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Friday, February 27th, 2009
10:35 am	2009 will be fail. hi john! just read my posts. one of my most recent ones was about 2008. see, i knew it would be good! 2008 was SO GROOD. also, ive always known that 2009 will be bad. so far, it has lived up. its been a huge dramafest. of course, there have been moments. med sku, you might say, has its moments. actually, most of it has been good. i dont want to be unfair to you 2009. i should start streaming. im 1+ week behind now...btw. i LOVE not having to go to class. can we say, awesome? (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
10:28 am	med sku has its charms ive been having a fantastic time here lately. true, there is work, as anticipated, but so far it has been not-so-bad. but then again, block 1 = molecules and cells = much easier. the true work starts now. hopefully my lack of study skillz will not destroy me. either that or i will get my ass in gear. i cant believe ive already been here for 6 weeks. 7 if you count orientation. 8 if you count moving in. i feel really lucky that my transition has been so easy. anyways. i co-hosted a 50 person dinner party last night with 2 other people. a few people brought some dishes too. anyways, im terribly pleased by it so im posting our menu. the dirty d aint such a bad place to be... MENU: Drinks/Cocktails: -blush sangria (we had 6 L of wine, which means more than that in sangria, and it was gone in 30 min) -assortment wine/beer/soft drinks Appetizers: -crostini with goat cheese and caramelized onions -bruschetta (this was ridiculous. i freaking hand skinned and de-seeded plum tomatoes before finely dicing them for the bruschetta) -eggplant dip (jace) -crab dip (hal and ketan) Main Course: -roasted leg of lamb with a compound butter (roasted garlic, rosemary, fleur de sel) and vinagerette (dijon mustard, balsamic, olive oil, mint, garlic, etc) -chicken with garlic, rosemary, balsamic glaze -white fish in white wine sauce, purple onions -vegatarian lasagna (maanasa) -chicken salad (karen) -chicken salad (nick) Sides: -wasabi mashed potatoes with caramelized onions/balsamic -roasted, stuffed acorn squash (will have a vegetarian and carnivore option) -salads (susan, janhavi, fallon) (tomato and mozarella salad, spinach salad) -pasta salad (victoria) Dessert: -oatmeal raisin cookies -ridiculous brownies (VERY deep chocolate and rich) -chocolate chip cinnamon swirl bundt cake -chocolate mousse (Comment on this)
Friday, July 25th, 2008
1:38 am	i am anti-growing up i have pretty much packed up most of my shit now. it's really weird. packing to leave. i mean, i do it every year to leave/go back to school, but this time it's different. i'm actually MOVING OUT, as opposed to acquiring more stuff specialized towards dorm living. i am not leaving stuff here and splitting my clothes, because there is no point in doing that now. rather than spending at least 4 months home a year, i will have approximately 1 month the first year, and even less after that. so im actually moving out now. it's a sad thing. i like my bed. i like my room. i like my house. im rather attached to katy in general, even though it sucks balls past 10 pm (ESPECIALLY if your friends are gone). but really, i had a good time during these past 2-3 weeks at home. i occupied myself with various things, hung with a few people, etc etc. i hope med sku is sooo grood as opposed to no grood. also, do you think i will have to start talking like a real person in med sku? or rather, medical school? that would be just terrible. my next birthday is 23. how terrible is that? (hint: very.) at least i am still traveling with my blankee and my fuzzy blanket. that's very grown up of me. duke med here i come! (please dont suck...too much...) (Comment on this)
Friday, June 13th, 2008
9:15 pm	whoa, put that emo-drama on hold so um sorry about the whining about duke med. really, life isnt that bad. im in phuket now, relaxing on beaches, etc. life is good. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
12:03 am	inaccurate update: going to dukemed. times change. i should be happier. i know i should be. and more grateful. i am grateful, actually. just not as happy as i should be. which makes me seem ungrateful. so ive just been shoving it aside. but it doesnt change things. it just makes them there, but behind. in the back.  (Comment on this)
Monday, April 14th, 2008
