength of it, and then the power of watching God's love through me change people's hearts.
I have been in a tough situation (as far as circumstances go) for a while. I was released from my contract, basically because I was a Christian. I had to decide to stay in Richmond an extra 3 months in order to love some people above myself. I left a job and people that I loved to move to a city where I really didn't know anyone to go to a school that I had never seen. When I got here, my car started messing up - lots of things happening with this car (Power Steering leak, tires, starter, neutral switch). Plus, I was surrounded by people who were putting expectations on me without letting me know what they were. WHEW!!!! All of that can be pretty rough.
HOWEVER!!!!! God's love towards me has been GREAT! God has also allowed me to humble myself and I am seeing the fruit of it. I am watching my prayers for people become manifest. I am watching love transform people's hearts. I am watching my natural circumstances come back on the upswing. Also, God showed me another portion of my family that I had never met. Ed & Deana Montgomery have a tremendous heart and again, are like a piece of me that I had been missing. I am so thankful that God showed me them. It amazes me how when God shows me a member of my family, our hearts become knit almost instantaneously.
More to come, I have to go take a test now.....
Monday, November 13, 2006
venting
OK,
It seems like my Bio professor hates his job! Why? Because most of his students don't really CARE about Biology (or at least not the portion of it that he loves). This is a man who spent most of the last 20 years trying to mate insects.
NEWS FLASH!!!!!! If your passion is getting bugs laid, then there are not going to be a whole lot of people who share your particular passion! Great Day!!!
What is REALLY interesting to me is that his sister is a dog breeder, so basically the vocation of both he and his sister involves the sexual relations of animals. Am I the only one who thinks there is some particular dysfunction here?
ONLY a guy like that can make ME not enjoy learning about some physiology. We're going over a bunch of molecular-level stuff right now. Granted, I normally enjoy physiology on a "larger" scale, but STILL I shouldn't be dreading a DNA lecture (that I know is coming tomorrow).
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, I'm done. I cannot wait until my pre-requisites are done and I can be focused on MY area of study!
It seems like my Bio professor hates his job! Why? Because most of his students don't really CARE about Biology (or at least not the portion of it that he loves). This is a man who spent most of the last 20 years trying to mate insects.
NEWS FLASH!!!!!! If your passion is getting bugs laid, then there are not going to be a whole lot of people who share your particular passion! Great Day!!!
What is REALLY interesting to me is that his sister is a dog breeder, so basically the vocation of both he and his sister involves the sexual relations of animals. Am I the only one who thinks there is some particular dysfunction here?
ONLY a guy like that can make ME not enjoy learning about some physiology. We're going over a bunch of molecular-level stuff right now. Granted, I normally enjoy physiology on a "larger" scale, but STILL I shouldn't be dreading a DNA lecture (that I know is coming tomorrow).
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, I'm done. I cannot wait until my pre-requisites are done and I can be focused on MY area of study!
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
SLOW DOWN!!!
SHEESH!!!!!
I went to my Bio professor's office hours today to look over my test and out of the 11 incorrect answers on my test, 6 were missed because I was going too fast and misread the problem! That is the difference between an 81 (after the 3 point curve) and a 93 (after the curve). So now, instead of going into the final needing a B to get an A in the course, I am mathematically eliminated from the POSSIBLITY of getting an A in Bio 111. I am stuck between a C and a B. I need a 45 on the final to get a C and I need an 85 to get a B... I would need a 125 to get an A. That's probably not going to happen since he won't let anyone get higher than a 104. :-..
There's always Bio 112 and now I know how this guy teaches and tests. :)
I went to my Bio professor's office hours today to look over my test and out of the 11 incorrect answers on my test, 6 were missed because I was going too fast and misread the problem! That is the difference between an 81 (after the 3 point curve) and a 93 (after the curve). So now, instead of going into the final needing a B to get an A in the course, I am mathematically eliminated from the POSSIBLITY of getting an A in Bio 111. I am stuck between a C and a B. I need a 45 on the final to get a C and I need an 85 to get a B... I would need a 125 to get an A. That's probably not going to happen since he won't let anyone get higher than a 104. :-..
There's always Bio 112 and now I know how this guy teaches and tests. :)
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
The last birthday of my 20's
Wow! Just writing that makes me wonder at how old I'm getting! WOW! I'm 29. I mentioned Bo Jackson in one of my classes last week and a classmate said, "Who?" Ouch!
