Tim says...

Playing "Big 2" with Jerry, Alice and Cindy right before BPP meeting
-On Alice taking forever to go-

Tim - "OMG! Your taking forever! Your like the G1 phase of the cell cycle!"

Joanne says...

Is it just me or is "ciliary dyskinesia" a strangely beautiful term? Like a sexy slithering snake. ...Good thing I don't write poetry...

Joanne says...

Muahaha, I win! Joanne 1, Tim 0. Thanks Karen :).

Karen says...

for the record: the blonde at shabusen on friday night was SO referring to the dish joanne was having and not about our conversation! she was telling us how that was her favorite dish at shabusen earlier.

of note: i don't recall having this 'kinkiest place to do it' conversation at all...like really, why would we discuss that over dinner??! =P

btw, tim, how was your bus ride back to UBC that night? ;)

Tim says...

Hahaha, hmmm...it appears my sister has found 'new found motivation' to work harder. She completed her first math hw. assignment and apparently aced her science quiz (her first as she put it). Maybe I should become a tutor :p.

Joanne says...

I just think your mind is too deep into the gutter. Ok, let's settle this.

Karen: was the blonde girl beside me referring to my bowl of rice or having sex in the woods????

Tim says...

Well considering that we were talking about something like that, I was pretty sure she was referring to sex in the woods because you were talking so LOUD!. In all honesty, don't really remember which part we were talking about but I know you agreed to something and that's why the girl asked.

Joanne says...

Here is a prime example of how half the stuff Tim writes/types/says is complete BS. First of all, I never agreed that doing it in the woods would be kinky - I thought it was too obscure and I still hold to my boardroom table with a hot young secretary.

And Tim took it completely out of context. The stranger was asking what I thought of the vegetable bimbimbap. And yes, that thing was damn good. But sex in the woods isn't. Actually, I can't say for sure because I never tried.

But nevertheless, Tim is the boy who cried wolf! Wolf!

Tim says...

Karen, Joanne and I talking about 'kinkiest places' to do it while eating at Shabusen

Tim: So what about the woods?
Joanne (really loudly): Totally
Stranger: Do you like it?
Joanne: Yeah!
Stranger: Just curious, I'm taking a survey...

vivienne says...

After reading Joyce's caffeine-high induced blog, I really really really wanted to watch "Pride and Prejudice" on DVD..which I have sitting in my DVD collection covered in dust because I haven't had time to watch it.........BLAST IT FOURTH YEAR BIOCHEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.............ah, I hate biochem 410...I'm never going to finish that stupid paper. Stupid Sadowski for giving us a paper in the last month of the semester...which reminds me that Berezowsky (or however you spell it...that guy who taught Biology 334/335 in the summer) also was a jack-ass..

My conclusion: any teacher whose name ends in "sky" or "ski" will be horrible in some way or the other.

*looks longingly at the bottle of Stellar Jay which she can't open because she has to finish her 410 paper*

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.......................................................

Joanne says...

Karen: Grad photos will be taken at FM Photos in President Plaza (right beside T&T) on No.3 Road in Richmond. To take grad photos, make an appointment before the end of March. To avoid confusing the studio, I'd advise that you don't go to take grad pictures "for fun." However, Joyce has offered five of her twenty shots for a group photo. We're thinking sometime in January. The reason why we haven't discussed hair and makeup yet is because BIOC 410 is making us cry like little babies and may end up being the reason we won't graduate, potentially rendering our photos defunct.

WE SHOULD GO DOWN TO SEATTLE TO GO GRAD SHOPPING!!! Dresses at Neiman Marcus, and makeup at Sephora! Mmmm....

Everyone else: Please reply ASAP if you don't want to participate in Secret Santa gift exchange. If that is the case, we'd still welcome you at the "party" though. What's Christmas without friends, eh?

