Hola Como Te Llamas?

As Cheesey said, this summer's theme is Latin. We didn't really plan on having a theme, but it just happened. Just like the way I give ppl nicknames---they don't get to pick one, it just has to come to me. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is our Latin theme started out with going out to Tapas to salsa dance and then everything just fell in place: There's this Mexican dude at Ballz' & James' house with real strong pheromone radar, we go to salsa clubs on the weekends (okay maybe just two for now), we eat tons of Mexican food, I'm learning how to salsa, and I'm going to Guatemala in July. If that doesn't scream Latin theme for the summer. What does?

So quick story with no point...Cheese's friends and I went to the Mayan to celebrate Yahaira's birthday. And, there were some serious salsa dancers around. Puts the salsa club I've been going to in Naperville, IL to shame. The instructor who taught us to salsa in the beginning was a guy from So You Think You Can Dance? Waow. Okay, maybe not waow, but close enough to waow. There was a live band! Awesome music. If only I can salsa sexily. That would be perfection. That is now on my life goals list.

I'm Baaack

YAY! I'm so back in California!!! And, I don't know what to do with myself because I'm so used sitting all day long and studying. Bleh. Bleh. Daily routine as of now is this:

Wake up
Breakfast
Workout
TV/Read/Phone
Lunch
Find something else to do
Eat dinner with fam
Hang with the fam
Sleep

Unless it's the weekend then the whole day is just composed of eating. But on Sundays, there's an hour mass at 5 pm. Yay. What an interesting life.

Nap Time

I think I have a problem...I keep taking naps during the day. And, it's not just a 20-30 minute nap. It's more like a 3-4 hour nap. Yikes! My naps are waaay better than the sleep I get at night. I fall asleep faster and I don't wake up in the middle of it. It's beautiful. Don't you wish you could take naps like me?

The Shape of Things

If only my posts are this funny.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

Dead Appliances

My dvd player and fan died. They're not working anymore. Sadness. It's probably because I have my fan on all the time 'cause I'm always hot even if it's winter. I blame the dorm heat gods---I wouldn't have to have my fan on all the time if the heat wasn't on so high that I have to wear shorts and a tank top indoors during winter. But, now that it's spring and the weather is warmer for Illinois standards, I'm extra hot. In more ways than one might I add. So, this leaves me sweaty and gross...and wanting to sit bra-less in an air conditioned library where I can't even watch any of my dvds over and over again. Not that I would do that in my room 'cause my dvd player isn't working either. Gah!

Gee's Baby or Insomnia Part II

I finally figured out what to post during this night of insomnia. Last weekend my friend Gee had her baby---a lil' Chinese-Latina baby girl named Makayla. I think it means "Gift from God." But, yeah, I got to hold the baby that Gee basically just pooped out. And, for a just pooped out baby, she was really, really cute. She sneezed and it's probably the only time in a person's life that a sneeze is cute and doesn't scream I have a contagious disease get away from me! Again, I heart babies as long as they're not mine.

Insomnia

Freakin' a. I can't sleep. I was sleepy at 10:30 p.m. and then I slept for a good 5 minutes and woke up. Grr. Now, I don't know what to do again 'cause everyone's sleeping. Boo med school peeps boo.

My Brain Hurts

Physio exam 3 is finally over and I'm FREE to do whatever!!! Well, at least for today. Things in my mind after a physio exam:

1. Should I go and buy shoes?
2. I'm kinda sleepy, but I slept early last night. Should I take a nap?
3. I'm kinda hungry.
4. It's Holy Thursday. Hrm..how to be holy?
5. I don't know what to do now!
6. My blog needs better entries...really.

Puerto Villarta Jungle Pictures

Kim and I went to a cruise to Mexico last spring break and Puerto Villarta was one of our stops. We went to the jungle. Yeah, if you know me, I would never sign up to go do an "outdoor experience." But, I really didn't know what I was signing up for...Here are some pictures to prove that I really did do some nature stuff. Now that I am still alive, I can look back and say that it was fun. But, if you asked me while I was in the jungle, I probably would've told you differently.

Here's Kim riding a mule. We had to ride a mule up a mountain. Everyone knows that I swore off riding horses or any animals like horses, but I didn't know that this was part of the "outdoor experience."

After we rode mules up a mountain, we had to go down the mountain. First, we had to zip line down the jungle....see Kim looks like she's having fun. Yay.

I got stuck. They told me not to grip the rope and just "glide," but if a gorge was right underneath you, you'd grip the rope too. Okaaay. They told me if I got stuck to pull myself backwards, but I don't have any upper body strength, so this guy Gabriel had to go get me. Scary.

The second way to get down the jungle was rappeling down waterfalls. This is me trying not to freak out --->

This is me slipping while rappeling down our second waterfall. I mean really, wasn't one waterfall enough "outdoor experience" for ppl?

