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[30 Oct 2008|05:01pm] |
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I want the amazon kindle. really badly. must figure out if rumor is true or not that a second version will be hitting the market for the holiday season........
ME WANT!
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[11 Aug 2008|04:43pm] |
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It’s been awhile since I’ve updated this thing. Not much is going on. I’ve graduated from college. CRAZY! 6 years of education was more than enough, and I honestly never want to study again! Doing a residency at a pharmaceutical company with my fancy Pharm.D. and working per diem at a grocery story pharmacy to make money since the residency pays beans. But now I’m starting to feel like a grown-up which is just plain bizarre. Having my own health insurance and setting up 401k, etc. WEIRD. I don’t think the reality of this all has quite sunken in yet. I sort of feel like it’s just a summer internship or something, and that in a few weeks I’m going to be sitting in a lecture room or what not. But no. It is real. We’ll see how I feel about all this in September. But speaking of new insurance, finding a new primary care physician has been a PAIN in the butt. I found one, and made an appt for this past Friday, and she had me WAITING in the office for over 2 hours! So of course I left and now have to select a new doc, but how unbelievably unprofessional! And of course the office was SURPRISED that I left. But really. 2 hours is enough to see a new patient that really has NOTHING wrong. Just there to introduce myself and create a file and all that, in case I have to see her in the future. Bah. But on a plus note, I am in love with the Olympics. Thoroughly enjoying them! I find myself with slightly more time to read, but it also may be because it is summer time and no shows are really on (except for SYTYCD? which just ended and Project Runway, and for the next couple days, the Olympics!)! Need to catch up on Bollywood though. That’s a must! And catch up on reading. I’ve fallen behind from studying for the boards. But I am definitely picking up speed so that’s good!
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| 2008 Books |
[19 May 2008|10:12am] |
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1. Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
2. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
3. The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have - Dennis Diclaudio
4. The Fish Can Sing - Halldor Laxness
5. Can You Keep a Secret? - Sophie Kinsella
6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
7. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
8. Persepolis 2 - Marjane Satrapi
9. APhA Complete Review for Pharmacy
10. Appleton and Lange - Q&A Pharmacy Review
11. Crash - Jerry Spinelli
12. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great - Judy Blume
13. How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell
14. Lizzi Logan, Second Banana - Eileen Spinelli
15. Soupy Saturdays with the Great Pain - Judy Blume
16. Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella
17. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
18. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
19. The Paranoid's Pocket Guide to Mental Disorders You Can Just Feel Coming On - Dennis Diclaudio
20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem
Seduction of Silence - Bem Le Hunte
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
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| just one sock... |
[05 Mar 2008|07:15pm] |
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all i want to do is have my FEET back. walk around. run around. SHOWER. wash my hair in a tub! not feel constant dryness all over my body.
what i really want to do is to be able to sit down and concentrate and STUDY for the boards and law exam and REALLY get that out of the way!!!!
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| funny. |
[28 Feb 2008|03:32pm] |
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- my dad thought a stack of post-it notes was a paper weight
- the way i'm walking right now...
- watching myself play the wii
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| Wiiiiiiiiiiii |
[24 Feb 2008|07:11pm] |
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I just got a Wii and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pumped! Can't wait to REALLY play it (when I can stand on my feet!)!
And I think my first game investment will be Dance Dance Revolution!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[10 Feb 2008|06:19pm] |
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so i've really been slacking with this journal. and honestly, the last year of my education kept me extremetly busy. but now i'm done. and i'm scared! scared shitless!!!!! which is why i think i'm reverting back to this thing...just get rid of everything inside me.
but to summarzie the past few months, i applied for further education (fellowships and residencies) and i got a residency!!! and i was SO thrilled, but now i'm very nervous. i have NO experience whatsoever, and somehow, i got this residency? i'm flabergasted, and so scared. what also scares me is working for the rest of my life! at least until i retire now...soo weird and scary.
i just don't want to leave this bubble of mine, student life and parents taking care of everything. i mean you would think having a doctorate would make me so confident and ready, and yet i feel SO unbelievably clueless. scary. just scary.
i got my new hire package and had to look at health plans and 401k stuff..very grown up and very much something i don't want...i mean i'm so relieved school is over, but at the same time, i don't want it to be over. i mean i have SLAVED over my studying these past few years, and i have a pretty decent gpa, so i'm not stupid or anything. yet i guess i lack confidence. and the fact that i got this residency without ANY experience...
i'm just scared. nervous. and terrified. but this is all normal...right?
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| new year's resolutions... |
[01 Jan 2008|02:16pm] |
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1. 50 book challenge - again! i only made it to 32 books in 2007!...what a dissapointment, but with school being out of the way soon, maybe 50 is doable this year...
2. get into shape
3. get a job (although this should probably be number 1...) - and along with this goes pass the board and law exam...
