southern style

wow. i don't even know how to use xanga anymore. it took me forever & a half to find this weblog page. haha.

so i've just moved to durham, NC and will be starting med school down here next week (aug 4)!!! anybody, everybody, come visit meeeee

one of my first goals is to start incorporating "y'all" into my vocabulary. my sister and i were in the mall the other day and heard somebody speaking over the loudspeaker in a true southern drawl, and i just started giggling.

my second goal is to pick up ultimate frisbee, maybe join the team (this is me trying to be anti-lazy)

that goes into my third goal, which is to WORK HARD. my laziness is my very powerful innate inertia. sad, huh, for a would-be doctor? i'm hoping my md/phd housemate will inspire me in this goal.

hullo from NORTH CAROLINA (my venture into the deep south stops here)!!

howdy

first of all i want to say happy and thought-provoking holiday season to everyone ;)

i've finished my med school apps and am waiting for interviews... and i've so far gotten rejected from two ;(

i have weird work relationships.. some good, some just melodramatic. last year i really enjoyed getting to know this diverse mix of people from international cultures... this year i've become close to people from a mix of religions - and had some good theological conversations. i'm going to temple with my hindu friend sometime in the near future, and she's coming to church with me yay. and i'll probably visit synagogue with my jewish friend sometime too. ;) it's cool. but the melodrama is just melodrama. tedious and stressful but makes life interesting..

Tgiving

hey, hope you all had a joyful thanksgiving! mine was productive & relaxing... joanne & brian were both home, we cooked (& ate) a lot, shopped moderately, read a lot, and even did some work (i currently have only 1 more med school app left!!). i baked a flourless chocolate cake with joanne; it didn't come out as well as i'd have hoped (it's a bad sign when you bring it to work and apologize for it before your colleagues even get to taste it). i also read "a thousand splendid suns" by khaled hosseini in about a day and a half - it gave me some ideas and convictions for the future. i started crying near the end; good thing it was 2am and nobody was up to hear/see me.

ok tired, going to bed. just wanted to wish everyone a memorable holiday season ;)

i'm all essayed out. i didn't know my brain could be so empty of words, form, structure.

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stanford women beat rutgers in basketball last night!! woohoo! thanks to sarah o for coming and adding her voice to the 5-fan-strong stanford crowd ;) we almost got jumped on by some zealous rutgers students, but my death stare kept them back haha. it was fun.

but back to my essays..

i heard about some guy who presented at a conference on a finite element analysis he did of an erect penis. no joke. gross but weirdly fascinating.

i think doing med school apps brings out the obsessive compulsive in me. i've created an excel spreadsheet, and i have to pore over it every night before i go to sleep. and then i have very intense, vivid dreams but when i wake up, i can't think of what i dreamt.

i'm thinking of baking a flourless chocolate cake (french style) for this weekend! i'm a bit nervous...

my prayers: for JK, V, JW, KL, RL, EL, Ca, Ch, Fm, XW