The Lone Traveller.

The Lone Traveller.

Lizard Extraordinare, the Wanderer

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Begemot [19 Mar 2009|08:31pm]

While in DC, I bought a box of Neuhaus chocolates, which were quite good! Expensive, of course. I also bought two CCCP pins and a keychain for Misha. (The tellers were Russian and we had a small, very awkward conversation in Russian. Mainly me being rude by accidentally using the informal you. They were particularly amused and astounded by an American purchasing only Soviet merchandise and not Obama-merch or, in general, American-merch.) I also bought a large amount of Russian sweets in Rockville.

Misha's leg wasn't doing to well, and I of course constantly tried to get him to rest or sit down. (Not that he did.)

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On Death [08 Mar 2009|06:34pm]

One of the major issues is, first and for most, whether or not they deserve life.

What does that mean? That's judgment of life and death, and to judge, there must be something to do so. This may then be simple if one believes in a higher order, and therefore you don't need to think any more on this. (After all, you're not the higher order and so what does it matter what you think?)

But, there being no higher order, what is the point of deserving to live? Life and death is a process. It's an honor to be both. To live, your ultimatum is survival of the species--to procreate. In death, you continue this process of life--as mulch or food. This is the basis of the life-death cycle.

From that, you get ways of life. Do you clean yourself, protect yourself, or choose procreate-partners? Just taking from the basis of the life-death cycle, you could think that those on the bottom rim of society--women who do nothing but have children from their start of puberty to their end, or men who have had a new partner every night, constantly dumping their seed in sometimes willing receivers.

For those who have ever had mice (or other familial species), they could understand that this is not life at its best, but rather it corrupted and in decay. If one has two mice, of opposite sex, and given opportunity, they will non-stop procreate. If sex is the pure only motive, then filth will build--physically and genetically. You find yourself with a box of a teeming fleshy mass. Genetically, and this only takes a few generations, you find the lowest of possibilities form--strange tics or habits. It's similar to a snake swallowing its own tail.

What life is, then, is a balance of choice genetic material, great shelter, food, and overall protection. This then leads to the assumption that lack of procreation may also be a plus in the survival of a species. Those who do not have children, are gay, or choose abortion may, after all, choose to conserve food supply when otherwise spawning more children would diminish chance of overall survival. (After all, if there is a high surplus of uncared for children, then would not those who are gay or unwilling or unable to have children prime candidates to adopt? Where is the intelligence and future-thinking in conceiving more children when there are previous children uncared for?)

With the definition of life taken care of, the reason for death is a constant confusion or question people ask. However, similar to the deserving of life, there depends on your take on these words. If a higher order is believed, then, again, your take on this does not matter. The reason of death is not your worry.

But without a higher order in your belief, then the meaning for death is, simply, that without death there is not life. A constant false impression from vegetarians is that, no matter what, in order for one thing to survive, something else must die. An animal dying is the hunter's gain. If the predator killed a deer, then their life is passed through to the predator's. Then the deer left in the herd are reserved to live for another day.

Of course, one of the arguments is that if you didn't kill the deer in the first place, that one would still be alive, and therefore no need for killing, period. However, if you remember that there is always a limited food supply, then the lack of death would mean a constant lack of food--and in the end, a lack of life.

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Another thought is that those who die are flawed. In human civilization, death is seen as horrendous--a freak of nature. There must be a point to it (when indeed there is often 'no point' to some people living in the first place), otherwise it goes against order.

Yes, death is a very sad thing. Another potential life wasted, because of course, every one has such potential. (While no one wants to point out that almost no one is of high worth--a mass of people are, after all, always a mass a people.)

One of the highest conundrums to understand is suicide. A constant problem is that people often times view those who have died as 'special' or better than they were--nobody likes to insult the dead. Perhaps because they can't stand up for themself? After all, if you're dead, that's all you are. It's not a very special state. Your flaws are still there in memory and being dead is not an excuse to forgive them. (It's similar to say that if a highly flawed person is alive, then if the gift of life excusing them of their flaws?) The only reason why being dead is an easier excuse to make something more special is because it is harder for those who did not know the person in life to figure out their flaws.

