mindless babble

ok, ok. so the title of my entry for today is quite redundant. repetitively so. ahahahaha :p but that's the point. i'm babbling like an idiot here. and i don't really care! hahaha. i guess this is one luxury i can afford right now - to write down *anything* i want.. anytime i feel like it. after all, it is *my* blog hehehe :p
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i'm watching CSI (las vegas) right now. it's the one about a girl who was murdered (and repositioned) in the bathroom.. and where grissom and company found a butterfly charm bracelet. but what's really weird is that.. i don't even know if this is a rerun or not. weird 'coz i'm a certified CSI freak. i've watched *all* episodes of all 5 seasons of CSI:LV. but i can't remember ever seeing this particular episode.. and i'm not at all certain that season 6 is being aired already. hmm. i must be losing some of my grey matter..
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tomorrow's the start of another sem. great. haven't finished all that i'm supposed to do. still have tons of papers to check. still have grades to compute. still don't have the energy or will to do so. ahahahaha. i'm such a procrastinator. darn. definitely not one to be emulated by my students hehehehehe. [disclaimer to all my students: should you choose to follow in my footsteps, it's going to be *your* responsibility; *your* mistake to make. you have been duly warned]
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i wish it would rain right now. but no, wait. i forgot. i'm not a rainlover anymore. oh heck.. who cares?! even if i tell myself i don't love the rain anymore.. i still wish the skies would open up and pour down tonight.. tomorrow.. the whole week. hahahahaha. looks like rainlover is back Ü


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lately i find myself being drawn to butterflies and dragonflies. no, i don't really like to catch them (i can't even hold a dragonfly without squirming).. but i do enjoy watching them. i like looking at their colorful wings.. and wishing that, like them, i can fly too. here are some butterfly trivia i found at http://www.chs.ca/fundraising/gv/gvtrivia.html

1. When butterflies get together to drink (moisture) and eat (rotting fruit), it’s called a Puddle Party.
2. Butterflies can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
3. No two butterflies are exactly the same.
4. Butterflies breathe through small holes in their bodies called spiracles.
5. Butterflies smell with their antennae.
6. Butterflies have compound eyes and can see in many directions at the same time.
7. Most butterflies are deaf.
8. Butterflies taste with a long-coiled tongue.
9. To fly, most butterflies must warm up to about 27°C .
10. People who study butterflies and moths are called lepidopterists.
11. There are approximately 20,000 species of butterflies and 157,000 species of moths in the world.
12. In the Fall, millions of Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico, travelling more than 3,200 km or 1,920 miles. It takes three generations to complete this migration.
13. The Monarch butterfly has compounds in its body that protect it from being eaten by birds. Animals that eat it vomit, but don’t die. The Monarch gets its protection when it is a caterpillar feeding on the milkweed plant.
14. Butterflies and moths go through a four-stage life cycle: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis (or cocoon), adult.
15. The fastest butterflies can travel about 50 km/hr (30mph).
16. Largest butterfly in the world is the female Queen Alexandra Birdwing with a wingspan up to 32 cm (12.5 in.). The smallest butterfly is the Western Pygmy with a wingspan of 1.5 cm (.62 in.).

and some about dragonflies (that i gathered from all sorts of sites)..
1. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
2. Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
3. When it gets hot some dragonflies point their long abdomens right at the sun. This way the sun's rays only hit the tip of the abdomen and not the whole length, keeping the dragonfly much cooler.
4. A dragonfly flaps its two pairs of wings alternately, the front ones rising as the rear ones fall.
5. With its massive eyes, a dragonfly can spot another insect from 60 feet away
6. Many kinds of dragonflies can hover and even fly backward.
7. There are 5,000 dragonfly species throughout the world.
8. Dragonflies belong to the insect order Odonata.


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i gotta get some shuteye. haven't been sleeping properly for the past week ahahaha. no wonder my posts have been mostly like this: mindless babble.. :D