Joyce says...

i'm sooo high. lalala
who cares about alcohol, chocolate covered expresso beans can get you HIIIIIGH, without nasty side effects. plus, i'm addicted to caffeine already.
hurray~~~ christmas is comming. bridget jones is with mark darcy. colin firth is HOT. joshua bell is yummy. ah... mr. darcy~~~
oh, i also decided that my violin is going to be my LOVER.

lalalala

tim: aww, thank you for saying that i'm weird, it's a compliment for me.

ok. now i'm not as high. hmm... tired
-----------------------------------------------
(11:22 am on Friday)
I've decided that Joshua Bell playing Tchaikovsky's violin concerto (at least the 1st movement) with London Symphony Orchestra is more important than the 1st 10~20 minutes of my 20th century chinese lit class. Thnx to our marvelous internet and technology, i can listen to the broadcast LIVE from london on internet. those computers in Main's Science and Fine Arts room are totally awesome. ahhh, the recording of Josh playing Tchaikovsky i have is from the 1980's. Can't wait to listen to a more mature rendition from him. seriously, comparing the two recordings of Mendelsson's violin concerto, the difference between a child prodigy and a mature violinist is quite obvious.

oh, just heard "one of the most popular violinist on the planet, joshua bell" (hehehhe)

Tim says...

Joyce: I didn't really have to explain meiosis because she seemed to understand that. Kinda surprising since I always thought meiosis was the harder one of the two. Oh and btw Joyce, your weird!

Joyce says...

Tim: how would you explain meiosis to your sis? .... i once tired to explain glycolysis to my mom...

steve: i never dig the whole matching scheme, especially when it comes to socks. plus, i regard my foot as two individual feet. (oh well.. i'm high on chocolate covered beans)

bah, i'm afraid to open my visa bill, but i haven't been spending a lot.

lalalala, *sobbing*

had some over-ripe (what's the proper expression?) pears and could taste the alcohol taste. guess what, i went to rinse my mouth immediately. bah, can't stand alcohol now.

*sobbing* ... lalalala

now seriously thinking about skipping bioc410 to listen to Joshua Bell playing Tchaikovsky's violin concerto on BBC radio....

Karen says...

steve: yeah, i'm actually not graduating this year. was just asking outta curiosity. =P

Tim says...

It doesn't really....which leads to this

Trying to explain mitosis to my sister:
Tim: Well it's kinda like this, if I take you and slice you in half down the middle, you'll die under normal circumstances, but if your a cell you become two cells...so just imagine that after I cut you in half, you become full body again. Now you have two Tanyas!
Tanya: Hmm...
Tim: But you don't just want two!! (in real life one is enough) So now i have 2 Tanyas, and I split them in half again to get 4, and again to get 8
Tanya: I'm flattered -_-'
Tim: Well that's mitosis in a nutshell
Tanya: Your not gonna cut me in half when you come home are you?

Stephen says...

Karen: Call Evangelo's Photography on Broadway about grad photos.

Tim: If you don't cut her in half, tell her I will.

Gordon says...

Tim... how does it end?

Tim says...

A sample convo between my sister and I

Tanya:
grade 10 is so fricken hard
i have like c's and c-
in all my classes cept for...planning and info tech

Tim: Wow your dumb eh?

Tanya:
yea!
I am, when did you figure that out?

Tim:
Guess it doesn't run in the family...

Karen says...

hahahahahahahahahahhahahaa. i'm all for wearing whatever makes you happy and comfortable. cheers for the fashion rebel! hip hip...okay taking it too far. =P

random question for all you people graduating this year:

how come i haven't heard anything about grad pictures and things like that from you guys? my best friend in commerce was telling me a while back about her pictures, her dress, etc. are science grad pictures later on??

vivienne says...

*laughs at the conversation pertaining to Joyce's ill-matched feet*

Stephen says...

I think I'd go with sandals and socks on both feet. I would lose the dignity gained by wearing a runner (note sarcasm) but I would gain the dignity of having matching footwear.

Joyce says...

