2005 March Archive at Evilsciencechick

Monthly Archive for March, 2005

What’s the buzz?

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on Friday, March 25, 2005

in Religion! and misc

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I did not go see Mel Gibson’s “the passion of the christ.” I had heard enough about it to know that it was something I didn’t really need to experience. Mr Gibson is obviously a very disturbed man, to focus so much on the blood and gore. Not that I believe that understanding Jesus’ suffering isn’t important, but I think I heard someone sum it up the best: too much crucifixion, not enough resurrection.

And isn’t that the POINT? The resurrection bit? Any criminal could be crucified, but Jesus resurrectified…or whatever that verb would be.

Anyway, I’m totally being a hypocrite about that, because I LOVE “jesus christ superstar,” and I’ve been bopping around the lab listening to the soundtrack on my ipod. JCS is ALL about the events of holy week, up to but NOT really including the resurrection.

However, there is MUCH less gore than in Mel’s movie.

Maybe if Mel had included a kick ass soundtrack that included Jesus rocking out: “WHHHYYYYY should YOU want to know, don’t you mind about the future….”

and a really gay Herod, maybe.

THAT would have been great, and I would totally have gone to see that movie.

now if you’ll excuse me…

“see my eyes I can hardly see, see me stand I can hardly walk, I BELIEVE you can make me whole…”

Where I mention porno and Jesus in the same post

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on Thursday, March 24, 2005

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Photoshop update

So computer guy thought he HAD installed it. Turned out, there was a smudge on the disk, so while the information was on my laptop, it wasn’t recognized as a program, or something. He fixed it. Now I have photoshop! Let the doctored pictures commence!

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Science spoiler rant

OK, this morning on the radio I heard an ad for a “medical spa” that would make you a face cream that’s personalized for you, because it contains…YOUR OWN DNA!

Wow. Really? And what is it exactly that rubbing my own DNA on my face will achieve? Surely they’re not suggesting that the DNA is getting INTO my cells, because that would be gene therapy, and if they’ve managed to do that by putting genes into a lotion, a lot of medical scientists are going to be PISSED OFF! Seriously, though, WHY would I pay that much money (I’m assuming it’s not cheap) to smear my OWN DNA all over my face? It just doesn’t work like that. Sorry, but no. Your skin isn’t going to absorb the DNA, and even if it did, your top layer of skins cells are already DEAD! And even if the DNA got to the live cells underneathe, they’re not going to be impressed. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DNA! It’s such a ridiculous concept.

People, if you want to rub DNA all over your face, just be in a porno film. Those girls end up with gunky DNA ALLLL over their face. And actually they always look pretty happy about it.

So maybe there IS something to the DNA on your face theory. Girls, go film a facial today! Get youthful looking skin! Your husbands/boyfriends will be overjoyed to help out!

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Maundy Thursday

Today is Maundy Thursday, aka Holy Thursday. Seems like a good percentage of my readership is atheist/pagan (pagans are cool)/agnostic, so this means a whole lotta squat to you, I’m sure. Holy week has always been my favorite week of the church calendar. It all boils down to this week. And really, none of that other bullshit counts. Religious zealots can interpret scriptures all they want, they can preach their hate and their nonsence. But this week is what it’s all about.

Tonight, He was betrayed by someone he trusted.

Tomorrow, He was unfairly tried, convicted, and hung up to die.

Sunday, He defied death and saved us all. And by that, I mean ALL. Not just the people who go to a certain church and pray a certain way and believe a certain thing. ALL. OF. US.

And you can argue with me all you want. I am as obstinate as a republican on this. Call me ignorant. Call me prejudiced. Call me stupid. I don’t give a tiny shit. My blog, MY faith. I am a liberal christian and DAMNED proud of it!

But you know…that’s just me.

Wholeness

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on Wednesday, March 23, 2005

in geeking out

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Since I got my poster and committee meeting out of the way, I gave my laptop over to our brand new department computer guy. I was a little nervous, because after all, he is the NEW computer guy. Not the more familiar wonderful previous guy. But new guy is definately earning his keep. He got my laptop back to me by the end of the day, with the following improvements:

- Windows XP professional
- service pack 2
- CD burning software
- Office 2003
- Dreamweaver
- Adobe suite - thought I didn’t get photoshop this time. he gave me Illustrator. for those in the know…is that better or worse? Is it user friendlier? Because while photoshop was way cool, I was woefully inept at using it to the fullness of it’s capabilities.

- Connections to school and department networks

Sweeeeeeet.

I had the forsight to save all my customization setups (yahoo messenger, firefox, gmail notifier, etc) in a single folder, which I put on my folder on the network. So it was just a question of reloading the folder, and then running all the setups! Hooray!

Now I can finally transfer everything from the previous hard drive, now safely tucked away on Kev’s computer, back on to the laptop. My documents, pictures, and mp3s.

I FEEL WHOLE AND COMPLETE AGAIN!!!!

And strangely horney. Excuse me, I’m going to find Kev…

Light at the end…

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on Tuesday, March 22, 2005

in daily and science!

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I just had my committee meeting. It went well, only a few weirdo off the wall questions. I updated them on my project, proposed some experiments I needed to do to make it all a neatly wrapped up paper, and asked them what I needed to do to be DONE by the end of 2005.

They proposed some additional experiments. And want to meet again in June. And told me that, and this is a direct quote, if I keep my “butt to the grindstone,” there shouldn’t be a problem with me being done by the end of the year.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……..

Hope. ‘Tis a beautiful thing…