If you take the example of a woman deeply poor never married had six children. In her struggle to feed and care for them, she fell ill and died. A friend or mother of this woman then asks and begs for others to give money out of charity. To feel bad for the mother and her impossible-to-overcome hardships. This woman of six children was such a nice and caring woman! She loved children so much, that's why she had six! Oh, but she just couldn't care for them. She fell prey to unfair hardships--not being able to get a job, and she got sick. (Not that she deserved it).

But what does that mean? Why would a poor woman who has no one to help her financially (such as a husband) have six children? Why would she, knowing she was unable to even properly care for herself, bring to existence six predetermined failures? Instead of properly finding income or a stable lifestyle, she brought in more unrest and chaos because she wanted to. Instead of taking the proper actions, she continued to worsen her situation.

Another example. A woman seeks attention, always wearing the skimpiest of clothing, sitting with her legs wide-open, and seeking the lowest of males to skewer her with their masculinity. While walking down an alleyway one night, or meeting one of her 'boys', she is jumped, raped, and killed.

What a poor girl! She was so well liked by everyone. She didn't deserve to die! She was one her way to college (that's what she told her parents) and she was so well known in the bar where she worked. Her parents and friends should have money given to them--after all, they had such a heavy lose from her death. Despite, of course, her being a 'free' whore. Uncaring and unable to take care of herself. The men she was with never cared for her--who would? They just wanted a 'warm' place and something to be a receptacle of their seed.

Another woman cannot help herself. She has a fine family. That's not the problem. She's just unhappy. Nobody seems to love her. She wants to be loved. Her friends are nice to her--they're exceptionally nice people (or perhaps as well they are just as needy as she is). So this woman takes advantage of that. Always hanging out with her friends, and when they don't, she's sad--after all, she's not needed. They're not with her--why aren't they with her? One day, one of her friend's brothers is killed in a car accident. He was well-liked and the more the woman thinks about it, the more she decided she loved him (and this was after he died--dead people are special after all). Her friend is in deep sorrow. He was her favorite brother. But the woman deserves the care and sorrow, she loved the brother! In her mock sorrow (that she thinks is real), she cuts herself--look at how much I loved him! I'm so sad! is what she'll say to her friend when she seems her again. But her friend doesn't seem to care (and why is the woman so needy for attention?). So the next day, the woman kills herself. After all, she loved the brother. She really did. What sorrow is her plight! Everyone should care for her! Especially her friend! After all, if they both lived, the woman and her friend's brother would have such a wonderful life together!

But really what does the woman matter? She didn't love anyone, not even her friend.

The friend will care. Everyone of these dead people will be cared for unfairly because they're dead. It's some magical word to mean that you're worth more than you are. Who should care for a dead man? What point is there? They are dead and are fodder for life to grow. This deserves respect, perhaps, but not love.

Perhaps one should love the living. This can even mean those memories of those living--but not to worship the dead. Often times, death reveals truth. In life, because they are living, you do not want to think of what an atrocity someone is. Death allows a second look. What if the friend realized that she was relieved of a burdensome duty when the woman died? That would create such guilt--because one isn't supposed to speak ill of the dead.

But why not? What makes a dead person so special? Why does that matter? Why spend time over something in the past (something irreversible) if there is no way to change it?

Perhaps the first step is the accept that one is unable to accept that someone has died.

Usually a mourner was unable to say something to the dead--this is the usual conundrum. They don't want to say it now, since the person is dead--because again, the dead are angelic.

The second step would be to then understand that there was a problem with the dead.

The third would be to accept that no person is perfect.

The fourth--to accept that the dead are imperfect.

The fifth--to accept that 'something imperfect' has died.

The sixth--to accept that the person has died.

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Entry on Blackboard [12 Feb 2009|03:53am]

Art in politics has always been an odd combination. Art works both for and against those in politics. After all, there are so many political cartoons, but then, also, they promote.

