Proteus, rising from the sea!!!

I watched the pilot of "Heroes" tonight. And it was GREAT!!! I'm definitely hooked. It's sort of like an episodic X-Men - and I LOVED the first two X-Men movies. Far fetched, but close enough within the realm of possibility to make you look at the people around you a little differently. and yourself too. I love the idea that there may be members of the human species seeded with advantageous mutations. I love thinking like this. I once thought that autism could be an example of punctured equilibrium.

in fact i was just thinking this morning that being able to wake up and brush my teeth, straighten my hair, eat my yam with honey and butter is a minor miracle in itself after ballimg my eyes out and praying to die young the night before. sort of the equivalent of breaking my shoulder and then saving a man from a burning train. seriously though, praise be to the lord for such renewal. i may have to explain this more later.

I do have to say there was a major falacy presented, one that is particularly annoying to me because of how much it is a part of the conventional wisdom of the day: We do not use only 10% of our brain. We use all of it. The other 90% is glial cells (as opposed to the other 10% which is composed of neurons) that were not able to be seen with the technology at the time that lovely fact was disseminated. And glial cells play a very important role in supporting the neurons. Hopefully this is not a major tenent of the show's grand finale. Yes folks, Amy paid attention in her behavioral neuroscience class at good ol' MC. This is 101 stuff. I know the reason this is such a popular fact is because it makes us think precisely what this show does - that there is a lot of unused potential in us. Anyhow, I'm surprised that it made it through the editors. I do like the edgy Indian fella who was made to say such a lie. i think he and i would get along just fine. i could help him twine colored cord around pushpins on a giant map of the world. we could watch "what the bleep." he could make me some tea and vegetarian food, and we could sit on big pillows on the ground in lotus position. do some yoga and breath work.

also, a word of warning: a few nights ago i had a dream that i was pregnant - very pregnant - and was rushing around making sure that there was enough paper in the printer. perhaps i will be birthing a story soon... or volumes of poetry, or some sitcoms, or a tv script. either that or a ton of homework. or maybe just some prolific blogging. no research papers this semester thus far, darn it, so my outlet sure won't be school.