Mike has decided to once again devote his mornings and late evenings to furthering the scientific progress of biological research. In other words, he's working in yet another lab!! This time its with Professor Kiger studying cell morphogenesis. Fun stuff, but the best part is that I get to work in the Natural Science Building, also known as the lab building that looks like a hotel! And, I get to be on the 6th floor, which has an awesome view of the ocean (well, from the professor's office at least).

For all the fans of olympic figure skating, I like Sasha Cohen and I feel bad that she didnt win gold. But, why is it that every newspaper article and tv story shows nothing but the times she fell? It seems a little harsh considering she made 2 mistakes in a 6 or 7 minute program that earned her a silver medal.

Everybody watch Dancing With the Stars on Sunday and vote for Stacy.

Recent present to myself: Die Hard The Ultimate Collection.

"Welcome to the party pal"

24: Jack fires 3 bullets = 2 dead terrorists and a damaged helicopter
Lost: Just when I was starting to like Sawyer, he goes and steals all the machine guns.
Padres: Sure we have a lot of old guys, that just means we're going to be hitting home runs with walking sticks.
Chargers: I love Drew Brees, but I think it was a good idea not to have bought his jersey.
Underworld Evolution: My favorite vampire with machine gun movie of all time.
Corpse Bride: Good, but could have used Jack Skellington jumping in and singing a few songs.
Legend of Zorro: If you dont believe it could be that bad, witness actual dialogue from the movie; "It fits . . . in your butt!"
Wallace and Gromit: Gromit would be the coolest dog ever if he could talk, and if my dog wasnt cooler.
Doom: The only good part was discussing what The Rock, Eomer, Miranda Frost, and the guy who killed Batman's parents were all doing together on mars.
The Pussycat Dolls: Ok, I admit it, "Stickwitu" is my favorite song (for the moment).
Ne-Yo: Actually, "So Sick" is my favorite song of all time, due largely in part to such soul wrenching lyrics as "Gotta fix that calender I have That's marked July 15th, Because since there's no more you There's no more anniversary"
Recombinant DNA Techniques: Biology labs are good fun, especially when you get out 3 hours early.

Friarfest 2006 at Petco Park

Lots of Padres related fun in around Petco Park, including a nifty tour into the clubhouse. Here we are pretending to be Padres players, who actually stand around and take pictures in the locker room!
Hanging out in the dugout, again smiling for pictures just like the real players.
Hey, its Khalil Greene! He was even nice enough to stand perfectly still for 5 hours while people took pictures.
We made it to first base! Woooo!! (the yellow rope is so you dont get lost rounding the bases)

Dewon Brazelton: "Just got to San Diego and already weird kids are taking pictures of me." Bruce Bochy: "This question would be a lot easier to answer if I still had my moustache". Ted: "I'm only fat because I do radio and not TV anymore".

Last minute superbowl prediction:
(Going with the huge upset this year)
Seahawks: 24 Steelers: 21

Sushi buffet in downtown la jolla with mario and friends. Pretty good, but of course we ended up ordering too much, and since they charge extra for anything you dont finish, we had lots of fun trying to stuff the rest of it down after greatly exceeding our limits. Nobody listened to my suggestion of just putting the sushi in our pockets, but its all good. All in all, all you can eat sushi isnt bad, but it fills me up too quickly without making me satisfied, plus is way too expensive for unemployed bums such as myself.

Underworld Evolution! The greatest vampire and mutant werewolf movie in history. Lots of great action, sex, and violence, and Kate Beckinsale looks really hot. The best parts were when Kate Beckinsale shot the guy with her shotgun, shot the evil vampire in the face with her semiautomatic pistol, shot the werewolf with her crossobow, threw the exploding mines at the vampire mutant, and threw the evil vampire into the helicopter propeller, all while wearing skintight black leather. The other greatest part was when she wasnt wearing anything (Kate Beckinsale is really hot).