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if the HIV/AIDS pandemic was deliberate?
i was sitting in my chemical and biological warfare class the other day and we
were discussing the use of biological weapons such as anthrax, smallpox, and
salmonella and i thought to myself, what if HIV was used as a biological
weapon? it seemed kind of absurd at first but the more i thought about it, the
more it could be possible. i mean, the british did use smallpox infected
blankets against the indians in the 1700's and there were recent terrorists
attacks with anthrax so the use of HIV as a weapon could be possible. and i
read somewhere that they were now able to cultivate HIV and keep it alive in a
dish. if you look back in history, the greatest amount of deaths by a single
thing has been by diseases. influenza has killed over 40 million people and
smallpox has killed hundreds of millions of people before there were
vaccinations. i believe AIDS is around 25 million.
i know the idea of it is pretty sick but humans are capable
of doing inhumane things, especially if it leads to wealth or dominance. i
don't really know what the motive would be but i'm sure it wouldn't be too hard
to formulate one. but anyway, i hope these thoughts aren't true because it
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| I've been riding my bike to school now since i'm living off campus. Normally i don't mind it but riding a bike in 40-50 degree weather with a 10mph wind blowing in your face SUCKS! And you know that feeling when you run in cold weather and half your body is hot and the other half is still freezing? well that's me everyday, two times a day. when i get to class i can hardly even write because my hands are frozen but part of me is sweating. and try playing madden with frozen hands. it's way hard.
In other news, I've been taking physical chemistry and biochemistry classes this quarter and this is what my life has been like:
 
making these protein structures with a modeling program
 
and deriving equations like these. it's kind of cool... but not at the same time.
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| "
Every scream went bleeding through these paper walls. All the make-up in the world couldn't hide the scars I leave today. I'm packing light: a suitcase, some toiletries. The rolling hills and willow trees of Carolina wait for me."
North Carolina here we come. taking a 7 day road trip to Duke with theo and josh.
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I realized that EVERY team or person in EVERY sport I want
to win doesn’t win. First I wanted the Piston’s to win… that was disappointing.
I got over it cuz the Mav’s were still in it and they had a good chance to beat
the Heat but that didn’t happen. Then I wanted Sweden
or Germany to be in the
finals at the World Cup but Germany beat Sweden 2-0 in
the round of 16. So I was behind Germany all the way even though
they weren’t starting Kahn as goalie. They ended up losing to Italy 2-0 in
overtime in the semi-final. After my 30 minutes of depression I focused my
attention on Maria Sharapova at the Wimbledon where she was looking good... oh and dominating until she got knocked out “by a lesbian” as Ike puts it. At least she made it to the semi-final. I give up.
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| after 2+ quarters of not working out, I finally went to the gym again. I have to regain my status as "muscleman" since my upper body is just one big blob of flab right now. too bad my thumb still isn't fully healed. it still has a bump on the side and it hurts if I move it in certain ways... sucks. in other news, i'm still not tired of the Stars cd even after a month of playing it on repeat. such a great cd.
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