Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

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Ashers said:
Sounds like Arizona. Oh, how I miss it. =(
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Tempe. 100 degrees here is a lot different than 100 degrees in Milwaukee.
 
I used to live in Australia. 115 degrees with 0 percent humidity is still freaking hot. Especially when there's a water shortage and you can't really shower, you have type I skin (melanoma-prone) and there's an ozone hole over where you live, and you hate your roommates so you refuse to go to the beach with them. I spent a lot of time at the mall and at my friend's parents house, where there was A/C.

Good times, kids. Good times.

And I'm post-call today! Me wanna go home.
 
Send me a PM of your school email and I'll forward it along.
 
Oooohhhh....

Then...

Back to work, you!!
 
So at my post op appt today with Dr. Lasser, I learned that in the recovery room after my surgery, I started asking if I could go to path that day. I have no recollection of that.
 
Ashers said:
So at my post op appt today with Dr. Lasser, I learned that in the recovery room after my surgery, I started asking if I could go to path that day. I have no recollection of that.
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gunner.

I'm doing a full H&P on any patients I get at work tomorrow. Even if they called 911 for a gunshot or something really life threatening, I'm going to do a full H&P. Preventative medicine, people. The guy could have retinopathy and diabetes coming, and I'm sure he'll wanna know that ASAP.

Same with any old ladies that have fallen and can't get up. They're GOING to get up and walk so I can observe their gait. I have paperwork to fill out.
 
Last night my flight was cancelled because the 1st class toilet was out of order.
 
why can't my life be more like this?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t77-LpSRbBQ[/YOUTUBE]
 
indo said:
Last night my flight was cancelled because the 1st class toilet was out of order.
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those first class folks can't poop in a second class toilet, bro.


I hate it when I go to a lecture and immediately regret it, but it would be horribly tacky to leave.
 
TheProwler said:
I hate it when I go to a lecture and immediately regret it, but it would be horribly tacky to leave.
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same thing for free lunches. i was misinformed about which room the speaker i wanted to hear was in, and it was too late to leave when I realized the error. I supposed if I hadnt' grabbed pizza yet.

oh well. at least it was sort of cool because i had a defective orange soda which wasn't orange. hopefully it doesn't kill me.
 
Xandie said:
This begs the question... if not orange, what was it?

5 days left of March!
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clear! the ingredients said it was supposed to have dyes Red 6 and Yellow 40, but they were obviously not present.
 
Did it taste like orange?

"My favorite color is clear."
 
Agent Splat said:
same thing for free lunches. i was misinformed about which room the speaker i wanted to hear was in, and it was too late to leave when I realized the error. I supposed if I hadnt' grabbed pizza yet.

oh well. at least it was sort of cool because i had a defective orange soda which wasn't orange. hopefully it doesn't kill me.
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oh, I thought it was interesting.
 
I'm going to "our" restaurant for dinner, if Crystal would ever get here. And I'm enjoying my mini-eggs very much.
 
Xandie said:
I'm going to "our" restaurant for dinner, if Crystal would ever get here. And I'm enjoying my mini-eggs very much.
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While I do enjoy a good mini-egg (or even a full sized egg occasionally), given the choice, I'm going to have to reach for the Peeps.
 
Xandie said:
I'm going to "our" restaurant for dinner, if Crystal would ever get here. And I'm enjoying my mini-eggs very much.
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without me. and with someone else, to boot. if i didnt' know any better I'd say that our time together meant nothing to you.
 
Crystal's moving in with me though! She and I are clearly closer than we are. Moving on, I want to clarify that the mini-eggs are not those of the cream variety. Instead, they are the chocolate with the hard candy shell. Tasty-licious.
 
donnyfire said:
While I do enjoy a good mini-egg (or even a full sized egg occasionally), given the choice, I'm going to have to reach for the Peeps.
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I like chocolate and marshmallows, so I like to take a bite of a peep and eat a mini egg at the same time. Quality.

Whenever I've gone to England around Easter, I've had to take our Cadbury Mini Eggs (because they're the only American chocolate that's better than any English chocolate, they're even better than the Cadbury Mini Eggs over there -- the shell's different), and I also have to take peeps, so my friends can make them grow in the microwave.
 
