And the silence of the shining stone
like the shattering crystal of the poet cries:
"I the enigma undefined,
the error of my age;
the players and the play defamed
that tread a timeless stage.
Ay! both hero and the rake,
of tragedy and of comic parts;
the dirge at many a wake
and the wit that veins the farce."
Oscar Wilde
This layout is an Act of Clawed.
Friday, April 05, 2002
six am. and I am faced now with the terribe question :to sleep or not to sleep. if I sleep now my schedule will be thrown even further off than it already is if I don't sleep I will crash around eight and require EXCESIVE amounts of Caffeine to stay awake... and tonight it is imperative that I be conscious.
On the up side, my redone layout of my main page is up and running, and, IMHO, looks a lot better than the other one. Now to redo the Mirrorgate site (fat chance ^_^) and the whole thing will match... Maybe Rei looking maniacal...
And I have no understanding of why I'm awake. I was up at seven this (yesterday?) morning, had a full, active day, and an interesting (and a bit draining) dinner. I'm exhausted. Andyet, I can't seem to get myself out of this chair. I didn't even realize how late it was until I heard winamp start to repeat, pulled myself out the the webpages I was browing, and looked at my clock.
Fortunately, I only have game to worry about tomorrow. Not that that in itself isn't enough, but it's better than worrying about classes and stuff.
"Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses. It restoreth my buzz: It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction, I will fear no Equal (tm): For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me. Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks: Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over. Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the House of Mocha's forever. "
*yawn* Clawed is tired of poking through her genetics book. Probably earn the wrath of certain classmates, but I'm not finding any of this terribly confusing, and/or difficult. Why does this seem like a Bad Sign...
As for genetic cures, it really depends on the disease, what caused it, how old the person is, and any number of other factors. In the case of X-SCID, mutations prevent the bone marrow from producing the proper enzymes and cells. Enough marrow can be removed and altered that the (relatively) small amount of correct marrow can make up the deficiencis of the rest. In the case of other diseases, however, the variation and diversity of the cells involved is too great - you'd have to rebuild the person from the ground up. However, if the mutations were caught while the fetus was still small enough ( Watch Clawed wax philosophic. too many hours studying genetics. Or watching Icchan's new layout...