11:42 am	whoa, slow down life. so. i chose a med sku. i (believe i) will be attending wash u in st louis for the next four years of my life. oh my gawd. it's mostly done, but i am just really freaked out about choosing a school. haha. i still remember thinking about wash u and knowing that i would never get in. wow. crazysauce. med sku! i liked it a lot post-interview and i liked it a lot post-second look. so why not? good school. good kids. good facilities (i am in love with their study carrels). relatively good location (ok guys, it's a step up from durham). p/f first year. unfortunately, not good school colors. kids are too smart (is this a good or bad?). and it gets cold there. lamezors! it's ok guys. meanwhile, thesis stuff = shitting a lot on myself, but then life should be relatively good. oh and i got my jabbawockeez tshirt. i absolute love it. love love love it. <3! (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
2:50 pm	to make me still believe hellos. i have neglected you. i cant even say that ive been terribly busy lately. cuz that would be a lie. and lying is no grood. i will say that the last week has been a lot of thesis work. i'm glad that its finally on my radar, but it's kind of stressful. i pretty much think about it all the time, but the not doing it all the time has made it last an eternity. if this whole distinction thing doesnt work out, i will be upset, to say the least. im giving up a lot of my last carefree senior days to this thing. here is a quick update of my last month: America's Best Dance Crew My new favorite show on tv. I am absolutely in love with the Jabbawockeez. Obsessed. It is what some might call slightly ridiculous. I am beyond pleased that they won, because you could tell from the first episode that they were the best. I just ordered myself a ridiculously priced Jabbawockeez tshirt. I am rationalizing it by telling myself that they get some of the royalties, so I am just supporting my favorite dance group. I went for the classic red one as opposed to the goodlooking blue one. Yea! Excited! How I Met Your Mother I really dont watch that much tv. Seriously. But I am super happy that How I Met Your Mother is back. This show is hilarious, and also responsible for my first medical school acceptance (Michigan). Oh NPH, you truly ARE awesome. Med Sku Conflict Now that the application cycle is over, you would think the hardest part is over. Unfortunately, it is not. I have to decide which school to go to. Applying is simple. You just do it. Now, what if I decide to go to the wrong school? What if I waste a shit ton of money and become a bum of a doctor? What if I try to save money, but regret giving up these sweet schools that I worked so hard for? Oh my oh my. I am, however, beyond pleased with my 100% interview to acceptance rate. I will have to qualify that with the fact that I did not get interviews at many sweet schools. In fact, I just received their thin envelopes today. Still, not bad at all. Better than I could have ever imagined. Ugh. Just thinking about med sku makes me all agitated inside. WHAT TO DO?! Second Looks are coming up, so hopefully those will resolve some of my issues. Cooking Binge Last week, I cooked/baked every night of the week. It was, as many things in my life are, ridiculous. Ridiculously delicious? I also purchased 8 pounds of butter, just because it was on sale. Don't worry. I'm fairly confident that butter will be used. Thesis See above. A lot of worrying about it, less working on it. Just realized a lot of additions need to be made. Sad news bear. Well. The end-of-college-nostalgia hasnt hit me yet. But im sure it will. I still hate Baylor for its inconvenient Second Look timing. Alas. (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
5:16 pm	i miss my puppy so much =( (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
10:37 am	if dreams actually mean anything, my dreams tell me that i'm crazy. i had the weirdest series of dreams last night. part I: (i dont remember much of) -somehow, we were forming "crews." like america's best dance crew, but minus the dancing. my crew members were...odd... part II: the Game -it was superbowl again! except it wasnt football. the teams were the giants vs the patriots, but it was really a basketball game on a football field. giants were down three, but they made this RIDICULOUS play at the end. so they ran across the field and then at the three point line, eli manning launches the most RIDICULOUS three-pointer...and it goes IN! patriots are out of time outs, so tom brady immediately takes the ball and inbounds it, but NOOOO!!!! intercepted at mid-field! and then they pass it to someone, who