This is Joyce's P.R. koala. The following statement is posted on behalf of Joyce with her consent.

wearing runner on the other foot is to demonstrate wearing sandal and socks is a necessity for the injured foot. For proper healing of joyce's right great toe, a sandal is the best choice, and the sock protects the toes from UBC's infamous puddles and possible frostbite due to the recent temperature decrese in Vancouver. Since the left foot is healthy, it was decided that the left foot should maintain its dignity and remain fashionly conscientious. Hence a runner is worn on the left foot. Wearing a runner on the healthy foot is Joyce's proper choice of footware. The choices of footware on each foot were decided basing on the condition of the foot independantly. Wearing runners is impossible and unhealthy for the injured foot, and wearing sandals and socks on both feet would sacrifice the healthy foot's diginity. If it was not for the wellbeing of the injured foot, a sandal and a sock wouldn't have been worn by Joyce. To demonstrate these independant conditions, Joyce has to wear a runner and a sandal with sock.
---------------

(this is joyce speaking)
*sobbing*.... *laughing*...
life bites

Gordon says...

Good luck broomballers!

haha..and joyce... you have a problem with socks and sandals...but not with one sock and sandle and one runner...hehe...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Joanne says...

Meh, another "bright" idea down the drain. Why do all my get rich quick schemes go to bust? Must I really go through life earning money the honest, hardworking way?

Or, I can stop posting these thoughts on the blog so Tim and Stephen can stop bursting my bubble... I KNOW! I'LL OPEN UP MY OWN FLU SHOT FACTORY!

Joyce, I think you're BEYOND a fashion hypocrite when you wear sandals with socks on one foot, and a running shoe on the other.

Stephen says...

Ha! I actually just gave a presentation related to onychomycosis (those nasty fungal infections of fingernails and toenails). I bet my pictures will beat your pictures!

Hey Joanne: Your system is full of old viruses (i.e.: ones the Americans already have) so they won't pay for your flu serum. That and they may be somewhat creeped out by some random university student trying to undercut their government approved serum. Heh, stupid flu shot. Viruses have shitty polymerases for a reason! Morons.

Joyce says...

MY TOE HURTS!!!

steve: i don't mind posting a picture of my nailess toe, but i think no one will speak to me ever again if i do so.

great, now i'm a fashion hypocrite.

Tim says...

"Humans, the human body, or any human body parts may not be listed on eBay. Examples of prohibited items include, but are not limited to: organs, bone, blood, waste, sperm, and eggs."

Your anti-serum probably wouldn't be worth more than $20-25 since it's not an official anti-serum which may or may not work against the flu. On the other hand, I suppose you could list it on ebay as antibody from rabbit or something like that.

Joanne says...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11870&item=5537477998&rd=1
I think Joyce should consider investing into a set of these.

Speaking of ebay, now that I've gotten sick three times, I must have a helluva lot of antibodies perculatin' through my body. How much do you think I can sell my serum for to those flu shot-deprived Americans?

Tim says...

I was just going to suggest that myself but Steve beat me to it. You should post it on 'pic of the week' so that everyone can get grossed out whenever they visit the blog.

Stephen says...

Joyce: Describing it isn't that bad. Post some pictures!!

Joyce says...

update on joyce's big toe:
NO NAIL!!!
it's one very naked toe now.

isn't it fun to gross everyone out?

Peter says...

GREAT... WHEN'S WE'RE ALL IN FOURTH YEAR, THEY FINALLY INVENT THIS..... REALLY... WAS IT THAT HARD?

scholar.google.com

Joyce says...

partial quote from biochem prof:
.... heavy duty electrons from a phosphate group....

heavy duty electrons... haha
(please excuse me..*cough*)

latest report of joyce's unfortunate big toe:
procedure:
being stepped on by someone wearing cleats during ultimate. approximately 5 months later, get stepped on in an ultimate game again. cleats not required for the second unfortunate incident.
observation:
it now consists of (from the top layer) 1/2 legth of my old nail, bruise (i.e. coagulated blood), full length of my new grown nail, another layer of bruise.
conclusion:
ultimate gives rise to lasagna-like nail structure.
future outlook:
whoever wants something disgusting to look at, please contact me through email or phone for appointment. View by donation (suggestion: muffin, dress pants from banana republic or extra hot double tall caramel machiato with extra caramel).

bah, don't you just love misery?

Pat says...

Hey Guys:

If you have important announcements to make, ie. some exciting fundraisier that we'll get spammed by email and icq msgs for anyways, feel free to email either peter or i to post it (under 25 words) in the annoucements column now underneath our quote of the week.

