7.16.2007

gynandromorph

in fruit flies, you can be a guy on one side and a girl on the other. bilateral partition of sex. gynandromorph. it also occurs in crabs and butterflies. some of those butterflies sell for 10's of thousands on eBay. wonder who's willing to pay that much for their butterfly collection?

S. cerevisiae: that would be an ideal reincarnation. i could choose to be haploid or diploid, sexual or asexual, and BUD. if people can have gender identity disorders, can people have species identity crises?

when you mix planter's fruits & nuts trailmix with sunmaid's tropical fruit mix, you get the perfect proportion of fruits and nuts. it's like san francisco in a bag. KIDDING. maybe.

which fashion label has DB as its initials?

ugh, 6 people got better scores than me on the first exam. in my other class, the mean was a 7.4/15 for the 1st quiz. you have got to be kidding me. the mean's set at a C+/B-. he even gave everyone 2 extra points and people only manage to get the mean. i guess i shouldn't complain since that benefits me.

cover letter- check. email stating interest- check. resume/cv- check. guess i should get started.

question: what do you think about genetics research? basically focusing on statistical/bioinformatics.

1 comment:

Clarence said...

that's dooney and bourke, an accessories maker. they're considered a mid-market accessories brand. the company is currently embroiled in a number of legal difficulities, largely surrounding a not-so-subtle copy of the louis vuitton murakami bag. (they also make a bag that uses the same monogram pattern as the classic louis vuitton monogram accessories, except that the "LV" becomes a "DB.")

they're extremely popular because they hit a sweet spot in price. they're priced below most luxury brands, but they're priced high enough that they have some sort of cachet among suburban consumers.