makes the most RIDICULOUS (see a general trend?) dunk from like, 10 yards out. they jumped so ridiculously high. oh yea, with 0.1 seconds left. and then i was in the stands as the patriots walked out, and they were all crying and sobbing. i was struck by how young looking they all were, because they looked like a high school team. weird. -during the beginning of the game, my dream was about me in the stands. i was going up and down looking for my friends. it was a really odd mix of people i was looking for. there were chem majors and the execs and some random other people. i found my chem majors, but i ended up brushing them off because i thought i found the execs, but it wasnt them. and then the chem majors got angry. it was at this point when i was on the edge of the stands that the RIDICULOUS play occured. -afterwards, it was a fight to get out of the stadium. which in actuality was just a large version of our soccer field. it would have taken forever, so i walked out the back and across a dark sketchy field that led to the path through the gardens. except the gardens were really a forest. i made the decision to just man up and walk through the forest despite the crime wave that just swept durham. bad decision. it was scary. when i was half way through, it became super dark, like a movie theater. oh wait. i was suddenly in the movie theater. i was apparently returning from the bathroom (which became the back aisle of an airplane were the stewardesses hang out and where i found out that a freshman girl who was in my spanish class worked as a stewardess on a plane on short flights around NC to earn money...weird) and i couldnt find the execs in the dark. i stumbled around a bit and located my mother. -she was in the very back of the theater, on the side. i thought i saw gaston's hair (his freshman year hair) so i went further down to find them. it was a terrible movie they picked. it was full of darkness. also, the giants were there celebrating, which i found annoying. also i was suddenly wearing a sparkly dress and really hot shoes. the giants were being punks while the patriots were trying to watch this dark movie and be sad. there was scuffling in the dark and the execs got caught in the middle. i was concerned. then i woke up. (Comment on this)
Friday, February 1st, 2008
12:40 am	i am so sad =( puppy wuppy =( (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
10:42 am	SUPPLIES! heelllooooooo med sku. =D here's to "suck it, march!" (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
5:05 pm	graduation year It is finally 2008. I've been waiting for 2008 for a really long time. It was back in middle school, when I added up the years and realized that I would be Class of 2008. So it's really surprising that it's already here. Some would say it's been a quick ride. Summary of my life from middle school: 6th grade = super awkward stage 7th grade = very awkward stage 8th grade = oops, still awkward stage ---------HIGH SKU!------------ 9th grade = hopefully growing out of it, but still overachieving like a bandit 10th grade = the year i became who i am now 11th grade = year of the AWESOME 12th grade = stressful year -------DUKE-------- freshman = UPTIGHT! HARDCORE! YEA! sophomore = included the semester of the breaking. mostly unpleasant junior = worked hard, but relaxed senior 0.5 = med sku?! and bumming senior 1.0 = we'll see how studious i am this semester... ^2008!!!!! Apparently my grandmother isnt coming to my graduation. I'm like wtf. Instead, she is going on a forever long vacation all over the place. Shrug. Winter break was good. Very relaxing to just sleep, etc. However, spring semester has consistently been harder for me than fall. From the looks of it, the trend will continue. In other news, the typical new years resolutions have not been thoroughly thought out. Well, they never are, but here are some of them: -eat more sandwiches. i hate sandwiches, but they will have to suffice -as usual, be nicer to people -remain studious, but have fun (basically be more efficient in my dealings) -read for fun during the academic year -cook more (namely, roast a chicken) -bake every week Well, it looks like it is time for me to attend my chemistry writing class now. Yay graduationg with distinction? And by that, I mean, yay doing significantly more work than necessary. I wish I was born without the "Overachieving like a Bandit" gene. (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
