Thoughts and Opinions of a Med Student

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:35:56 GMT

A few years ago, Taffeta and I had a rather messy break-up. There were needles, pins and scissors flying everywhere until I finally threw Taffeta out the door and told it never to come back.

This past week, Taffeta has returned to me, begging me to take it back. And I, like an addict, took it back into my loving arms. I softly caressed it as I cut out the pattern pieces, pinned it, and gently fed it into the waiting jaws of the sewing machine.

Then, like so many times before, it betrayed me. It got caught in my sewing machine, caused the heartbreak of one of my needles, and drew blood and tears from my poor, tortured soul.

But today... today was the last straw. In my distracted state, I had accidentally sewn the wrong piece of fabric to another. As I was ripping the seams out, the beautiful yet unfaithful Taffeta slipped from my grasp and caused me to slice my finger open with the seam ripper. With that I threw it across the room, cursed at it, and told it to be gone before I returned as I stormed from the room to nurse my wounded finger. Unfortunately, I know when I return, Taffeta will still be there, and I will most likely take it back into my arms, apologize, and return to making beautiful things with it.

Oh Taffeta, why do you do this to me? We could be so perfect together if you would just do what I say.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:09:05 GMT

Reasons why you shouldn't leave books in the car on a hot, SoCal summer afternoon:

Just melted the binding right off the cover. Seriously, I think I would have been amused had I not been annoyed that the sun brutally murdered my book and left it dismembered in my seat.

I kinda glue-sticked it back together, though, so it's not so bad.

By the way, many thanks to crazyloststar for introducing me to this series (thought I'm pretty sure it was an unintentional introduction). I'm finding it rather enjoyable and hard to put down ^.^ So yeah, thanks!

I've been kinda avoiding making an LJ entry lately due to the fact that I've been too depressed to really want to. I still am but it bothers me that the last entry I did was 2 weeks ago according to the front LJ page and the last real entry I did was a month ago. But yeah... nothing's changed. Still depressed, still tired. A little annoyed with myself for staying up late and making myself more tired which caused me to talk about things I didn't want to talk about with people because I become much more loose lipped when I'm tired.

Anyways, here's something for your 4th of July amusement.

Happy Exploded British Day!

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:32:43 GMT

So I'm holed up in a room with a red door with an old guy (tjhyper), a black guy (jacktails) and a biker (bowtie) and they're all kinda looking at me funny because I'm on the computer but I told them that it's okay. It's just livejournal.

Anyways, I think a fight is about to break loose over the last bottle of pills D-:

Edit: (8:12 PM PST) OH NO, NOT ~~BILL~~ JP!!

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:18:11 GMT

I saw this on CNN.com and I've decided something.

When Walt Disney comes back to life from his icy tomb and he catches the swine flu, and then survives it, that's about when I'll start carrying about the stupid swine flu >:-/

By the way, Walt Disney caught the spanish flu back in 1918 and survived it, which is why I'm so sure he would survive this sissy-ass flu!

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:30:54 GMT

To tired for a real entry... so I'll just show you something funny instead.

Also, I hate it when I read about a book, decide I want to read it, then find out its out of print and I can't find it anywhere >.

Fri, 29 May 2009 01:15:01 GMT

I am so making Jackal Temple cookies tonight. I'm not sure what kind of cookies these will be, but I do know that they'll be the same kind of cookies Tuesday would serve with tea ^.^

If I end up decorating them, I'll be sure to post pictures. But I'm not really the decorative type so that probably won't happen.

Wed, 27 May 2009 18:55:38 GMT

Before I run off to work...

http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/home.html

Update on the top! Oh my gosh, I am so totally running out tomorrow and reserving it!!! ^.^

Oh, and go check out http://www.somethinginthesea.com/. They've changed it again... o.o

Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:15 GMT

What's nice about working in the pharmacy compared to other places I've worked is that the person in charge will not always take the side of the customer. The pharmacist totally told off this lady who went off on me today. It was nice ^.^

The downside is that I had a headache from around 4:30 to... about 20 minutes ago. 4 and a half of those hours, I was in the pharmacy, just inches away from some rather powerful painkillers that I couldn't have.

The funny thing is that I didn't even want the really strong stuff. I would have been fine with one ibuprofen 600 mg tablet.

And... I need to get around to getting a "talking about work" icon or something. But right now, sleep is more important. I'll get around to it later.

Tue, 26 May 2009 18:49:48 GMT

I'm getting really tired of people in other states complaining about California laws. You know what? You don't live here, you don't have to deal with it, so get over it.

