Today is my birthday, and as a present, I got not cancer.

I had previously found a lump that could have very well been cancer. Turns out it's a harmless cyst.

Finals are over. 7 A's and 1 C. The C was in gross, because the instructor pissed me off so much, that I couldn't make myself study for that class.

Not sure what to think about this at all...

I am amused by the happy goths.

So I went out to the GA renn fair today. I was supposed to go with an old friend, but she couldn't make it. I headed out alone this morning hoping that maybe I would at least run into some people I vaguely knew from way back when I did this show. Turns out I ran into a handful of my tribe. Jean was there, but she seemed kinda distracted. I spent a lot of time talking to Ryan and Karen. Justin Jones was there. Val and Bill were there. Eric and boy Crow was there doing the henna thing. Oh, and Bartlett, remember when we drunk dialed Heidi? Turns out I know her - she's Jean's fair boss. I had a really good day. Karen was really happy I showed up. It feels good to have friends that really miss you. I was kinda sad leaving today, because I know it'll be quite a while before I see any of them again. Carolina isn't that far, maybe it happens during a break...

Putting The Cramps into Pandora has made me happy today.

Is it wrong to always be really hungry after Gross Anatomy even though you just had breakfast right before class?

So, The Lost Boys sequel for the win. It was awful in that good way. Corey Haim looks completely different, and Corey Feldman looks exactly the same. My favorite weapon - the Garlic Bola. Favorite quote - "You can build a fire for a man, and he'll be warm for a day. You set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

So, May is almost here

If you've never had the chance to let loose on someone wearing a red man suit before, then you are definitely missing out.

Happy Birthday Dave!

Looks like all that work I did last quarter was them just warming us up. I spent almost all day - every day this weekend studying, and I have a basic overview. I don't know how I'm gonna remember all this this stuff. And I was hoping to make it down to GARF some weekend soon.

So, I just recently came back from a well deserved and way too short week home in NOLA. I got back Sun night in a t-shirt and shorts to a very comfortable warm evening. Unfortunately, my plane was delayed, so I got to bed late with a 7 am class the next morning. Cutting up a dead body on 4 hours sleep is interesting. I am soooo glad that I got a respirator mask from Home Depot before I went. I lasted about 5 min after they opened up the body bags before running to put it on. I was the only one to be this prepared and there was jealousy all around. The actual dead bodies were already dissected in front from a previous visceral gross lab, but we are focused on the back and limbs, so we got a preview for next quarter , and we have fresh surfaces to work on after turning the bodies over. The only one to do any cutting during the first class was the instructor, but we're all gonna be expected to do some next class. I now know how to skin a human in theory. We'll find out if I'm any good in practice on thur.

Just saw one of the best movies I've seen in quite a while. It was an independent film called Wristcutters: A Love Story. IT had the guy from Gogol Bordello in it as well as Tom Waits. If you get a chance, check it out.

Anatomy - A
Biochemistry - A
Public Health - A
Osteology - B
Healthcare Terminology - A
Embryology - B
Intro to Chiropractic - A
Business Principles- A
Assembly - pass
Clinic - pass

The last two are just pass/fail.

After finals, a bunch of us went for Ethiopian food in Atlanta. After that, we went next door to the restaurant and hung out in the hookah bar for a few hours. I think all finals weeks need to end like that.

Rorschach has always been my favorite.

I just found a DVD of some seminars that Sifu Joseph did a little over a year ago. I am in the background doing one of the forms with some others in the class behind Sifu. Holy crap was I fat! Now the gi's do make any amount if fat look like too much, but I was a porker. I was about 210 lbs of fat guy. Now I'm 200 lbs of muscle (with a little fat desperately clinging to my waist). The top 2 bits of the 6 pack are visible, I just have to dig the others out.