human flight

Experience Human Flight from Betty Wants In on Vimeo.

this is a pretty breathtaking series of skydiving and base-jumping videos shot in switzerland, norway, and france.  ever since i was a kid, like most i'm sure, i've been fascinated with the idea of flying. this is probably the closest i'll actually be able to get. one day..

Experience Zero Gravity from Betty Wants In on Vimeo.

Experience Freedom from Betty Wants In on Vimeo.

la JOIE

ascension to heaven

 This winter has been far from ideal in Utah as it's hardly snowed and temperatures have barely dipped below zero. Those who don't ski probably haven't complained. But this last weekend, after a few decent flurries, conditions were compatible.  Blue skies + Delorean, Destroyer, and Washed Out on shuffle + my favorite areas for untouched powder, made for an awesome day up in PC.

here watch this probably

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

this is some new arial earth footage from nassa. some pretty sexy shi righ hur. watch it on VIMEO to see it bigger. it's worth it/

uh-Oh..

just when we were beginning to wonder where she went..
welp, she's still here. fyi

if apparition was real..

this is a nice video i found with some nice music. also featuring one of my favorite places in the world (which is where i am in the blog banner). hopefully i will get there soon.
Central Park (Listen to the Light) - A New Location Aware Album by BLUEBRAIN from BLUEBRAIN on Vimeo.

ahhhhhh..

Although it feels beyond incredible to be finished with school for the summer, I'm really going to miss my Astronomy class. I took it as a gen-ed class not thinking much of it, but I think it's been the most fascinating class I've taken in school yet. Obviously the size of the universe was just a "small" thing we learned in class, but here's a corny-made video that really demonstrates it --if you've never seen anything like it before..

Probably the nerd in me, but don't you think it's amazing that our bodies are made up of elements and matter that formed in the hearts of stars billions of years ago? i think it's THE sauce.
If anyone out there goes to college and needs the gen-ed credit, probably take this class.
ALSO, if it's been a while since you've taken a drive to remote country and looked up at the sky at night.. highly recommend it. you won't be disappointed.

In honor of our cunch..

a fruit salad demonstration

i had to. you have to watch it till the end

Ope..

"coooommme on OOOUUUUTTT PATRICIAAAAAAAA!!!"
In case you missed it. I just really enjoy replaying the first 3 seconds of this. What an intro.
Oprah, just because your new network isn't doing great, does not give you an excuse to invent a half-sister reunion to slyly re-start your daytime show. We noticed.

Oprah..

ha if I were to rob a bank..

Man in Hillary mask robs bank..."In her role as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton can be quite the persuasive diplomat, which is perhaps why one man thought that might help him convince a bank to hand over all of its money.

A gun-wielding man sported a Hillary Clinton mask while robbing a Wachovia bank in Sterling, Va., according to the Loudoun Times. 

The man left with an undisclosed amount of cash, and no injuries were reported. It was the second time in two months that the branch had been robbed.

A picture of the Hillary-masked man can be seen here." -Politico.com

thank you drudgereport.

in steam room, SPIRITUAL experience?

For the past couple years, after my routine workout at the gym, I've escaped to the steam room to relax and meditate. I wouldn't consider myself an exceptionally spiritual person, but I have found that present, thought-clearing mediation helps bring my cares and stresses back into balance. Sometimes you've just got to brush up your yin, and smooth out your yang to function properly. I do at least.
Anyways, as I've been gone all summer, I've delinquently strayed from my habit of meditation due to a busy work schedule (and lack of steam room). So the other day, I went to the gym with my brother, and naturally decided to "steam-room-it-up" after our workout.
There was nothing unordinary about how I changed into my towel, or what I was thinking. I was probably thinking about what I was going to eat/drink when I got home. But upon entering the steam room, it was like I was hit by a cannonball of joy (along with piping hot steam). It was as if the cloud of steam was a trillion molecules of happiness engulfing and zapping my body. I sat down on the wet tile, and it was the strangest experience. The walls, the steam, the floor, the glass door were laughing at me. Or with me I should say, because a moment later, laughter came exploding out of me. I couldn't keep it in. It was as if I was surrounded by a bunch of friends that had been highly-anticipating my arrival. My brother walked in a few minutes later and asked why I was laughing. I had to tell him I had no idea why.
Could it simply have been a trigger of my subconscious--just a positive association with the steam room? Maybe.
Could have been a glimpse into the much sought-after state of enlightenment? Possibly.
Could I be crazy? Likely.
Or perhaps my steam room just missed me.
Whatever it was, I liked it.
(Those of you that have a hard time focusing with meditation, I highly recommend trying it in a steam room. A little intense heat can help with the concentration.)

GREAT NEWS: cure for the common cold??

God bless the Brits. The one thing about this time of year that I always detest, is colds. After two weeks of sneezing, sniffing, snorting, and snotting, my immune system finally K.O.'d my cold.  I was just thinking to myself the other day, how in the world have scientists not discovered a cure for the cold yet?! When, I came across this article.
Apparently some english scientists figured out a way to salvage already virus-infected cells. "The study, which is reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that antibodies can enter cells at the same time as the virus invades, triggering of reactions which allows a protein called TRIM21 to eject the bug."
I found another article on this story which said this treatment becomes effective (in eliminating a virus) within only a few hours! Which would be incredible.. 
But, because of the simplicities of pharmaceutical industries, a sellable drug or nasal spray may not be available for another decade. huzzah..
However, another recent American study found that those who are involved in rigorous physical exercise on a routine basis are twice as less likely to catch a cold (something about exercise boosting the level of immune system cells..). So anyways, there's a tip for avoiding them while we await the miracle pill.

too much.. too much..

So i was bored and looking throughg DrudgeReport today and came across this headline.

VIDEO: Airline uses Lady Gaga song for flight safety demo...

so.. big woop, i thought, they set the safety-demonstration video to "just dance". but no.. it's a live demonstration with dancing and.. just watch it

Kitchen contraceptives??

finger condoms

trish is in the background.

I try to learn something new everyday. Yesterday I didn't have to try. Next to the stove at the Geyser Grill was a small baggie of miniature rubbers. Before I could make a witty comment to the cook, he informed me that they're a common first aid applicant for a bleeding finger in kitchens (hopefully, to go over a band-aid). So no, not a contraceptive, but yes, a guard against HIV and other blood-transmitted diseases.

a little morning humor

Sarah Silverman has me enamored.
Her humor is "slightly" irreverent, and is pretty particular. But it rubs me in all the right ways.

Her new book (as of April), The Bedwetter is a suiting title as her television show has had me near wetting my pants a few times. I also just ordered her book (as of five minutes ago). I know.. another book. But I've turned a new leaf, and have started reading for an hour every night before bed. On this new regimen, I should have finished two books by the time this one arrives at my rural Montana address.