For any goverment to succeed, especially well, they need good artists. By how a nation or politician (or idea, etc) to become publicly acknowledged and accepted, it depends upon the artists.

This works in other topics, as well, as countless facts in both science and history have been skewed for the public through misrepresentation, not necessarily purposefully, of course. Movies, for instance, show men flying a few feet when hit by a bullet. (Not talking something like the Matrix, but Saving Private Ryan.) Most people shout in surprise (if they see/feel themselves being hit, but that's not always the case), which makes sense. But if you think of the logistics of how the kick of the gun works, then no rifle would cause someone to fly. (After all, the kick equates to the force of the bullet exiting the barrel, and the force needed to cause a person to be thrown would, in turn, create the same reaction to the person firing the gun.)

I find it's very hard to understand politics, in a true sense, without art intruding. It's a part of human nature to embelish. If you try and take politics into a form of computation, free from art, then one can find the better path (or truth, in a sense). This would, of course, take a special way of mentation.

I suppose, then, art is needed in politics, but in order to get a clear understanding, then you need politics free of art.

(Don't think I really meant to take a philosophical side to this, but oh well. Took Russian last semester and continuing with it. I have a wide range of interests--books, not just 'literature', of mainly science fiction and fantasy in nature, cooking, and non-fiction science, typically medical. My favorite series, I suppose you could mention, on politics, is the Dune series by Frank Herbert. I love languages, and have tried and failed to learn many on my own, but learned through teachers and professors, a small bit of Spanish (which I was bad at), Latin, French, and Russian. Interested in being a hepatologist in research (liver research), but am pretty much the anti-med student. My favorite music growing up was Holst, the Planets, particularly Mars. I really hate tuna and mangoes.)

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Break [09 Feb 2009|03:24am]

Michael and I are going somewhere for spring break, and I'm pretty much choosing without him (and he is a pretty dependent guy, so I think I'll end up doing that anyways).

But it's hard. What will entertain us for 7 goddamn days? I know I'm completely obsessed with food at the moment, but eating won't take up a week, and plus, I need something that would entertain HIM as well. (Unless we just hang out in the hotel all day playing our little handhelds; he just got a PSP).

However, I do have an idea for the nights (or lunches, depending):

The Russian House (And looking at that menu, FUCK. I can't just choose one or two here. I'm tempted to have us go back at least a second day! The pierogi!! Apple-wood bacon, OMG. And the WILD SAUSAGE SAMPLAR. WILD BOAR, RABBIT. I've wanted to try rabbit in ever. (Venison is fine, but not the best. Or at least venison burgers aren't.) And I LOVE cured meats!! The Shashlik! I LOVE saffron rice. I'd go fucking POOR with all the saffron. (Which isn't hard to do, frankly). The pelmini look wonderful. I love mushroom cream. (I love mushrooms.) And the zapechionaya baranina!)

The Melting Pot (This goes without saying. I love fondue, although I do know certain people who hate runny, liquid-y, sticky cheese, and why this would not necessarily make the final cut. Although FONDUE. Thank you Swiss.)

Oya (A little pricey, but there's some stuff on there I want. Particularly revolving around pears and LOBSTERS. I haven't had lobster for so long! I miss you little sea-roaches!) (And now I'm not sure if I miss them that much......)

Oyamel (I was scrolling down, thinking 'typical good Mexican restaurant. Then I saw quail. QUAIL. OK. Let me repeat that. QUAIL. Do you know how TASTY quail is? It's tender, juicy, soft.... It's the EXTREME chicken. Chicken is fine, good, normal. But then, quail is like the superb cousin. I like quail.)

...

I'm going to come back to this, but I want a Thai restaurnat, and the Mongolian BBQ. But I've NEVER (IN MY LIFE) gone to the same Thai restaurant. My dad and I have tried. We have written down the address of the restaurant and come back to it. It is never there. NEVER. I figure I'd just wander around again until I find a NEW one. (And there's pretty much only ONE Mongolian BBQ for me, and my dad and aunt know the way to it, even though they won't be there, lol.)

