Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Soda Popinski
There are a lot of interesting things about being awake and at school before 5 AM.
1) The 44 oz. fountain drink that I have been using as TPN the last few days just tastes even better. I guess my taste buds sleep poorly too.
2) Every deer for a 100 mile radius is active and in plain site. In the bluffs that I live in, they are everywhere... in yards, city parks, the street, clearings, running in front of your car... everywhere!
3) You get to see that gambling degenerates don't sleep. My town has three casinos but yet there is still a guy playing the video slot machine at the Amoco station. You don't win money at it, that would be illegal... I guess addictions don't sleep.
4) Traffic and parking are no problem at all! I saw maybe 12 cars total on my drive here, and I STILL had some jerk right on my bumper, shining his lights in my mirrors.
5) You are more aware of your body's boot-up procedure. Each system takes a different amount of time to load, install, and activate. In case you are a student of biology, it goes like this: bladder, legs, eyes, stomach, sinus, then brain.
6) You can play your music as loud as you want in the study area! It is really cool to hear Van Halen "Jump" Ramones "Rock and Roll High School," Billy Paul "Me and Mrs. Jones," Mindless Self Indulgence "I Hate Jimmy Page," Usher "Simple Things," and Dead Milkmen "Smokin' Banana Peals" at full blast at Creighton University. The bad thing is, the lights aren't on in the study area yet, so I am sitting here in the dark... The study area is not lit, but the lights are on full-intensity in the snack room, offices, and (thankfully) bathrooms. Students at Creighton University have access to most of the buildings on campus via a card reader system that is linked to our ID cards. Cool, huh?
7) No distractions around (other than blogging). All of the pretty girls, funny guys, noisy P2's, and needless emails are no where to be found. :) Well, the pretty girls wouldn't be too bad...
Wish me luck on my test. I have failed all of my practice attempts online. My test is at 9 AM so, back to work! Oh, and the lights come on at 5 AM sharp.
See ya!
1) The 44 oz. fountain drink that I have been using as TPN the last few days just tastes even better. I guess my taste buds sleep poorly too.
2) Every deer for a 100 mile radius is active and in plain site. In the bluffs that I live in, they are everywhere... in yards, city parks, the street, clearings, running in front of your car... everywhere!
3) You get to see that gambling degenerates don't sleep. My town has three casinos but yet there is still a guy playing the video slot machine at the Amoco station. You don't win money at it, that would be illegal... I guess addictions don't sleep.
4) Traffic and parking are no problem at all! I saw maybe 12 cars total on my drive here, and I STILL had some jerk right on my bumper, shining his lights in my mirrors.
5) You are more aware of your body's boot-up procedure. Each system takes a different amount of time to load, install, and activate. In case you are a student of biology, it goes like this: bladder, legs, eyes, stomach, sinus, then brain.
6) You can play your music as loud as you want in the study area! It is really cool to hear Van Halen "Jump" Ramones "Rock and Roll High School," Billy Paul "Me and Mrs. Jones," Mindless Self Indulgence "I Hate Jimmy Page," Usher "Simple Things," and Dead Milkmen "Smokin' Banana Peals" at full blast at Creighton University. The bad thing is, the lights aren't on in the study area yet, so I am sitting here in the dark... The study area is not lit, but the lights are on full-intensity in the snack room, offices, and (thankfully) bathrooms. Students at Creighton University have access to most of the buildings on campus via a card reader system that is linked to our ID cards. Cool, huh?
7) No distractions around (other than blogging). All of the pretty girls, funny guys, noisy P2's, and needless emails are no where to be found. :) Well, the pretty girls wouldn't be too bad...
Wish me luck on my test. I have failed all of my practice attempts online. My test is at 9 AM so, back to work! Oh, and the lights come on at 5 AM sharp.
See ya!
Comments:
In order:
1) Try demitasses of Cuban coffee, taken like shots of tequila, no milk. My wife (a D.O.), got through the class years at Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in Miami (now part of Nova Southeastern) that way, along with her classmates. Of course, it ruined her stomach....
2) Previously noted wife nearly had a CE3K (head-on) with a deer on an Interstate in Pennsylvania during her rotation years. Actually, the deer had already had a CE3K with the semi just ahead of her; it went flying over the truck, and she saw this shape heading toward her. She stopped and/or swerved just in time.
4) Oh, you lucky sod!
5) Aware? What's aware?? I'm not aware of anything until the second large mug of coffee.... I call it, "Refilling the warp plasma injectors."
6) Way too early for that music at that volume. Well, maybe not "Me and Mrs. Jones"....
7) You're in medical school (sorta); what are girls? Hold it; my wife asked the same question in reverse; next thing I knew, she was PGY3 and I had a ring on my finger....
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1) Try demitasses of Cuban coffee, taken like shots of tequila, no milk. My wife (a D.O.), got through the class years at Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in Miami (now part of Nova Southeastern) that way, along with her classmates. Of course, it ruined her stomach....
2) Previously noted wife nearly had a CE3K (head-on) with a deer on an Interstate in Pennsylvania during her rotation years. Actually, the deer had already had a CE3K with the semi just ahead of her; it went flying over the truck, and she saw this shape heading toward her. She stopped and/or swerved just in time.
4) Oh, you lucky sod!
5) Aware? What's aware?? I'm not aware of anything until the second large mug of coffee.... I call it, "Refilling the warp plasma injectors."
6) Way too early for that music at that volume. Well, maybe not "Me and Mrs. Jones"....
7) You're in medical school (sorta); what are girls? Hold it; my wife asked the same question in reverse; next thing I knew, she was PGY3 and I had a ring on my finger....