Saying Goodbye to An Old Friend

It's not that I don't love blogger. Was not to long ago that this brown eyed gal starting documenting crap and logging it in for no one, or someone to read.

I have decided it is, in deed, time to change. To move on..and close these Thoughts of a Mad Scientist in Training.

It's been loads of fun and hope that you'll find my new blog interesting.

Take care and see you soon elsewhere.

Like Myself Again

I am beginning to feel like myself again..which is great.

I haven't blogged much this week because I am feeling a bit ill. I think it's the Coachella funk in my lungs.

Anyway..promise to blog more this weekend..that is after I watch Mayweather beat the living snot out of the Golden Boy.

A girl can dream, can't she?

~kp

Coachella - part dux

So, friends, if you never have done Coachella, do it. There is something there for everyone, you will undoubtedly run into some new music you like and it's just a great reason to kick back in the sunshine, watch people and chill out.

It was my first year there (I am running on two hours sleep in the last 24 hours) and one thing I noted about first getting there..licsence plates from all over the country and Canada lined the parking lots. Coachella has become a legendary event - a spectacle of music and art that welcomes campers, day trippers and local residents alike.

There is diversity in the crowd both culturally and age wise. Everyone is there to have a good time and I felt pretty mellow the whole time.

You have to be clever to catch everyone you want to see, depending on schduling and you may have to compromise watching a full set to sneak off and see someone else perform.

I am so tired, I am going to bed to catch up on some much needed sleep and I want to go before my ramblings become incoherant.

Next up: Coachella - part tre (or what I call a sychofantic rant about why Tom Morello is a guitar god)

Knut - The Most Famous Polar Bear in All the World

On Easter, a baby polar bear was born in Germany. Knut, adorable little white male bear, was rejected by his mother at birth. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world have rallied in support and his zookeepers have been on call since moment of birth.

They play with him and try to imitate interaction that would have been key from his mother.

The little bear is so famous he has 15 bodyguards, a team of keepers and a full medical staff. The country was worried a few weeks back when Knut was not eating, turns out the poor little guy was teething and not feeling very well.

Knut already has a team of zoologists looking for a proper mate for him in his later years. I hate to think of the day when people forget what majestic animals polar bears really are in the wild.

Knut, like a proper celebrity, already has merchandise, endorsements, adoring fans and even a stalker (there have been reports of one death threat).

I think it goes to show how the connection between man and animal can be so strong. Animals are often rejected at birth for biological reasons, in the wild, Knut would have died - there is some controversy about Knut being raised by humans as he is being raised now. Knut's future, like any young animal in captivity, is uncertain. What will happen when Knut is put in with the other polar bears..only time will tell.

Here are some Knut pics..and Knut even has his own Wikipedia entry!

Coachella, Baby

I have but only 4 words for you, friends. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

I am so excited about seeing them together on stage - Tom Morello (good doer) and Zack De La Rocha (bad ass mutha) - not to mention the rest of the band which is awesome.

When asked how best to describe RATM music, I like to say that it's angry up with the people funk. It'll be interesting to see them together after a 7 year separation, the break up of Audioslave left many hopeful that this reunion, would in fact, come to fruition.

I am sure today will be awesome (although hot - hell hot), I shall take pics and post them.

Rapid Drug Detox

Finally, an entry not about me.

I heard about this at my yoga class on my birthday. Our statuesque instructor, Joe, was telling us about how strong we are - and don't even know it. He does charity work (god bless him, the saint) with a drug rehabilitation center locally.

They do rapid opiate drug detox. A highly evasive method (relatively new) to get addicts off opiates and into a normal physiological state quickly.

The procedure takes place while the patient is under anesthesia and large amounts of blockers are rushed through the body - this takes about two hours. The blockers will then make the brain not crave the opiate on the receptor sites and then there will be no withdrawal and more importantly, no craving.

The method is costly and controversial. Patients have suffered life threatening side effect - some patients have been kept under as long as 4 hours while the opioid antagonist drugs are driven through the body.

The procedure isn't a cure all. After the $15,000.00 procedure, the patient still needs out-patient drug therapy - with some form of antagonist drug.

Addiction is a disease that should be treated as one. Health insurances should help pay for better and effective treatments. Insurance companies will not cover Rapid Opioid Detox. It's cheaper to let the addict keep using and die. Given the price tag, who could afford it?

For more information on what JAMA found in one study, click here.

Really, now

There is something sinister and perverted about corporate life.

~kp

Mutha *uckas

I am the victim of identity theft, yet again.

Damn it.

~kp