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MORE SPAM -- COOKING [22 Jan 2009|03:56pm]

Ice-Cube Bones
Voodoo Toothpick Holder
Roman Candles
Ice-Cube Jewels
DINOSAUR ICE-CUBES
Heart Ice-Cubes (I want the 'buy these three' deal. It's penguins and stars.)
Buying For Misha (Dinosaur sandwich cutters. When I say I'm buying them for him. I'm buying them for MYSELF.)
Denture Ice-Cubes
Titanic and Iceburg Ice-Cubes (I'M SORRY MISHA. I'M DECORATING YOUR HOUSE WITH FUCKED UP SHIT. HAHAHAHA.)
Eaten Gingerbread Cookie Cutter
Screwed-Up Screw Magnets
Stabbed Human Knife-Holder
Hugging Salt and Pepper Shakers
I always loved these (HELP!)
Stabbed By a Pen
Inanimate Object Stickers
I Love You Toast

Fred & Friends (Where I got MOST of those objects)

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Now that I've spammed my journal... [22 Jan 2009|03:19am]

I have decided my next venture is to make whoopie pies. Again. I tried them once when I was little and they were gorgeous. I just ruined the batch by dumping an entire thing of almond extract in there. It was pretty terrible.

I think I really like red velvet pies in the shape of a heart. It's sort of a Valentine's Day thing, lol. I won't be able to bake once it's Feb, so why not now? I'm trying to decide for the icing, though.

However I want to make one looking like this. Need to find a cookie cutter version. Or icing.

http://www.teachersource.com/BiologyLifeScience/LifeScience/HeartMold_Gelatin.aspx

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Cooking: Pancake Sandwichs [22 Jan 2009|02:18am]

Again, I was trying to figure out what to serve Misha for lunches (seriously man, I've been thinking about this for a fucking YEAR). I thought BREAKFAST FOR LUNCH. Then PANCAKE SANDWICHES. Ergo, my search.

Sandwich Pancakes
MASDAC is a Japanese company, but it has the idea for a sandwich pancake (they switched the words, lol). I could either go about this and have a pita version.

Similar to a Club
Or this. Still messy, though.

Jimmy Dean
Or this Jimmy Dean variant.

I like the Jimmy Dean one the best, though. They'd be mini pancakes. I'd think I could add in stuff, as well. Chocolate, strawberry, rasberry, etc. I'd definitely say bacon or Canadian bacon. Michael doesn't like eggs.He likes cheese. What the hell else could I add?

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Bento Boxes and Lunches [22 Jan 2009|01:15am]

I still really want to make Misha something similar. I don't want to necessarily make BENTO, as that's Japanese. But essentially tasty really good lunches that he can take to work. Essentially the American adaptation to it (After all, we're like Rome and Greece--we just can't help it). I like these boxes, though, frankly.

Misha, tell me if you like this idea. I know you don't like Japan, and frankly, why would you?

Boxes:
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/BENTO264
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/BENTO272
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/BENTO223
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/PRIM003

Cups (Similar to those for muffins or cupcakes):
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/NYH047
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/NYH146
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/TAM039

Other:
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/NYH065 (I just really like these spoons)
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/NYH144
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/NYH128
http://www.jlist.com/PRODUCT/DAI698

I figured you didn't like Hello Kitty, ergo anything of that nature I cut out. (I figure you won't like most of this. It's not your thing.) Problem is, I want to put in little cute, stupid things, like that penguin condiments container (last of the others, I think). I figure you won't like it?

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Trolling [21 Jan 2009|09:59pm]

[ mood | accomplished ]

A recent lj community I joined had an influx of trolls (due to the lj Spotlight feature). One of the comments I argued in.

( Troll Conversation One )

...

( Troll Conversation Two )

By this point, my sarcasm and snark-muscles were stretch and I thought I had done enough exercise today.

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[07 Jan 2009|11:39pm]

( Dominus Caedere )

I posted this a couple days ago, but then it was one page and I didn't like how the section ended (the ellipses is the break between the two), so I changed it. This isn't done, obviously. Just really for Misha's sake. So he knows how it's going. I hope this all makes sense love! I had my dad look over it, and he said the stuff about Sylt makes sense and you helped with the mechanical pencil part.