4. keep my room clean (seriously its ashame i can't do this) - and with this - stay more organized...
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[31 Dec 2007|12:55pm] |
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i've really been slacking here...
so lets see - i'm ALMOST done with college! the countdown begins - 31 days (my last day is feb 1st!)!!!!!
i'm currently reading shantaram - an EXCELLENT book!
but reading is on hold as i am applying for residencies and fellowships!! EEK! the real world!!! so scary....
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[02 May 2007|10:08am] |
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FUCK YEA!!!!!!!! an A in a 4 credit class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| senioritis... |
[28 Apr 2007|08:47pm] |
[ current mood |  stressed]
finals are stinky. i don't want to study. all i want to do is sleep. and read a few good books. and watch tv. and watch movies. and knit. and listen to music. and basically do anything that does not involve studying.
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| i love fridays off! |
[19 Jan 2007|04:06pm] |
[ current mood |  excited ]
this is the FIRST semester in 5 years that i have fridays off (well junior year i sorta had fridays off - i had lab every other friday for about 8 weeks...), but this semester i have EVERY friday off (minus the ones that i have practicals/exams scheduled, but it's not THAT many...) and i LOVE it! only having to go to campus FOUR days a week is such a huge sigh of relief!!!!!
so what did i do to celebrate my first friday off? i watched Freedom Writers yesterday [thursday] (excellent movie!), and i watched Umrao Jaan [aishwariya rai version] today (i liked it since everyone kept telling me how bad it was - i had very low expectations! haha! but i still like the rekha version better!!)
i am ALL caught up with LOST (excellent show!!!)! i have a few books i want to read before exams start rolling in...but YAY for no classes on fridays!!!!!
now i should get some homework and reading done, but just had to boast about how much i LOVE having fridays off!
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| last first day! |
[16 Jan 2007|10:48pm] |
[ current mood |  discontent ]
i cannot believe winter break is officially over!!! it's been less than 12 hours and i miss it already!!!! today was the first day of classes for the spring semester! it's somewhat exciting knowing that this was my last first day on campus (although i have one year of rotations (off campus) following this semester so i'm not quite done yet...)! i only had one class and it didn't seem bad so can't complain YET!
i have 4 episodes of lost to watch and then i'll be ALL caught up, but i can't watch them right now. i watched 2 episodes succesfully online, and now i keep getting a BANDWIDTH error. i don't get it...but then again i know very little about computers
exciting and not so exciting news! i found this used bookstore right off campus, and i visited it while i was at jury duty since it was super close to the court house, BUT, the owner brings his cats (FOUR) to the store, and i'm deathly afraid of all animals (unless they can't touch me - then they're adorable)! i ran out of there faster than light!!!! but OMG! i've been SEARCHING for a used bookstore, and one SO close, and of course i can't go in!!!! ugh!
i should go to sleep soon since i have to get up at the butt crack of dawn to get to campus extra early so i can take TWO buses to get to class, but i'm just not sleepy (and i'm frustrated i can't watch another episode of lost!)!
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| tap tap tap |
[10 Jan 2007|03:15pm] |
[ current mood |  creative ]
so my parents are having some renovations done around the house and all i keep hearing is the banging of the hammer (tap tap tap - or maybe it's bam bam bam)...it's fine, because the house is gonna be beautiful afterwards, but 2 days of getting up at the butt crack of dawn to this...haha
i had jury duty yesterday and OH MY GOODNESS, that was painful! i sat in a chair from 8am to noon, then they gave us a one hour break for lunch, and then sat in a different chair from 1pm to 4pm!!!! i did NOT get selected for jury duty, but they kept me there ALL freaking day. i didn't know that i had to sit there no matter what. i thought they'd decide if they wanted me or not at 8am and then let me go if they didn't need me...UGH! thank goodness i brought a book, and read that cover to cover (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) cowsopinion - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), and i wish i had known because otherwise i would have brought TWO books!!!!! during my lunch break i visited the used book store i discovered across the street from the court house, except the owner brought his FOUR cats to the bookstore which freaked me out and i ran out of there faster than light!!!!!!!
- started watching season 2 of lost, and not as good as season 1, but still GOOD!
- the 50 book challenge is going well. 2 weeks into the year and have completed 3.5 books...not bad not bad (see cowsopinion)
- so not looking forward to classes starting on tuesday - started buying my books - well so far i think i only need 2 books, and i only purchased 1 so far...
- debating if i should get the wireless headphones for my ipod...seems like a good investment but i just don't know how it will travel in my backpack...
