i always get hungry in the wee hours of the morning. horrible. i'm salivating just thinking of the msg in some instant noodles...

oh! you know what's pretty neat (only because i'm a geek)? so i know there are a few traits that are Y-chromosome-linked because that's what the textbooks say, but i never really knew of a specific one. after all, the Y chromosome is...incomplete and small. yeah, extrapolate what that means about you, males ;) anyway, i discovered that hair growing out of your ear is probably a Y-linked trait, which is why you never really see women with ear hair.

further proving my nerdiness, i found this page with the following:

By comparison to the X chromosome, the much smaller Y chromosome has only about 26 genes and gene families. Most of the Y chromosome genes are involved with essential cell house-keeping activities (16 genes) and sperm production (9 gene families). Only one of the Y chromosome genes, the SRY gene, is responsible for male anatomical traits. When any of the 9 genes involved in sperm production are missing or defective the result is usually very low sperm counts and subsequent infertility. One in six American couples are infertile. It is now thought that about 1/3 of these couples is unable to have children as a consequence of the male mate not having the necessary sperm producing genes on his Y chromosome.

Because the Y chromosome only experiences recombination with the X chromosome at the ends (as a result of crossing-over), the Y chromosome essentially is reproduced via cloning from one generation to the next. This prevents mutant Y chromosome genes from being eliminated from male genetic lines. Subsequently, most of the human Y chromosome now contains genetic junk rather than genes.

how sucky is that? males are obviously much more imperfect than females...we have better genes ;) it's horrible that 1/6 of american couples are infertile though. have you checked your swimmers today? hope you have some.

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it's another one! hahaha. now it's just getting ridiculous. good lord, how do i find them?

you can only have a teensy little glimmer of hope that the ending will be different this time. anything more would be stupid.

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"You and I Both" -Jason Mraz

was it you who spoke the words that
things would happen but not to me?
oh things are gonna happen naturally
and taking your advice i'm looking on the bright side
and balancing the whole thing
but oftentimes those words get tangled up in lines
and the bright light turns to night
until the dawn it brings
a little bird who'll sing about the magic that was you and me

'cause you and i both loved
what you and i spoke of
and others only read of
others only dream of the love that i love

see i'm all about them words
over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
more words than i had ever heard and i feel so alive

then you and i, you and i
not so little you and i anymore
and with this silence brings a moral story
more importantly evolving is the glory of a boy

'cause you and i both loved what you and i spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see me now
well i'm almost finally out of...well i am free

and it's okay if you had go away
just remember the telephone works both ways
but if i never ever hear it ring
if nothing else i'll think the bells inside
have finally found you someone else and that's okay
'cause i'll remember everything you sang

'cause you and i both loved what you and i spoke of
and others just read of and if you could see me now
well i'm almost finally out of...words