The Only Funny Thing in My Psych 101 Textbook

This was from my junior year of undergrad (the Spring 2008 semester), but I wrote this down and forgot about it until just now:

"Sexual motivation was unaffected, although damaged to the cerebellum presumably would have made copulation awkward." - p. 20 of Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (4th Ed.)

*Note: Psych 101 = The only required upper division psych course at UCB...the dreaded stats class that really isn't so bad...it's just a pain.

*Note 2: Apparently I already quoted this HERE, but oh well.

Lea Michele

I love Lea Michele's (from Glee and Spring Awakening) voice and personality. I really like the top part of this dress too (the bottom was feathery):



Lea Michele and Charice singing "Telephone" on Glee HERE.

Laugh to Keep From Crying

Kinda dramatic title, but that's life as a grad student. lol

Seriously...I've been seeking sources of comfort and amusement to keep myself from going crazy from stress and exhaustion. Here's something funny that happened yesterday in stats lab about this scatterplot from a computer program made of data points in the shape of stars (pretty cool):

Teacher's assistant: "Now what do you notice about this scatterplot?"
Class (at the same time): "There are stars."

Yes. That is exactly the answer she was looking for. And the shape of the data points is so important. HAHA!!

*Note: You can also make the data points into hearts, triangles, etc.

I'll try to paste the scatterplot here someday.

Sugarland

I've gotten into country music lately because of my boyfriend. I've always thought it was okay and knew I could probably like it if I listened to it more, but I just never had the motivation to sit down and look up songs. Now I love hearing country on the radio! haha Anyway, today I heard Sugarland's "Stuck Like Glue," which is a catchy song despite its irrelevance to my life (except for the being stuck on someone parts), on the radio today and listened to a bunch of her songs on Youtube. By the way, Captain Awesome (Devon = Ryan McPartlin from the TV show, Chuck) is one of the lead dudes in that music video.

I like this part from "Something More":

"Some believe in destiny, and some believe in fate
I believe that happiness is something we create"

Me too.

This is a good video with good lyrics one too: "All I Want To Do" - you have no idea how much I want to just chill with Blake.

Adding to the Bucket List?

I think it'd be pretty neat to experience what Frances Mayes heard in Portugal:

"Some cousins of Ferdinand the Bull relax in the shade. They gleam like polished copper, and each wears a bell. All the sheep wear bells, too, and when we stop, little symphonies are playing all over the rolling countryside."
--A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller

Wouldn't that be cool to hear? There are so many little things like that that make life extra enjoyable. I want to learn more about random things like this!

There are plenty of sheep in the U.S. Anyone wanna go find some and attach bells to a few hundred of them? :P

So Grateful!

I know Thanksgiving is awhile away still, but I have to make a list of the things for which I've been thankful lately (in no particular order):

* Sweet, genuinely friendly people
* Warm water
* Detailed but still interesting (i.e., not boring) travel books like The Geography of Bliss and A Year in the World
* Blake!
* Streetlights
* Music
* Lotion
* The internet
* Air conditioners
* Hair ties
* Caring, supportive family
* Volleyball socks (when I'm not playing, they keep me so warm!)
* Access to plentiful, delicious food
* Amazing friends
* Vacuums

Kinda random...I know.

Overheard at Greek Fest

Have you heard of Overheard in New York? People can post interesting/funny/weird things they've overheard...in New York, of course. They also have an Overheard Everywhere.

Anyway, this is a random funny comment I overheard at Fresno's Greek Fest:

Man: "God I love a man in a skirt."

He was talking/joking about the men walking around in white skirts like these. Made Mom and me laugh.