Maze Runner

I have not written about this book for a while, since the last post I have fallen in love with it and it is one of my favorite books.  After Thomas gets taken out of the elevator and meets Alby who is the leader, they do not do much to welcome him in.  They tell him the rules, and they give him to Newt to show him the ropes.  They take him to a boy named Chuck who is really short and looks to be about 12 years of age.  Chuck is a portly kid that reminds me a little of my brother.  Thomas starts looking around and starts looking at where he is and he finds out he is in a place called the Glade and everyone there are called Gladers.  There is a garden, a place with cows, pigs, chickens and so forth.  There is a wooded area with dying trees.  Thomas runs in to a guy named Gally who is mean to him because he said he remembers him.  Thomas finds this interesting, because no one can remember anybody in the Glade.  Gally insists that he knows Thomas.  Gally went through a changing because he was stung by something called the Griever.  A guy named Ben is going through the changing at this time and Thomas asks what this is.  Gally tells him to go look.  Newbies are not allowed to see things like the changing.  The guy on the bed has green skin, his veins are green and he is writhing.  Thomas is kicked out and he gets into trouble for being there.  He returns to Chuck.  Chuck is sarcastic all the time and does not answer Thomas' questions.  Thomas likes Chuck and at the same time finds him to be annoying.  Thomas is glad to have a friend, nonetheless.  Thomas goes to bed and tries to put the image of Ben out of his mind.

DINGBAT OUT!

I Went to the Cadaver Lab at UNM (Cont'd)

Guess who fainted out of all of us?   I never would have guessed in a million years that she would have fainted because she's such a tomboy?  My best Friend, Briana.  It was scary. When she fell, she was shaking, and her eyes were glassed over.  We thought she was seizing. Turns out it was just a freeze chill, because all the blood went to her organs.  When we came out she said, "Oh man I can't believe I missed the brains!"  She is so tomboy!  The only reason she passed out in the first place was because she locked her knees because she was so interested in what was going on.  Bryah's mom was watching, so she was able to catch her.  Then Briana's next response was, "I wish I could have hit my head and got a concussion, then the story would be much more dramatic to tell the engineering kids."  She is a dork, but of course I probably would have said the same thing.  

So anyway, we went to lunch at the Sub, and I got a Calzone with Mushrooms which was delicious, but the mushrooms looked like smoker's lungs which we saw there.  I was like "hey guys, what does this look like?" And they said, "a smoker's lung," and then I stuffed it in my mouth.  YUMMY!  The Piercing Spear rolled her eyes, saying her husband says stuff like that all the time, and we laughed.  I love my friends.  So anyway, we went back and back to class. Yeah (not)!

WOW, THAT'S LONG!  (Just for you Shimmy Dude),
DINGBAT OUT!!!!!

I went to the Cadaver Lab at UNM

            Today I went to the Cadaver Lab at UNM and my best friends Jakey, Briana, and Sam went with me.  Just to see if I can, I am going to name all the Anatomy and Physiology students who came with us.  There was Bernice, Johnny, Reno, Alexis, Bryah, Sydney, Chris, Cheyenne, Isaiah, Asa, Sara, Mary, Steven, Niquelle, Meghan, and I can't remember any others.  The Piercing Spear, The Robot Lady and our principal came too.  I remember we got there and were waiting, and there was this couch that had waves.  Seven of us were sitting on it and it goes up and down because it is shaped like a wave.  I was sitting on the upward part and the gravity was pushing me onto The Robot Lady.  I'm going into a lot of detail now because I don't want to go into too much detail about what we saw when we were in to the Cadaver Lab, because then I'll start smelling Formaldehyde! 

