Otherworld

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if you picked a different path in life? What if I took the easier road and applied to engineering school? What if I went to MIT or Cornell or some other ivy leaguer instead of CMU? I had a strange dream last night where I took back a decision I made a year ago. I woke up very disturbed, and what's most annoying is that the only two things I can remember from the dream is that I didn't like it and what decision I changed. I think this has something to do with Mom nagging me on the phone yesterday about how I should go work in a civil engineering firm next summer. I told her no, of course. I had everything I needed to go and be a great engineer and go to practically any school I wanted, but obviously there's a reason why I chose to go to architecture school instead.
Also, I just read in the newspaper that there's a little puppy dog in Korea named Snuppy. Snuppy is the first cloned dog in the world. Snuppy. Snoopy? Nope, Snuppy.
O yes and last night at 11:30, just as I was about to enter REM, my boyfriend woke me up because he was upset and needed to talk. Apparently his brother and sister-in-law went to get a check up on their baby and the stupid technician lady told them the baby would be born with down syndrome because she had calcification around her heart. If I recall biology class correctly, down syndrome happens when a baby's DNA gets double the information its supposed to get, so basically, from the moment of conception a baby either has down syndrome or doesn't. I don't know too much about babies, though... Well, we'll find out soon enough. The doctor told them that that was no indication at all whether or not the baby has down syndrome. I wonder what that technician was thinking, and can't she get fired for making up things that traumatize future mothers? I don't think their even authorized to make that sort of diagnosis...