Scanning Electron Micrographic Wallpapers!

 I found these neat scanning electron micro-graphs and decided to turn them into wallpapers...

A breif history of butterflies and hurricanes

I was asked to publish more photos from my portfolio, this is a really old one from a series of photos shot in my parents garden - if there's someone out there good at species - then please let me know the name of this little guy.

I wanted to write a recap of New Year's Eve... not going to happen.
I wanted to write a recap of Christmas and the holiday... not going to happen.
I wanted to write a recap of my lecture for the students at my old High School... not even that, is going to happen.

All sadly due to the lack of time and energy.
You see, lately I've been occupied by winged creatures and hopefully, in a short matter of time, me myself will grow wings.
Now, unfortunately that's just wishful thinking and neither will I have more time on my hands nor will wings start to grow out of my back... It will, simply... just not happen.

This looks like a disturbingly depressing beginning and I can gladly tell you that's not the case - the other way around - actually a lot have happened, a lot of good things.
I can honestly reveal that a normal and sane person would probably be stressed over the situation regarding the studies; the pile is just growing but therefore not said the pace is decreasing, hence the reason to be stressed... and that's why it is great that I'm not sane at the moment.

While trying to stay insane, since that (briefly proved by my speculations above) obviously helps, I'm digging through that growing pile of work.
I just passed the final Czech test with a mark B which sort of boosted my insanity and what's left to conquer are the final anatomy and histology tests for this semester.
Anatomy is shouting "finale!" while throwing a slide test and a scheme drawing right in our faces - covering random parts of the Gastro-Intestinal System which some students rate as the toughest part so far in the anatomy studies.
Basically it consists of muscles, gross- and micro anatomy of the internal organs such as; the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, intestines (large/small) and other specific compartments not worth mentioning since my eyes and brain are starting to shut down this very second.
My plan is to go through the whole system, organ by organ and put it all together in the end applying that knowledge to as many different atlases as possible in one week.

Simultaneously histology did the feared jumped from level 1 to level 4, or rather; like playing Pac-Man with 4 times the normal amount of monsters.
Next test is the first real slide test on the samples of all the tissues we've been through so far, approximately 25 samples.
It's going to be the biggest challenge next week and preparing for it is going to result in a lot of coffee, and less time for very inspirational things such as hitting the Facebook update button 6 times per minute.
By now I can feel my own sarcasm slapping my tired face like bricks of concrete to a Shaolin Munk's head , and I apologize for that - I'm writing on pure will power now - but I guess no one dares to blame me since I've been studying since 17:oo straight.

In two weeks the last checkpoint will be reached; the final Latin test. I have high hopes for that test since Latin, or more correctly Medical Terminology, is very interesting and I'm very much admiring our great teacher.

I would like to write a novel right now but I think this will do for tonight. Now I'll enjoy the butterflies and hurricanes and with that said I'll close my eyes... take a deep breath... and... slowly... fall... asleep... dreaming about... butterfl...z..z...Z

Nice ending of 2010

I got awesome DJ friends, illustrating and break dancing friends, cooking friends, good looking friends, bone digging friends, guitar and drum playing friends, snowboarding friends, drunk friends as well as sick friends - all of them making the New Year's Eve worth remembering

Arrival

This is not a montage, it's the reflection of me in the air plane window

I stayed in the air and now I've finally arrived in Prague. It took me an hour to install some new things in the flat and it's time to search the empty fridge for something edible.

Next up, bed.

Departure

Waiting for the taxi is tiring. Although I'm not tired from yesterday, which was a lot of fun.
It was wonderful to wake up today and feel good, maybe that has to do with me not drinking.
I'll compose something beautiful about yesterday, the holiday and whatever else that pops up in my mind later, perhaps during my flight because hey, it's time to go back to Prague and that means no more time for writing - but in contradiction more obligation to write. I love paradoxes, but you knew that already.

There's not much of a blizzard going on (I wished for summer at oo:ooam/pm) and the temperature should be around +/- zero which is good, because I do not wish to get stuck in Frankfurt. Apologizes to my German friends, but what the hell am I supposed to do there?
No, I think the departures and arrivals will keep the time table intact and I sure hope so because I have something rather important to do tomorrow.
Well haven't we all, everyday, when it comes to being stuck on airports or terminals of whatever transportation method one use.

Cross your fingers to keep me in the air...

Creativity

Finished crafting these bracelet and necklaces.
It's so much more fun to make them yourself than buying multi-produced non unique things.

Bitchophysics

I knew that it'd be difficult to study once I'd come back to Sweden but I never thought it'd be this hard.
Biophysics got a new nickname: Bitchophysics.
I usually find it interesting but the massive walls of text hammering my retina every single page I turn in that green booklet of pure madness is driving me insane.
There's a lot of different strategics how to conquer the boredom of reading the booklet and since there's a lot of formulas to memorize I thought I'd might as well start with that.

The fact that I find some of the theory very interesting makes it a bit easier - I know that some people keep saying that the exam will be easy, no one fails etc. - but that's really not what it's all about. I'd rather spend time learning the stuff properly because it is my strongest belief that it will in one way or another help me in the future, even thou it seems totally uncalled for to put the physics in the first year along with anatomy and histology.

In order to manage to get the studies done every day I'm keeping track of the time and make sure that I spend at least two effective hours.

It's funny how I can already miss certain things in Prague after only four months, in a good way of course...

Managed to get home

It's really not time to write about school but hey, that's what I do.
I was really lucky getting home to Sweden right before the chaos reached the airports all over Europe. I'm a bit concerned when it comes to my trip back thou, I hope it'll clear up before it's time to fly back.

Yesterday I visited my old High School to hold a small lecture for the last year students about how to go abroad, what to think of and what first semester of medicine is all about as well what to expect.
It was really appreciated and I hope that my information was helpful and that some of the students consider medicine as a field of interest. Knowledge and experience is meant to be shared.

I've been spending some of time to sort out my notes, studying biophysics and most importantly to relax and see my friends. We also got the results from the last Anatomy test and my result was double A's wrapped up as a neat x-mas gift.
I got a hold of a scanner and thought I'd scan some of the goodies from my sketchbook. Sorry for the clattery scribble and bad handwriting. Enjoy.