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| winter break rocks! |
[28 Dec 2006|04:43pm] |
[ current mood |  happy ]
wow, i've been on break for ONE WEEK and it's gone by like a whirlwind! i don't even know where to begin! i have gotten NO LEISURE READING done (BAH!)...how dissapointing!!!! since being on break, i've worked 26 hours (CHH CHING), saw 2 movies (Don and The Pursuit of Happyness) - Don (eh. mixture of james bond and MI2) - The Pursuit of Happyness (EXCELLENT! recommend it to everyone! and i am officially in love with will smith AND his son!)! plan on watching umrao jaan tomorrow after work (hopefully - i keep wanting to watch it and my parents end up distracting me from watching it since they've already seen it!)
today at work, a lady said i had BEAUTIFUL EYES and it was kinda weird cuz i didn't even have time to get fully ready, so i didn't have the normal amount of eye makeup on that i really do, but it's always nice to receive compliments like that! also, today at work, the phones died about 2 hours into my shift and were NOT functioning when i left 6 hours later, so tomorrow it's going to be a ZOO if the phones are functioning by then....
tonight, i plan on eating dinner and then watching LOST! i borrowed the first season from my parents friends' and i'm very excited! i hear it's completely addicting but totally worth the addiction. i sure hope so! lol! how else am i supposed to ROT over winter break!
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| riiight |
[15 Dec 2006|06:54pm] |
so half my finals are over with. yay...3 left- monday - renal/gi/nutrition therapeutics
- tuesday - patient communication I written exam
- wednesday - pharmacokinetics
todays exam (oncology) - whoa. some of that shit was pulled out of no where. i hate when professors get sooooooooo nit-picky with random details. ugh. i only need a 74 to get a B+ and that's what i'm aiming for....
i should go start studying for this tornado of exams...but i'm just so tired already. uuuuuugh! so not motivated!
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| that time of the semester... |
[08 Dec 2006|06:25pm] |
i had my physical assessment practical today. a very retarded class if you ask me. we pretend to be doctors, which is super stupid, because in the real world, doctors would never let us perform these exams. they'd do it themselves and share the results. and it's even more stupid that 5 minutes determines 30% of your grade, and we have 2 practicals a semester, so technically, 10 minutes determines 60% of your grade. AH! talking about STRESS!!!! you have to learn how to perform a thousand tests, and know EACH step to the TEE, and you just pick a test from a hat and have to perform the random one out of hundreds in 5 minutes, and that's that. and it sucks because some tests are SOOO easy (explain to parents how to take rectal temperature) and some are REALLY difficult (palpate for liver and determine if it's enlarged!!!!) ugh! i got the AIMS (abnormal involuntary movement score) test, and that was ok. went smoothly. but preparing for this! WHOA! i was so freaked that i made myself pretend it was the actaul practical, and i placed all the possible tasks in a hat and performed the exams on my teddy bear (poor teddy!)...thank goodness it's OVER!!!!!!!
i have my patient communication practical on thursday which i'm not too nervous about. and at least it's onlt 15% of my grade, and it's pretty straightforward...so hopefully things go smoothly
so 2 classes down, 4 to go! those are sorta good odds. thurs, fri, mon, tues, and wed! then i'm DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 weeks off! i CANNOT wait. i actually can't even think of what i'll be doing with my free time...free time? what's that...
well i guess what i WANT to do is SLEEP, watch lots of movies, and read a lot of books. but i can't see myself doing that. i feel like if a week goes by without having to study, then something is wrong. gosh, what has college done to me?
i can't motivate myself to study tonight. and the polar express is on abcfamily and i've been wanting to watch that for a long time (that tom hanks!!!)! ugh...FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!
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| W o W |
[05 Dec 2006|11:09am] |
so heroes is hands down my new favorite tv show! if you're not watching this show, then you are SERIOUSLY missing out!!!! i can't wait till jan 22nd for the next new episode. that is one HUGE gap! but at least they've been continuous with the new episodes. i hate when shows air a new episodes, followed by 2 repeat episodes, then a new and then a repeat..bah! but a very long gap till jan 22nd!!!!!!
the RU screw strikes again. i mean it should be the RU RX screw. once again, rutgers pharmacy has allotted NO reading days for 5th year Rx students. YIPPY! so no break between the last day of classes and the first day of exams....
must go study until the semester ends..ugh
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| TO READ list |
[02 Dec 2006|06:56pm] |
[ current mood |  determined ]
- The Time Traveler's Wife
- Sideways
- If Tomorrow Comes
- Water
- Flowers for Algernon
- Middlesex
- Fall On Your Knees
- In Cold Blood
- A Confederacy of Dunces
- The Secret Life of Bees
- The Girl with a Pearl Earring
- The Fountainhead
- Running with Scissors
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- The Hours
- Prozac Nation
- A Year of Magical Thinking
- The Pilot's Wife
- The Girl Who Played Go
- Shantaram
- Winkie
- Naked Lunch
- The Collected Works of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Shopaholic Takes Manhatten – currently reading
- Shopaholic Ties the Knot
- Shopaholic and Sister
- Shopaholic and Baby
- Reflection
- Breakfast with Stephanie
- Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
- Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- The Book Theif
new years resolution #1 - the 50 book challenge
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