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Happy Birthday to me
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August 27, 2006
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August 25, 2006
waiting for the world to change
It's almost time for a birthday
There's been rather a lot going on here, but it's kept me busy. Beware my loquaciousness.
Last night was my last regular softball game, because I'm signed up for Biochemistry on thursday nights. Hopefully I'll be able to play some make-up games, as long as they're on another night than thurs...why is everything on thurs. nights? Anyway, after we won (and I didn't make a single hit--I struck out, how fair is that, in my last game?) we headed over to this pub called Harry's. Normally it has good, if simple, food and relatively fast servers. But last night we were there for at least 15 minutes before the waitress even looked at us, then another 15 or so before she brought beer, for those of us who drank it (not I). Some more time goes by, and variously the members of our party either went to find the server/manager, or went to the bathroom
It took about an hour for the server to tell us there was only one cook in the kitchen and they were swamped, but we should get food soon. Another quarter hour later the manager comes out with a free pitcher of beer and says our order ticket had been lost, hence the no food. Perhaps 20 minutes after that it finally came. By that time one guy had left, since he had to be up early. We got to the place about 8:20 pm and got our food a little after 10 pm. And yes, after all that, everything was free.
The other big story is that my most recent roommate moved out. She decided that she needed to be closer to school (and to be fair, she doesn't have a car and has an 8 am class, so it would suck a little to have to take public transportation every day). I probably would have tried it for a while, but she was only here two months or so. She also wasn't satisfied with our relationship, but then neither was I. I feel a bit of a failure, though, like I didn't try hard enough to make it work. Regardless of why it happened, I'm back in the roommate hunt. I've had more offers than I expected, esp. with school starting next week, but this weekend will be sort of crazy, with the aforementioned birthday...
I spent so much money at the grocery store. I hope people come by and eat things. Though I guess it would be amazing if I actually ran out of food, because that would mean I have enough friends to do so. Oy. I get paid next week, which is very good. However, next week is the last week of August, and I have not yet submitted my med school app. Hopefully once this weekend is over, I can get it all ready to go. Keep those fingers and toes crossed, folks.
One of these days I've got to go through all my stuff and figure out what I can sell. You'd think with all the people needing to get rich quick that there would be an easy way to do so. Eh. And genies really do live in lamps.
Freedom, George Michael
August 16, 2006
one day
One day, I will have a music room, filled with instruments. A piano, of course, but perhaps a digital one in addition to the classic baby grand, so I can transcribe the notes directly onto computer. A hammered dulcimer, certainly. Wind chimes, near a window. A drum set, perhaps, but not just the snares and bass; hand drums (what are they called in Gaelic?) shakers...a brass instrument here or there...
and I will know how to play them all.
But I especially want the hammered dulcimer.
(Still working on the med school essay. Just signed up for biochemistry this fall. Decided to not worry about it kicking my ass, even though it probably will, because Bernard, a coworker, told me not to. And as the song says:
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.)
August 4, 2006
It's too hot when you can cook in your car
Woman bakes cookies on dashboard - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com Too bad my dashboard isn't big enough to cook much on.
I am going crazy with this med school application stuff. Who knew there was so much you had to do to get the damn thing finished? It's not enough that you have to take the MCAT, but then you get this complex application that costs a lot of money and requires so many things...oy. wish me luck. I need it, and I need inspiration on writing the essay. I have to get my vague, unformed idea about wanting to be a doctor to help people into interesting, appealing shape so those admissions committees might give me a chance.
So happy it's friday.
August 2, 2006
slogging
"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." - Mother Teresa
I'm working on the AMCAS, the medical school common application. Egad but it's an odd thought to think this time next year I could be in med school. Entertaining, really, since I don't feel like I have much of a chance, but it's nice to dream. I keep finding things I need to do for it, things to get...maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. I've already promised myself that I would use my savings to pay fo the app fees. My GOD but they're expensive.
But as someone at a med student forum pointed out, I have zero chance of getting in if I don't try. Slim is better than none. Of course, there are also people on there who talk about applying to 25 (yes, twenty-five) schools. That's nearly a thousand dollars just to say, Hey, I'm interested in your school. Oy.
Think I'll pray now.
