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!!

My Precious

OMG you guys! I'm blogging from my Kindle (aka My Precious... yeah, I know. It's a little creepy). I just discovered that my precious has internet!!

Here's how the discovery went down: I'm sitting at the Chicago airport waiting for my flight to Paris (I'm a little out of control and thought it would be a good idea to fly to Paris 2 days after returning from Honduras) and I'm reading "The Girl Who Played With Fire" on my precious. For whatever reason, I decided to turn the wireless on (okay, "for whatever reason" is a lie; I turned wireless on to change the name of my kindle to "J's precious"). Anyway, I turned on wireless and voila: kindles now have experimental internet! AND they have a bunch of of fun sites bookmarked already! FUN! Blogging on my Precious is a little slow so I'll probably stick to my BB. Still fun though.

OMG. Update on my flight, which has been delayed for almost 4 hours: another plane has arrived for us (we had to get off the first one becuase it was broken) but we can't get on it becuase there was a problem when they were dumping the lavatories from the previous flight and it spilled on the runway. We can't get on until they figure out the plumbing issue. At least I took a pill to help me sleep 3 hours ago and am trying not to pass out at the gate. Sweet!

Does anyone care about anyone's blog anyways?

I have a confession to make. I kind of hate the idea of blogging. I've resisted it for a while. "Resist" makes it sound like I was even tempted in the first place. I'm more of a journal person. Keep my thoughts to myself. Because honestly, who really cares what I have to say? Or anyone else? I mean, does anyone care about anyone else's blog anyways?

But then something amazing happened. Or not actually amazing, just... well, just boring. I was bored. It's winter break. Yeah, that's right, I'm 26 and on winter break (from grad school). And I'm bored. Like really bored. As in, so bored that I spent most of this past week trying to find something to do. I went into work... while everyone else is on vacation. I wrote my thank-you letters from Christmas immediately (aren't I super polite?). I cleaned my entire apartment (partly out of boredom, partly out of necessity). I tried to work out but got a debilitating calf-cramp (yeah, even my calf was so bored, it cramped up on me out of shock at doing an activity). Even the internet was boring to me. Until I came across some blogs.

That's when I realized that even though I think the idea of blogging is kind of lame, I LOVE reading other people's stupid blogs. I get sucked in, almost instantly. I've always been a bit of a stalker; I remember the day facebook began their newsfeeds and status updates with fondness and glee. And blogging just takes that to a new level!

So here it is, the first post of my new blog, "Look at me! Look at me!" For all of those people out there who are dying to know what is going on in my fabulously entertaining life/were surfing the web in boredom/are stalking me for some reason.