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Appalled [07 Jan 2009|04:34pm]

Just saw the new 11th Doctor for 'Doctor Who'. Not sure if they should be allowed to call that, frankly, but oh well. I've been appalled with the New Doctor Who for quite some time. I enjoyed The first run of Tennant. That was it. The second was pretty bad, especially the ending. I've frankly written it out of my head. Deleted as much as I could. It was disgusting. I never want to see another photo of the 'New' Master ever again. I think that guy from Eight's movie was better. He at least wasn't a moron dick who had pudding for brains.

The Master wasn't a little boy who couldn't handle 'time'. Whatever the fuck RTD and his folk made up. That's wrong. He was a grown man, who was betrayed by the woman he loved. She died, he got stuck in a black hole event horizon and wasted all his regenerations trying to get out. He found out that the woman he loved was actually a Time Lord. None of those damned shit about magic and love, either. What the hell was with that ending! Look? I'm going to dance around to really bad British pop (is there such a good thing as GOOD pop, British or otherwise?) and be a moronic loon who doesn't know my right from left. I wish he remained that old guy! He was so much cooler than that young fuck. I hate the New Series. I really do. I'm pissed about this 11th twit.

I'm glad they're getting into the 11th. I want the series to end. I want them to stop painfully shredding apart any last dignity of the show. They're ruining anything good left. Once they introduced the Master, that was it, really. But now they're bringing it even lower. Where in your right mind can you go and say 'Let's make this even worse! Let's choose some ugly-ass kid who should be out smoking pot and our next pop-idol than a respectable old man?'

They're not choosing good actors anymore. For any role. They're choosing the worst, because they ARE the worst producers imaginable. It's like the Kevin J. Anderson of producing! Or maybe even worse! It's like a love child of Rose Estes and KJA (we can't forget the Slitheen and how they farted every two seconds. Fucking hell).

I'm jut hoping that the new Dune movie will actually be good. There needs to be a balance. I mean, if KJA and Brian Herbert keep fucking with the Dune series, something good HAS to come out of it. I'm not looking for Children of Dune quality, as much as I would LOVE the new Dune to compare or EVEN surpass it. I'm looking for something that isn't shit. There's already two really bad Dune movies. That should give a lesson as to what they've done wrong. Maybe they can, for once, do something right? Third times the charm.

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Russian Nightmare Christmas [04 Jan 2009|03:49am]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0vRr57g_N8

I looooove Jack in Russian. Cmotpu! Cmotpu!

If it was a little slower, I'd definitely be able to know what he was saying! I know almost all the vocab for this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z31cMbtH35s

This is good as well. The monster under the bed is pretty scary in Russian, LOL.

I don't have the link on me, but watch Be Prepared (Lion King) in German. It's PERFECT. Works well with the hyenas goose-stepping, LOL. The best is when he says 'Exactly!' in Russian. BOTUNЯ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWm87HkaYdE

This is Be Prepared in German with both English and German subtitles. It's very interesting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wbQXjQEKoA

Russian Be Prepared with subtitles.

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Suggestions? [02 Jan 2009|10:04pm]

I've run out of shows to watch. Cartoons, really, that is. I always like to have something to watch from now and then while waiting until my love. We have many, many shows to watch together, but since I'm not with him, can't really continue watching X-Files. So, I need suggestions of what to watch. For now, I think I'll continue watching Bleach, since I have about 10 episodes to watch.

Note to self: On Bleach episode 159.

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List of Avatar: The Last Airbender [24 Dec 2008|10:16pm]

Alright. So I figure, why not? I made one of Jackie Chan, so let's make one of Avatar. Then maybe American Dragon. I liked Avatar; I only watched a few episodes. So let's continue!

Note: This is really hard to find around, in youtube, veoh, livevideo, you name it. Megavideo appears to be the only place that really has it in full ep.

Note 2: Also, Megavideo apparently has a 72 minute time limit on shows. Every 72 minutes, you have to wait 58 to watch more.

