(From last night at Nathan's house after several drinks...)
I'm actually at nathanbeach.com's house. Let's be serious for a moment...Nathan is one of my best friends. He is probably the smartest person I know, on par with maybe Nick Hamilton. In high school, Nathan introduced me to creativity and correct grammar for that matter. He sort of made it possible for me to truly excel in college. Now we're cooking pasta and listening to Linkin Park on the Bose Wave Radio. Apparently he's moving to California as soon as he gets a job. I can't fault him for that, as So Cal is the greatest place on Earth. I hope he moves out there with Shelley. Anyway, I think it should be noted that he's my buddy and partly responsible for showing me the world ouside the cookie cutter. And German stuff.
(And now onto the present...)
Hmmm, that seems sort of gay, but we'll keep it there anyway. The thing above is sort of pure, as I had no inhibitions so I suppose it's nice to have that on this here blog. Let's talk about last night.
Work was kind of slow, but I had fun anyway. My only case was a left hernia repair with the greatness that is Dr. Derrick. Then I hung out with my Intern Dan and rounded on floor patients. I I&D'ed (incision and drainage) a guy's left arm abscess which is always fun. Then I went to clinic and saw a bunch of new patients being evaluated for upcoming surgery.
Then it was off to Gloria's. This was my second trip (lifetime) for happy hour to said Gloria's.
PHONE INTERRUPTION
Seema J. of KPFT Pacifica Radio in Houston, medical colleague, and close friend just called to say hello. She always seems to check in up on me to see how things are going, chitchat, or whatever. She also mentioned that she isn't getting enough exposure in this here blog, so therefore I am currently exposing her. Love you.
END PHONE INTERRUPTION
At this trip to Gloria's I was first joined by Dr. Meredith Hulsey of the Baylor University Medical Center pathology department. Meredith was my intern during the first month of the 3rd year of medical school. We of course became great friends along with her husband Kevin (or Kev-O as I call him). At that time, she was learning to be an obstetrician/gynecologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston. She decided that she didn't like that and switched to pathology. Next Kristin Ohlenforst of ohlenforst.net arrived straight from her clinical psychology PhD training at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has been mentioned in this here blog previously, and we all know how much I love her. Then my good buddy Katie Grysen of UT Southwestern Medical Center arrived. She is currently in her 4th year of training to become a kids doctor. I met her the summer after my 1st year of school while doing a preceptorship with Dr. Bob Fine of Baylor University Medical Center. She became an instant friend due to her outstanding personality, intelligence, and overall sweetheartness. She also is the best softball player I've ever seen and formerly one of her high school's drum majors. Then we were joined by Dani, a lovely 31 year old from Kristen's psychology PhD program. I sat next to her for the better part of the evening and was very impressed with her personality and no-bullshit attitude. PLUS I GOT AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! Oh man, I'm rolling now. (Isn't weird that we're starting a new era of technology where people are exchanging e-mail addresses instead of phone numbers? Or maybe she just doesn't want me calling her. Maybe I'm just a horrible loser. Oh God, what am I doing? AHHHHHH, my life is a failure!) Then came Meredith's high school friend Leigh and her buddy Brian who is a Police Officer for the city of Dallas. They were at the other end of the table, so I didn't get to chat with them quite as much. But they seemed very nice. Arriving next was Nathan Beach of the world famous NathanBeach.com. You already know Nathan from above. Then arrived a very beautiful, tall, blonde girl friend of Kristen and Dani named Amanda. She got there a bit later, but I learned that she is from Lancing, Michigan. We didn't get to chat very much either, but she seemed very cool as well. So the evening progressed (and what a beautiful evening it was...cool temp, no clouds) and we ended up on the patio enjoying margaritas, excellent conversation, and the beautiful Dallas summer evening on Lower Greenville. I think I was psycho-analyzed several times, we discussed how everyone who went to college in Texas knows each other, talked about Katie's upbringing as a high school drum major, discovered a lot about 31 year-old Dani, and had a very nice overall time. This sort of thing is EXACTLY what I needed after two weeks of hard work at Baylor. Work hard, play hard right? Actually the outing at Volcano on Tuesday night(described in a previous blog) and last night are so refreshing for me, because everything has gotten sort of stagnant in Houston friend-wise. It really has been great to meet a few new people like Ruth and Dani along with seeing long-time friends of days past like Nathan, Meredith, Katie, and Kristen. Seriously, it's been a great week considering work and play. I really consider myself blessed for all the wonderful people I've met and the solid relationships I've forged over the years. I'm very lucky to know such intelligent, fun, quality people.
