Those church kids sure are tricky.

I was taking a stroll on campus, enjoying the Conga/Cuban concert on the warm, sunny Quad, when a girl approached me with tickets. She looked like a lost high schooler from a tour group.

"Hello, are you a UC Davis student?" I thought: okay, she's asking for directions. Then she continues, "My organization is throwing a FREE dinner for UC Davis students, " she says as I listen closer. "Its complementary with free entree, drinks, and desserts. We do this every year for students. You should come out and get some FREE food." She got me hooked, then I looked at her tickets; the word "CHURCH" popped out. Fast, I must get away!

"Oh its for a CHURCH?" I ask.

"Well, yea... " she hesitantly admits, "its for a Christian lecturer..." Slowly, I walked away from her and tell her that I'm Buddhist (which I kinda am, but not really). She shouts "That's fine!" but I continue to hurry off. From previous experience, it's NOT fine that I attend such an event as a non-Christian with no intent of converting. My first and last time going to a "free student dinner" event ended with a preacher scolding me and my non-Christian friends for not staying for his Sermon against non-believers. The church bouncers threatened that we go back to the religious event (or else...), even though it was publicized as an unaffiliated free dinner. Regardless, I have no intent on ever attending anymore free food events with vague premises.

But I have to admit, those church nuts sure know how to publicize themselves.

Fucking newbies. I bought a textbook from half.ebay.com and the seller now tells me she needs $10.31 more bucks sent to her by check because shipping cost $13.00, contrary to media mail standards on half.com. The standard shipping is $3.50 for a reason - so sellers can't rip ppl off with shipping. What fucking textbook cost $13.00 to ship from Jersey??? I've seen that thing in person and it'd cost 5 bucks at most to ship. She's either ripping me off, which I refuse to pay, or she was stupid enough to choose same day air shipping, which can't be right if I don't have the book yet.

I refuse to give in to morons.

I received my quarterly review from my internship supervisor. I thought I'd get a horrific critique since she shouted at me, gave me major attitude and slammed the door in my face, telling me to leave the room a few times. Turns out she loves me, except she naturally has mood swings. The other employees warned me of this. GREAT. So she gave me glowing reviews and offered to write a me a flowery letter of rec, a continuing internship, and a job at the end of the summer. As great as that seems, I'll leave my options open to other optometry offices. Moodiness just isn't my cup of tea.

long lazy days of summer. I slept in, ate a caesar salad for lunch, then worked in lab for a few hours, and soon I'm off to the gym for some running and weights. I like being lazy, but this summer, I'm gonna (try to) be a healthy lazy ass.

A few science lessons learned over the year:

- Alcohol has no effect during an emergency. Take formals for example. I go to the ladies room and find 2 girls drowning in toilet water, unconscious as fuck. My blood alcohol content was sky high after about 8 glasses of Long Islands, Midori Sours, Belvedere shots, beer, and sangria combined (with no flush red affect I might add), and I still managed to sprint clear across a golf course in stilleto heels to get help while the ambulances arrive.
- Charcoal is good for you. Sure, my mom has always thrown away my toast, claiming that charcoal causes cancer, but truth is: it does good things too! Blackened toast with honey prevents hangovers in the mornings and it also whitens your teeth. And someday, when you find yourself with alcohol poisoning (like my pal Frank last week), then the EMT will cut up all your clothes and pump tons of charcoal into your stomach before pumping out your food. Awesome!
- Pee is clean. Not only can you drink this stuff, but you can whiten your teeth with it too! Thanks to Physiology lab, I can now feel safe around pee. Pee straight out of your system is sterile, so no worries about bacteria. And if you're worried that you might have diabetes, just drink your pee. If its sweet, you might be diabetic - that's how docs use to test it.

Okay, I'm tired of science. I'm gonna take a nice break and enjoy my summer. Who's down to go to the beach next week? or learn to sew with me? I want to make a cover for my new laptop out of an old, unworn tank. Or spend a day taking "artsy" black and white photos in the city (I'm planning to decorate my new apartment/room in a theme)?

About 4 times everyday, I click on a few news articles on the sidebar of Yahoo! news. At the bottom of one news article was thumbnail picture of beautiful sandy memorial, headlining an photo slideshow. I've seen that same picture on Newsweek yesterday, so I clicked on the slideshow. I was observing the personal handwritten names on each cross, when I looked closer and noticed something strangly familar. It was the name of a fallen soldier, a high school classmate and acquaintance. That is so eerily strange. What are the odds that his legancy would continue through thousands of news publications and historical documents.

I wonder what happened to everybody else in high school, and how are the ones in Iraq doing? Just reminescing I guess.

Doctors remove 3rd arm from Chinese boy

I just drank a cup of water with ice and just realized that my ice has green stuff growing inside of it. Now my melted ice water is this pee green. I hope there's nothing wrong with it cuz I'm not in the mood of getting sick again.