Six Strings & Two Stix

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Goodbye 2005....


2005 was a pretty eventful year for me in many many ways...i wish 2006 improves whatever needs to be improved in me and hope it enhances whatever im good at. so anyway....my new years resolution for the year 2006:

I'VE GOTTA STOP MAKING ANY MORE RESOLUTIONS!!!

These darn resolutions have never..never does...and will never work out for any human ever.So im not makin any...if by chance all u ppl out there have ur own resolutions...well...all the best!!! im celebrating a very sad new year right at home...no plans. so anyway...ill see all u guys in the next year...hope u have a gr8 new year....hope it brings u all the love...joy...blah blah blah and whatever else u may need. Celebrate the lighter side of your life this year and there's nobody who can do a better job at it than Homer Simpson. here u go....

Homer: Marge? Since I'm not talking to Lisa, would you please ask her to pass me the syrup?
Marge: Dear, please pass your father the syrup, Lisa.
Lisa: Bart, tell Dad I will only pass the syrup if it won't be used on any meat product.
Bart: You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup homeboy?
Homer: Marge, tell Bart I just want to drink a nice glass of syrup like I do every morning.
Marge: Tell him yourself, you're ignoring Lisa, not Bart.
Homer: Bart, thank your mother for pointing that out.
Marge: Homer, you're not not-talking to me and secondly I heard what you said.
Homer: Lisa, tell your mother to get off my case.
Bart: Uhhh, dad, Lisa's the one you're not talking to.
Homer: Bart, go to your room.

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Homer (sung to the Flintstones song): Simpson! Homer Simpson! He's the greatest guy in history. From the, Town of Springfield! He's about to hit a chestnut tree! ::hits tree:: DOP!!!!

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Grandpa: My son Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is not a porn star.

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Homer: Well, he's kind of had it in against me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace "accidentally" with "repeatedly," and replace "dog" with "son."

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he he he...hope u guys enjoyed it....and Happy New Year once again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sunday, December 18, 2005

Gross Anatomy...

Its not called gross anatomy just cause its gross...Gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures that can be seen with the naked eye. All u ppl shud know that im in first year of medical school. I was surprised to know that quite a few ppl don know something very very interesting about medical skool.Anatomy. Anatomy is a subject that teaches us structure.our body's structure. Physiology teaches us function and Biochemistry teaches us....well....im yet to figure that out. Anyway...back to anatomy.practicals...was surprised that nobody knew about cadaver dissection(dead body dissection) that we have everyday in college first thing in the morn. i know it sounds damn disgusting but its actually not that bad once you're used to it.we preferably dont use gloves. For the benefit of those who wanna read more and see more....continue....for those who are already grossed out....stop.

Picture 1:
Yes....i've actually uploaded pics for ur priviledge. Picture 1 is an entire cadaver(dead body). well...not exactly an entire cadaver cause there's no head. don ask me how...it was jus missing on the first day itself. its a female cadaver.we have 9 such cadavers(the others have heads) This was what we saw on day 1...one girl fainted...(as usual) but the boys were ok..we were busy clicking snaps with our camera phones and sendin were them to each other. So..back to the topic...ppl always say dead bodies decay right? then how come these dont???... if u look carefully on the upper part of the right thigh....u can probably notice a small inscission or a small cut. They do this to enter the femoral vein...once entered....they introduce a tube inside and inject loads of saline(salt solution) from a machine into this vein so that it goes to the heart and into the rest of the body from there. the purpose of doing this is to remove all the clotted blood from inside all the arteries...veins....and everywhere else. So technically this step cleans the body. The next step....through the same femoral vein...they inject loads of formalin(the chemical used to preserve dead stuff) into the body and again...this enters all the arteries and the veins...this helps in preserving the body for its long time use.....one year at least. Once this is done...the body is kept for a few weeks aside( i don know why) and then its ready for dissection!!! yaay!!! Tidbit:This was the first pic we took and got caught doin it too.

