Jan 27-Feb 1

Summary:
High points- RUF dating game, Community group, Surgery group, Humane Society
Low points- No JH Reunion

I never sleep enough
I always run too much
RUF community groups = fun awkwardness in the best possible way
RUF dating game is a blast! Too bad I was eliminated
I cannot bowl, thus the elimination
The best part of bowling is making fun of the pop songs they play during cosmic bowling
Bowling alleys will not play Britney Spears despite loud demands for her auditory deliciousness
No JH reunion :(
Responding to direct confrontation is not something I do well
The best part of the movie Waitress is the pies. Beautiful pies.
Listening to a thick Chinese accent talking about peplomers for three hours is exquisitely painful
Bible study is a blast! Even if we are loud and squeezing 22 people into my living room is a fire hazard
Flu outbreak sweeps across the main campus
No JH reunion :(
At least four other people in Bible Study watch Battlestar Galactica! Nerds unite!
80% of RUF is made up of engineers
The decisions that are in my power to decide are easy.
Saying less and listening more is a rule I should live by
I am always wrong
Lost!
Lizzie's been coming to RUF!
Cow eye dissection
Sheep brain dissection
First test of the semester
That new caffeine resolution? Yeah, not working out that well
No JH reunion :(
Volunteer day at the Humane Society- so many cute puppies, too few adopters
Coerced a sophomore to get in a good word for me for the surgery job I want
Only two people in a class of 78 did not want to move a test to a more advantageous time.
I've (kinda) found a surgery group, yay!
Potluck Sunday at Church
Dandly Doodlez and Sunday School with a friend's church

Jan 21-27

I am no funk dancer
Passports are an elusive species
Cold rain + running = masochism
Introverted feeling is not an easy area to work on
Freezing rain is a good way to get out of class
Not sleeping makes me a bad person
Ratatouille is good even the third time around
"Who wants herpes?!"
I'm a social butterfly!
Paper airplane Olympics- still going strong
I can fit 22 people into my living room
RUF dating game starts next week!

Jan 14-20

Jen expresses doubt about her future professional running career
Lab group synergy
Lab group dissonance
Lizzie (now Elizabeth) shows up asking about her bike and we have a wonderful talk
I teach 5 people the awkward turtle
I go dressed as hippie to the RUF Disco Dance party
Started fretting about surgery groups
Rediscovered why I want to be normal-er so much
Read about innate human morality in both the New York Times and in Mere Christianity
People do want their bikes back
The paper airplane Olympics are alive and well
What Not to Wear may invade our classroom
Not everyone can touch their sublingual ducts with their tongue
People love puppy chow
It never snows in Mississippi :(
Bonding with Kristen at Barnhills :)
~40% of the stuff I own is green
Learning about kidneys makes me worry about my kidney cyst
My lab group is made up of earth, wind, fire, and water!
I'm easily embarrassed at dance parties
Neuroscience is very cool
I cannot read German :(
Never thought that Bible study promos could be so entertaining

January 7-14

School started back
I tried to make myself give away ~80% of my clothes and in the process cleaned out the rest of my room
Of the 20% left, 15% of it is t-shirts
I realized how expensive vegetarian food is
Talked a lot with Kristen about nothing in particular.
Found out that Kangaroos have a cloaca
Learned how to necropsy and animal
Had Torie try to set me up with a short, Jewish, nerd lover of Japanese culture who lives in Long Island
Puppy-sat
Dissected the face of a dog
Biked to class in 20 degree weather
Learned how to make broccoli salad, which is delicious
Watched Saw III (egads!) and Stardust
Went home and came back
Signed up to go to Brazil
Signed up for the SAVMA conference over Easter weekend
Registered for classes (yeah, I hadn't registered yet. I don't know how it's done exactly as it's been done for me these last four years)
Discovered what DAMNIT really means
Was instructed on the twelve cranial nerves, their afferent and efferent components, GSA, GSE, SSA, GVE, etc.