Just Take a Sec

Let's just take a sec to acknowledge how much I love presenting.  Cuz it's soooooo much!!!

I would say there are very few things in this world that I like more than presenting about a topic with which I am both familiar and passionate.  Or really about anything.  In speech class last year we had to give an impromptu speech and it was one of my favorite things during the year.  It didn't have to be factual, as long as it related to the topic.  Mine was "organ donation".  As with anything else, I had a very strong passion for a couple months about knife throwing.  I love knife throwing.  I think it is such an amazing art form/method of defense.  I really really wanted to learn how to throw knives.  I wanted to do it so much I wrote an angsty poem about how mad I was that my mother wouldn't let me buy a set.  Sadly, that was on my old phone and I don't have easy access to it anymore to share it with the world.  Heck I still want to learn how to throw knives!  What does this have to do with organ donation?  In truth, nothing.  But in my speech I described the (totally fictional) history of organ donation.

You see, what happened was that back in the day people would have knife-throwing competitions.  A whole bunch of people would gather together and they would all throw knives at each other.  When people got cut with knives their organs tended to fall out.  At that time, they didn't realize that organs are important, and so they would just try to fill the hole in the person with straw and mud.  Obviously, that person wouldn't live very long (unless it was their appendix that fell out).  One day, this guy's liver fell out, but there wasn't anything to patch the hole with except another guy's liver that was on the floor.  So his friends took this other liver and shoved it inside the first guy.  And that's the history of organ donation.

Now I know what you're thinking, "Sara, we really don't care."  But in all truth and technicality, you really do care.  The fact that you're reading these words means either you really want to hear me ramble on about stuff, or that you're super bored.

Today I got to present to the bio class about Mendelian genetics AND I got to present about my all-time favorite topic, addiction.

I really do love addiction.  But if you guys really want I can go be passionate about something else.  The stuff we talked about in Neuroscience today wasn't all that interesting, so that kind of sucks.

I have some things that I am really looking forward to discussing at the next Controversial Coffee Conversation.  Here's a sneak preview:

Would you want to know how you contracted AIDS?
If you knew your child would have a genetic disorder, would you still choose to have biological children?--this is pre-conception btw
Should employers require exercising?

I'm really excited to hear people's opinions.  I know I'm vain, but I know I know a lot of things, and I love it when I get to learn something new from someone who is just as passionate as me about something.

Have you ever realized how often I use the word really?  Did you realize how agressively happy I was/am today?  Does that bother you?  It kind of bothers me.  I don't want to be this excited all the time, but I just can't help it.  I love presenting!  I love learning new things!  I love feeling good!  I love being happy!  I love having fun and anticipating having fun!  I love this sweater!  Goodness gracious I need to calm down.  I should go to something relaxing.

OH but btw, a guy from my french class is presenting a paper on Saturday at 1:15 in WBC 116 and I will be there.  I would like to have a lot of other people with me there to support him.  I think it is so cool he gets to present his research just like I did today, except to very important people and in French.  Please come with me!