How did I spend the final birthday of my 20's?
I woke up at 5:30 to beat the horrendous Atlanta traffic, and literally as soon as I turned off my alarm, I heard the water from the shower turn on. That meant that the 20 year old daughter of the family I live with was going to be in the shower for the next 20-30 minutes. So I decided to go back to sleep for another half hour. That half hour somehow took me to 10AM. So having missed my Biology class, I got up, showered and I got to school at about 11:30.
Once at school, I went to the library and spent about an hour on the phone with people from Sallie Mae and EFG (two educational loan lenders). There has been some trouble with my financial aid (I still haven't gotten it!), and I figured out why. EFG had been lazy and didn't check the national database to see that I was still in school and they began to expect payments. They didn't come (b/c I wasn't expecting to pay since I haven't graduated yet) and they reported me to the credit peeps saying that I had defaulted on their loan. Sallie Mae saw that and pulled my loan for this quarter. SO, I had to call EFG and inform them that they were on crack and I've been enrolled the whole time and I was not in default. They agreed, and they have faxed confirmation of that to Sallie Mae. I should get my check in about two weeks (halfway through the quarter). Basically, they made a mistake and I'm running on a paper trail for three weeks!
ANYWAY,
After that wonderful experience to begin my birthday, I went to my Bio lab at 1. I was encouraged in the lab because my microscopy skills are dramatically improving with experience. I had really seen that as a weak spot of mine and knowing that I'll be taking Histology next summer, I was a bit concerned. Anyway, after two thrilling hours of looking at slides on which we had to identify the different stages of mitosis in both plants & animals. I was ready to go.
Great News! No Algebra class!!!! WooHoo!!!!
I can go home and study for my Bio test tomorrow (Tuesday). I stopped by Napa to pick up some motor oil and when I got back out to my car it wouldn't start. An hour later, I have exhausted my knowledge of the internal combustion engine and the only thing I have accomplished is making my hands filthy. Gotta call AAA. OK, somebody tell me why AAA took until 7:45PM to get my car on a tow truck?! Are you serious? I'm spending 4 hours of my birthday stuck in a parking lot?
I got home and I was pretty frustrated. I laid down and continued praying, but now I was alone with God and I could really get intimate with Him. I was really desiring some encouragement and my brother called me. What he called to tell me was some of the most encouraging conversation that I have had in a LONG time. My brother really loves me and his wife and I are growing in relationship, and he was calling to really express to me how much his wife loves me. I tell you, when God introduced me to Chris, I felt like I had just met a part of me that I had been missing my whole life. I have a few people in my life that I really treasure, but God has done something special in my heart and Chris'. I'm serious, this was the brother I had wanted my whole life and it seems like a no-brainer, but it is still extremely humbling to me that the woman of God that was made for my brother has a heart for me too. She really loves me, the way a sister should and it is really encouraging. :)
While I was talking to Chris, a woman of God who I hadn't spoken to since July sent me an IM. After trying for a little while to have two conversations at once (BAD idea), I got off the phone with Chris. I spoke (IM'd, whatever) with her for about 4 hours (or until like 3:30AM). It was fun. I paid for it today when I woke up at 5:30AM and got ready for my test at 9AM.
WHEW!!!!
Long day, a lot happened. A lot of people sent me Happy Birthday wishes through different mediums: MySpace, IM, email, Ecard, phone call, voice mails, and I was sung to 3 times :) I am still waiting for the 4th song, hopefully I'll get it!
Anyway, thank you to all of you who sent your regards, well-wishes and love. I really appreciate it. :)
How did I spend the final birthday of my 20's?
I woke up at 5:30 to beat the horrendous Atlanta traffic, and literally as soon as I turned off my alarm, I heard the water from the shower turn on. That meant that the 20 year old daughter of the family I live with was going to be in the shower for the next 20-30 minutes. So I decided to go back to sleep for another half hour. That half hour somehow took me to 10AM. So having missed my Biology class, I got up, showered and I got to school at about 11:30.
Once at school, I went to the library and spent about an hour on the phone with people from Sallie Mae and EFG (two educational loan lenders). There has been some trouble with my financial aid (I still haven't gotten it!), and I figured out why. EFG had been lazy and didn't check the national database to see that I was still in school and they began to expect payments. They didn't come (b/c I wasn't expecting to pay since I haven't graduated yet) and they reported me to the credit peeps saying that I had defaulted on their loan. Sallie Mae saw that and pulled my loan for this quarter. SO, I had to call EFG and inform them that they were on crack and I've been enrolled the whole time and I was not in default. They agreed, and they have faxed confirmation of that to Sallie Mae. I should get my check in about two weeks (halfway through the quarter). Basically, they made a mistake and I'm running on a paper trail for three weeks!
