Book? What book...?

In my time being enrolled in Honors Chemistry, since nearly the start of the class, we have been assigned to read a book.  But not any specific book, nor could we just read any old book.  We had to read something based off of science or on the history of science.  I, personally, chose to read The Alchemy of Air.  Mostly because I knew someone that had taken this class before and that is what he had chosen to read, and I figured it would be an interesting read.  Unfortunately enough for me, since my mind is only really intrigued by the more fanatical and classical sides of literature, it easily became very hard for me to wrap my head around ever even getting to this book.  Having two honors courses and trig on top of all of that doesn't really help with the matter that it's hard for me to even pick it up in the first place. . .

I find it really rather drab, if you will, merely because there doesn't seem to be a true storyline behind it.  Just facts of things that had happened and what some guy had done behind his closed scientist doors in order to keep the world from starving and, better yet, fatten it up.  I hate to admit it, (especially because my teacher will be reading this, but) I have barely gotten through the first few chapters.  Like I said, it's hard for me to pick up, for me, almost entirely because of the fact that it isn't all that interesting.  Any spare time I used to devote to reading is now occupied by time devoted to keeping my arse out of the gutters of the grade books.

Hopefully in the upcoming spring break I will be able to make up for all that lost reading. . . To conclude this message;  I don't find The Alchemy of Air as interesting as I had once had hopes for it to be.

Today I read a blog about neutrino physics.  All I could really tell from what I could understand of all the complex words and numbers were that somehow some type of particle was either shot faster than the speed of light, or the people doing the experiment weren't paying enough attention to what they were doing. 

Old and New Materials

Today I watched a rather interesting video on silk and the way in which scientists can reverse engineer silk and reuse it as several different types of items.  This video was titled, "Old and New Materials."  I found that it was very intriguing, especially because I had never heard of one single material able to be applied in so many different ways and still be biodegradable.  We've all seen the way that plastic can be used, and reused and applied in so many different ways as a substitute for metal, like on cars, or glass, like with cups, but they're not so friendly with the environment or our bodies.  This new way of using silk, however, is perfectly eco friendly and can be used completely safely in our bodies.  I don't know about you, but I thought this was pretty neat.  One of the things about it that especially caught my attention, was ability to use it to implant an l.e.d. tattoo.  Now, if that meant what I think that means (glow in the dark tattoos -...-), then there could be some serious applications for a very intriguing art form emerging.  I can just see it now; comicon, 2015, people showing up painted blue, with pointy ears and shiny new tattoos on their bodies, illuminating the room.  Ah, the satisfaction of having a nerdy point of view.

Dreams and Ambitions

My name is Brandon, and I am a student in a chemistry class at Mayfield.  I have future dreams and ambitions of becoming an author of poems, stories, novels and books, (four poems, of which, I have already published in the school's "Ink Slinger") , of becoming a co-creator of two video games that I am currently planning the plot line for, and I hope to aspire to a future greatness of the bassist in a well renown band.  I also hope to author and illustrate several graphic novels, and hopefully illustrate covers for books.  Quite the mouthful, I know, but when one has a dream, it's something one simply must pursue.
I currently have the start to a number of graphic novels that I hope to ink and eventually add to my Deviant Art account, and hopefully begin to post them to a website that is purely of my own creation, so that, if one wishes, i can set due dates for myself and hopefully attract the crowds of fans I fantasize of one day having.

With all of that being said, I believe that I can successfully end my first post.

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