she wears a tight baby tee baseball shirt; some roots yoga pants; little make up; her hair up in a ponytail and slight remnants of sweat along her neckline and collar bone - straight out of track class.
these are things that make me happy.

oh yea...and give me butter-softened weak knees.

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ready. set. go.

did anyone see the amazing race this evening???

if not, then you sure missed out. tonite's episode had those 8 crazy fools running their butts around the world and eventually landing themselves in where else but the magnificent manila, philippines!!!

they had to decorate a jeepney and plow a rice field with a water buffalo ("caribou"). it was crazy. if i made it there in the race..id probably just quit and roll around in the mud for a while. cause go figure...i'd be back in the motherland.
hoooraaaay!

i dont usually watch alot of t.v. but thanks, rj for the heads up.
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skools in - so what?

im kidding. geez. dont get your panties all bunched up.
so this past first week has been a little hectic. not really.
but i did have this one course where i was feeling the most stress ever, of all time.

ya see, this course is called "physiological basis of fatigue". and when i say fatigue, idont simply mean tired or like how you feel when you've had your face in a textbook for hours on end. not that sorta fatigue. this fatigue deals mainly with muscle fatigue and an interruption in 'tasking'.

dont believe me?
[cue demo]
with an outstretched arm, palms facing up, hold a yellowpages phonebook in your hand. youll eventually know the meaning of muscular fatigue. this is called an isometric contraction.

can we say that class? "iso-met-rik-con-trak-shuh!"
yes. yes! that's it. that's "iso" meaning isolated as in unchanging and "metric" as in length. meaning the muscle fiber does not change length and therefore, does not shorten from it's point of insertion to origin.
[end demo]


"that's isometric, baby!"

as if i didnt take enough physiology courses up until this point (recall, phys I, II and exercise phys.), i thought id be a badass and take this one. not only did it fit nicely in my schedule, it also sounded damn interesting.
so i get into class..it's a small class. a fourth year class. roughly 40 people. and the prof right off the bat starts picking and choosing people out of the audience, on the first day, to explain several different types of human physiology-related phenomena. for instance, dude asked us to explain muscle contraction starting from the, very broad, stimulus presentation level...to the nervous level..to the motoneuron level...down to the very meticulous molecular level. of course everyone was on the spot. cause of course..not everyone remembers specific receptors, anatomical references and neurotransmitters along with molecular charges of certain solutes. and even if they did...who the fuck can concentrate for that task on the first day?!! anyhow, my heart was pumping throughout the whole 1.5 hr ordeal. all i can remember is him saying "if youre not looking at me, im gonna pick you out of the crowd".
luckily, i had my eyes bugging out of my face and i followed his every move. and thankfully to God, he didnt pick me.
i mean it is a good course. the content is very interesting. an intimate class is what i always prefer v.s. the hundreds that i've had in my first couple years as a kine major. but sincerely, this course is very demanding. and frankly, i was planning on just cruising through the remainder of my life as an undergraduate. i've had the hard courses. ive had the hard core courses. i mean im in fourth year now. im basically done. all i wanna do is boost up my gpa as much as i can so i can apply to my graduate programs and/or teaching. that's all. i mean sure, if i wanted to work in a sports medicine lab and train the most elite athletes by pinpointing the root cause of fatigue and taking away or minimizing this root cause, then sure, id keep it. but im sorry to say blogger audience..i dropped it.
it's ok if youre disappointed. it's ok if youre not. some of my classmates were. but really, i had to do what was right for me. that shit was just too demanding. and although the thought of class discussions on the latest journal findings and studies along with applications of our knowledge to the subject does seem very tempting and promising to me...i had to pass. these are my grades here. for now, grades take precedence over desire.

i have another class - it's called "rock and popular music". it's a fine arts music course..but for non majors. basically, like i said before, i listen to rock songs (currently from the 50s to later..the present) for two hours. the prof then explains subtleties and history behind each and every song and musician. it's a really fun course and basically im gonna be tested "jeopardy" style where i get a sample of the song. all i gotta do is name the title, artist, release date(this could be hard) and album. not that bad. oh yea, here's the hard part.
i have to write 300 journal entries about 350 different artists by the end of the course.
let's take a look at my first one, shall we?...

