Rachel's Blog of Wonder

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Apparently none of the descriptions in here are true anymore, except that sometimes I still worry about myself. In the past two years, I have tried to fly a kite.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Alrighty then

Okay, so last week was Fashion Week in New York. The Pro Ro show was on Friday. They totally put pictures from the show up on the Fashion Week website. I spent quite some time analyzing these pictures, trying to figure out which three designers were in. There were certain designs that clearly said "Hi, I'm a Laura" and "Hi, I'm Michael" but the rest were a little bit confusing. Some of them looked very Uli and some looked very Jeffrey. I started to wonder if maybe they let all four of them show at Fashion Week.

Then I checked out the Bravo website. I was totally surprised to see that they had pictures from Fashion Week! Unlike the official website, the Bravo spread had pictures of the designers AND the designs. All four designers were totally there and had designs on the runway.

No one is going home this week. Laura made it to Fashion Week. I am super relieved.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Gross

Studying microbiology makes me feel itchy. I really want to take a shower, even though i took one about four hours ago. I'm not sure I can handle a whole year of this.

Oh yeah

this big girl stuff is way rougher than its cracked up to be.

Rape Crisis Training

Yeah, so I'm training to be a medical advocate at the Rape Crisis Center. So far training isn't bad, and from what I can tell we don't have an NL-esque certification. I am continually reminded of how grateful I am to have grown up in New York. Louisiana is one fucked up backwards state. Hooray for being liberal.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Scary Thought

I just had a terrifying thought. Heidi said that the winner of the couture challenge would get special perks. They're down to four. What do they have left to offer but a guaranteed pass into the final three?

Oh my lord, I don't want Jeffrey to take Laura's spot. Or Michael's spot. Or Uli's.

HA!

I knew she could do it!

Very Nervous

Project Runway start in 9 minutes. I'm getting very nervous about Laura. Everyone has been telling me that I have to prepare myself. I keep telling myself that the commercials are just hype and exaggeration, and Laura will be fine. This really better end up being true.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Lets talk about Runway some more

Once again, I must say how relieved I am that Laura is still in. I'm not liking what they're setting up for next week, though. First of all, in the commercials for next week, they call her an Ice Princess. Are you serious? Dude, there is being a Badass New Yorker, and then there is Ice Princess. She is totally Badass New Yorker. It is super sad to see her cry in the commercials, although I'm going to chalk that up to pregnancy hormones. I will not be a happy camper if she's out next week. Yulch. One thing that is bothering me, though, is that they have been doing a lot of toasts and whatnot, and it seems as though she may be drinking a bit. So not cool for being pregnant. They haven't specifically shown her with a non-alcoholic alternative, but I would hope that she would know better as this is her 6th kid.

I hated Jeffrey's dress. A lot. In reality I wasn't crazy about any of the designs, but I really hated the yellow. I wonder if he would have done something that bold if he didn't have immunity. I feel like he's becoming the Santino of this season. Hard to say.

I am so fucking sick of studying.

Pro Ro

Holy shit, that was stressful. Laura was way too close to being out there, and I'm not liking it. I feel like she's kind of burning out with the whole pregnancy thing. Heidi was right - that dress was not her best work at all. This is bad news bears. I think that for that hour there, I may have been more stressed about Laura getting eliminated than I was about my test this Friday. I'm not sure what that means, but its probably not good.

I cannot wait for next week.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Being a Big Girl

Yup, definitely embarassing to buy big girl stuff.

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Total Loss of Focus

So I'm supposed to be studying, but I seem to have some trouble paying attention. Since Emily would shoot me if I tried to talk to her, I'm going to use this time to write about Project Runway. Its been a while since I've talked about it last, so there's a lot to say.

Glad to see Keith go. He's a pompous jackass. Felt even more strongly about this after listening to the Tim Gunn Podcast for this episode.

Sad to see Allison go. Yeah, her design was weird, but Vincent's was unwearable and ugly. Hilarious to listen to the podcasts and hear how much Tim wants him to be out.

