a karmic kick in the d-money

i went grocery shopping in anticipation of Hellen visiting on monday. she ended up flaking because of work, but at least i had groceries. and that's a good thing, right? well, not if you shop hungry. and i wasn't just hungry, i was so starving i would have eaten a frozen pizza straight from the box. hell i would've eaten my shoe if i had to. so i'm walking down the aisles, and usually i'm pretty good at buying healthy foods at the store. my rule is this - eat healthy at home and eat whatever i want out. and make sure to go out no more than once or twice a week. sounds great, and usually works well. this time, because i was so hungry, i ended up buying not one, but TWO bags of yummy barbeque Hawaiian chips (the BEST kind), and not one, not two, not even three or four, but FIVE boxes of macaroni and cheese. Kraft of course (is there any other kind even worth mentioning?). i bought a huge wedge of Brie. the rest of my food was normal and healthy, but i think 3000 calories worth of powdered fake cheese sauce, real brie cheese, and fried potato goodness cancels out the other stuff. oh, and i bought 4 avocados (to eat with the brie, of course). i felt guilty so i bought healthnut bread from orowheat. it's actually great bread. i made a sandwich last night with cucumbers (hothouse), brie, avocado, stone ground mustard (nice and spicy), and loads of spinach. sooo tasty. of course i had a huge handful of chips with it. but balanced that out with a huge glass of ice cold milk. YUM. i'm hungry already. my lunch today? leftover mac and cheese =)

I sent in my essay and application to UCSF. i ended up going with the UCSD essay. i changed it a bit to allow room for a list of my most recent publications, since UCSF is really interested in research. i talked to the lady Laurie Nelson who's kind of an advisor for med schools. she said she loved my UCSD essay (yay) and even went so far as to say it was one of the best essays she'd read. wow! that was awesome. it felt great, even though it may not be true :) anyway, she told me that 80% (huge) of UCSF's incoming class has been out of school for a year or more. that's fantastic! that's me!

anyway, the boss and the president sent their letters of recommendation in. well, actually, the boss just gave me an envelope and i sent it in. it should be in UCLA's system soon, so once i send those out, i'll be ready to go. i still feel like i should have applied to more schools, but i don't think i can stomach leaving california. we'll see. one thing at a time, right? well, i checked, and they're there. and i sent them in! yay! now it's the waiting game...

other than that, i feel like i've just been sitting a lot. i spent the entire day on saturday sitting. literally. K and i were going to go out, but it seemed that neither of us were up for it. so we sat. well, she actually went shopping and was productive, but i did nothing. i used her motivation for spending money to do my own spending on sunday. of course, she spent it on pretty things that make her feel better about herself, i spent it on...toys. but i still spent $800. i got a new hard drive for my laptop, the iTouch, new wireless (and weather resistent) speakers, and some new blank CDs to make my friends some music. oh, and i also finally got internet for my apt and bought a new router so i could get the wireless thing going. it worked =) now i can browse the internet on my fast laptop AND on my iTouch. yay. i guess K and i both compensate with our voids in the same way, just on different things...the things K spends money on makes her look better and feel better and she gets out way more...the things i spend it on make me sit and home even more and be a hermit. awesome.

i wonder why it is people have to validate what they buy with the word "new". it's not like anyone's going to buy an OLD pair of shoes, or an OLD set of speakers, or OLD underwear. it's funny.

so a$$hole is in town. since i'm friends with him (friends wise he's fine, otherwise he's an a$$. people can have two sides to their personalities. i'm just calling it like it is), we're hanging out tomorrow or something. i've decided to call him a double money (a.k.a. a$$). or d-money for short. he thinks it's a compliment. he's a smart one, so let's see if he can figure it out.

i got a karmic kick in the d-money for posting JDoe's little escapade in the lady's lockerroom. we went swimming after work yesterday. i went in to take a shower as usual, and since it's just the lady's locker room, i usually just am naked in the shower area. well, i'm putting up my towel and getting ready to get into the stall when i see a bunch of hair. i think to myself - wait a minute, this is either one HAIRY lady or...OH! it's a MAN! and he's just standing there, staring at me. and i react pretty quick and say "HEY! Get OUT!" and jump into the shower. the shower curtain is only until your neck, so he can still see my face, and he says, "uhh...wrong room." but is STILL standing there. i say something like "no kidding! get OUT!" and he finally reacts and mumbles sorry and leaves.

argh. i hope i get into med school this year. i'm really really hoping. i miss dan - he's been gone for almost 2 weeks.