I think my favorite episode so far is S3E03, The Painted Lady. There's this absolutely insane guy in it. He's not one person!

Note 3: I was searching for the final episodes, when I came upon this: http://images.google.com/images?q=avatar+season+3+episode+20&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

Now... It's an image result from google. But DEXTER is the second hit. To those who don't know, Dexter is a mystery/detective show (gist is that the main character works for the police, but he himself murders murderers). WHAT is it doing there?

...

( Season 1 )

( Season 2 )

( Season 3 )

Thoughts: ( Talking about the end. Not in great detail, but enough that I think I should put in an lj cut. )

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There is a lack of citrus. [24 Dec 2008|03:22pm]

Religious symbolism of The Twelve Days of Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas)

1 True Love refers to God
2 Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments
3 French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues
4 Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
5 Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.
6 Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation
7 Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
8 Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes
9 Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
10 Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments
11 Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles
12 Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

This is something I find perplexedly amusing. I can understand the first (as to how the symbolism works). From there, I have a lot of trouble. I think my favorite is the Nine Ladies Dancing to Nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Frankly, I never knew he had fruit. Same with the Swans; how does that relate to gifts OR the Holy Spirit?

Note: I looked it up. I am highly disappointed, but the fruits are things like Love and Happiness and stuff. Which makes me sad. I liked the thought of the Holy Spirit wandering around with a fruit basket medley of pineapples and apricots and oranges.

...

As it is holiday time, I suppose it is most interesting to mention this. I already told Michael this, so he'll find a little more boring than most (I guess... I hope people find scientific facts interesting).

Parthenogenesis is wonderful, and interesting. I guess a very simple and holiday appropriate way to put it is that it's the Virgin Mary effect. Animal gives birth, but no male present to father it. It's seen most commonly in amphibians, after all because amphibians are really weird, can change their sex, don't need sexes, and in some rare cases, don't need oxygen. However lizards are a little cooler because they're a step up in the evolutionary scale and some species also use parthenogenesis. The most interesting lizard is the New Mexican whiptail, which is a hybridization of two other whiptail species. This was naturally done (i.e. In nature). However there are no males in the species. They reproduce by cloning themselves, essentially. They also display lesbionic relationships (after all, they ARE all female). One will take the role of the male, mount a female about to lay eggs, and just sort of... 'Pretend' she's doing something. Apparently the females who take the role of males more often have a better reproduction rate--as there are hormone processes that still happen when she takes the role of the male (it would be akin to humans having an orgasm, or sex when they're not trying to have a kid--hormones still happening). However the species is stuck, it can't evolve, mutate, or otherwise help itself when a large problem occurs, such as disease.

There is, however, the Komodo dragons, which have both male and females in its population. Komodo dragon chromosomes are different than the normal ones we think of. Females have WZ and males have ZZ. Like the whiptails, the female Komodo dragons can, as well, use parthenogenesis when they need to. If there are no males present, a female will give birth on her own--creating the combination of either ZZ or WW (which is inviable). A female will always give birth to a male. Which is a large advantage, and something that sadly couldn't happen with the whiptails.

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House. *shrug* Among other... Things... [23 Dec 2008|02:22am]

http://www.thankshouse.com/

http://io9.com/5084491/the-alternate-history-theme-park-where-dinosaurs-fought-the-civil-war

http://blog.jimmyr.com/pics/992_12.jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_PSZe3hPm5qA/RvKgbvwouyI/AAAAAAAAADM/XPRRLFJKW9Y/s1600-h/

http://1dak.com/people/google-office-pictures-47-pics/

(I still want to know what the hell Google does.)

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List of Jackie Chan Adventures [23 Nov 2008|06:58pm]

Over the summer, Kiwii and I were watching American Dragon. We talked a lot about Asian-influenced kids shows (like Avatar), and remembered this. We liked it a LOT, and I never got to see all of it. Because it's really hard to find a complete listing of it, I'm making my own list of all the episodes, starting with the Pilot.