And now I'm going to go to work and complain about having to pay a hundred million dollars to the state board for certification (it's only $50, actually, but if I'm sending you $50, I would think you could provide yourself with your own envelope with a first class stamp on it! >.<).

EDIT: I forgot to mention that Angels & Demons has a seriously awesome soundtrack!!! Everyone must go listen to it now! It's totally become my driving to work music ^.^

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:25:17 GMT

So apparently Justin and I are going to steal Bowtie's kidney.

And after 3 days with a regular schedule, my sleep patterns have been totally reset. Now I'm up bright and early every morning, well rested and ready to face the world ^.^

Wed, 20 May 2009 03:43:20 GMT

I feel like I've been beaten with a baseball bat and I'm incredibly tired. But besides that, I totally love my new job-thingie! ^.^

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:39:25 GMT

Stolen from crazyloststar

Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you're interested in - it can be anything from the house I live in to my favorite shoes. Leave your choice here as a comment, and I will reciprocate by taking the pictures and posting them as an LJ entry. That way you get to know a little bit about my life, if you're remotely interested in it.

"I never know with you if it's Jewish guilt or werewolf guilt..."

Sun, 17 May 2009 05:38:39 GMT

God, I'm a spazz. I so totally over think everything everyone says and one minute I'm totally fine with it and the next I'm like, "OMG, they hate me!" or some such nonsense. It would be kinda funny if it wasn't so sad. But whatever.

I'm probably just tired. Today was a hell of a day. I should probably sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep...

But no, I have to sit up and watch "Being Human" with Justin 'cause I'm flipping addicted. And Blade. And TMNT. It's like I'm trying to shove everything I've been meaning to watch into one weekend. And read. God, I have so many books to read. I need to finish The Wolfman, Breaking Dawn, The Vampire Chronicles (again), Fragile Eternity, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Luck in the Shadows.

Yeesh, I'm acting like come Monday I'm not even going to have time to read. I know it's going to be hard to find time to do anything else but it's not like I can't always take a book with me wherever I go.

Dude, I'm such a giddy little spazz tonight! Perhaps I really should get to bed and just sleep this odd little high off or something ^.^

Sun, 17 May 2009 02:32:08 GMT

CNN is chock full of fun stuff today!

Abducted California boy, 3, found in Mexico

I'm seriously surprised that not only they found him, they found him alive.

Suspect in pregnant Marine's death not father of unborn child

If he did kill her, I bet he's regretting it now. But now I wonder if he really did.

Filly Rachel Alexandra flies past all-male field to win Preakness

My mom and I only watch horse racing because the horses are pretty. But we thought this was pretty cool too ^.^

Sun, 17 May 2009 01:21:36 GMT

Yeah, I have issues. I know ^.^

Fri, 15 May 2009 07:33:32 GMT

"Things aren't the same anymore,
Some nights it gets so bad,
You almost pick up the phone..."

I wanted to talk to a friend. So I sign in to the program and I see that he's online.

I stared at his username for about 5 minutes before just shutting the program down without saying a single word to him.

I didn't really have anything to say to him. I just wanted to do the small talk thing or something. But it seemed silly to message him just for that.

Fuck, why the hell am I having this problem?? I can't talk to anyone because I don't have anything to say >.< This is really beginning to get on my last nerve.

Fri, 15 May 2009 03:53:43 GMT

My Ducks lost against the Redwings tonight -.-

The only little bit of happiness I pull from this is that they beat the Sharks in the Western Quarterfinals and that they pushed Detroit all the way to game 7.

But yes, my heart weeps over our lost dynasty.

In addition to this, my mom and I were looking at pictures for the HP and the DH movie and there's a picture of Hermione carrying Dobby's body and we both started crying. Yeah, I know, we have issues, but whatever.

But amidst all this grief was born the best quote ever:

"You know, Edward Cullen would be so much more attractive if he was Harry Potter."

This sent my mom and I into the worst giggle-fit ever ^.^

Fri, 15 May 2009 01:06:43 GMT

Okay, so a 1 bedroom apartment, unfurnished in Rancho Cucamonga, CA can cost anywhere from $905 to $2210 a month.

So I'm curious... how much does a 1 bedroom, unfurnished apartment cost in your area?

Icon meme and other meme...

