Randomness

Lately my thoughts have been in a sort of 'stream of consciousness' mood.

I easily jump from one thing to the next, and that means that I'm suddenly sharing random facts with everyone I know - so I'm just gonna put them all down on paper.

Here are some of the most recent random facts I've been mulling around.  A lot of them I learned in my classes, so yes - they are medically related:

•  First - Botulism Toxin is the most lethal toxin known to man. EVER.  Less than 1  MICROGRAM can KILL you.  Get the picture?  Ok, then get this - Botulism Toxin also has a nickname - it can be shortened to: BOTOX.  Yes indeed - botox is in fact a diluted dose of the most lethal toxin in the world that people voluntarily inject into their skin.....That just gives me heart palpitations.

• Second - there happens to be evidence to support the fact that FLOSSING will in fact help not only your teeth but..........your HEART.  No, I'm not joking.  The fact is that flossing keeps down inflammatory responses in your gums which in turn helps mediate your entire inflammatory system....don't ask me to explain that, but it's real.

• Next - About 10 times more microbes live in and on the human body than there are human somatic (body) cells.  So basically for every single CELL there are 10 little microbes camped out ON or IN you; but before you jump in a pool of bleach you should know that these little microbial buddies actually help you live.  You should like them.......otherwise just pretend you never read this. (oh and P.S. they make up about 10% of your weight)

• Random and for fun - If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal humans neck.(See, Barbie is NOT perfect)

• and finally - Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body for men. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.  (I wonder how long it took Dumbledore and Gandalf )
   
  Those are just some of them for now.  Also, my friend shared this great video on YouTube, and writing that Barbie fact made me remember it.  For those of you who have known people that think they're ugly because they're not barbie, they should see this:
   
   

October

October - came like a flash.

First off, conference weekend was perfect - everything I needed.  I know that God really does answer our prayers and talks through his apostles and prophets.  There's something so calming about being spiritually fed for two whole days.
In other news, I've been working on a stellar arrangement of the song "All I ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera for my brother's wedding.  I tried to work it after this beautiful arrangement:

 If only I could play it just like Sarah Chang.  the other problem: I am a soloist and won't have the complimenting part of the Cello, but I'm working around that.
Hopefully it will be everything Chris and Shauna had hoped for.  So - on the 21st I'll be taking off to Colorado Springs with my violin and trying to control my nerves so I can be part of their wedding.
I still need to figure out what to wear....sometimes I wish I had someone to make those small decisions for me - I waste far too much time in the morning staring at my closet and interviewing each of my articles of clothing... "So, why should I wear you today?".  If they don't convince me, I move on, and fact is - I end up right where I started in a second round of "interviews" until I throw up my hands and pull on my hoodie.
So, if I figure out what to wear NOW, I will therefore be preventing myself from going to a wedding in a hoodie.....although it might help my nerves.....no. no hoodies.  got it.