Note: With Veoh, the video is complete in one player. With BadTimez, there are three YouTube players on one webpage. With YouTube, the episode is in three parts. Season 3 is only 17 episodes long, but I could only find them in YouTube and BadTimez, so there's a lot more links. I had a problem with Veoh because they listed episode 7 as Rabbit Run, the same as episode 9, I think it is. I missed the episode Invisible Mom. Hence why YouTube is more prominent, the episodes are correctly labeled.

( Season 1 )

( Season 2 )

( Season 3 )

( Season 4 )

( Season 5 )

And that completes the series!

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Foods [16 Nov 2008|03:24am]

Something that Michael and I seem to desperately need at the moment is steak. Just some nice, standard, typical steaks. Which is actually pretty hard to come by. (I'm kind of tempted to head over to the Outback again, even though our last server was a little weird.)

While I've posted a couple of things on Facebook about hot sauces (which is another desperate need, good ones are hard to come by, even more so, actually spicy ones). I've decided to post about steaks here.

Every so often, I like to find a bunch of recipes for whatever I want at the moment (like ideas for chicken--so far nuggets and buffalo sandwiches are what I want to make). Something I really love is mushroom sauce. I know my little Миша doesn't like it! However, I figure either I'd eventually find one he DOES like, or when I'd make it, it'd only be for me. (I figure a lot of cooking would involve differences for the both of us.)

For me, a WONDERFUL steak dish would be mashed potatoes (I'm thinking with a few herbs thrown in, salt, pepper), spinach (cooked), mushroom sauce, and a steak. Most of that I know Michael wouldn't like, especially the sauce and spinach.

One of the other things that quite good is bacon and filet. My dad's boss used to send him a bunch of stuff for X-mas, from one of those 'order gourmet' magazines (you order meats, and they send it, then you make, it's actually really tasty, but expensive). The hardest thing is that the bacon cooks longer than the filet. You're supposed to cook it with the bacon around the steak, but my idea would be to cook the bacon a little early, still a little soft, but not fully cooked. Take it out of the pan, wrap it around the filet, then continue. It's good, but it's not the simplest go-together.

Not a steak, but something that I love, is prune and apricot lamb. I MAY be able to adapt it for steak, but steak usually has a thicker, heartier flavor, while lamb is better for sweeter or softer flavors. It would probably do well for ham, also, but I don't like the thought of a Hawaiian pineapple kind of creation. I've seen some recipes for it with parma ham (thin-sliced Italian ham). It's a cured ham (and ergo salty), so I figure it could be a kind of Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve type dish. The recipe was some prunes wrapped with parma ham and apricot skewers, but I don't really like the thought of prunes wrapped with ham. But it'd definitely work with one of those large leg of ham (which is either served salty or sweet, usually both, actually--at least that's sort of the Virginian way).

I love potatoes. I love potato cakes, especially. They work well with anything. I keep thinking them as a Jewish thing, dunno why. They're a perfect thing for lunches, too. I kind of like the thought of having some of those, something with some beef, and green beans with mustard. Course that'd be for me. Michael would probably want a LOT of potato BREAD, dork. (I've mentioned somewhere before that really really want to pack him lunches. I like the thought of us eating lunch together.)

As for random stuff, I actually really like broccoli and cheese. I don't know why, but it's really good. (I know that Michael doesn't like cheese, which is why a lot of food I like, we probably won't be sharing--I like a lot of food based with cheese.) I also really love, and this is the only time I like eggs, caper and cheese omelets. Capers are DELICIOUS little things. They're briney, salty and vinegary. I love them soooo much. They're very Mediterranean, I think mostly Grecian, but they're also Italian. I actually could just eat them as they are.

Anyways, I think that's all. The whole steak thing was spurred on by, weirdly, Dexter (the Miami serial) and how Brian made him steaks. The man didn't DO anything... I don't think he even CUT them, but for some reason, in the scene, they looked fucking delicious. (Sadly, Dexter's does not. However they're supposed to be really good nonetheless.)

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Books [26 Oct 2008|06:10pm]

Additions to Book List:

The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation

Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science

The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes

Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner

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