Yay!!! We are still alive!

I can now check this off my been there done that list:

Ride a mule. Check.

Zip line through a jungle. Check.

Rappel down waterfalls. Check.

Disoriented

I woke up this morning thinking it's Friday and I missed my 7:30 am exam. I really hate it when that happens. First I gasp, then my heart starts pounding, then I have to think what the hell is today?! How can I turn off my alarm without hearing it?! Then, I have to think what yesterday was to figure out what today is and then I just give up and check a calendar. Whew! Thank goodness today is Thursday.

Frump Day

Okay I am so stealing this idea from the Cheese. Sorry Cheese. Illinois has sucked all the creativity and sarcasm outta me.

Highlights of the day:

1. I got Dr. Kappler for the OMM practical this morning. (He's like a grandpa and I don't think he fails anyone)

2. I worked out! 4 miles today. That's almost one whole hand. For some ppl that's 2 minus the number of toes they have on one foot. And, it's not me.

3. I'm gonna see mah girls tonight. Girls-night-in and we could go frumpy YAY.

4. It's almost summer break! 6 weeks left.

5. I'm actually posting in my pitiful and ignored blog.

Lowlights of the day:

1. I took a 2 hour nap. Okay, it's more like sleep, but I call it a nap.

2. I'm gonna see mah girls tonight and I have a test Friday, Monday and next Thursday. Boo.

3. I ate a Potbelly sandwich for lunch and I said I wasn't gonna go out and buy food anymore, but I ran out of food in my place.

4. I am purposely not reading physio right now.

5. I am purposely not reading any ICM (Intro to Clinical Med) right now.

6. I am stuck in med school. Why? Why? WHY?

Geese Who

The geese in my school are nesting, again. My friend Samer and I almost got attacked yesterday while walking to class. The male goose was squaking, flapping its wings and charging right at us and what do I do? Freakin' stand there and cover my ears. Great. If I ever get attacked by someone I'll just stand there and cover my ears. It was a good thing that the goose was closer to Samer than me.

Guatemala

Yay. I just signed up to go to Guatemala for 3 weeks at the end of the summer (July 23-August 12th) for a medical-spanish cultural experience :) Hopefully, it won't be too hot 'cause I hate it when I'm sweaty and gross. And, hopefully there's no infectious diseases around. Yikes! Other than that, I think it'll be muy divertido! (Check out my spanish skills)

Crudders!

All this time I thought my anatomy practical was going to be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, but it's actually at 4:20 p.m. Not a good thing because that means that I'd have to take the anatomy exam at 8:00 a.m, then wait all afternoon and hope that I retain everything that I crammed in my brain until freakin' 4:20 p.m. And, then after that I'd have to study for OMM. Bleh!

Bebes

A shout out to my friend TJ and her hubbie Tony: Congratualtions on your little ray of sunshine Alexis Danielle, born February 16th, 2006 1:32 p.m. :) Yay!

Debit Card

Sadness. My debit card is not working and it's not because it doesn't have money in it. And, freakin' Illinois doesn't have a lot of WaMu banks around. They just have ATMs. Boo. I can't live without my card...that's how I get food and stuff!

A More Mature Way to Break-Up with Neeps

Okay, so I talked to a friend and this is what I should say to Neeps:


I have realized that we both have a different way of studying and approaching certain situations. And, I know that we've been studying together for the past quarter, however, I think we are at a point where our learning styles are diverging from each other. And, I'm not saying that my approach or yours is the right way, but I'm saying that they are different. I think that from now on, we should go our separate ways and study with the people that we benefit from and learn most out of the short period of time that we're given.

I also want to let you know that I don't appreciate the snide comments and tone of voice you use when you get stressed. I feel like you are taking it out on the people that don't shouldn't have to be treated in that way. And, perhaps you don't interpret the things you say when you are stressed to be mean, but I translate it in that way. I'm a quiet person and I try to be patient, and a lot of the times, I let the things you say go, but I just want to let you know that I am a person who gets really offended when someone yells right at my face or says comments with rude undertones. Just don't do it again and the world will be a happier place.

My point is I think that we would be better off if we study with other people from now on and it's nothing against you. We're just different.

(Amen. Hallelujah!)

