Too Cool

Sorry guys, I am too cool to have a blog. I'm too busy out there doing stuff to actually have time to write on this thing. ha, jk people... take it easy, take it easy! My recent adventure was in anatomy lab last week where we learned Repro.... you'd think people would be more mature about this by college.... NAHHHH! It was quite the lab! I'd tell you all about it, but what happens in the anatomy lab, stays in the anatomy lab. But it ended by Shelby dropping the tray of specimens on the ground. :) High-light of my day right there.

As for things to look forward to, I'm going to festival of colors on Saturday! HARE KRISHNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know you're jealous. ;)

Celebrate Human Dignity!

Saturday night some I went with some friends to BYU's annual Hunger Banquet. The theme of the night was: Celebrate Human Dignity.

It. Was. Awesome.

The Hunger Banquet is to raise awareness within the BYU community about global poverty and wealth inequality. The goal is for people to see what it is like to be born into an economic situation by chance, given that no one else has the option of choosing where they are born. Before they us in we walked around and they had signs up about global poverty and how so many people throughout the world have so much less than we do. They also had people walking around with signs on their back that said "CORRUPTION" and "GREED". I wasn't too sure what they were all about. But I'm sure they had a purpose. You can figure that out yourself. Anyway, then we went into a room with a bunch of Non-Profit Organizations that wanted us to go to places like India, Thailand, Kenya, Peru, Ecuador, Haiti, and other places to help them. It sounded cool but too much money and they didn't tell us enough about it. But it sounds like a cool idea.

Then we went into the Wilk Ballroom and the decorations were AMAZING! All attendees were randomly seated and served a meal representative of high-, middle-, or low-income areas of the world. They wanted to create a visual representation of the world distribution of resources so 70% sat on the floor and shared a meager meal of rice and beans with people around them and drank a small amount of water from a plastic bag. 20% sat in chairs and ate a modest, one-plate meal. And only 10% were seated at fancy tables and received a lavish meal.

You can guess where I ended up.

But it was actually a lot of fun. They had Aztec dancers perform and a performance from the Sri Radha Krishna Temple Group. That was my favorite part. We sang the Harne Krishna song and virtually all the low-income citizens got up and danced with them. I guess the rich people were too good to dance ;) We got a nice little train going in circles around the middle- and high-class people. It was great!

We also watched some videos that students made when they went to other countries to help the people there. Martin Burt was the keynote speaker. He is an amazing man. In 1999, he was the mayor of the capital city of Paraguay. He believes that if you treat poor people with dignity, they will get out of poverty. He said its not "us" and "them". We are all equals. Some were just born in the right zip code. It gave me a new perspective on the human condition. Poor people are no less than us. They have the same feelings and desires as we do. They're not helpless, but hopeful. These people have so much more courage and determination than I do or anyone gives them credit for. It's so cool to see how people, who have much harder lives than I do, take their situation and try to change it and make it better. It's so inspiring to see how they deal with it. It's awesome! I'm pretty sure if I ever did go to one of those places to help and teach people, they would help and teach me more than I could help them. Their determination is invigorating. It makes me appreciate everything I have. Even though I may be a meager college student and feel like I don't have a lot, I have a lot more than a lot of people in this big world. So next time you think you have a junky car, or you don't have nice enough clothes, or furniture or anything, just be glad you have any car, or any nice clothes, or any furniture and you don't have to sit on the ground and eat rice and beans day after day. We're all so lucky. If you're reading this, I know you are because you at least have a computer or have access to one. This guy that showed his movie had to show a farmer in a small town somewhere in Africa how to use a plain and simple digital camera. We have so much to be grateful for. We need to be more aware of what's around us and how lucky we are. So let's celebrate human dignity and be grateful for who we are and what we have.

The Remarkable Human Body

So I got this email from my anatomy professor (Rachel Tomco=My Hero!). She sent us this link to a talk from Russell M. Nelson. I really liked it and well, you all know how I feel about the human body, so I had to post it. Take a look: The Remarkable Human Body

Oh Happy Day!

So... my anatomy lab midterm is this Saturday. Which usually would never be a good thing, but midterm = halfway there. Hard to believe sometimes. Only a couple months left and I'm on my way home to the sunshine state. Yee-Haw!

Yet Another Snowboarding Accident...

Why does its not surprise me? I went snowboarding with Jenny on Friday and have yet another bruise on my leg. I guess thats better than finding deep fascia on my pants like Rachel Tomco huh? Well, I was on the lift.... yes, the lift, the place where horrible things happen, and I was looking back talking to the lift guy when my board got caught on the snow as we were ascending, pulling my leg down with it. Ripped my leg right back and now I have a nice big bruise on the back of my right leg. Yes! It wasn't that bad of a day till on the way home Jenny's car overheated and we were stuck on the side of the road for 2 hours. Ah, memories! It was a awesome day though. Great snow and great weather. Just another day in paradise. :)

Green Police

The Human Brain

Sooo... I was talking to Joe on the phone today explaining why I haven't written on my blog recently. I have no blog worthy posts to write about so I just didn't. I told him about how yesterday in my anatomy lab I held the human brain in my hand for the first time. I was told that was definitely blog worthy. So here I am sharing about it.

Ready?

I held the human brain in my hand for the first time yesterday.

It's crazy how small it is and all the different parts are tiny, but they do SO MUCH! I love my anatomy class. Especially because we are only 1 of 2 schools in the country that get a cadaver lab as undergraduates. It is so cool to learn off the cadavers! You look down and there is hand. Or you walk into the room and there is a leg on the table. It is such a cool class. Everyone that had the opportunity to take it should. ITS AMAZING!