this is cute! myosin is a dude stomping along a rotating actin beanstock covered in bugs.
(part of a muscle contraction mechanism, for those who haven't seen this stuff before.)

if you click the >> button it shows how fast the cycle normally goes. i'm finding this endlessly fun.

physio exam tomorrow. can you tell?

supposedly spanish is one of the easiest languages for an english-speaking person to learn. sure, the vocab and grammar so far have been nice, but i will sound ridiculous speaking spanish always. i still can’t for the life of me pronounce something like “en” as just “en,” instead of “euaogh.” french has permanently destroyed my ability to follow ( Read more... )

hey! look at this. i just went to the nytimes homepage, and saw this:


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everybody teach me spanish so that if i go to costa rica this winter i can say more than "i have two cats in my pants ( Read more... )

today was very satisfying for a number of reasons. here's one:


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( flowers and lobsters )

( and this is pretty much the cutest ever ever. ever. )

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i have some kind of cold with a deep rumbly cough, so i started singing "grapefruit moon, one star shining, shining down on me.." it sounded pretty damn good.

pictures generally look so much better when taken from up in trees. though aren't most things better up there?


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