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.

The Hope of Christ

Finally, the first snowman of the season. I'm finaly getting into the Christmas spirit this year, even with it being finals week. With one snowman made and one final down, I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. This year, for me, Christmastime is about the hope of Christ. The hope that the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings into my life and the hope for Eternal Life. I'm so grateful for the atonement of Jesus Christ and the knowledge that if we submit ourselves to Him and come unto Him with all our heart, we can be made perfect through Him. I'm grateful for the time that I will be able to spend with my family this Christmas. Being at college makes me so much more thankful for them since I don't get to see them everyday. I'm grateful that we can have hope that we will have eternally many more Christmases to come together. This hope that I feel now gives me so much joy and happiness that I want to share it with everyone. This semester has been a tough one for me but I know that life is full of trials. Sometimes I feel that the Lord may let go of us for a little bit so that later, we can know who we are coming home to. So 1 week to go and I am so happy to be able to spend time with my family, and of course, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!

Ruler of the Elves

There was no Santa this year, so my brother got to dress up as an elf for the kids and hand out presents at my families Christmas party. I decided elves need more credit. They're so cute and plus they do all the work too! My favorite is Bernard, fondly known as Barabus, on The Santa Clause. Also, the coolest thing is that my name actually means Ruler of the Elves. Now Bernard points out in the movie that the ruler of the elves, the guy in charge, is Santa, so the name Aubrey means Santa. How incredibly cool is that?!

Thanksgiving Break

This Thanksgiving I got to go up to my Grandparents farm in Buhl, Idaho. It is the

coolest place ever...it has the best cows, horses, hay, tractors, farmers, ponds, canyons, fish, fun, and family you could ever ask for. My grandparents are hilarious and I could laugh forever with my aunts and uncles and cousins. Here's my cousin, Raychel, and I making Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations, and Raychel again modeling a John Deere tractor! This year, my Grandpa let me help him move cows across the street to another field and it was so much fun. We were acting crazy, yelling at the cows, and smacking their butts to get them to move! At first I was scared of them but then they were scared of me. mwhaha. They also just got the cutest new dog, Lady, and have two horses, Dude and Sadie, and one cat and two kittens plus a bunch of cows, which is the best part. After waking up early on Black Friday to go shopping, I did my brother's hair and my Grandpa was shaking his head in disbelief the rest of the night! I guess it really hurt too when I was taking it out because of all of the little rubberbands. Also some of the boys went shooting and my little cousin Tanner was so proud of himself when he broke the orange shells on the ground! The farm is the funnest place to be and I'm excited to go there again when my family comes out for break. 17 days and counting!