My brain, for breakfast

Not to make mention of a line from the movie "Heathers" (which was one of THE best black comedies ever filmed -- stars: Christian Slater, my first celeb love and Winona Ryder, the first celeb shoplifter) but my brain may as well be a breakfast treat for random stray dogs at this point.

The first week back at school has been murder on my mind -- however, I am managing and obviously this post made it up on my blog, so I've still some brain cells to spare.

A little useless trivia: the fact that we as humans only use 10% of our brain space is A MYTH; we use it all, even if it's not all at the same time.

A little more useless trivia: there is a "reward center" located in the brain that was discovered by Olds & Milner in 1954. The reason it was discovered is that they trapped laboratory animals in a setting which would require them to cross an electrical field to get to their food and water. The animals chose to starve themselves (probably to death, considering PETA wouldn't have a cause if it weren't for the deaths of many fuzzy rats and bunnies). But when they were given the choice to cross the electrical field to have the "reward center" of their brain stimulated, they heartily moved forward with gusto! This reward center is one and the same with the area of the brain that is stimulated through METHAMPHETAMINE USE. Bad side effects, though. So, do we have an epidemic for no reason? Apparently not.

JUST THOUGHT YOU'D WANNA KNOW THAT. I, for one, found it fascinating -- especially since I learned it in my Biopsychology class. Go figure.

Alright, NOW WHAT?

So, now I'm in between quarters and it has been recently brought to my attention by one of my adoring fans (har har) that I have neglected my blog. Quite right, my friend, quite right! I tried to explain that I had gotten burnt out at about the sixth week of the 8-week Summer quarter, but just ended up talking out the side of my neck.

Truth be told, I was figuratively holding my breath throughout that first quarter at Cal Poly and now my skin has a figuratively bluish tint to it. I just exhaled after the quarter was over and ran in the opposite direction of educational responsibility is all.

Well, now I have less than a week before the Fall Quarter of 2007 starts and they're saying (although I have no idea who "they" are) that there are going to be 16,000 students in attendance this quarter. So much for sanity. Or my tolerance level tapering off much either. Oh well. I give -- NOT! The day I give into the world of money-grubbing-daddy's-credit-card-using-not-attending-class-wannabe college students is the day I LITERALLY hold my breath for an entire quarter. At least I won't be alive to see it... and obviously my sarcastic wit is still in tact after all this time.

Got my books, now in search of THE backpack of a lifetime. Wow, my world has gotten so small. Tee-hee, I'm loving it all the way.