VeniMavMan's Xanga

It came to me in my sleep.

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:07:26 GMT

Last night I was working a material science problem. The question was, prove the APF (atomic packing factor) of a hexagonal close packed structure is 0.74.

The atomic packing factor is simple. It's the volume which the atoms take up divided by the total volume of the hexagonal prism. Well to keep a long story short, In order to find the hexagonal prism I simply took the area of one equilateral triangle multiplied it by 6 (there are 6 of them in a hexagon) and then multiplied that by the height of the prism, or c. Well my answer kept coming to be about half of the 0.74 i was looking for. I couldn't figure out why! Well lucky for sleep and dreams I think I now know what it was. Simply put, I wasn't taking the right area of the triangles... The simplest thing seems to wreck the most havoc. Area of a triangle is 1/2*b*h and I was just taking b*h. WOW Anyway it was pretty exciting figuring that problem out. YES SIRSS.

Kolaches!

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:16:36 GMT

Kolaches and coffee... OH HELL YEAH!

I almost forgot all about them....

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:53:35 GMT

One more thing I did notice. I was told to wear this head band with an ice pack on it and when I walked out of the office I passed a few people. I wanted to see their reactions so I paid attention to their faces and body language as they passed by. It seems like those persons were trying to do me a favor by not looking at me as I walked by. For all they know, I could have just had a blunt trauma head injury or some kind of other serious medical condition which requires a large white headband-- cancer, head injury, etc. I really would have felt a lot better if people actually did look at me.. LOOK AT ME DAMN IT! I'm not a sorrowful cancer victim or a washed up skateboarder who bumped his head on the way to the floor. Humanity is such a large beast to explore. Could I ever experience and explore it all?

What would it be like to be a cancer victim? Obviously I would be pretty bummed out, but there is another facet about having people dedicate their lives for you and show their utter care and sincerity towards you. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, have all dedicated their lives to see that you stay on this planet for as long as possible(or at least most doctors). That your not a statistic or another body in their morgue. Likewise, imagine how awful it would be if say you had cancer but could not afford the medical insurance to have the MDs, nurses, assistants..etc. Life is so dynamic its hard to justify one with the other being so ever present. I dont know... philosophy anyone?

Wisdom Teeth!

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:27:13 GMT

Xanga,

I'm back, ready to express my inner feelings to the public once more. I hope you guys didn't miss me too much .

I'm fucking bleeding all over the place! .... This is crazy, like something out of Fight club. Its as if I just got sucker punched in the face, except not. Charity, Doctor! Help me!! No I'm kidding. My dentist told me it was normal for bleeding to happen for the first couple of hours, so keep studying..haha... This blood makes me a little queezy... bbuuahhhhgg (is that how throwing up sounds like??) ..

At first, they numbed my mouth, and I started panicking because my tongue felt like it was going to cover my windpipe. It seemed like I couldn't control it! Theres something very human that comes out of you when the sensation of dying passes through which I think everyone can instinctively relate to. The nurses were so friendly and reassuring. If it wasn't for them, I would have just sat there resentful noticing how early it was in the morning. :-/

I have to admit though, surgeons are fucking incredible people. This woman was hacking at two of my teeth with a small rotary Saw III type tool. Where do you even GET that?? Then she stitched me all up and I watched the whole thing. That must have been the longest hour in my life! I felt like it wouldn't end for the world. I could feel the pressure in my jaw as she twisted my tooth out but surprisingly there was no pain, like magic even. Undeniably incredible. When I was at the Baylor program, we used to watch videos of live surgeries. The motion image of doctors completing their objectives on patients with their chest cavities wide open and at the mercy of their life has to be an utter life changing experience. I can't even imagine what's going through their minds while there doing that...

Oh shit.. I can't feel my mouth and there's blood dripping again... Maybe I should take the Acetaminophen now and watch Tyra.

Dear Xanga

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:49:13 GMT

Dear Xanga,

I have to leave you for a 700 years but don't go anywhere while I'm gone! I'll surely come back.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:19:45 GMT

A riddle for the wise,

What is green, comes when you work hard, has a portrait of a fig-whig and can be used to do almost anything? ..(no not that)..thats it.....you guessed it..money...How do you get it?...Not so simple. Apparently Shell likes to give it out like ice-cream.....Expect to see some new dubs on the Silver X-plorer....

Monday, September 05, 2005

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:17:47 GMT

It has been a fuckin crazzy weekend. Although I did get a bunch of shit done,i.e. mechanics hw and reading history. Not only that but I did manage to party the better part of Thursday and Friday!!..lol. Thursday was football night with the whole SEP crew (Marvin, Allen, Manuel, Sandra and friends, Kukos, etc). Friday was a wildcard day of doing random shit, taking care of business. Tonight I ran into one of my brothers friends at the gas station. Michael has some pretty cool friends too. His friend invited me to a shindig down the street from my house. Some of his chic friends were there and they are hottties....They know me by my "Orange Explorer with the rims on it." hahaha, I can't complain, It does stand out like crazy. Anywho, hopefully Ill get to once again drive the "Orange X" sometime within this year, its still in Florida for now....

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:12:31 GMT

I know people want me to post pictures from KristinaFest last weekend, but I have yet to get around to doing it, sorry!! This weekend has been quite relaxing, beside waking up at the crack of dawn saturday to go not find my lost cell phone at edwards. Last night was partay night!! These Iranians know how to have good time!! Props to Seyed. I had no damn idea what the hell anyone was saying but music is music and people dance to a rythem. So anyway Seyed almost got struck by lightning, can you imagine how freakish he would be if he did?? Has anyone seen Phenomenon? Seyed would be like John Travolta, talking mad shit about how he can learn portugese in a day, and has all these ideas to change the world. LOL, just a thought.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:09:05 GMT

Oh hahahaha, I'm still giddy from this Florida trip...lol. I have never seen so

many beautiful women concetrated in one area..lol. here are a few pictures

of that place they call "Vice City."....

We met these two ladies and her daughter on Miami Beach, we decided to go to Key Largo together!

Its all about the belt grab in Florida!!! let em' know WHOS from TX.

This was taken in front of Versace's Mansion.

I like how these pictures came out. Even the buildings are hot all over S. Miami!!

All these ladies are from.....drum roll....Venezuela! I mean, can't you tell?..lol..jk.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:59:46 GMT

Here Yee Here Yee!, Fred-Fest 2 has come and gone. All that attended can attest to the CRUNKNESS of my party.

I'm not bragging(Ok maybe a little, but it was a good party!) and if you didnt go MAYBE Ill throw another one for you.

Anywho, check out some of the pictures Marvin and I took.