I believe Julie Andrews sang a song about this.

Yes these are a few of my favorite things. The beer even tastes four times better when it's chasing a delicious cupcake. Plus, the portability of these two items makes them perfect for any occasion. Although I have concluded that cupcakes and beer make a delectable duo, I will have to conduct further research into the perfect combination of cupcakes and beer. As you can see I have only tested the chocolate cupcake and cheap light lager beer. Perhaps a dark beer and yellow cupcake will produce the same delicious results. Keep checking back for further developments. 

Lab Work!

I just got back from the lab that I am working in. For those of you who don't know about it, I'll fill you in. I'm currently working in a lab for some school credits (sadly no money). Working under Dr. Weidanz (I think it's a German name) we're infecting mice with a mouse version of malaria parasites and seeing how their immune systems respond to it. In order to see how the immune system responds we breed the mice to have certain deficiencies in some part of their immune systems and see how this has an effect on their ability to clear the malaria that we inject into them. My job is to take DNA from the mice that we breed and check to see what genes they have (ie. normal genes or the missing immune genes that we're breeding for). To do this I snip off the tip of the mouse tail and then use some enzymes to digest it into pure DNA. Then I take this DNA and run it through some stuff that gives me a picture like the one you see here. All the ones with bars are the mice that have the genes that we are looking for. We're gathering this data on the immune response to malaria so that one day a vaccine may be developed for it. So if there is a vaccine some day, I'm pretty much the one to thank. I think I smell Nobel Prize.

The scheduling gods are sadistic.

Well as of now, I'm half way done with the week of doom. Four tests in two days. This weekend will definately be sweeter than most. I'm guessing that all of my professors got together and set into motion this whole doomsday. At least I will have them all out of the way. Tomorrow promisses to be a much more upbeat post.

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Jennifer and I decided to make some yummy apple cinnamon muffins yesterday. They've already been devoured. They didn't taste at all like apple, and the cinnamon was hardly detectable, yet they were the most delicious muffins I have ever baked from scratch. On the bright side, I now know how to spell cinnamon. You can have some of your very own http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,194,158184-238204,00.html

German Sex Symbol

Is Felix poised to become Germany's next great sex symbol after the likes of Heidi Klum, Gerhard Schröder, and Richard Simmons? The corduroy sports jacket, sophisticated glasses, and sleek hair style are all pointing to a resounding yes. Watch out Frauen.

Inaugural Post!

Hi everyone this is my first blog post ever, now I'm officially hip. I'll use this blog to keep all you family and friends updated on the current happenings of my life. Plus, I'll use it as a platform to share info and pictures. Cool pictures of wiener dogs may also find themselves on the blog too because I mean who doesn't love wiener dogs. I hope you all enjoy!