Drama Mia Once Again

Ok so venting time. Peas four gimme again for the lack of posts, but really I had nothing to talk about for the past few weeks. Sadness. Today, though is venting time: Some friends (and I'm not naming any names) are just waaaay too demanding for me and waaay too drama over things that shouldn't be a big deal. Let's call this friend 'Neeps.' So, Neeps and I study together with a couple other people and I happen to laugh with one of the other people I was studying with and Neeps very rudely claps her hands in front of my face and yells something like, "I have had enough of this! Focus people!!!!" Normally, I would let that go, but seeing that I was on task and I just happen to laugh & have fun while studying, that totally pissed me off. And, to the people who know me well, you know that for the most part I'm chill, but when someone yells at me like that they are totally asking for it. I really hate it when people mistake my kindness for weakness. So, I swear I was gonna push Neeps' fat ass down the ground and attack her with my fist because no one yells at me like that. So, I yell back shaking with my bloodshot eyes, "f-you" finger ('cause her face ain't worth the hand) and then said, "I f-ing don't need you," and walked away. And, I swear to you that took a lot of control not to bitch slap her across the face on my part because this is not the first time that she has actually done this to me and other people. So, I have now yelled at exactly two of my so called demanding friends in my lifetime.

So, it ended pretty quickly 'cause she apologized right when I was walking away. But, two-faced me can forgive you, but I will never forget it and I told myself that I'm cutting down on Neeps time from now on.

But, then Neeps sends me this valentine stuff animal bear, balloon thing with candy. So, I'm like okay she's trying to get on my good side and maybe she is sorry. But, really, I'm thinking to be really sorry I don't need freaking gifts, I need to see a tear roll down your cheek. Plus, anyone who knows me well knows that I think stuffed animals are generally a waste of space and I need truffles not candy. Dammit. Anyway, for a good half a day I thought okay I'll put up with Neeps. Be nice, be nice. And then the next day happened.

So, I'm in anatomy lab again and I'm studying with another friend because Neeps is following a professor like a lost dog. It so happens that Neeps and I were suppose to go down the anatomy checklist together. But, I'm like whatever she's busy and if I really had to study with someone I'll study with a drama free person instead and if Neeps wants to join she can come and get me. So, after my friend and I found all the structures we were looking for, Neeps comes over and says "Oh you're going down the checklist. You know, I was waiting for you." She was totally trying to give me a guilt trip. Bullshit she was trying to wait for me. I saw her going down the checklist with someone else. So, how dare she accuse me! And, why the hell is this a big deal?!!!! I told her I was leaving because I need to study for physio and told her which bodies had the structures she was looking for. So, my friend and I walk away and then we were looking at Netter's the anatomy book to answer one last question before we left and Neeps comes up to us and rudely says, "Rose, I thought you were leaving," and walks away. Beotch. I was. I so bitch slapped her in my mind.

So, to Neeps. I'll be nice as your acquaintance and professionally, but really, I'm cutting you off my life. I don't need the drama.

Lesson learned: I should've known about the Neeps.

February 13th

This is the email I sent everyone:

Hi Friends,

It’s cryday the 13th, and I was thinking to send everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day greeting, but this year is a new year and I have temporarily declared myself asexual and sworn off all men---I lote them! (except my guy friends, of course). I keep meeting reverse evolution princes who have the attitude of a staremaster sans the bod. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have amoraphobia. I just don’t want to be the Valenspammer of the year or even to be as pathetic as those long-stem posers and fear gogglers who would take anyone even foxymorons.

Please excuse me when I say that for today, I would rather not create blue bawls or be a scamentine, but I’d rather be a GHag working on a lush flush, drimming the night away.

Happy Cryday the 13th.

Not bitter at all & never will be a bandwagoner,
camille

Word Definitions:

drimming v. Drunk instant-messaging.

lush flush n. The rosy hue one gets in her cheeks after a few too many glasses of wine.

reverse evolution princes n. Men who at first seem to be princes but turn out to be frogs.

foxymoron n. One who is incredibly dumb but incredibly cute, who simultaneously attracts and repels. (“I’m so ashamed. I hooked up with that foxymoron last night.”)

GHaG n. Acronym. Girl-Hating Girl. The one whose only friends are guys.

staremaster n. Gym dandies who constantly check themselves out in the mirror. (“If that staremaster touches his pecs one more time …”)

bandwagoner n. A once-single woman who traditionally swears off the holiday but is now happily coupled off and suddenly all about hearts, roses, and luuuv …

cryday the 13th n. The day before Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a boy/girlfriend.

fear goggling n. The act of rushing into a relationship in order to avoid spending Valentine’s Day alone.

scamentine n. Someone who always has a random hookup on Valentine’s Day.

Valenspammer n. Shallow sentimentalist who sends valentines to everyone she knows. (“Don’t be flattered by Josie’s card. She’s a notorious Valenspammer.”)

long-stem posers n. people who send themselves flowers from a “secret admirer.”

lote v. to walk the thin line between love and hate. (I lote Johnny. One day he’s a dollface; the next he’s a total wanker.)

amoraphobia n. an irrational fear of Valentine’s Day.

blue bawls n. an emotional, romantic version of flirting that leaves you feeling sad and crying.