Mardi Gras Update 1

Its my first Mardi Gras. i have left houston and returned to new orleans, which was only like, the place i lived for three weeks, but still have more loyalty to than houston. its quite fun, adn is kind of making me worry that i will someday be a doctor. Holy shit Gabrielle and Rebecca are somehow relating bong hits to bible passages. This is going to be the first entry in a new ongoing list entitled, "Things I Have Learned From My Little Sisters":

"CONTROL YOUR BONG HITS!!!!" - G

I'll work on thinking of more.

Wait, I just got some:

"You are so much more resourceful than I could ever be" - G

"Just kill it!" - A

"Here's Dave Frank's number." - G

"303-etc-etc," -G, courtesy of Honorary Waxman sister, RJA

to be continued...

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There are times I really hate myself.

Random Fact of the Day

If you eat a polar bear's liver, you will probably die of vitamin A poisoning.

The Snow

New York got hit with a snowstorm this weekend. It was the largest snow storm to ever hit the city. Central Park got something like 27 inches of snow. I am so glad I'm not there. I really fucking hate snow. I talked to my mom the other day and she talked about how she had to shovel it. I was so not jealous. She didn't seem to appreciate it when I told her that.

I'm having a rocking good time watching the snow in Torino, though. The Olympics have been great! Despite the fact that he is butt ugly, I'm a really big fan of the Flying Tomato dude. You know that the snowboarders are totally the coolest athletes in all of the Olympic village. The snowboard house is clearly the place where all the after hours fun happens.

Does anyone else think that the design of the medals is absolutely awful? It looks like a giant CD. Absolutely retarded. Supposedly its supposed to represent the piazzas in Italy. In reality, it just looks silly.

The Olympics Begin!

Oh, I love the Olympics. They're great! I love it when people win. I love how happy everyone is. I love the cheesiness of it all. I'm sure that there are those who remember the Athens games, when I watched about 8 hours of coverage a day. (PS, I still want to be Kerri Walsh) So here we go again. I have to say, I'm don't think I'm a fan of the whole having the Olympics every two years. I think having them so often makes them less special. Its not as climactic because it feels like they're always on, or just ended, or about to begin soon. Then there's the whole internet thing, which lets you know who won immediately, and basically makes watching the actual event in primetime relatively unnecessary. Nonetheless, I'm excited.

So here I am, watching the opening ceremonies, and all I can come up with is this. Who the fuck designs this shit? Its like, ridiculous. I know that every country wants their opening ceremonies to be the most dramatic and impressive, but come on. Oooh, the rollerbladers with fucking jet packs on their backs represent the flames of passion. I bet its every modern dance choreographers dream to be asked to design these things. And you know that the director of the whole thing is running around backstage somewhere with a headset giving himself an aneurysm.

And now for the parade of nations. Fun at first, but then it gets boring. Ooh, random fact. Andorra has more mechanical ski lifts per person than other nation. That may have just made watching this thing worth it. Holy shit, this music is hilarious. First they were playing the good times song (the actual name of which I can't remember right now) and now they're playing I Will Survive. I wonder how much cheesy American music they'll manage to get in here. Seriously, where would the world be if not for 1970s disco music?

Ooh, another random fact: The dresses worn by the women holding the plaques with the name of each nation were designed by Moschino and are supposed to look like the Alps. As in the mountains.

Boo, apparently the hockey players aren't getting to Torino until Monday because the NHL doesn't suspend play until the weekend. Wow, Costa Rica just got dissed. Bob Costas, who I'm pretty sure is announcing this nonsense, just said that they had no chance at winning and that the opening ceremonies was their biggest moment. Ouch.

Okay, so this is why I love the Olympics. North and South Korean athletes march in the parade of nations together. The two countries are constantly in danger of blowing each other up, yet the Olympics bring them together. Apparently they are even talking about having North and South Korean athletes compete on the same team sometime in the next few Olympics. I have to say, I like it. Its what the Olympics are supposed to do - create world togetherness through friendly competition. Yes, I am secretely overly sentimental about shit like this.

Neuro class

I'm wondering if maybe I should stop coming to Neuro. Its not like I ever pay enough attention to like, learn something. I may get enough through osmosis to like, be able to recognize that she talked about something, but thats about it. Eesh. Neuro is right in between Physio and Biochem, and you can totally see the attendance drop, and then pick up again.

Its kind of interesting to see who is paying attention. Its kind of hard to tell. With the exception of the super gunner, it seems like everyone who has a computer out (like me) is doing something completely unrelated. Oh well. I think that last block showed me that it was sufficiently easy to learn Neuro on my own.

I saw Good Night and Good Luck last night. It was pretty amazing. I'm super impressed by George Clooney's directing. I haven't seen Capote, but I think I'm all about giving him the Oscar for best director. I think I still might be leaning towards Crash for Best Picture, though. I may need to see it again before making a final decision. Not that it matters; Brokeback Mountain is going to win everything. Sigh.

Grey's

Does anyone else think that Grey's is getting utterly ridiculous, even for itself? This bomb thing is just absurd. You know that the writers were sitting there thinking of how could they incorporate a bomb and surgery, and this is what they come up with - lets combine them! Of course! And we'll have Meredith be like, the stupidest person ever and grab the fucking thing. What a jackass.

I really hope that Bailey's husband doesn't die, although my guess is that he will. Its more dramatic that way and lets them do a whole circle of life thing with the baby being born. It was kind of cool to see her cry, though. She's an interesting character.

Oh, and I completely love George.