A banana a day keeps the doctor away

Everything I love about bananas:
1. Isopentyl Acetate is the banana oil that gives bananas their fruity smell.
2. A banana can be split into 3 equal parts without a knife.
3. During the superbowl, the players ate bananas so they wouldn't get cramps in the humid stadium.
4. Don't put bananas in the fridge, they turn bad quickly.
5. The expression "going bananas" has to do with the effects of banana on the brain.
6. Banana is the number 1 fruit among the world's leading athletes.
7. Boosts brain power.
8. Known to make you relax, improve your mood, and generally make you feel happier.
9. The inside of a banana skin can reduce swelling and irritation due to a mosquito bite.
10. 4x the protein of an apple, 2x the carbohydrate, 3x the phosphorous, 5x the vitamin A and iron, and 2x the other vitamins and minerals.
What more could you ask of a fruit?

A is for aging

Normally I get B's and C's on tests so I was stoked when I took my first test of the new year and I didn't get the scores back but I'm pretty sure I got an A! It was just a safety quiz for OChem but it means a lot to me to start the year off right. Oh and yesterday I told a friend that I had never gotten an A before on a test at the testing center, but I realized that that was a lie, so I just wanted to clear that up. Last semester I got an A on my Math 302 final. That is a great score for a hard class and I now feel qualified to use words like diagonalizable and photoisomerization. Now if only I could transfer that success to my basketball games. Today was our first game and we lost by a lot, too much to say to online, but it was fun to get out there and play with my cool basketball shoes. Too bad I now feel like an old person; my back is aching from falling down and my calves are totally shot. I also just peeled off a whole layer of skin from my feet. I feel like I'm 40 but I'm really the youngest person in my apartment and only have half a year of teenager left in me. Better live it up!

Inventing Human Flight

I just finished a physics problem that I thought I would share with the blogger world:

In order to lift a 200 lb. man with a single helium balloon off the ground, the diameter of the balloon would have to be 5.4 m!

So to put worrying mothers at ease, NO, your child will not fly away if you leave him/her alone at an amusement park with too many balloons.

Check out this guy who set a record for highest flight with ordinary helium balloons getting to a height of 11,000 feet before the balloons started popping like a machine gun going off, and parachuting back down:
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/10/47965

Or this other guy: who flys in his lawn chair with helium balloons and a BB gun to pop the balloons to bring him safely over the Oregon border. Unfortunately, we'll have to get costs down before we can make this an effective air travel option to get to work everyday:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/05/kent-couch-tries-flying-l_n_110980.html

New Year

Well I was gonna write a post about the start of a great new year with my awesome new years resolutions...till I read my horoscope.

2009 Cancer Forecast : You may have to work hard during this period but will be unable to do so. Continuous hard work will tire you easily hindering your capacity to work. There will be a tendency to do bad deeds. You may be engaged in unscruplous activities. Ill health of parents may cause worries. Do not be rash while driving.

Horoscope 2009 for Cancer : You will look forward to life with a great deal of zeal and enthusiasm during this time. At the same time you will be bold and courageous but violent in temper. This period is unfavourable for love and romance. Contemplation may cause losses hence it must be avoided. Children may suffer from diseases or ill health. There might be a possibility of sudden travel.

Kind of a downer, isn't it? Everyone should stay far away from the new unscrupulous me, especially when I am driving!

Note to self: Check up on parents more often this year. Try my hardest to not do bad things. Work as hard as I can but try to sleep too. Try to control my temper. Don't lash out at friends. Don't get my hopes up for love. Don't contemplate too much. Keep a couple bucks out for any sudden road trip that may present itself.

Then again, maybe I'll just keep my new years resolutions.