Tue, 12 May 2009 21:56:33 GMT

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. The first five people (maybe more) can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

Happily taken from westly_roanoke

My Hanukkah icon that I commissioned from the lovely unsolvedsuicide because... well, I "needed" a hanukkah icon! The eyes are two different colors 'cause she wasn't sure what color my eyes were at the time but I asked her to leave it like that because I liked the way it looked. Besides, if I ever wore vanity contacts, I totally would wear two different colors ^.^

Ah, Tuesday... my lovely Tuesday. The picture was a gift to me from ludovm and it's of Tuesday drinking coffee, so I imagine he must have been at the hospital at the time 'cause that's the only place he drinks coffee (when he's at home or at the Temple, he drinks tea). It's also the default icon for tuesdaysoffice which I will eventually turn into a photo journal, hopefully.

An icon made from this picture here that was drawn by cozmictwinkie. I wanted a cute icon of JP and myself for when I make posts about him and I so... yeah, that's why I have this one ^.^

For the longest time this was my only vampire icon. It's of Tatsuhiko Shido from the Nightwalker series and he is probably one of the most awesome vampires out there, in my opinion. I don't use this icon all that often because I don't have many situations for it but I can't bring myself to get rid of it because Shido is just so... wow! Seriously, this series totally brings out my inner fangirl ^.^

My current default icon, made from a badge by Boneitis at AC 2008. This is quite possibly my most favorite picture of my fursona to date. It was also the one that made me decide I didn't really care if the artist I commission gets the colors of the fur perfectly right or the eye colors right. I've dyed my hair before and worn contacts to change my eye color, so what's to say my fursona wouldn't do the same thing? Besides, I absolutely love that little mask he did there ^.^

lonebluewolf

Instructions:
a. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.
b. Tag eight people. Don't tag who tagged you.

I'm not tagging people for this one. Sorry, peeps.

1. What are you listening to right now?
"Feel the Silence" by The Goo Goo Dolls

2. How do you style your hair?
I brush it. Sometimes I might curl it too but for the most part, I brush it and let it go.

3. What are you wearing right now?
Black capri pants and a light blue shirt.

4. What are you currently reading?
Time and Again by Jack Finney, Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer and Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge. And I'm rereading Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton but I don't know if rereads count.

5. Dumbest thing you've done this week?
I put off my physical until the last possible moment and now I feel all stressed and rushed.

6. If you could go back in time where would you go?
I'd love to go back to the 1920's. Or 1904 San Francisco. Or Pompeii, AD 78.

7. Theme song playing in the background as you die?
The music from the final scene from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

8. Last thing you bought?
My FBI background check

9. What is your all time favorite movie?
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Independence Day, and Catch Me If You Can

10. What is your weirdest habit?
I always have some sort of song in my head and no matter what I'm doing, my actions always syncronize with the beat of that song. I never noticed I did it until someone pointed out that my typing went in perfect time with our field show that particular year back in high school, which is kinda odd because my typing now seems to better fit the beat of a fast waltz or something. I dunno.

11. What is your favorite color?
Teal

12. How much money do you think you are worth?
Like, on the black market or as a prostitute? This question is too vague for me to provide a proper answer.

13. What's your favorite kind of weather?
Lots of wind and lots of rain ^.^ Or just lots of wind works too.

14. Which languages do you wish you spoke?
Italian and Japanese

15. What is your biggest pet peeve?
People who don't use their turn signal when they drive.

16 What's your ideal weapon?
Crossbow

17. Who was your childhood idol?
I don't think I really had one.

18. ~~Funniest movie quote you've ever heard?~~ What's your favorite novel?
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony or A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

19. If you were in a band, what kind of music would you play and what instrument would you want to play?
I don't know what kind of music, but it would involve an electric violin somehow, which I would be playing.

20. Tell me something you love about the person who tagged you.
They're fun to be around and have a great sense of humor!

1. He's sitting in front of the tv, what is on the screen?

Probably some cartoon I can't stand. Something from either the DC or Marvel universe.

2. You're out to eat what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?

He eats salad? Uh... shoot, probably ranch. I dunno >.<

3. What's one food he doesn't like?

Uh... I dunno. He eats pretty much everything... I think he doesn't like turkey.

4. You go out to the bar, what does he order?

Coke. He doesn't drink.

5. Where did he go to high school?

Potomac Senior High School

6. What size shoe does he wear?

11 1/2 or 12, depending on the shoe.

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?

Watches or DVDs.

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?

He was really enjoying peanutbutter and salsa sandwiches for a while O.o or meatball subs. He likes those too.

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?

Chicken and dumplings. He gets tired of things pretty fast, though, so I don't see this as an everyday thing.

10. What is his favorite cereal?

Whatever's in the cupboard? I dunno... wow, I'm a horrible girlfriend >.<

11. What would he never wear?

An orange suit.