1. Bill Haley And His Comets - “Rock Around the Clock” (1955), Shake Rattle and Roll.
Often claimed by historians as “the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll music” (allmusic.com) - this song by Bill Haley And His Comets is often overlooked, by most, as an essential song in the genre’s history. Bill was born in Highland Park, MI, and was blind in one eye. This, as a result, made him a very shy and introverted boy coming up. After his family’s move to Boothwyn, PA, the shy and young Bill Haley found comfort and self-confidence through playing his guitar and listening to country music records. It was in 1944 that Haley’s big break came about when he was to take the place of Kenny Roberts in the band The Downhomers. It was with this band that Haley made his first appearance on records. After leaving the band in 1946, Bill returned to Chester, PA where he formed his own group The Saddlemen. Under David Miller’s Holiday Records in 1951, Bill and The Saddlemen did a cover of R&B artist Jackie Brenston’s “Rocket 88”. However, instead of mimicking what was previous done by Brenston,, The Saddlemen put their own twist on their version by adding a sort of upbeat country element with a lead guitar adding elements of blues to the sound. Although Haley did not like the song nor the sound, the Saddlemen were obliged to follow the orders of label-owner Miller. The result was to be the first white-band cover of what is now regarded as the original true rock’n’roll record (allmusic.com). However, the record lacked popularity in both the R&B and country music world and had mediocre sales at best. As the band continued in their career, David Miller noticed that Haley and the Saddlemen were gaining popularity among young teenagers – especially whenever they played their stylish ‘country-boogie’ covers of R&B songs. Eventually, the band scraped their ‘Saddlemen’ moniker along with their country music image and renamed themselves ‘The Comets’ playing off their front man’s name. By 1952, the band began to take a closer look at R&B groups of the time and emulated several of their elements. Later that year, James Myers offered Miller and Haley his published piece, “Rock Around the Clock”. This was the record that broke the band through in terms of popularity – reaching number 1 on the charts and selling over 7 million between 1954 and 1955; it is also the record too often overlooked as the first true rock’n’roll song.
Observations: To me, this song is very fun and upbeat. Even if you don’t tend to dance to music, this song will, at the very least, have anyone snapping their fingers in tempo with the drummer. I also found the guitar in the song to blend perfectly with the horns and the bass without seeming out of place. Also, the catchy vocals of “Rock Around the Clock” will have you singing to yourself all day long. Personally, I chose this as my first entry because I wanted to give credit to the original band that was and is often overlooked by many as the first true rock ’n’ roll band – Bill Haley And His Comets.
Analysis: When compared to most rock ’n’ roll songs of today, “Rock Around the Clock” unconventionally implements horns and a bass throughout the song. Also, during vocal breaks, a prominent and wild guitar in concert with horns can be heard to create highs that work effectively with the ‘lows’ of the bass throughout the song. Evident with the era, is the song’s length which, like most songs of the time, is under 3 minutes.

i think ill even post all my entries on another blogger for a limited time just so you can read and fall asleep to.
this class is gonna be fun. it's a first year course too! holla.
now...just 299 to go.
yessss! im almost there!

i have a couple more courses, plus my kinesiology-practical course - swimming..but we'll get to that another time. it's getting late and i have school tomorrow.

oh yea? being that my skool has historical jewish roots and is set in a jewish area, it's only right that all scholars who attend york U observe jewish holidays, isn't it? with that said...i say, happy rosh hashanah, my jewish brothers and sisters!!

you know what that means being that i already have mondays and friday off?...
5 day weekend baby!!!! oh!
thursday...friday...saturday...sunday...monday!

oh yea..and did ya'll enjoy yorkfest today? i didnt even go. although, some friends copped me some freeshit (a la razor et deodorant spray).
and dee, if youre reading this...your beloved (lol) matthew good played at my school today too!

peace out biotches.
it's literally (not symbolically)my weekend!

with love from sudan,
jay