thanks to everyone who came out to lend their support — this weekend, last year, and always.

dave ‘n busters was fun. we played games while we waited for our table– ryan is a basketball superstar– and not bad at the skeeball, either. we ended up with enough tickets to get a stuffed doggie for annie… and have some left over for next time. it’s like chuck E cheese with beer and big screens playing sports– fun, as long as you don’t go very often.

we got home at 12ish, but i was still wide awake. so… i pushed some code and some pretty things in photoshop around… and voila! new theme for the bloggy. it still feels unfinished, though. we’ll have to wait and see what else i can do for it. but for now, celebrate FALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

i just love the orangey reddish yellowy leaves on the ground around my apt. they make a nice crunch crunch sound as i run through them on the way to my car.
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i spent yesterday trying to cram pharmy-cology, microbiology, physiology, biochem, radiology, immunology, embryology, histology, and some random clinical crap all relating to the respiratory system. no go. what do i care about 500 equations for how the air swooshes around in your lungs? how many differential diagnosisisisis do i have for “sore throat” or “hacking up a lung”? did you know you have erectile tissue in your nose?

the test was short, but not fun. school has far lost its happy-shiny-ness. i need a vacation. seriously. i plan to be sedated for most of the 4 days of thanksgiving. and maybe a little bit after that. i stayed at school for a little while to chat and catch up on gossip with cherie and cat. there are some fun-ky things going on in my class. i’m just happy that i’m so far removed from it- my problems are all G-rated. cherie gave me a dave ‘n buster’s card. woo hoo! i’m not quite sure what it’s for… mebbe playing games or something? what happened to quarters? tokens? oh well, we’ll find out tonight. ryan, mom, annie and i will be there for dinner and goofing off. hopefully, we won’t be out too late ’cause….

i have two more tests to study for. i’m meeting the kids at the omm lab at 9am on a saturday morning to poke and prod and diagnose and treat. i just hope i don’t end up limping home. letting people treat problems you don’t really have can be quite painful.
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found while wandering aimlessly thru the net: tha shizzolator. it translates any webpage [a la altavista] into something a little more gangsta, and a lot more hilarious.

reading cnn.com has just gotton a whole helluva lot more fun, ya know what i’m sayin’?
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over a nice brekkie of cinnamon rasin toast and tea this morning, i met a friendly pharmacologist who:
a. while attending UCSF pharmy school, attended lectures by the founder of genentech.
b. lectured at USC med school.
c. had many stories to tell about the “good old days”.
d. a & c
e. all of the above.

it was a nice break from the immuno i had been trying to cram.

and now, back to studying. there’s only 23 hours until the respiratory exam.

doh!

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Happy Birthday Ryan!
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i showed up for lecture this morning just to find out that the professor had decided to give us a handout to read instead. poop. i could have stayed home all morning. lunchy was provided by kaplan– they’re pushing their review courses and internet question database for the upcoming boards… for hundreds and hundreds of dollars. suprisingly, a large number of people signed up on the spot. i, however, have to figure out how i want to study. is it worth $500+ and my time to sit through 8 days of class, or should i just get the $250 question bank to practice with? it’s like MCAT training all over again… just more expensive and more brutal.

annie came over this afternoon again to study and eat…. and maybe do laundry [prolly not]. for dinner, we went back to the carribean restaurant for more plantains and jamaican jerk chicken. mmmm. i have the leftovers stashed away for lunchy tomorrow.

annie’s back studying again, and i’m feeling a little bit dizzy. perhaps its the tea. or fatigue. or food coma.

i’m tired, i swear i am, but it’s 1am and i’m not sleeping. microbiology is staring at me, waiting to be read, but it’s just one big blur. and it’s a school night. tomorrow promises to be painful.

oh, and my fishies had babies. black ones, orange ones, none the size of your head. let’s just hope they don’t get eaten.
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