Saturday
Today has been spent floating in the pool and listening to Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket. I'm now totally bored with residency applications, so I've decided to add some random stuff to this here blog thingy. First of note is recent correspondence with my new friend Ruth in Houston. Apparently in addition to her work at Hewlett Packard, she also practices alternative medicine. She is a student of "Bowen Therapy" which is intended to increase blood flow to the tissues among other things. I highly encourage you to check out her webpage www.bowenmethod.com where you can read about what she does and even schedule an appointment should you live in Houston.
Next up is the posting of some random pictures. My mom was going through boxes of old photographs of various family stuff and came across an image of my house when we first purchased it in the spring of 1984. We have lived in the house for 20 years now, so I thought it would be cool to show you the before and after photos. The first set is of the front yard. Notice our cool cars, Myrtle the Jetta and my Dad's Buick.
The next image is of our backyard. Since we moved, we've added a few things (like a pool), so it's quite striking how much things have changed. The coolest part of these two sets is how much the trees have grown over the last 20 years. Enjoy!
Finally I'd like to include a picture my mom found of me as the Mayor of Enterprise City. This "city" was a fake city the Richardson Independent School District created for fourth graders (and other grades) to learn about the economics of private business and living in the real world. We learned about supply and demand, pricing, balancing a check book, and all sorts of civic things. Oh man, I was quite the politician back then. I even had to give a "state of the city" address at the beginning and end of the day. I remember my dad and I spent hours in the days before the event writing my keynote speech. I bet I still have the manuscript hidden away somewhere in a closet. Good times.
I'm actually at nathanbeach.com's house. Let's be serious for a moment...Nathan is one of my best friends. He is probably the smartest person I know, on par with maybe Nick Hamilton. In high school, Nathan introduced me to creativity and correct grammar for that matter. He sort of made it possible for me to truly excel in college. Now we're cooking pasta and listening to Linkin Park on the Bose Wave Radio. Apparently he's moving to California as soon as he gets a job. I can't fault him for that, as So Cal is the greatest place on Earth. I hope he moves out there with Shelley. Anyway, I think it should be noted that he's my buddy and partly responsible for showing me the world ouside the cookie cutter. And German stuff.
(And now onto the present...)
Hmmm, that seems sort of gay, but we'll keep it there anyway. The thing above is sort of pure, as I had no inhibitions so I suppose it's nice to have that on this here blog. Let's talk about last night.
Work was kind of slow, but I had fun anyway. My only case was a left hernia repair with the greatness that is Dr. Derrick. Then I hung out with my Intern Dan and rounded on floor patients. I I&D'ed (incision and drainage) a guy's left arm abscess which is always fun. Then I went to clinic and saw a bunch of new patients being evaluated for upcoming surgery.
Then it was off to Gloria's. This was my second trip (lifetime) for happy hour to said Gloria's.
PHONE INTERRUPTION
Seema J. of KPFT Pacifica Radio in Houston, medical colleague, and close friend just called to say hello. She always seems to check in up on me to see how things are going, chitchat, or whatever. She also mentioned that she isn't getting enough exposure in this here blog, so therefore I am currently exposing her. Love you.
