{"id":8864,"date":"2018-03-23T01:58:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T08:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2018-03-23T01:58:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T08:58:48","slug":"7-quick-takes-42-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8864","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: &#8220;42&#8221; Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why yes, I am a geek.<\/strong> It turns out that Douglas Adams was onto something when he wrote that the \u201canswer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything\u201d is 42. Apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/secondnexus.com\/science\/scientists-discover-there-are-42-million-proteins-in-a-cell-at-any-given-time\/?utm_content=inf_20_1164_2&#038;tse_id=INF_084356b02c6511e8b9d75bd203d5435d\">there are 42 million proteins in a cell at any given time<\/a>. Cool, eh?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daffodils.<\/strong> I was sitting at $tarbux earlier and complimented a woman on the daffodils that she had bought. She smiled and put them up to my nose so I could smell them. \ud83d\ude42 I can&#8217;t wait for the <a href=\"http:\/\/tulipfestival.org\">tulips<\/a> in a week and a half!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I can&#8217;t believe it.<\/strong> In midst of being sick and dealing with legal crap this quarter, I managed to pull an actual 4.0 for my GPA. I&#8217;m actually kind of shocked because I figured I&#8217;d probably have an A- in my 10-Key class but my perfect score on the final balanced it all out. Duuuude&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Striving for balance.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">Kelly<\/a> asked in <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\/sqt-so-just-how-is-school-going-anyway\/\">this week&#8217;s Quick Takes<\/a> how school is going and how do I balance it all?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently on Spring Break and will start back on April 3rd. I have 4 classes with two of them in-person and I&#8217;m also going to be the department&#8217;s tutor this quarter. This means one-on-one tutoring (which I already have done since my first quarter though now I&#8217;ll get paid for it) and doing drop-in tutoring hours. I&#8217;ll have everything on campus with me bookwise depending on the day and what I&#8217;m doing, and I&#8217;ll be spending any spare time in the computer lab doing homework or crocheting while watching <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\">YouTube<\/a> because I need to get this baby blanket done before the squish is born in June\/July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisite choir take.<\/strong> We&#8217;re doing the Hallelujah Chorus for Easter and my choir director found one that is pitched in C instead of in D. I know the general alto part well but this video helps to get it in my ear.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alto C maj Hallelujah Chorus\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/epUTyVQn0XE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of my frequent ear worms.<\/strong> I wish we could do this with my church choir someday&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baba Yetu (The Lord&#039;s Prayer in Swahili) | BYU Men&#039;s Chorus | Music by Christopher Tin | Africa\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BuWr4gYJ6nM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My thoughts on the March for Our Lives on Saturday.<\/strong> I&#8217;ve seen a lot of negativity directed toward the kids that are organizing marches this weekend. (They&#8217;re up to 837 worldwide.) These are students standing up and telling our country that they are sick of burying their friends and being afraid in school. We need to listen.<\/p>\n<p>This song sums up my thoughts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Times They Are A Changin&#039; - Tracy Chapman\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCZWv5U5wJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; Why yes, I am a geek. 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