Okay guys. To maximize my being an utter waste of space this week, I may have gone back to an online, text-based game that I played heavily back in late high school/throughout college. And by "may have," I mean I went back hardcore. I can't say that I'm proud of myself, but I have had a great time with it. I feel comfortable sharing this information with all of you because I still don't think I'm as big a dork as my friends Liz and Lindsey. They are, at this moment, watching the "Twilight" movie and working on a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring the Bella and the Cullens. I'm feeling pretty damn good about using text commands to kill monsters. So there you have it.

In other news, I start my fourth (and final!!) year of medical school on Monday. My first rotation is the general internal medicine service, also known as Morgan. I found out that I will be on Morgan 2, and my attending will be the director of the Internal Medicine residency program. In other words, one of the biggest of the bigwigs. I am a little nervous about this, as I feel that I need to know all of Internal Medicine in order to make a good impression. Not to mention the fact that I haven't done a truly full physical exam since... crap, since I was on Medicine the last time?? I'm in trouble.

I was channel surfing the other day, and I happened to come across "High School Musical" on the Disney Channel. I'd heard about it, so I decided to watch it because I'm a sucker for song-and-dance numbers. OMG, it was awesome. No wonder it became so popular with the kids. (I know that I'm almost a full year behind the rest of the world on this discovery, but I was a little busy last fall. Humor me.) So now I'm all excited about the premiere of "High School Musical 2" in just a few days.

Percy just had another vet appointment, to finish up all his vaccines and deworming. He handled those shots like a champ. I think he really enjoyed everybody fussing over him and exclaiming how cute he is. Apparently his face markings are fairly unusual, and his eyes are the darkest that the nurse had ever seen on a cat. Since his first visit, he's almost doubled his weight, going from 2.2 pounds to 4 pounds even. At this rate, by the end of the semester he'll weigh 44 pounds. Won't that be awesome?

Watch this now. You're welcome.

I've found a magical place (thanks to David). It is called WeeWorld, and you can make a wee tiny version of yourself: a WeeMe. Beth pointed out, as we were up until 2am working on our WeeMes, that we are at least ten years older than the target age for these things. But I don't care, because I gave mine a little black iPod and a shirt that looks just like our VMS 2010 jerseys!! I put her in my LJ profile!! Yaaaaaaay!

Watch this. You're welcome.

I certainly hope that nobody was eavesdropping outside the editing room tonight. I imagine that such gems as "But will we still get to see scrotum?" and "We can cut some of her gyrations." would have made them think that we were working on something a lot more scandalous than a spoof of "24." There has been much learning about the editing software as we go, so today was far more productive than our first session. I went in with a goal, and we passed it. We've got basically everything after the intro in its rough form. It's a beautiful thing. I was somewhat kind about cutting stuff, but I'm going to have to be more vicious later. The ultimate goal is two minutes or less, and what we have now has us on pace for three or four.

Watching the late late late late late show at the moment. Conan O'Brien just made a joke about Tennessee, and I thought idly, "Hmm. I wonder if they'll show that in Tennessee." You see, I go for long stretches without thinking too hard about which state I live in. Kind of like the Saturdays during the NFL season, when I'd wonder why there'd be entire shows dedicated to the Titans, of all the teams. This is not a new thing. I've been known to give a blank stare when asked about the time I spent in Georgia. ("Georgia? Why would I be in Georgia?") I think it's that I identify more with cities than with states. It probably also doesn't help that I read my own address as not Nashville, Tennessee, but Nashville, Tekken. Devilish laugh...

I'm going to go to bed now, and see if I can't make it to class on time for the first time this week!!

In all yesterday's sappiness about seeing walls of a house go up, I forgot that I helped raise the walls. Walls are not light. I do not often use my muscles. It took a bit of effort to get out of bed and stand up this morning. At least my back wasn't sore; my legs were.

Did a bit of inorganic reading today, but I haven't gotten as much done as I would have liked. Oh well!

Link of the day: No Reins Attached

Oh geez. Best strongbad email EVER.

I've been quite successful at dressing warmly in the insanely cold weather. I've been toasty warm from the knees down and from head to waist. But my thighs have been freeeeezing! So I finally broke down and got out my long coat, so I'd be toasty from head to toe! And...I definitely had to carry that damn thing around all day. Nothing guarantees warmer weather like whipping out the insanely, bulky, long, coat. Don't thank me, people. I'm just doing my part to make Atlanta a better, warmer place.

Classes were fine, and I actually managed to stay awake in anthro! I think that's because the class started with a quiz (which was cake). So I got the full benefit of the primates lecture. I even volunteered information! I still find it cute when people ask questions, though. Silly people, anthro is not for learning. Anthro is for fulfilling Area III: Social Sciences of the Emory College General Education Requirements. It's also for lovely quotes: "Chimpanzees aren't as sexy as bonobos, but they're sexy enough." And for band names like Howler and the New World Monkeys.

Unfortunately I did not finish my physics lab report today. But I came very close! No last minute rush! Yay! Speaking of rush, APhiO Rush starts tomorrow. Whoopee. Here's hoping for a big pledge class! Because I want as many people to be sucked in as possible, hehe.

Quiz bowl practice could've been a lot better. Everyone was tired and cranky. It ended up being, the A team playing against me, Chi and Robbie. Which, not to sound arrogant, basically means the A team against me. So it was frustrating, because I could get tossups, but I don't have the depth of knowledge needed to get bonuses. Sigh. I think they might've done it on purpose, to stop me from getting overly frustrated when losing. Must learn more about everything.

And finally, tonight's Moment of Zen on The Daily Show came courtesy of the Boohbahs! BOOOOOOHBAAAAAAAHS.

Mom had an MRI today. It's been five years, so if there's no sign of tumors this time around, she's in the clear. *bounce*

More classes!

French 314

Turns out I do remember French. I was actually the first person to talk today, as Professor Loichot handed out the BRIGHT ORANGE syllabus and asked "Why is it orange, class?!?!?! Why is it ORANGE??!" "It'll be hard to lose them," I said. At my answer, Loichot did a spontaneous dance of joy. "YES! You won't lose them because they are orange!" Mild insanity must be a requirement for teachers of French.

Later she made us each stand up, introduce ourselves, and talk about our last experience hearing French. She made me go first, and I stammered out something about watching the governor give her oath of office in French. Another spontaneous dance of joy from the professor...turns out she lived in Baton Rouge for a while. Whee.

Anthropology 101

Kathryn and I have this together. We both signed up with the intention of dropping the class if it requires too much work. The first class is supposed to be...passing out the syllabus, introducing the TA's, etc. We did all that...then took five pages of notes. Run awaaaaay..only not. No papers, I'll be fine. Mmmhmm. Plus! I got the books for only $65 from a freshman who took the class last semester and happened to see me in line at the bookstore. How cool was that?

Um...what else. Took a nap, jogged at WoodPEC, then...First quiz bowl practice of the semester! I was RUSTY. Only got three tossups. But it was still fun; I reveled in dorkdom. Now I have to finish doing the reading for physics tomorrow.

P.S.- How great is the newest strongbad email??? Forget Achaea, I'm gonna start playing Thy Dungeonman.

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html

Wow.