Ashers said:
... and I also have to take peeps, so my friends can make them grow in the microwave.
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It's also fun to see how many you can get into your mouth at once.

Edit: This stunt is only to be performed by trained professionals. Like me. Highly trained, and highly professional.
 
In news that will be shocking to no one (since I can fit my fist in my mouth) I am the all time Chubby Bunny champ.
 
I'm back!!!!

I know you're all so happy.


Anyway, I think I need to either lock myself in my apartment this week or set up camp at Starbucks. I've only done the 1st lecture of pharm and 0 pathology. I have no clue what's on the exams coming up. Oh well. Good thing it's supposed to rain.

I sat on my mom's couch all week and watched tv. Nice. And it was my great grandma's 100th birthday on Friday, so we had a party yesterday. Good times.
 
akpete said:
I'm back!!!!

I know you're all so happy.
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good to have you back. i don't feel so bad about my break now 😉

by the way, they put up the new wallpaper at my building here, and it smelled like cadaver in the halls for some reason. Then the maintenance guy tried to come into my apartment when I was here because he had the wrong room number. Makes you wonder how often they wander into your apartment when you're gone and look around until they realize they're in the wrong place.
 
Agent Splat said:
good to have you back. i don't feel so bad about my break now 😉

by the way, they put up the new wallpaper at my building here, and it smelled like cadaver in the halls for some reason. Then the maintenance guy tried to come into my apartment when I was here because he had the wrong room number. Makes you wonder how often they wander into your apartment when you're gone and look around until they realize they're in the wrong place.
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Thanks!

Nice. I hope they haven't been in my apartment. But my 63-yo neighbor would probably notice - she's always watching. We just got the notice today about our hallway being redone. They're doing the hallway before the roof... but I don't think Amy has any control over it. Stupid Decade properties. I don't understand why they're gonna do wallpaper again. Paint is cheaper, looks nicer, and isn't any more work.
 
akpete said:
Thanks!

Nice. I hope they haven't been in my apartment. But my 63-yo neighbor would probably notice - she's always watching. We just got the notice today about our hallway being redone. They're doing the hallway before the roof... but I don't think Amy has any control over it. Stupid Decade properties. I don't understand why they're gonna do wallpaper again. Paint is cheaper, looks nicer, and isn't any more work.
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you should come over sometime and check out the new wallpaper. let's put it this way. when they ripped the old stuff off, I couldn't tell when they had covered the wall underneath with the new wallpaper. The texture and color looks almost the exact same as whatever was under the paper. the doors are a pukey greenish yellowish brownish, but overall it really isn't that bad of a color.

Amy is pretty good lookin', by the way. she always knows me by first name. odd.
 
Ashers said:
YAY! You're back! I was just wondering when you'd start posting again.

How was my "homeland"?
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Yeah, I decided to hold off on posting for a day to prevent any "went 30 hours without sleep because I can't fall asleep on planes" craziness to occur. 😉

Maui was great! Definitely a very different feel from Kauai last year (namely it seemed like many of the locals in Maui were pretty standoffish with the tourist folk--maybe a result of the big population boom in the 90s?), but the beaches were awesome and trekking into Haleakala Crater was unreal. I'll have to share some stories with you about the insane road trips we took, as evidenced by our putting 1000 new miles on our rental car in the span of 8 days. Let's just say that both the north part of West Maui and the southern drive to Hana are no picnic. 😀
 
DoctorFunk said:
Yeah, I decided to hold off on posting for a day to prevent any "went 30 hours without sleep because I can't fall asleep on planes" craziness to occur. 😉

Maui was great! Definitely a very different feel from Kauai last year (namely it seemed like many of the locals in Maui were pretty standoffish with the tourist folk--maybe a result of the big population boom in the 90s?), but the beaches were awesome and trekking into Haleakala Crater was unreal. I'll have to share some stories with you about the insane road trips we took, as evidenced by our putting 1000 new miles on our rental car in the span of 8 days. Let's just say that both the north part of West Maui and the southern drive to Hana are no picnic. 😀
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People just don't like tourists because tourists ask dumb questions. "What language do you speak?" (Yes, I've gotten asked that.) Then they refer to the Mainland as "The States" Hello?! Hawaii is a state. They also stop you when you're driving home from school on Hana Hwy to ask for directions.
😉 Plus, many people think I'm a tourist, so I have to bust out my Pidgin to prove I'm not. They also end up in the ER a lot cuz they do stupid things (turn their back on the ocean, bike down Haleakala) even I haven't ended up in the hospital on Maui.