Picture 2:

This was taken about 2 months back.somewhere in october.To the left bottom corner of the screen...u can see the head. right next to the head u can see the shoulder...but no hand. the hands were cut off once we finished dissecting it completely....once they're cut...they're preserved for our practical exams where we gotta identify parts in the dissected body.If u notice on the upper part of the screen...the legs are dissected too. the flaps that u see on the right lower part of the screen are none other than flaps of skin...yes...skin. The whitish part of the flaps are just some pieces of fat and the lower layers of the skin. The First few layers of the muscles on the chest were removed earlier and what u can superficially see now are the deeper muscles of the chest....the intercoastal muscles between the ribs and the serratus anterior towards the right extremities. Don ask me what that pink thing in the centre is....i got no idea.

Picture 3:
Ok...zoomed in on some lower limb dissection....if you've noticed...the toes haven't been dissected as yet...u actually cant identify much in this cause even the superficial layer of muscles were removed before i got an opportunity to get this picture...all u can see are some tendons(the structures by which muscles begin and terminate...eg:the structures that are on top of ur knuckles...keep moving ur finger and u can see them move on ur knuckles and on the backside of ur palm). The only obvious muscle is the soleus(i hope i got the spelling rite) which is commonly called the calf muscle...u can see it hanging from the right leg on the centre of the screen between both the legs.apart from that...nothin much.

Picture 4:
Another lower limb dissection pic. nothing can be prominently noticed in the pic expept the flexor digitorum longus tendon which can be seen on the left leg.they look like thin ropes jus below the undissected part of the toes. well thats it i guess...right now we almost finished dissecting the entire abdomen in college...those would gross u out...so ill keep them for later...hope u guys enjoyed this insight on anatomy and dissection...ppl might get grossed out but trust me....its the most interestin thing on earth to see how wonderfully our bodies have been designed and how compact everything is right inside us...cant believe we have so much right inside us...anyway...lemme know what u guys think...have fun...take care...peace.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

::Thumping both hands on chest::: "MRRRUUUUAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!"

Thats what KING KONG had to say like a hundred times durin the movie...i hope he finally memorised the line. Its 2:10am right now....yes ppl...yet again i've seen one more preview show...saw it before the world did.KING KONG!!!!!!
The movie was really good....Peter Jackson proved himself once again for the marvellous artist that he is....Stunning graphics and mesmerising special effects. The effects on the island where they find KONG were simply superb! and nothing could possibly beat the monsters...creatures and the natives of the island....they were amazing....disgusting...scary....and marvellous.i know its a bit tough to figure out...but once u see the movie...you'll get the picture.Kong is a character that'll hit u right in the heart...his expressions and feelings were portrayed very well. Jack Black played his part very well...he's the selfish movie producer that exploits Kong to get rich. As usual he starts of with his usual funny stuff...but he turns serious into the movie and the true meaning to his character reveals itself.Great work by Adrian Brody too...the lover who went upto every extent to get his girl back from Kong.Hats off to Andy Serkis for his role as kong...must have suffered from a terrible back-ache once shooting was done...summing up...great movie...a bit long(3 hours without the interval)...its definitely a must see...i had actually not seen the original version shot in 1933...have no idea how they made this stuff happen back then. The ONLY complaint about this movie is that i personally felt that the lets say "romantic" scenes between Kong and Naomi Watts were a BIT exaggerated.But seriously....watch it! awaiting ur comments on my site...till then....peace..cause ::yawn:: i gotta go sleep now.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Kurt Cobain shot himself on my birthday...

yup...dats true...happened in 1994. apart from that...These are absolutely the MOST useless facts i've come across...
1.Lightning doesn't strike where it is raining
2.Elvis's underpants are worth an estimated $1300
3.No two cymbols sound alike
4.To qualify as cardboard,stiff paper must be more than 0.006 inch thick.
5.Manufacturers use eggs in prodcing paints,varnishes, ink, soap, shampoos, and printer's ink
6.The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston,Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
7.Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
8.Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
9.In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
10.February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
11.No word in the English language rhymes with month.
12.The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
13.Cat's urine glows under a black light.
14.Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
15.Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.
16.The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
17.In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured
18.Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older
19.this page has no relevance to modern day life whatsoever.
20.And finally...the most useless fact ever.....Return of the Jedi has 3 dots after the opening words while A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back have 4.