Chase a Chicken

Dr. Reich is hands down the best instructor I've had. He's the witty instructor teeterin and tottering between brilliancy and lunacy. I can already see it, he'll show up some day naked to class with a blank stare and a physio text book in one hand prophesizing the last days. I actually look forward to learning physiolology! Did I just say that? In my book if you can make something as boring as physiology interesting then you da man!!

Today we talked about glycolysis, the TCA cycle and mitochondria. In meat (or as we call it "tissue") mitochondria produces a distinctive brown color. Chickens have delicous white meat precisely because they lack enough mitochondria to produce a brownish color. Ducks on the other hand have greasy brownish meat because they have many of these little mitochondria. Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the body and when it's time to get away from Hector hunter ducks have the juice! So it makes sense that a chicken will futily fly 20 feet to escape my grip around its neck! A duck will if necessary escape to Argentina to avoid the dinner plate. So in conclusion: "Don't chase a duck, chase a chicken"! otherwise you'll go hungry....I'll always remember that!

Or you can get smart and spray em' down with this AR-15 Sharie is sporting and not have to to worry about running or mitochondria period.

This next weekend is the BIG race here on the island. It's the annual olympic distance triathlon and bunches come from surrounding islands. Since the Eddy Merck Alu Cross spins out I will hammer on Chadwicks TT bike and hopefully turn it up to broil with the 53 tooth ring. Here's the poster boy for Nevis, local star and full-time triathlete Reggie Dougles.

During the next break I will be working as a orientation leader. This involves welcoming the new students to their new life for the next 2.4 years! We aren't planning on returning to the states until Christmas vacation. Here's a list of the things I miss from the states:

Tuesday's Hogi Yogi pain with the boyz
Thursday winter night rides and being chased by the old crazy italian guy
Moss Rose bakery in Oakdale
Wilm's road east of Oakdale
Green Hill road in the Sierra Nevada foothills
Santa Ana Mtn bike trail and the Carina Boyz
Barbecues at Lomas Verdes in Redlands
Hangin' out at Cycletek and giving Ben (el pelon apestoso) a hard time
Mochi pounding at Rancheria
Wildflower & my dog

I better stop there before I start cryin' like a baby. What is frustrating now is that when I don't feel sleepy I blog, then go to bed and think of anatomy terms over and over in bed. Sergio's brain while trying to sleep: "caudal mesenteric artery, cranial mesenteric artery, caudal mesenteric artery, cranial mesenteric artery......" I'm going CRAZY!! Goodnight!