This includes: organized events, club events, important news, birthday announcements, pregnancies, etc.

This excludes: what you had for lunch, the new LV purse you bought, the boy you couldnt keep your eyes off of during class..


Thanks

Tim says...

First the bad news...we lost

The good news...the score was 13-6 and could've easily been 13-9. I think fatigue played the most part in our loss as we kept the score pretty equal till after the 6-4 (for them) mark. Also, we played the BEST game our entire season (w/o outside help *ahem* Ken). Most of our passes were connecting and we managed to get a quick transition game going which was awesome! I think we now have something to look forward to next term (as in a house cup :)).

Stephen says...

You guys know that "fibre" actually just refers to cellulose, and that the fact that we can't digest it is not news, right? It actually has little effect on how hungry we feel because apart from the initial reaction of our bodies to having food enter the stomach, we don't get much sugar out of it. The reason it's healthy for us is because it acts to cleanse our systems of remnants of foods we have digested. In fact, it does very little in our stomachs, and is mainly "useful" in our intestines.

Gordon says...

Good luck Stack On Me!

P.S...I guess those "cheery" days are gone in co-op.

Joanne says...

So, what if you eat at a different time each day? Are you always hungry? Or never get hungry at all? *scratches noggin*

I also wanted to point out that if fibre was still in the stomach after three hours, it goes to show that a beta glycosidic bond would be impervious to acid hydrolysis if one ever wanted to do a random organic chemistry lab for some reason...

vivienne says...

At first, I was like...huh? where did all the blog msgs go? Then I realized that it was Karen's massive exclamation that was in the way. -_-;;

By the way, how are you, Karen?

LOL

So, Tim...get any work done today, or where you playing Halo? :p

Karen says...

*karen sits down at computer station*

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!


*feels slightly better*

*karen goes back to work*

[edited and revised | P&C]

Tim says...

Peter: Hey, pretty nice car!! I'm assuming the price is American though. Kinda sucks 'cause $30k American is close to 40K Canadian. For that price, I'd just get my Subaru.

Joanne says...

Highlights of Joanne's Battle with the Bug Round III

Apparently fibre remains in the stomach for over three hours after ingestion. This has led me to two conclusions:

1) Eating lots of soluble fibre would be a great way to control appetite
2) Bulimics present a possibly indispensable tool for the study of digestion

Gordon says...

*completely lost with tim/viv convo*

Peter says...

for all the car lovers out there...

http://www.forbes.com/2004/11/12/cx_dl_1115featslide.html?thisSpeed=20000

Tim says...

Haha, Viv, your the baka!

For everyone's information, as soon as she went outside my door, she strafed around the corner to see if anything was there -_-'

vivienne says...

(reads message below)

Tim...you're a baka.

And no, I did not dream about freakish demon things jumping out at me from every corner, though I have to admit that I did turn around a lot to check my back later in the evening.

Tim says...

FALL BROOMBALL TOURNEY (Tue. Nov. 23rd 8pm-1am)

I need to send the registration forms in by the end of this week.
I have most of the girls info but I still haven't gotten most of the guys.
If your interested, please leave your Name, student number, email address, phone number, and sex. The latter is necessary because I might get confused and let on too many girls :)

Registration will be $10 with possibility for rebate.
If you have a full face helmet, please bring it.

Any questions may be directed towards your Team Captain, moi

Tim says...

I just saw the quote and I'm wondering...you thought WHO had sex with god???

Stephen says...

w00t! Thanks everyone!

I especially appreciate the fighting over our love. We accept cash, cheques, and credit cards too. Buy in now, supplies are limited. After Christmas, those who have not bought love will receive only sarcasm.

Gordon says...

WHICH ...was after I saw them! SO THERE! =)

Tim says...

Hah! I told them AT THEIR BDAY party so there :)

Pat says...

to prevent redundancy...

[see message below]
[Insert Patrick whereever the name Gordon is found]

Gordon says...

Damn..Karen beat me at it in the BLOG...TOO bad I saw them in person and said it! Anyway

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE AND STAR!!

