Halls of the Dark Muse

Last Quarter at my school, I had to take a Bio class, which to say the least, I was less than looking forward to. Science in general is not an area of interest to me, and even in high school a subject which I scraped by in. As well I thought I had already met my biology requirements a while back with this rather interesting and enjoyable nature study class I took, which was classified as a Bio class, and though we do not have a "traditional" lab, there was a lab component listed as being part of the class, but apparently that didn't count and I had to take a more standard biology class.

To make matters worse, at the time the only class available on the subject that I could take was Human Anatomy and Physiology. Something of which I did not have a single iota of interest in.

So I bore through the class, and struggled through the labs which I really did not enjoy in the least, got bad grades on lab exams, and studied my *** off for the final and somehow managed to get credit for the class.

Now, all that is said and done, as it happens I am currently reading two books now in which my very limited study in Anatomy has proven to be at least to some degree useful, though not crucial for the understanding of the stories, helpful in grasping a better understanding of the current content.

Currently I am reading The Agony and the Ecstasy, which is about the life of Michelangelo and as of right now in the book, he decided that he needs to fully understand how the body works, so he has been secretly doing autopsies on dead bodies, and it has rather vivid descriptions of the procedure.

And I just started reading The Gargoyle, in which the narrator of the story was in a car accident and was badly burned, and is talking in detail about the damage to the tissue and cells and such of the like.

So there are various terms and such mentioned which I now am actually familiar with, as well it does allow to have a better visual image and understanding of just what is going on.

I never thought there would come an opportunity in which I would have found my Bio class even minutely beneficial.