Vacay

5 in the morning and I just woke up. Now that I'm vacationing, I can't even sleep in...stupid internal clock.

Now I'm hungry. I think I'll get me some pecan pie for breakfast.

Today will be a movie day. I get to use my movie gift card and hopefully spend most of the day in the theater...I'm thinking American Treasure: BOS and Sweeney Todd...just haven't been in the mood to see indie flicks lately...either that or I haven't seen any that has grabbed my attention. Damn you, American commercialism. Damn you, TV. J/K.

Now the rents are scurrying upstairs. Getting ready for work. Hmmm. I did that 2 years ago. Now I'm going to school so I can do that some more in the future. Now I'm depressed and hungry.

My Anatomy dissector is lying on the floor, waiting for me to notice it. I must really get some work done before I spend more money on gifts today and be a complete bum. Sad, really...

I changed my mind and picked oatmeal for breakfast instead.

Time off for good behavior

OK! 1st semester is OVER! I am officially 1/8th of a doctor. I'm so happy that I don't have to remediate any of my classes. Did well in some, did adequately on the others, but overall, I made it through and now it's on to the next hoop. That being said, the professors for next semester are clogging my school inbox with suggested reading material. The biggest worry so far is anatomy. We start on the dorsal section and already, the dissection is scheduled the first day we get to class. Nothing like starting the new year with cutting into an ex-person's back. Yum.

For now, I have the apartment to myself. Claudio's back @ Weehawken and I'm still dawdling around here in South Jersey. The solitude is kinda nice, especially if you don't have to study. I've been an absolute slug as of last Friday, after all the exams were taken. Sleep has never been more glorious, after I fixed the heating grate in my room. Now everything is toasty comfy! I have been catching up on a ton of non-medical reading like the last HP book. I bought a couple of DVD's on sale at Amazon and I got a free ticket for "The Golden Compass" which was very cool. Saw it tonight and I was impressed. Now I want to get the books as well. I brought my guitar from home so I've also been rocking out (badly) but that's ok. The neighbors don't mind. The chore of having to clean the apartment has fallen unto me since I was the last person out. And I intend to put it off some more...procrastination is a drug really...

And Christmas approaches. Things are looking light for this season. My work study program that I'm working for (Julia, you'll be happy to know that I am a librarian's assistant) has not paid me yet. BOOO! BOO-ERNS! Needless to say, I have put my shopping list aside. I'm praying my loan check comes soon...Presents will be forthcoming, just a tad late... =)

OK, off to make some food. Ciao.

December, almost.

Can't believe that the months just passed by. Almost done w/ the semester. I didn't do as well as I'd hoped but I didn't completely suck either...not yet, anyway. 2 finals down, 3 more to go. Thanksgiving was a blessing, but it was too short. Looking forward to the winter break and give my broken brain a rest.

What I've learned this year:
-A whole lot of biochem...and I hope it sticks this time, after the endless hours of tortured studying.
-A whole lot of Physio...Must really make an effort to make all of this stick. Why must god make the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, GI, etc. so complicated?
-A whole lot of OMM...do you HVLA?
-Med School is like a gym. You either love it or you hate it. And you can tone your arms w/ the heavy books you carry all the time.
-Gray's Anatomy is LIES!
-Coffee is a necessary evil.
-Sleep whenever you can. If you're not studying or having sex, or both, then get your ass to bed.
-I need a Mac.
-Girls are still evil.
-I can make sushi.

That's all I got. I gotta study now. Peace.

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.