I'll take the whole week to block

IT IS OVER! Exam block 1 is dun! Yesterday, after biochem (btw, that exam did me dirty, bent me over and just went to town w/out KY), I went to lunch with my Roommate and my brother. It was so nice not having to think about any of my subjects for a while. It made the sushi taste better. Went home, crashed and got up at about 8pm. That was probably one of the most satisfying sleeps I've ever had. After holing myself in the den for about 2 weeks studying everything from histo to biochem, I was finally able to cut my hair and do some actual grooming. I got dressed, put smelly stuff on, then picked up my friends to go to Philly for some well-deserved Hookah and Salsa! Got back @ about 3am, went to the diner for some buffalo wings (so good and so cheap!), then back to the apartment to finish off the night/day with some TMNT action. Sleep was @ 6 in the mo'nin! That's right, we party gangsta style. So for today, relax, do a little food shopping, a little house cleaning, a little laundry, and reset for the next onslaught that is Cardiophysiology. Exam's on October 1st. Bring it...

Coming down to the wire

Took a break from reading (my eyes are really starting to tear) and decided to update this piece.

The first exam block week is coming up and I'm starting to lose sleep. That being said, distractions are flying left and right. Friends from all points of life are coming out of the woodwork and sending me all sorts of invites to parties, swarees, schindigs and whatnot. It seems like they always know just when to needle me.

I'm trying to put the girl situation behind. So far, everything I've done about this issue has been more trouble than its worth. So I'm putting this thing to rest. Let's hope it stays that way because I'm just tired of it all. I was listening to Jeff this evening and he said "Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong..." Perhaps it's good advice. Perhaps I'm not that prepared for this as originally thought. Blame it on movies, love songs, stupid cheezy commercials...point is, I'm hyperbolizing love and its many affects and that's not good. I'm trying to make my life into a freakin' Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan flick (No offense to you folks of course) and it's just not gonna happen. Time to wake up and smell the instant coffee...

And speaking of coffee, I need a cup, but it's a quarter to 2 in the am already and I must get my shuteye. Big day tomorrow. More Histo on the way. Head in the game, head in the game...

BTW, to those who actually read my poor excuse for a blog, thanks. Just want to let you know that your comments are appreciated big time.

R.I.P., Lolo Fidel (August 8th, 1908 - Sept. 5th, 2007).

I'm sorry I didn't get to see you one last time. I owe everything to you. Thank you. I miss you and I love you.

One month down

Greetings from biochem/physio/histo/OMM/genetics land...

Ok. It's been over a month since I last set finger to keyboard on this biznach. So let me recap what's happened so far...

August was a whirl. Literally. First week of med school was all about being social, i.e. know your classmates and know your upperclassmen, which was great! Lots of parties, food, and new people, seksi people as one of my good buddies would say. It was information overload. But it was fun. After the honeymoon, the real thing begins...classes at 8/9am and it feels like we never get out because it's a constant study thing lest ye be left back. We had our first quizzes in biochem and physio which was ridunculous...they counted as much 20% of our whole grade, so everybody and their mother was scrambling and bogarting every nook and cranny of the library. I finally got fed up and holed up in my living room. Needless to say I passed both quizzes. Used to be that I'd settle for nothing short of an "A." Shows you how much I've changed my standards...it's like what they say here... pass = Doctor. I'll take that to the bank.

Ok, now for the juicy tidbits. Well, it turns out that the girl I liked during the summer was already spoken for...so that was done and over with quickly. Moving on. This time, another girl has made it to my radar and I was locked in like a missile...ok, bad weapon analogy. For a while I thought that I had a good read on her, then all of the sudden, she was beginning to gravitate towards another person I know (let us call him Mr. A). I thought, "no big deal." But now she seems to be more interested in him. And now I'm left twiddling my thumbs...did I miss something here? Here I am trying to build something w/ her and all of the sudden she's going to him. And to top it off, my efforts at getting her attention are going unnoticed (not even a thank you instant message for my good deeds). Perhaps I'm trying too much. Perhaps she's just a thankless person and not at all interested. It would do me a world of good if I could just forget about her and move on, but like Big Pun said "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot." And it's hard to get over this one.

So that's all for now. Sorry about the generalities. Hopefully things turn up and I'll have more interesting stuff to write.