Teach me how to Dougie

Last weekend at retreat something really awkward happened to me. In fact, it was so embarrassing that I've waited over a week to share it with you guys.

I was at a party in someone's hotel room when "Teach Me How To Dougie" came on and EVERYONE in the room started to aggressively do The Dougie. Except for me. Because I had never heard the song before (and so obviously knowing the dance was out of the question). I was so stunned/caught off guard that I kind of just froze (and/or blacked out... I'm still not entirely sure).

Finally, I came to and asked some kid what the song was. "You've never heard this?!" He kind of laughed. (OMG, I thought, I'm officially old and totally out of touch).

"Wait," I said, "When did this come out? Over the summer?" I was desperate at this point to prove that I'm not that socially retarded after all... I'd been out of the country for 2 months and pretty much away from all forms of media (If you remember, I didn't even know about those effing iPads!!).

"Uh, yeah sure." (The real answer: no).

"Oh thank god," I replied. "You see, I was out of the country... I didn't hear any new music." (such desperation!! As if he cared about my lame excuse).

He kind of nodded, rolled his eyes a little, and Dougied away from me.

OMG, you guys!! It was mortifying! And so, so weird! Imagine an entire room of people breaking out in song and dance and you being completely out of the loop. It was awful.

For those of you still out of the loop (suckers!), here's the link to the YouTube video (sorry, couldn't embed it).

And for those of you who need a more family-friendly lesson on how to Dougie, here are some kids from Glee walking you through the dance. (GLEE, you guys!!)

Twitter Revival

Remember back in March of 2009 when I blogged about how I was obsessed with Twitter? Well, I'm happy to say that about a year and a half later it's finally catching on with my friends! (Also, who knew I'm such an early adopter with stuff on the internet? 1.5 years?! Come on people!!)

Well it turns out that Twitter is just as good 1.5 years later. Especially when you tweet back and forth with people all day... while you're in the same room.

But seriously. It's pretty fun.

I'm @sassyjax in case you are looking for someone to follow (ha! I love that I just wrote that.)

Okay fine. And a shout out to @jsharib and @RobiMaamari for the new twitter revival. And to @jtRUNTzer for proving even old people can tweet.

MS2

Okay everyone. I've been feeling some pressure to blog, which I totally get, since LAMe! is so awesome. But the thing is that my second year of med school (aka MS2) started last week. I think you all know what that means: My super sweet and exciting summer life has disappeared and now I'm back to my boring med student life.

Some of you (like all 3 of LAMe's followers) may remember that last year I experienced a little bit of writer's block as a result of MS1. This mostly had to do with the fact that all I ever thought about was school (boring) and boys (embarrassing). Umm... not that much has changed since last year.

So anyway, I need some help coming up with topics. Feel free to comment with requests or ideas and maybe this will help keep LAMe! alive during grueling MS2 (please!).

In case you need some help, I will provide examples of good, bad, and mediocre ideas for LAMe!

Good:

• MS2, KW, is awesome.
• S's lost pink waterbottle.
• Okay, so I can't really think of any right now (hence this post)

Mediocre:

• My new haircut
• Nelson Auditorium vs Tamkin Hall

Bad:

• Big Robbins vs Medium Robbins (even though this is such a hot topic)
• Preparing for USMLE Step 1

Okay, so I think (hope) you get the idea! Also, remember I love all things that have to do with dating and ridiculousness (though "Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple" does not count as ridiculousness), but please be nice (we're not trying to ruin lives here).

So... umm... comment away!!