Surviving the ECOLOGY class

Watch the bee!

I am very stressed about this course I have to take this week. It's called 'field ecology' and it's Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. We spend time outside studying plants and other species. Maybe it shouldn't be that bad, but it is really kicking my butt. Most of my classmates are all guru with the subject as they are all environmental studies major. They look at a plant and they can key it right away. I have to flip the pages over and over and figure out what they were talking about. This is the first time I have ever taken an Ecology class. I am not very familiar with the different terms they use and I don't have a great patience.

But hey, it's gonna be okay. I care about the environment and this is going to teach me more about it. In fact, here are a couple of quotes I really like:

"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference how nature works and the way people think." Gregory Bateson
"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction." Rachel Carson

Suppose you're famous !!!

Suppose you appeared in a magazine called the Ensign that a good number of people including your friends will see. Some reactions would be:
"I saw you in the Ensign !!!"
"Hello?!?!?!? Why didn't you tell us that you were going to be in the Ensign?!?!?! That is so awesome!!!!! :-)"
"you appeared in the Ensign, please send me a copy"
"Hey, what's up with you in the Ensign? How'd you do that?"
"you're famous!!!"
Further reaction was even with someone who comes to visit you with a copy of the magazine and asked you to sign an autograph. Or you would sit somewhere outside eating lunch and some random people happened to read the magazine a feet away from you and stare and try to resolve the puzzle if that is really your picture.
Interesting !!!
I guess you can say that you are famous. But that reminds me of this quote:
"All is ephemeral -- fame and the famous as well." Marcus Aurelius

"I love to see the Temple ..."

I received a link from one of my friends the other day; a link to a slide show of all the LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Temple all over the world. Click here to view these splendid, gorgeous, and stunning buildings. There are 126 of them today. Not only they are so beautiful from the outside, but they reveal such symbol of eternity. As a member of the LDS church, I love going to the temple. I find peace in there and I feel closer to God and to his Son Jesus Christ whenever I visit these sacred places.
The first temple I have been to -- Johannesburg South Africa (Aug 1999) The temple I frequently attend -- Salt Lake City Temple

Read all 3 by Aug 2 ...

I finished reading 'twilight' and 'new moon'. I am going to start reading 'eclipse' this week and can't wait for Aug 2 for the new book of the series -- 'breaking dawn'. I am a slow reader but still I can't put it down when I read. I usually do it at night which has caused some lack of sleep lately. I carry the book with me wherever I go. This past week, I went camping to Yellowstone National Park and I would read in the tent or in the car using a flashlight at night. (BTW, later I will post pictures from lots of fun outdoor stuf I did lately). Otherwise, I wouldn't have finished 'new moon'. One of my friends on the trip has read all 3 books and understand my thirst to keep reading. When they call me out to go do something, I would say 'one more chapter or let me finish this chapter' and they were cool about it.

I have been feeding my brain with vampires and werewolves stories these past few days, and of course humans too. Ha, ha, ha!

These books are sooooo good though!