ANYWAY,
After that wonderful experience to begin my birthday, I went to my Bio lab at 1. I was encouraged in the lab because my microscopy skills are dramatically improving with experience. I had really seen that as a weak spot of mine and knowing that I'll be taking Histology next summer, I was a bit concerned. Anyway, after two thrilling hours of looking at slides on which we had to identify the different stages of mitosis in both plants & animals. I was ready to go.
Great News! No Algebra class!!!! WooHoo!!!!
I can go home and study for my Bio test tomorrow (Tuesday). I stopped by Napa to pick up some motor oil and when I got back out to my car it wouldn't start. An hour later, I have exhausted my knowledge of the internal combustion engine and the only thing I have accomplished is making my hands filthy. Gotta call AAA. OK, somebody tell me why AAA took until 7:45PM to get my car on a tow truck?! Are you serious? I'm spending 4 hours of my birthday stuck in a parking lot?
I got home and I was pretty frustrated. I laid down and continued praying, but now I was alone with God and I could really get intimate with Him. I was really desiring some encouragement and my brother called me. What he called to tell me was some of the most encouraging conversation that I have had in a LONG time. My brother really loves me and his wife and I are growing in relationship, and he was calling to really express to me how much his wife loves me. I tell you, when God introduced me to Chris, I felt like I had just met a part of me that I had been missing my whole life. I have a few people in my life that I really treasure, but God has done something special in my heart and Chris'. I'm serious, this was the brother I had wanted my whole life and it seems like a no-brainer, but it is still extremely humbling to me that the woman of God that was made for my brother has a heart for me too. She really loves me, the way a sister should and it is really encouraging. :)
While I was talking to Chris, a woman of God who I hadn't spoken to since July sent me an IM. After trying for a little while to have two conversations at once (BAD idea), I got off the phone with Chris. I spoke (IM'd, whatever) with her for about 4 hours (or until like 3:30AM). It was fun. I paid for it today when I woke up at 5:30AM and got ready for my test at 9AM.
WHEW!!!!
Long day, a lot happened. A lot of people sent me Happy Birthday wishes through different mediums: MySpace, IM, email, Ecard, phone call, voice mails, and I was sung to 3 times :) I am still waiting for the 4th song, hopefully I'll get it!
Anyway, thank you to all of you who sent your regards, well-wishes and love. I really appreciate it. :)
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Atlanta (homesick)
Atlanta,
It's a very diverse city, which I like. It's nice to see so much diversity and from the looks of it, the diversity isn't huddled. It seems like a pretty good mix :)
It's a CRAZY city for traffic. I live 9 miles from school and if I don't leave before rush hour it'll take me over an hour to get there. Are you serious?! It's like the congestion of Northern Virginia with twice as many lanes!!!
It's very pretty scenery. Lots of rolling hills and Mountains in view as you drive around. Nice!
Having said all of that, I miss Richmond like CRAZY!!!!! I can't picture myself staying down here once I graduate.
All of my VA peeps, I love you and I miss you! Don't be a stranger!
It's a very diverse city, which I like. It's nice to see so much diversity and from the looks of it, the diversity isn't huddled. It seems like a pretty good mix :)
It's a CRAZY city for traffic. I live 9 miles from school and if I don't leave before rush hour it'll take me over an hour to get there. Are you serious?! It's like the congestion of Northern Virginia with twice as many lanes!!!
It's very pretty scenery. Lots of rolling hills and Mountains in view as you drive around. Nice!
Having said all of that, I miss Richmond like CRAZY!!!!! I can't picture myself staying down here once I graduate.
All of my VA peeps, I love you and I miss you! Don't be a stranger!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
tired doesn't BEGIN to cover it.....
This past week has been very encouraging, very tiring and very scary. Encouraging because God has already honored my faith in this season of my life. Tiring because I have driven about 1300 miles in the last 5 days. Scary because I am moving out in faith and God isn't telling me what is going to happen... He just said, "Go" so I'm going.
