"I Got You Babes..."

My poor sisters are dealing with some stuff right now...

I really like this picture of La Princessa; I got a camera for Christmas a few years ago and was playing around with the different settings.  We drove from Penang to Kuala Lumpur that year and stayed overnight before our flight to Cambodia the next day.  As we were waiting in the lobby for my parents to check us in, I snapped this photo.  La Princessa is dealing with some stuff I won't mention here, but I want her to know "I Got You Babe..."

The Veg recently got her braces off and has the most beautiful smile.  Sadly the pain and hastle of maintaining that beautiful smile is not quite over with- she got her wisdom teeth out today and is totally miserable.  I want the Veg to know that I'll fetch pudding and yogurt and ice packs- whatever you want cause "I Got You Babe..."

Plastic People- and No Folks, I Don't Mean People from Hollywood

We made it to the Body Worlds exhibit today- WOW!  Chiquita went a couple of months ago and came home completely flabbergasted, she talked about it for days; now I know why.  It truly is amazing how complex our bodies are- I'm going to sound like a big science geek but bear with me- I think It's even more amazing when you learn how DNA is responsible for all the intricacies.  I am a biology major at BYU and have taken all kinds of molecular biology, genetics, and cell biology classes and really enjoy understanding human development from those perspectives.  Though I have never taken a physiology or anatomy course, I really did enjoy and appreciate the exhibit as I'm sure everyone who's seen it did.

After the exhibit they have some plasticized organs and cross sections of torsos and limbs you can pick up and touch.

Here is a kidney...

... a cross section of an arm- including the bone, muscle, and fat (as if you really wanted to know).  

A liver- it was way bigger than I thought it would be.  They had a heart but some bum broke a vessel off and it was in the back getting glued back together.

There are arguments that plasticizing people and putting them on display in artistic poses is a kind of desecration of the human body.  I kind of don't see it that way, but if a member of my family suddenly decided to donate their body I'd probably think otherwise.   Before going through the exhibit I thought it might be kind of morbid or creepy- sometimes it was.  For the most part, however, it was really fascinating and truly unlike anything else I've ever seen. It was definitely worth the drive, money, and long lines- check it out because It'll be gone soon.