Ramblings.Quotes.Day to Day Life. The Good Stuff.
Well i went a few days without posting(this is mainly because I forgot my username/password haha) and its time to catch you up on a few things.
Overall the past few weeks have been extremely busy especially for me because as many of you know I don't do much and like to keep things pretty laid back.College applications, homework, projects, drivers ed, and personal interests(Church,books, World of Warcraft, Lost)have kept my schedule pretty packed even though I end up putting off most of the stuff I need to be doing. The most interesting things recently have been the two books I'm reading and a stray thought in biology class.
Right now I'm reading "That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis and "Knife of Dreams" by Robert Jordan. "That Hideous Strength" is a science fiction book with a load of Christian symbolism and deepness, it also has a good plot as well. It is the sequel to Perelandra which is also a good one, I probably like Perelandra more. "Knife of Dreams" is the eleventh book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and is one of the better ones yet. The plot in the Wheel of Time series is extraordinarily huge and the character development is very good, my favorite fantasy series up there with Lord of the Rings.I would try to explain the series but I don't like typing until my fingers fall off.
So to wrap it up friday last week I made an interesting observation in my biology class that has to do with the theory of evolution. If you believe in evolution that's fine with me;however, I do not. So anyway, we are studying cellular respiration and on friday we were going over the electron transport chain in the mitochondria where the mitochondria produces ATP for the cell to use as energy. According to my biology teacher the structure of the mitochondria is often used as a large support for evolution, this is because it has its own DNA and is similar in structure to a bacteria.It is believed that the mitochondria was absorbed into the cell via endocytosis(I think that's the word, anyway it got absorbed into the cell and was in future cells). However ATP synthase,one of the enzymes in the mitochondria which is vital for the function of the electron transport chain, has portions of its DNA stored in the nucleus as well as in the mitochondria.What does this mean? It means that ATP synthase can't exist without the nucleus which means the mitochondria's way to make energy(the electron transport chain) won't function. So basically the mitochondria couldn't have existed without the cell and wasn't absorbed into the cell by endocytosis. There are probably some things that could counter what I'm saying but from what I understand that is the logical connection I made. Feel free to point out any flaws in my logic or point out something I didn't know. So peace out dudes and dudettes, I'm going to take a nap.
"Imitation is the highest form of compliment"
That Hideous Strength-C.S. Lewis
Knife of Dreams-Robert Jordan
Overall the past few weeks have been extremely busy especially for me because as many of you know I don't do much and like to keep things pretty laid back.College applications, homework, projects, drivers ed, and personal interests(Church,books, World of Warcraft, Lost)have kept my schedule pretty packed even though I end up putting off most of the stuff I need to be doing. The most interesting things recently have been the two books I'm reading and a stray thought in biology class.
Right now I'm reading "That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis and "Knife of Dreams" by Robert Jordan. "That Hideous Strength" is a science fiction book with a load of Christian symbolism and deepness, it also has a good plot as well. It is the sequel to Perelandra which is also a good one, I probably like Perelandra more. "Knife of Dreams" is the eleventh book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and is one of the better ones yet. The plot in the Wheel of Time series is extraordinarily huge and the character development is very good, my favorite fantasy series up there with Lord of the Rings.I would try to explain the series but I don't like typing until my fingers fall off.
So to wrap it up friday last week I made an interesting observation in my biology class that has to do with the theory of evolution. If you believe in evolution that's fine with me;however, I do not. So anyway, we are studying cellular respiration and on friday we were going over the electron transport chain in the mitochondria where the mitochondria produces ATP for the cell to use as energy. According to my biology teacher the structure of the mitochondria is often used as a large support for evolution, this is because it has its own DNA and is similar in structure to a bacteria.It is believed that the mitochondria was absorbed into the cell via endocytosis(I think that's the word, anyway it got absorbed into the cell and was in future cells). However ATP synthase,one of the enzymes in the mitochondria which is vital for the function of the electron transport chain, has portions of its DNA stored in the nucleus as well as in the mitochondria.What does this mean? It means that ATP synthase can't exist without the nucleus which means the mitochondria's way to make energy(the electron transport chain) won't function. So basically the mitochondria couldn't have existed without the cell and wasn't absorbed into the cell by endocytosis. There are probably some things that could counter what I'm saying but from what I understand that is the logical connection I made. Feel free to point out any flaws in my logic or point out something I didn't know. So peace out dudes and dudettes, I'm going to take a nap.
"Imitation is the highest form of compliment"
That Hideous Strength-C.S. Lewis
Knife of Dreams-Robert Jordan
About me
- I'm Chris Allison(Clown)
- From College Station, Texas, United States