11:23 pm	it's beginning to feel a lot like christmas Honestly, I love the holiday season. Christmas music just might be one of my favorite things in the world, somewhere close behind napping, eating delicious food, sleeping, taking showers, and watching tv. I'm a simple creature. This is a really ideal situation: +/-It is cold outside, but I am inside. +The coldness makes hot tea delicious. +I have fresh, warm, gooey snickerdoodle cookies to consume. +I am listening to a great Christmas mix. However, some disadvantages exist: -I am working on my Duke secondary. -My kitchen is a mess. -I just found out I have an additional paper due soon. Fantastic. It's ok. Tomorrow will be a great day. The plan includes: 1. Wake up at 8 am, after a restful 7-8 hours of sleep. 2. Take a ridiculously awesome Lush bath while watching tv on my laptop. 3. Eat a delicious asian breakfast. 4. Work on my Duke secondary. 5. Mentor for BBBS. 6. Read my paper for pharm class. 7. Pharm class. 8. First round NCAA volleyball game. 9. ZTA formal. 10. Fantasia. As you might have noticed, today is a day of lists. Lists help me organize my mind, and my life. I am mostly pleased with everything right now, which I believe is not bad at all. In fact, sometimes I get scared because I feel like my life tends to be too good. I just dont feel right about it. What I do feel right about is eating a cookie. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
10:02 pm	damn, it feels good to be a gangsta... hells yea. achem pwn'age. bio...non-raping. yea bitches! home is grood. home is usually good. but we havent all been together in a while. minus utsw, which was a bit hectic. and admitedly, other things were on my mind. like MED SKU. thanksgiving feast will occur tomorrow. part deuce. it kinda sucks, cuz im not nearly as excited about the food. but it should still be good. i am having weird dreams lately. some of them make me hope that dreams tell the future. some of them, not. cuz that would just be f'd up. anyways, fab5 hang time! minus christie. because she lives in mormonisms. (Comment on this)
Friday, November 16th, 2007
11:45 am	CAPS IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL. I was so happy to hear the texas love yesterday. more than anything else, im happy that everyone seems to be getting in! YAYS! there will be celebrating to be had when i return to the land of the awesome. celebrating and paper writing. but dont let that deceive you. JAWESOME times will be had. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
7:57 am	oh you know...MED SKU. <3 i'm going to med sku. <3 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 19th, 2007
6:25 am	what that last post was SUPPOSED to say without my lameass keyboard: "bye durham damn my keyboard is brokeass. no shit."  (this would be y, backspace, t, and various other keys being broken) anyways. im in ann arbor now. im upset i spent $56 to get here from detroit. mostly because my shuttle left me because my flight was delayed. lamers! anyways, watched the office, relaxed a bit, etc. i should have done work. whoops. will do tomorrow i suppose. weh. (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
1:19 pm	b duhrham damn. m keboard is brokeass. no shi.  (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
2:26 pm	i am a post-test clean machine i just spent 1.5 hrs cleaning my apartment when i clearly dont have that kind of time. i need to be hauling. but i feel better now. cleaner. more organized. i guess i feel ready to start studying for achem now. my last two tests were less stressful than other tests ive had in the past. achem will not be like that. we shall see how that goes. starting now. study beast. except i will tell you about my day. i got a package in the mail today with my noise cancellation headphones. and by my, i mean my family's. they were kind enough to lend me these expensive things because of all the traveling which will be occuring soon. i cant imagine how bryant did all this interviewing stuff, without a real airport nearby. RDU hardly counts as real, but it's real enough to manage. the kitchen is clean. the trash is out. things are organized. clean dishes put away. sponges sterilized. (i love sterilizing my sponges.) living room organized, plants soaked in waters. ice tea made. clothes put up. shoes put up. dirty socks put up. dining table organized and wiped down. lots of things. lots of good things. when they ask you why you did it, tell them cuz you had to. (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
9:36 am	the week we've all been waiting for 3 tests, then 3 interviews. it will be good times. (Comment on this)