It had been a while since my beat up running shoes and I had a real outing. For a long while, they were moonlighting as walking shoes (that'd be why they're beat up), so we've spent a lot of time together, but it just wasn't the same. So we went out under West Palm Beach's stars, balding from too much exposure to streetlights, too lazy to find a ( Read more... )

Oh my God, I got straight A's for the first time since 6th grade, and I'm not even completely sure I really did straight A's back then. Some of them were A-'s (fuckers!), but I'll take it. The fact I got an A in a math class - I can't even believe it. Maybe I can pass calculus and go to med school after all. My ass is out of the fire for honors ( Read more... )

I leave Malika's apartment, tired but aware. Aware enough to see the patrol car cruising down Greek Park, tailgating me. That in mind, I pull into the intersection and go out of my way to make a full stop. I count to ten, look both ways about four times, and pull out. Suddenly, nonsensically, flashing lights are behind me. I pull over and ( Read more... )

I only realized I'd be turning nineteen fifteen minutes ago. People have been asking me what I want for my birthday and I have no idea. I feel like I'm missing an opportunity. I also don't feel nineteen. That sounds so old to me, somehow. In middle school, nineteen felt so distant it was almost alien. Somebody throw me a surprise party or

Today in my survey of select medical careers class, a speaker came in from the University of Florida pharmacy program. He had more in common with the people that came to discuss MCAT preparation courses than those who had come to discuss their school or their proffession. Though the latter party was certainly trying to persuade their audience, he ( Read more... )

Spring break is over, but the spirit of lethargy lingers on. This is a burly week studded with exams, papers, and mortal peril for procrastinators, so someone exorcise it for me, please. Now that I've got my car up here, I have more potential then ever to accomplish productive things - shadow physicians, attend cultural events, go to smoothie ( Read more... )

Come bear witness to the ascension of a new martial arts/action movie star - Tony Jaa. Marvel as he knees, flip kicks, and dislocates his way through the gangs of Sydney, Australia. Grimace at the tendon-severing fight scene. Learn why you should never touch a Thai man's elephants. Wednesday afternoon, around XX:XX, my place. Pizza ( Read more... )

Such an interesting night out! It's pretty foggy, and Orlando is a pretty big place, so all the light was caught by the vapor and dispersed near the ground, rather than flying out into the sky. The resultant effect was a sort of paradox; the fog increased visibility outdoors, a sort of super-twilight. On the campus of UCF, the cheap lights stain ( Read more... )

I hate keys.

Well, I spent a lot of this morning cleaning. I've made a lot of headway, though you'd be surprised to learn that if you saw it even as it is now. It is not unreasonable to assume that I threw out my keys on accident, and I have a super-important class that starts in 15 minutes. Fuck, I am a key-losing machine. I am having a wonderful week, let ( Read more... )