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Hey Mom! I am upset and not the usual indignant, sarcastic upset.  My heart aches and I feel ashamed for my generation. I would also like to preface this post by letting you know that I have done none of my own research regarding this topic and this is just a combination of what I learned in high school social studies and today in chemistry. Ok so in chemistry class today we were learning about different types of substitutions on benzene rings (not relevant to the story just thought you might like to know what I am paying to learn). Towards the end of the class my prof pulls up this picture of an airplane dumping Agent Orange over Vietnam.  Agent Orange is made up of two herbicides (2,4-D and 2,4,5-T) that under normal circumstances do not cause the birth defects, cancers and other mutations associated with Agent Orange.  However, when you heat 2,4,5-T up it undergoes a substitution which creates the killer chemical (TCDD).  My prof's point was that if you aren't carefu

Hey Mom! So recently I've taken the "Which Star Wars Character Are You?" quiz and just in case your self esteem is unrealistically high I've included the link below: http://www.zimbio.com/quiz/Ukldm8Pi5Ub/Star+Wars+Character The character I was most similar to was C-3PO and this is the description the site provides: "Logical and calculating, facts and figures are your security blanket.  You've never met a subject you didn't have a well-reasoned opinion on, or a situation you couldn't try to talk through.  Fighting? Forget it.  You'll make yourself useful some other way and keep close to your less anxious best friend." My translation of this is:  You are a know-it-all, a coward, your friends are all cooler than you and you have a giant shiny forehead. So in my quest to outrun destiny I began asking my family and friends which Star Wars character I am the most similar to… the overwhelming response was C-3PO… in fact most people di

Hey Mom! As promised the highlights from my second year of college!  I realized a few things while going over my old posts.  Firstly, I may have been stupid at 18 but I was less funny at 19.  Secondly I did not post nearly as often my second year presumably because I realized that all my "fantastic" ideas and "high-minded" thoughts were just the senseless ramblings of a teenager.  Enjoy "Need I remind you salmonella will give you diarrhoea and abdominal cramps." "When I try to do homework it is a battle of who's dumber: My 2004 laptop that overheats if I have more than two programs running versus Mackenzie T Judd who is about as tech savvy as that monkey they trained to type. " "Luckily for me, I am not easily impressed and am now going to tear apart every word he said". "These are the perfect way to tell certain members of society how stupid they are in a light-hearted, fun sort of way." "It&

Hey Mom! Firstly, let me apologize for the second drug reference in two weeks, but again I will assure you that I am not actually doing drugs, I just want all the other kids to think I'm stupid… I mean cool… drugs are cool (if you're stupid). Story time!  So I have my chemistry labs on Wednesdays which means that Wednesday mornings are like a midweek purgatory and once I survive it. I can conquer anything else the week may have in store for me (dear life that is NOT a challenge).  Usually the agony is knowing that I am trapped in a sterile wasteland for 3 hours. But today ladies and gentlemen, the agony to ok the form of pain… searing pain.  While my face remains intact my pride does not.  I burned the flip out of my hand with freaking acid.  My first mistake was not wearing gloves, my second mistake was putting any faith in humanity and my third mistake was thinking that the worst had passed.  After the  initial  burning had subsided skin had all dried out and I (stupidl