Posted by alexandra_k on September 2, 2014, at 20:31:43
In reply to Re: couple realisations, posted by alexandra_k on September 2, 2014, at 1:21:57
happy, i am.
when i get out of the habit of getting to the gym i forget how happy it makes me feel. the weather is glorious. *this* is the *sub-tropical* climate they advertised this country as being... so happy not to be living in substandard wooden wet and cold accommodation in the slushy snow down south...
has been taking a bit of time to get me access to the grading... even though i got the ball rolling on that first thing monday morning. apparently it will take overnight so i should have access tomorrow. if so... that works out really very perfectly for me, actually. i can do 15 papers per day (in batches of 5 at a time - which is basically 2.5/3 hours for each batch and a LOT of faffing about otherwise)... and i'll need to get cracking on it (no procrastination time!) to get the grades to the lecturer and confirmed as okay (should give her at least two days to do that since it will be her weekend - sorry - that really was non-ideal)... before entering them into moodle... really... if i had access to them on monday... i'd still be procrastinating starting on it... and i'd be feeling guilty as hell... so... i think... ideal, really. ideal.
i need to go fetch some more chapters... i have learned about kidneys. pretty cool. i didn't know anything about the urinary system before. i do enjoy the comparative animal physiology... i'm just less keen on the philogeny stuff.
i have been learning about systems... and about the idea of body plans and key adaptations (e.g., tissues (sponges have cell specialisation only - no tissues) and dorsal hollow nerve cords and amniotic eggs... and about how different critters have different energy budgets... that it takes energy to (for instance) pump solutes against the concentration gradient... anyway... all this stuff is mysterious to the philosopher in me... but it is pretty f*ck*ng cool to get to be learning about them. in a context where they really don't seem mysterious at all...
anyway... i need to go fetch some more chapters. muscle tissue and nerve tissue as tissue that the fungus and plants don't get to have... yippee... memories... from psychology and exercise science... but a different perspective now with a little (teeny) bit of chemistry and physics behind me, now... hmm.
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