#2

I had almost forgot this was on my list.

Today, I organized all my college stuff into 3 boxes, and my medical school stuff into 4. Don't ask me why I need to keep it. Although "pack-rat" may come to mind, at least it's contained in neat stackable boxes!

It may not seem that important, but when STUFF sits around haphazardly this long, it gets annoying.
Now the STUFF will just sit around non-haphazardly.

See George Carlin on "STUFF"

#50

I was Donatello, the teenage mutant ninja turtle, for Halloween!

- Already have: green shirt, yellow tank, bō staff (wrapping paper roll), green flip flops
- Old Navy: green beanie
- Target: yellow boyshorts
- Party City: green tights
- Walmart: Brown shell (dog bed), Brown spray paint
- Hobby Lobby: needle and brown thread, brown fleece material, purple material, elastic, craft wooden letter D
- CVS: green nail polish
Too much stuff to do:
- @ Mom's house :) Cut and sewed the purple mask and brown material for the knee/arm/wrist bands (with a lil' mom and sewing machine help)
- Hand-sewed the elastic to the bands to make them wearable, colored the white elastic with a brown marker
- Cut out holes for the purple mask
- Sewed brown fleece to back of dog bed and stuffed with paper towels
- Pinned strips of brown fleece to dog bed to make it wearable like a back-pack
- Eric spray-painted a wrapping paper roll darker brown, and I wrapped strips of purple material around to make the bō staff
- Used a strip of brown fleece for the belt, but didn't have enough time to super glue the letter D to it :(

...and voilà

Donatello fights the mighty Bebop and Rocksteady!

Awesome Halloween:
- Spurs won against Sacramento Kings, and Ginobili beat down a bat
- The Saint - an awesome gay club complete with costume contest, me downing a Long Island in 5 min, and DANCING!!!

Photo courtesy of Nat....and I lost my belt somewhere on the dance floor

#32

In July, I went to sunny Destin, Florida...sorry for the delay in this post, but I have serious procrastination issues

Monday, June 29

• 4th year orientation = holy frijoles I've got a lot of shit to do + beach thoughts
• Take-offs and landings are the best part of airplane rides
• Expected "turbulence" = Phantom turbulence minus mid-flight drink orders
• Leftover TGIFs = stinky backpack
• Emerald Grande = damn nice hotel

Tuesday, June 30

• "Private" hotel beach = musky green water, seaweed, large rocks = fun
• McGuire's Irish Pub = thousands of dollar bills everywhere + sharpie + stapler + STEAK

Wednesday, July 1

• DEEP SEA FISHING = too much sun + red snapper + sore arms the next day = AWESOME
• Eric + biggest catch = master of deep sea fishing
• Red Snapper restaurant = Place to eat your catches minus slaving over hot stove yourself
• Pat O's Hurricane = not as good as a margarita

Thursday, July 2

• "Back Porch" beach = clear waters + waves + white sand = GOOD BEACH...picture = eric = small dot in the middle
• Thunderstorms in Florida = freakin mini-hurricanes
• Ciao Bella Pizza = decent + filling
• Harry T's Long Island Iced Tea = biggest plastic cup ever
• Club Aqua = Bikini contest = weird

Friday, July 3

• Wave runners = 38 mph = waves minus sore butts minus fall-outs = miracle
• GOOD BEACH again = need those water goggles
• Para-sailing = relaxing 10 minutes
• Dewey Destin Seafood Restaurant = Shrimp and Spinach Alfredo minus filling = need to eat other people's food

Saturday

• Commander's palace restaurant = Replacing your full glass of water + Sorbets in little dishes = Fanciest restaurant ever (25 cent Cosmo = earliest I've ever had alcohol)
• Shopping for souvenirs = headache
• Reading "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" on the plane ride minus Kleenex = Not a good idea

#40

YAY for being a quarter century old! I had an AWESOME birthday weekend!

Friday = Work + Terminator: Salvation + Fox & Hound + Denny's

The Clays

Ian telling me to finish my Long Island

Saturday = sleeping + Half-Price Books + Brindles

The point of this blog...Eric's parents got me a spice rack!