12. What is his favorite sports team?

Probably the Washington Capitols but he'll at least pretend to like the Ducks for me :-P

13. Who did he vote for?

I know but I don't think it's my place to announce it to the world.

14. Who is his best friend?

It was Betty at one point... I'm honestly not sure now.

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?

He probably wishes I didn't change my mind so often.

16. How many states has he lived in?

2. Virginia and California

17. What is his heritage?

100% mutt :-P

18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake?

Probably a vanilla cake with oreos in it.

19. Did he play sports in high school?

Nope. He was a drama nerd ^.^

20. What could he spend hours doing?

Watching movies. It doesn't matter what movie, just as long as it's a movie.

Tue, 12 May 2009 04:19:18 GMT

Cleaned out 10 icons, added 3 new ones. I'm afraid to change my layout 'cause LJ doesn't support S1 anymore, only S2. And I don't know how different S2 is so... yeah. I'm holding out on that until I have time to look into it more. Tomorrow after I get home from the doctor, I'm going to clean out my interests. I may just leave it blank 'cause I seem to gain and lose interests on a daily basis. I'm going to clean out communities then too. Wednesday or Thursday, I'm cleaning out my F-list. I'm hoping to have a new layout up on Sunday 'cause after that I won't have any time to dedicate to online things. That means I'll have to finish the 3 books I have going on right now before then as well.

I got my placement assignment today. I start the 18th.

Celebrated mother's day yesterday at Disneyland with my nana and mom. Saw Steve Carell there with his f'ing huge family. I think his nose looks much larger in real life, but nana says it looks larger on TV.

~~I'm thinking I want a layout that looks like unsolvedsuicide's layout, just with darker colors and a different picture. I'll have to get around to asking her about that and stuff.~~

(Edit: I think I figured it out. And it's not so bad... I so could have done this weeks ago. I'll probably have my new layout up later tonight.)

(Edit II: Oh to hell with it. I can't find anything I need. I'll work on it later when I actually can be bothered to care >.<)

I went through and changed a bunch of ringtones on my phone 'cause I realized that the people I want to talk to the most have the quietest ringtones, which I found highly annoying last week when Bow called and I missed the call. So now he gets Fall Out Boy until I can find something more suitable that I like.

I don't feel nearly as blank as before. I actually feel kinda happy since I found out my placement. It's rather nice. Like something's been fixed. Or something's distracting me from what's been broken. Either way, I'm happy to feel a little better. It's nice not to feel so cold inside.

Sun, 10 May 2009 04:51:02 GMT

In honor of ludovm, who was foolish enough to ask me what he should draw tonight, which in turn forced me to think, I present to you... Werecheese!

I shall have to write about the further adventures of Werecheese... his picture demands it!

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:10:35 GMT

I'm tired and I smell like a hospital. But for some strange reason, I'm okay with this.

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:15:21 GMT

The other day I had a serving of macaroni and cheese for dinner with two Nutty bars (oh my god, these things are addictive) for dessert. Later that evening, my chest started hurting really badly. It felt like my heart was struggling to beat and I was having a hard time breathing. After about an hour of this, I ended up vomiting, feeling much better, and going to bed.

Today I had the same thing, but for lunch instead. The serving of macaroni and cheese was a little smaller and I had only one Nutty bar. Within an hour, the pain started up again. It wasn't as bad this time, though, and it went away fairly quickly without me being sick.

I find this particularly odd. Not once did I feel sick to my stomach. Nothing was wrong except the excruciating pain. So, naturally, I've chosen to experiment upon myself. Is it the macaroni and cheese? Is it just the cheese (we've been using Colby-jack cheese)? Is it the Nutty bars? Is it a mix of cheese, pasta, peanut butter and chocolate, all at war against each other somewhere in my body?

Only thing is, this isn't an everyday thing. I don't eat that horribly all the time. It really is more of a comfort food thing. If I ate like this every day, I'm sure to end the week weighing 200 pounds and feeling extremely ill all over. So I guess the main issue here is how am I going to make myself ill without... making myself feel ill.

I have a feeling this is going to take a little more thought then I originally intended on putting into it.

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:22:29 GMT

What will probably be my last words:

"I have had it with you people and your speed limits!"

Writer's Block: Musical Affliction

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:35:19 GMT

Have you had an earworm lately? Exorcise it by inflicting it on your friendslist. Post the lyrics or - even better - a video.

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I've had two lately. Two days ago it was this one:

And starting from yesterday afternoon to... well, now and still going is this one:

I'm sure this says something incredibly profound about my head and how it works, but I have no clue what it could be :-P