END PHONE INTERRUPTION
At this trip to Gloria's I was first joined by Dr. Meredith Hulsey of the Baylor University Medical Center pathology department. Meredith was my intern during the first month of the 3rd year of medical school. We of course became great friends along with her husband Kevin (or Kev-O as I call him). At that time, she was learning to be an obstetrician/gynecologist at St. Joseph Hospital in Houston. She decided that she didn't like that and switched to pathology. Next Kristin Ohlenforst of ohlenforst.net arrived straight from her clinical psychology PhD training at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has been mentioned in this here blog previously, and we all know how much I love her. Then my good buddy Katie Grysen of UT Southwestern Medical Center arrived. She is currently in her 4th year of training to become a kids doctor. I met her the summer after my 1st year of school while doing a preceptorship with Dr. Bob Fine of Baylor University Medical Center. She became an instant friend due to her outstanding personality, intelligence, and overall sweetheartness. She also is the best softball player I've ever seen and formerly one of her high school's drum majors. Then we were joined by Dani, a lovely 31 year old from Kristen's psychology PhD program. I sat next to her for the better part of the evening and was very impressed with her personality and no-bullshit attitude. PLUS I GOT AN E-MAIL ADDRESS! Oh man, I'm rolling now. (Isn't weird that we're starting a new era of technology where people are exchanging e-mail addresses instead of phone numbers? Or maybe she just doesn't want me calling her. Maybe I'm just a horrible loser. Oh God, what am I doing? AHHHHHH, my life is a failure!) Then came Meredith's high school friend Leigh and her buddy Brian who is a Police Officer for the city of Dallas. They were at the other end of the table, so I didn't get to chat with them quite as much. But they seemed very nice. Arriving next was Nathan Beach of the world famous NathanBeach.com. You already know Nathan from above. Then arrived a very beautiful, tall, blonde girl friend of Kristen and Dani named Amanda. She got there a bit later, but I learned that she is from Lancing, Michigan. We didn't get to chat very much either, but she seemed very cool as well. So the evening progressed (and what a beautiful evening it was...cool temp, no clouds) and we ended up on the patio enjoying margaritas, excellent conversation, and the beautiful Dallas summer evening on Lower Greenville. I think I was psycho-analyzed several times, we discussed how everyone who went to college in Texas knows each other, talked about Katie's upbringing as a high school drum major, discovered a lot about 31 year-old Dani, and had a very nice overall time. This sort of thing is EXACTLY what I needed after two weeks of hard work at Baylor. Work hard, play hard right? Actually the outing at Volcano on Tuesday night(described in a previous blog) and last night are so refreshing for me, because everything has gotten sort of stagnant in Houston friend-wise. It really has been great to meet a few new people like Ruth and Dani along with seeing long-time friends of days past like Nathan, Meredith, Katie, and Kristen. Seriously, it's been a great week considering work and play. I really consider myself blessed for all the wonderful people I've met and the solid relationships I've forged over the years. I'm very lucky to know such intelligent, fun, quality people.
Saturday
Today has been spent floating in the pool and listening to Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket. I'm now totally bored with residency applications, so I've decided to add some random stuff to this here blog thingy. First of note is recent correspondence with my new friend Ruth in Houston. Apparently in addition to her work at Hewlett Packard, she also practices alternative medicine. She is a student of "Bowen Therapy" which is intended to increase blood flow to the tissues among other things. I highly encourage you to check out her webpage www.bowenmethod.com where you can read about what she does and even schedule an appointment should you live in Houston.
Next up is the posting of some random pictures. My mom was going through boxes of old photographs of various family stuff and came across an image of my house when we first purchased it in the spring of 1984. We have lived in the house for 20 years now, so I thought it would be cool to show you the before and after photos. The first set is of the front yard. Notice our cool cars, Myrtle the Jetta and my Dad's Buick.
The next image is of our backyard. Since we moved, we've added a few things (like a pool), so it's quite striking how much things have changed. The coolest part of these two sets is how much the trees have grown over the last 20 years. Enjoy!
Finally I'd like to include a picture my mom found of me as the Mayor of Enterprise City. This "city" was a fake city the Richardson Independent School District created for fourth graders (and other grades) to learn about the economics of private business and living in the real world. We learned about supply and demand, pricing, balancing a check book, and all sorts of civic things. Oh man, I was quite the politician back then. I even had to give a "state of the city" address at the beginning and end of the day. I remember my dad and I spent hours in the days before the event writing my keynote speech. I bet I still have the manuscript hidden away somewhere in a closet. Good times.
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