Jeffrey and Angela's mom. Jeffrey was totally out of line. Totally being a jackass. He's totally taking Keith's place as resident asshole of the show. I really hope that he gets eliminated soon.

I still absolutely love Laura. Definitely want her to win. In reality, kind of want to have her life. When I become a doctor (assuming I make it through medical school) and am living in a fabulous UWS apartment and have money, I want her to be my stylist. I really love her style, but I was getting a little concerned that the judges were going to start picking on her for not having enough range. The dress in the travel challenge was great for that, though! It was pretty different than anything else she had styled, and it still looked fabulous. Its also fabulous that she's pregnant. The look on her mom's face was awesome. Also, seeing her mom was a nice reassurance that her hair actually is that color.

So I definitely want Laura to win. If not Laura, then Michael. I think that Michael is probably more diverse than Laura is. Also, of the six designers left, Laura is the only to have never won a challenge. That might come back to be an issue later on. Before this past challenge, my guess for the final four was: Laura, Michael, Uli and Kayne. I am fairly certain that Michael will make it to the final three. I was pretty confident in Uli too, except that the judges are clearly getting bored with her style. She has made a lot of patterned halter dresses. As long as she can change things up a little, I think that she'll definitely be a contender. I thought that Kayne had a good chance, too, but his last few designs (helloooo Elvis!) kind of blew. I think that he definitely has things that he does well (pageant gowns) but sometimes he's a bit too flaming for his own good. As Laura said, he sometimes crosses the line into tacky. One could say he's tacky-tastic. I'm starting to think that he has less and less of a chance. One more Elvis outfit and the judges might stop forgiving him. He was pretty lucky that Angela's outfit was so completely heinous.

Oh Angela. I barely even know what to say about her. I mean, I do think that Jeffrey was definitely picking on her and totally crossed the line. Yes, she's kind of annoying, but there's no need to be mean. Laura's kids probably have better manners than that. It was time for her to go. It kind of sucked that they flew her all the way to Paris, only to be sent back the very next day (Yeah, Tim confirmed that she did get to spend the night in Paris and sightsee and whatnot before going back to the US). It will be nice to not have to put up with her shrieking about everything.

I really hope that the final three is Laura, Michael and Uli.

Fun path mneumonics

What drug is used to treat colorectal cancer?
Answer: 5-fluorouracil

And what did we come up with to remember this?

Fuck me up the ass!!!

Now imagine J and E doing a little happy dance while saying it.... well, singing it would be a more accurate description.

This is how med students study.

Another good one that we (well, I) came up with:

drugs that are alkylating agents:
No More Days at Baylor College of Medicine

nitrosauras, mephalan, dactinomycin, busulfan, cyclophosphamide, mechlorethamine

I think I'm starting to crack.

Labor Day Weekend

So yesterday I was studying, as usual, and I got to thinking about how I really should update my blog more often. I mean, I should have been thinking about methotrexate and doxorubicin and chronic myelagenous leukemia (Gleevac!) and whatnot, but thats another story. Anyway, I decided to write down my random rambling thoughts as I studied, and then post them, which I'm doing now.

3:21 pm:
N'Sync's "POP" is quite possibly the pop-iest song out there. Its actually kind of hard to listen to it without getting sucked in. I feel my body start to rock, and baby, I can't stop. I find this incredibly disturbing. Plus, once you listen to it, it stays in your head for fucking forever!

3:42:
Christina Aguilera's "Fighter" is the "I Will Survive" of our generation. Since its pretty much an impossible song to sing unless you are Christina Aguilera, "Fighter" should at least be spared from being butchered by drunken yuppies on karaoke/$1 pitcher night at bars across the land.

5;13:
You know its bad when you're the only one in the law library and a Friday evening, and you don't even go to law school. Maybe I should rethink my career choices.

More to come...

Fucking neoplasia.