 

We walked up the stairs and we saw this doctor with a big bushy white mustache and two white tufts of hair on either side (LOL).  He looked a lot like Einstein at first glance, at least to me.  There was also a young pretty woman with reddish/brownish hair and blue eyes.  They were both in lab coats. When we first went in, I was fine.  I was pretty excited.  We were asking questions, and it was great. Then the white haired doctor opened up the body bag.  I couldn't breathe, the Formaldehyde smelled so strong.  It seemed with every breath my stomach lurched upward, and my gag reflexes triggered.  I thought I was going to puke.  The whole thing was SUPER COOL, but I just could not have handled the smell; it engulfed me.  I almost puked a total of 3 times, and almost passed out the same amount.  The whole thing was really cool, because we got to see all the organs, and touch them, and feel how thick the skin was.  The one thing that really got me grossed out about feeling the organs and body parts was the moisture and coldness of the organs.  (I'm already getting nauseated again; knew I couldn't refrain from the details.)  We wore gloves so the organs and such were not touching our skin, but the moisture and coldness of the organs is what we felt through our gloves, and we felt the cold and the wet for a while after touching it.  That was the worst thing, other than the smell. We could feel the temperature and wetness of the skin and organs. Oh, and the texture. The coolest parts were when we got to hold the brains, and hearts, and lungs, and livers; but the hearts and brains especially.

TO BE CONTINUED.....,

DINGBAT OUT!!!!!

How Harry Potter should have ended, the youtube video, and how star wars should have ended, the youtube video!!! BOTH ARE HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sitting in World History class with a Sub in the room, and I'm done with my assignment, and the next one's not due until Thursday, so I decide to take a thirty second break from my work (inside joke, LOL!) and I go on to YouTube and look up Severus Snape, who is my favorite character out of them ALL!  I like him even better than Harry.   So.... back to where I was going. I looked up Severus Snape and I found this little animated cartoon titled How Harry Potter Should Have Ended.  Intrigued, I clicked on it.  I swear I laughed so hard it's not even funny, and it's awesome, I mean, Snape comes back to life and then shoots Voldemort in the head with a "muggle" gun and then he goes back in time with Hermione's time turner, and returns to where Dumbledore is in Tom's orphanage and Snape jumps in out of nowhere and kills Tom Riddle.  Then Dumbledore's like "What the heck?  Why did you do that?" and then Snape's like "I just saved your life in the future, but it's a really long story.  I mean no, it's a REALLY LONG STORY, like long enough to fill 7 books, and then Dumbledore says "or 8 movies," and then it's the end.  It’s so funny!  OH MY GOSH, and then there's How Star Wars The Emperor Strikes Back Should Have Ended.  That’s so funny.  I’ll explain this one briefly because I want you to watch it.  It’s HILARIOUS!  The Emperor is telling Darth Vader that Anakin Skywalker has a son, and he freaks out. “I have a son????!!!!” then the emperor says, “no, I Said Anakin has a son, you’re Darth…..” “I can’t believe this, this is so exciting!!!  Hey guess what Storm Troopers, I’m a dad!!!  Guess what asteroids, I’m a dad!!!!  Hey Bounty Hunters, you know I’m gonna be a dad right???”  Now you can watch the end of it.  Here’s the videos

DINGBAT OUT!!!!!!

School: What's Happening?

School is pretty awesome, and there's a lot going on.  I'm finally squared away on my master project, and Flower and I are on top of it now.  The Barbour wants me labeling and mapping all the nerves and nerve endings in the thumb, on all sides.  Flower and I are trying to get it done but it's a lot of work.  Today was a good day in school and I got a lot of my work done in class.  I love school so much, but very sadly I didn't get to see my favorite teacher (The Quack) today : .(.  Other than that, it was a really good day.  I understood my math in class and had it finished, so I got to help the other kids in my class understand and do it.  That was probably the funnest (YES, FUNNEST IS A WORD IN MY VOCABULARY!) class today.  Shimmy Dude was so pleased that I helped that he asked me personally to come back, but I told him I couldn't skip the Short Man's class, (unfortunately) but he knows.  I hope that he knows I would always be more than willing to help if I could. 


Different topic altogether, but guess what??!!??  The Sewards Rat had her Baby, Nico on Friday at 3 in the afternoon!  He's so CUTE, I"M GONNA DIE!  Also, my World History teacher's wife had their Baby also, Michael!  I haven't seen a picture of him yet, but it's so exciting!  Even though it's exciting neither of them are here right now so we have to deal with Subs, uck, but I know it's all good, and they'll be back before we know it.  


Oh and guess what?  WE'RE GOING TO THE CADAVER LAB ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!


Dingbat Out!