blogwaffe

.so i wrote three whole entries for one day andburned out. .left my readers in the lurch. .both of them. .not to say nothing happened, because plenty sure did; i was just too lazy to do anything about it. .let’s see. .i suppose the main theme of last week was homework – a crap load of it to be precise (a “crap load” hs recently been defined by the SI). .monday, homework. .tuesday, ted brought up his friend matt and they, katie, jeff, greg, heidi and i went toburger continental, and the hearty among us (you know who you are/aren’t) whooped it up at lucky’s afterward..wednesday, homework. .thursday, i talked to professor wang about his research. .he’s doing somecool stuff, and even needs more students. .unfortunately, he has no funding. .but he pointed me toward a couple people in aph. .more on that when there’smore to report. .he also encouraged me to go to the biochemistry seminar that afternoon about icosahedral symmetry in viral capsids. .learned also that cowpea chlorotic mottle virus is trigendered. .its genome is split into four pieces; piece one fits into one capsid, piece two fits into another identical capsid, and pieces three and four fit into the third identical capsid. .so all three types need to attack a cell in order for it to reproduce. ?how hot is that? .friday, i graded and did nothing else as everyone was gone doing something more fun. .saturday was the big day. .skiing at mount baldy. .it was the first time paul.za, suvir and bert had been skiing, michelle had been once, and ace and i had beena few times. .ariele (bless her), jeff, and heather came alongfor the ride and brought us food. .michelle had an affair with andre the polish ski instructor, but everyone else had a good time. .saturday night was the gscmardi gras party. .potent drinks, freaky dancin’, and bead necklaces; no need to say more. .btw: div boxes don’t seem to be necessary.