Karen says...

Happy Birthday Star & Stephen! All the best for year number 21. =)

Stephen says...

I know I'd move out of Canada pretty fast if we had elected Stephen Harper (Dubya Junior).

Karen says...

- my variation on the theme -

interesting things i've noted in the news the past two days for sharing (don't know if you guys have seen this also) :

1) an american man was so upset at bush's win, he committed suicide at ground zero; his family confirmed that he was devastated by the election results. (from the province or the sun, can't remember.)

2) due to high demand, there are now seminars in canada for americans who want to flee the states and acquire immigrant status in canada. http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_immigration20041109

them crazy americans.

Peter says...

ok, i'm actually really scared now... and i'm not kidding...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=5&u=/nm/20041109/ts_nm/bush_powell_dc

Peter says...

hahaha yes, steve that definitely sums it up... here's a similar comment taken from my msn log file on the day of the election:

[02/11/2004 10:33:41 PM] (current user) - You have modified your name to: peter li - great now we're REALLY f*cked

Gordon says...

hehe...I guess the term Virgin Mary doesn't mean anything to Karen.

Stephen says...

Two things:
1) I don't think Christmas decorations should go up until after Rememberance Day. Veterans are old and dying, it's the least we can do to honour the sacrifices that they made.

2) These are my thoughts exactly:
http://www.lifeisajoke.com/Bush/bush_timecover.jpg

Karen says...

in my own defense, to patrick's latest attempt at making me look bad, what was said stemmed from a highly intellectual and thoughtful discussion (over bubble tea, naturally) regarding the origin of life: creationism versus evolution, and religion and Christianity. hahaha. that and i should really think before i speak. =P

as for the christmas fun, i think it's a bit premature! halloween was just last week and the fact that starbucks is already using their red and green, ribboned and wreathed and snowflaked coffee cups for some reason really bugs me! argh, i still have halloween candy all over my house!

Peter says...

LOL at karen's quote

Gordon says...

Hey guys and girls, there's a clubbing event happening on November 12th @ Plaza for $8 with a FREE shooter. Let me know if you want tix! It's for a good cause....proceeds will got othe Alzheimer's Society.

Joanne says...

I was perusing through the newly rennovated Holt Renfrew today and saw, to my delight, christmas trees. I left the Henry Birks and Sons with their Christmas catalogue, the halls of Sears were decked with bows of holly, and The Bay's window display was a fantastic glittering array of decorations.

Let us rejoice for the season of excessive consumerism has arrived early this year! Hallelujah!

Peter says...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3986085.stm

anyone know where i can get a t-shirt that says "FUCK BUSH" on it?

Tim says...

Thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention
http://attenuation.net/files/iq.htm
Basically a view of the states that supported Kerry or Bush and their comparitive IQ scores.
Kerry- Avg IQ score of supporting states - 104.2
Bush - Avg IQ score of supporting states - 92.9

Peter says...

3 ON 3 BASKETBALL TOURNEY (COED)

NOVEMBER 10TH, 2004
$5 REGISTRATION
OSBOURNE GYM

Karen says...

a most happy birthday to your captain and mine, joyce kao. *woooo!*

---

guys, check out www.michaelmoore.com (the faces are those of dead soldiers.)

Tim says...

Wow, kinda scary how about two weeks before the votes were in, I had a dream that Bush would win. In my dream, there was also Kerry praising Bush or something like that...which also happened...0.o Can't believe it came true

Pat says...

careful peter.. big brother is watching.. '_'

Peter says...

well, looks like bush will likely win this one... yay for halliburton, shell, imperial oil, the carlyle group, the bin-ladens and other saudi oil barons, the richest 1%, the fear-mongers, the gun-totin' rednecks, the extreme religious right, pre-emptive warfare, and above all... let hear a big shout out to ignorance! America - Fuck Yeah!

boo for the arab world, the environment, social security, american soldiers and their families, the privacy and civil rights of american citizens, the UN, iraqi civilians and mistreated prisioners, oh and everyone else who lives on the planet.

wow... looks like 1984 is coming true... twenty years later.

*sigh* shame on the american people