As most of ya'll know, I am now a resident of Marietta, GA (where, apparently, "everything is betta" - according to an advertising slogan I heard). Getting from last Sunday to this Sunday was pretty serious:
My brother Chris and I had been talking for a couple of weeks about how we really wanted to see each other before I moved. Last Sunday I was talking about it with him again and looking at the resources God has given me to steward. I said, "Bro, if I can make $700 by Wednesday, I will come up there. If I can't, then I just won't be able to spend that money (for the trip) in faith." Meaning of course that I was putting my faith out there that God would allow me to make that amount and I could "justify" spending $100 for a two day trip to New Jersey.
Well, in the afternoon on Sunday, a sister blessed me with $150. I was REALLY encouraged! Then, Monday, I got an email from a guy who had been in a couple of classes with me at VCU. He wanted to get massage lessons from me, so that he could bless his mother and friends with good massages. We made plans to get together on Tuesday for the first 3 hours of the 6 that it takes for me to teach the full-body routine. Then I went to a massage appointment I had for that night. It was a 90 minute massage (that actually ran closer to two hours) and the client almost tripled what she would have been charged, as a gift to me (she "owed" me $110 and she gave me $300). Long story short (kinda): God came through with more money than I'd asked for and that allowed me to go up to New Jersey on Wednesday night. I left to come back to Richmond on Friday night and got in on Saturday morning. Saturday, I had to teach the other three hours of lessons and I saw a few more friends and said good-bye. I said good-bye to my sister and I drove down to ATL. I got here about 8:45 AM and service at the Father's House begins at 10, so I just went straight there. Service went until about 2 and then they had a reception/birthday party for Bishop Boone (58 today). SO, I got to Marietta about 3:30PM and I shopped the prices for hotels for a little while until I decided on La Quinta.
SOOOOOO, by faith, I have travelled back and forth to New Jersey and I moved to Atlanta, knowing nothing except that God wants me to go to Chiropractic school at Life University. 5 days and 1300 miles later, I am sitting here exhausted, getting ready to go to bed. La Quinta is my home until next Sunday. I wonder what will happen this week? I'm going to get some stuff done tomorrow and start looking for a job and a place to live on a more permanent basis. :)
Agape,
Joe
"Save Gomer!"
As most of ya'll know, I am now a resident of Marietta, GA (where, apparently, "everything is betta" - according to an advertising slogan I heard). Getting from last Sunday to this Sunday was pretty serious:
My brother Chris and I had been talking for a couple of weeks about how we really wanted to see each other before I moved. Last Sunday I was talking about it with him again and looking at the resources God has given me to steward. I said, "Bro, if I can make $700 by Wednesday, I will come up there. If I can't, then I just won't be able to spend that money (for the trip) in faith." Meaning of course that I was putting my faith out there that God would allow me to make that amount and I could "justify" spending $100 for a two day trip to New Jersey.
Well, in the afternoon on Sunday, a sister blessed me with $150. I was REALLY encouraged! Then, Monday, I got an email from a guy who had been in a couple of classes with me at VCU. He wanted to get massage lessons from me, so that he could bless his mother and friends with good massages. We made plans to get together on Tuesday for the first 3 hours of the 6 that it takes for me to teach the full-body routine. Then I went to a massage appointment I had for that night. It was a 90 minute massage (that actually ran closer to two hours) and the client almost tripled what she would have been charged, as a gift to me (she "owed" me $110 and she gave me $300). Long story short (kinda): God came through with more money than I'd asked for and that allowed me to go up to New Jersey on Wednesday night. I left to come back to Richmond on Friday night and got in on Saturday morning. Saturday, I had to teach the other three hours of lessons and I saw a few more friends and said good-bye. I said good-bye to my sister and I drove down to ATL. I got here about 8:45 AM and service at the Father's House begins at 10, so I just went straight there. Service went until about 2 and then they had a reception/birthday party for Bishop Boone (58 today). SO, I got to Marietta about 3:30PM and I shopped the prices for hotels for a little while until I decided on La Quinta.
SOOOOOO, by faith, I have travelled back and forth to New Jersey and I moved to Atlanta, knowing nothing except that God wants me to go to Chiropractic school at Life University. 5 days and 1300 miles later, I am sitting here exhausted, getting ready to go to bed. La Quinta is my home until next Sunday. I wonder what will happen this week? I'm going to get some stuff done tomorrow and start looking for a job and a place to live on a more permanent basis. :)
Agape,
Joe
"Save Gomer!"
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