Even before the spice rack, I bought this book....944 pages - gotta start crackin!

Sunday = Work + Mini-golf + Drinking/Joel McHale/Jim Gaffigan/Rock Band + heated marriage debate (Ian vs. The Clays)

top form

Monday = at the 'rents....no picture of it, but I attempted to eat a 2 lb. steak

#49

Last night, we went to "Dollar night" at the Missions game.

Random awesome things:
- High-fiving the Ballapeño
- Sitting in left-field to try and catch all the foul balls
- The wave (multiple times back and forth)
- Dollar drinks
- Sean and Vicki listening to my really bad stories....like how I switched car insurance
- That sweet ass bag of popcorn that Subash bought
- Chanting "Baxter" to our cool left-fielder, Mike Baxter - he was cool
- "It's a moving house!" -Sean
- Nachos and jalapeños
- Singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (now I know to say root root root for "the missions" instead of "home team")
- The Missions winning against the Corpus Christi Hooks!

Next time we'll bring our mitts

Missions over Hooks 2-1

#36

Tonight, Eric made 2 cans of corn for dinner. We only ate one can of corn....but used 2 cans to make a wire-can telephone!

We hammered a dent in the can before using Eric's cool drill....and we even had the string already.

It works!!!
About 25 feet of string spread out tight across from one side of the house to the other. Probably not as effective as talking in an elevated voice, but much cooler. Maybe I can use it in my future tree house?

#45

So yesterday instead of studying, I decided to make not quite a bucket list, but a list of things I want to do before I become an intern....before my life outside a hospital kicks the bucket so to speak. Quite frankly, being an intern terrifies me. You don't know what the hell you're doing, and suddenly you're there to "make decisions" and "save lives" (read aloud sarcastically and with actual finger quotes).

Thank God I still have 4th year left.

And what better way to spend 4th year than with this list....50 things...(more ideas welcome)...some are small and easy like "start a new blog" (CHECK!)....some not so much. I think they are all do-able, none of them too expensive like traveling outside of Texas, or illegal, or too cheesy like "sleep under the stars," or new years resolutiony like "exercise." But most of them are just things I've always thought about doing, but never got around to it.

Sadly, I have other things that take precedence, which involve finishing 3rd year, board exams, applying to residency programs, interviews, etc......I have until July 1, 2010 - and I hope documenting all of it down in this blog will motivate me....I also hope that my friends not only partake in some of my shenanigans, but won't be annoyed when I "force" them to ;)

List:

1	Make college scrapbook
2	Put college papers/books in boxes
3	Organize closet
4	Go to Shooting range
5	Learn Spanish for reals
6	Go to SXSW and/or ACL
7	Sky diving
8	Eat at Ruth's Chris
9	Get a physical
10	Mount Bonell
11	Run a ½ marathon
12	Spa treatment
13	Learn how to swim other than doggy paddle
14	Buy a bike and hit the trail
15	Make a dent in that reading list
16	Learn how to play the guitar
17	Professional hour-long massage
18	Learn chess (and not forget)
19	Renew my library card
20	Take kiddos to the zoo
21	McNay Art Museum
22	Learn knitting
23	Renaissance fair
24	Get henna tattoo
25	Learn how to skateboard (no tricks, ok maybe one)
26	Earn yellow belt in karate
27	Start an herb/vegetable garden
28	Wear my rubber boots
29	Play a round of golf
30	Canoeing at Lake Travis
31	Horseback riding lessons
32	Fishing
33	Ice skating
34	Belly dancing classes
35	Learn how to juggle
36	Make a wire-can telephone
37	Start going to church again
38	Cook an Indian dish
39	Get wisdom teeth removed
40	Buy a spice rack
41	Do the splits
42	Use my childhood art set
43	Learn African, Middle-Eastern, and Eastern European geography
44	Learn how to speed read
45	Start a new blog
46	Have hair professionally dyed - color to be determined
47	Brew own beer (doesn't have to be good)
48	Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg
49	Missions game
50	Make homemade ninja costume for Halloween