Islam

I started an Islam and the gospel class today.

As I was doing some reading for the class I came upon this phrase in the intro of Islam, the Basics  by Colin Turner

"That Islam should be held responsible for the faults of Muslims makes absolutely no sense."

I liked that and just real quick wanted to share it.

Nephew Moments

I have the most fun nephew in all the world.

He is at the phase in life when he repeats things you say and is always on the go.

Just real quick, here are some of my favorite sayings of his:

Q: "What does Buzz's helmet do?"
His Answer: *Whoosh! and moves his hands up over his head*

Q: How old are you?
A: 1
Q: How old is daddy?
A: Old

"3,2,1-bwast off!"

What does a werewolf say?
Aw-whoo

What does Woody say?

howdy, howdy

and last but not least,

What does mommy say?

Love you mommy.

Sleep Talking

The other night I was talking in my sleep.

The funny thing was that it kept happening (at least three times) right as I was falling asleep, so it kept waking me up.

It was the evening after dissection class which means crazy dreams anyway.

Just real quick, here are the three words that woke me up.

Wow!

Interesting!

and

Diaphragm!

The interesting diaphragm

Spotlights

The elder's quorum in my ward has weekly spotlights.

This means that when we first came into the ward we wrote down things that no one really knows about us, and each week they read one or two, and everyone tries to guess who it is they are talking about.

I was spotlighted this week. Little did I know that I would have to prove to everyone that what I said was true... :)

Just real quick here are some fun things about me that people don't know:

1. Sometimes when people talk to me I think about the muscles that are moving their mouth.

2. I know how to do shadow puppets. (This they needed proof)

3. I have a fake laugh that makes other people laugh.

4. I have really outrageous and funny dreams. ("oh, really?" they asked. "Yes, I dreamed my arms were shrinking last night," I replied.) Almost thrice weekly.

I can't remember what I put for the fifth one, but I am sure it was witty, unique, and awesome.

Middle of the Night Notes

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and really needed to write something important down?

That used to happen to me all the time. I used to keep a stack of post-it notes next to my bed to be ready when I remembered something important.

Just real quick, here is one of those middle of the night notes.

I think I was really tired. And yet I wonder, who is Blabalata?

You know you are writing an 8 page research paper

When you take a nap before class and dream that your arm is being attacked by Retinoic Acid and Cyp26b1 genes are deactivating the Retinoic Acid that is trying to make the bones in your arm grow shorter.

That happened to me during my quick nap. I fell asleep after spending about an hour researching bone/limb development.

Fear not. My limbs are normal size and not shorter.

Ideal Sister

In honor of my sister Liz:

Dear porches,

Thanks for being the perfect place for really important and great conversations. Also, thanks for getting cold when its time to come in.

Dear milk,

Thanks for making it possible to eat cereal. I missed you for awhile.

Dear midterms,

Thank you for making it impossible for me to procrastinate learning fourteen weeks of material 'til the fourteenth week.

Dear General Conference,

Thanks for being you.

Dear Liz,

Thanks for being a wonderful sister, ridiculously good-looking, and an awesome example/person.

Sincerely,

James