Maui's fun though, the back road to Hana's good. Apparently you've driven in areas of Maui which I'ven't yet. I've gone to Kipahulu, but not since 8th grade. Did you see my house? 😉
 
Ashers said:
People just don't like tourists because tourists ask dumb questions. "What language do you speak?" (Yes, I've gotten asked that.) Then they refer to the Mainland as "The States" Hello?! Hawaii is a state. They also stop you when you're driving home from school on Hana Hwy to ask for directions.
😉 Plus, many people think I'm a tourist, so I have to bust out my Pidgin to prove I'm not. They also end up in the ER a lot cuz they do stupid things (turn their back on the ocean, bike down Haleakala) even I haven't ended up in the hospital on Maui.

Maui's fun though, the back road to Hana's good. Apparently you've driven in areas of Maui which I'ven't yet. I've gone to Kipahulu, but not since 8th grade. Did you see my house? 😉
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But have you and King Kamehaha gone to Hupalepawepaliahu?

how do you remember all those names that all sound exactly the same? 😛

and what's a Pidgin?
 
TheProwler said:
But have you and King Kamehaha gone to Hupalepawepaliahu?

how do you remember all those names that all sound exactly the same? 😛

and what's a Pidgin?
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It's called indoctrination via "history" lessons (Hawaiians = good, white people = bad).

King Kamehameha. Sad thing is, in my required Hawaiian history class, all these local kids didn't know the state motto, and I was the one who did. I don't know what a lot of the words mean, but I can pronounce them, I know some words that are common in pidgin.

Wiki it. 😉

It's technically not a "pidgin" it's technically a creole, so I'm basically fluent in it, so if I'd remember all my spanish, and get my act together and practice my german, I could be Quadrilingual or something. Federal job apps and stuff ask if you can speak it.
 
Ashers said:
Did you see my house? 😉
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My wife and I were both looking for it pretty intently when we passed Pa'ia, but to no avail. In the process we unfortunately missed out on the crazy hippies that populate your hometown.

Just so you know, my inability to locate said residence convinced me that you just made up the fact that you are from Maui to get an edge in the medical school application process. I think you're really from Ames, Iowa. 😉
 
Ashers said:
It's called indoctrination via "history" lessons (Hawaiians = good, white people = bad).

King Kamehameha. Sad thing is, in my required Hawaiian history class, all these local kids didn't know the state motto, and I was the one who did. I don't know what a lot of the words mean, but I can pronounce them, I know some words that are common in pidgin.

Wiki it. 😉

It's technically not a "pidgin" it's technically a creole, so I'm basically fluent in it, so if I'd remember all my spanish, and get my act together and practice my german, I could be Quadrilingual or something. Federal job apps and stuff ask if you can speak it.
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I did Wiki it, but I still didn't get what you meant. I thought you actually whipped something out. I'll ax you to demonstrate some time. My Spanish is okay, but I'm pretty good with the Milwaukee dialects.
 
DoctorFunk said:
My wife and I were both looking for it pretty intently when we passed Pa'ia, but to no avail. In the process we unfortunately missed out on the crazy hippies that populate your hometown.

Just so you know, my inability to locate said residence convinced me that you just made up the fact that you are from Maui to get an edge in the medical school application process. I think you're really from Ames, Iowa. 😉
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My mom made me apply to Iowa State... that's in Ames, isn't it? Ames, IA my foot. I'll show you Ames, IA. It's before Pa'ia.

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TheProwler said:
I did Wiki it, but I still didn't get what you meant. I thought you actually whipped something out. I'll ax you to demonstrate some time. My Spanish is okay, but I'm pretty good with the Milwaukee dialects.
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It's really hard to speak pidgin unless i'm talking to someone else from Hawaii. Like the guy from my class (not so much even with Jon in your class). When I call friends from home, it gets really strong.

It actually sounds dumb, and I don't like it. Much like my valley girl/OC accent which comes out via morphine.
 
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