Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Oops, almost forgot: I wanted to give a shout out for Nancy Pelosi, who has the guts to speak plainly about her beliefs: "The emperor has no clothes. When are people going to face the reality? Pull this curtain back."
And... "I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers."
And... "I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers."
# posted by Joanna @ 11:00 AM
I studied quite a few hours yesterday - yay for me. I didn't quite get to the gym... well, I went to Berrytree's workout room, but it's in the basement and had been flooded, and it was too stinky.
Today I looked up some information about vaccinations and antimalarial prescriptions for India (yup yup, I'm going to India in August!) ahead of my Travel Clinic appointment next week.
I'm looking ahead to more studying today, dinner with Josh and Em (bulgogi, yum!) and baking banana bread in my new clay bread bowl and eating it on my new plate.
New movies in my life: Big Fish, Cirque du Soleil, Almost Famous (bootlet cut). Current book on my desk: Step Up: High Yield Review for USMLE Step I. Currently in my car CD player: Rock Steady (No Doubt)
Today I looked up some information about vaccinations and antimalarial prescriptions for India (yup yup, I'm going to India in August!) ahead of my Travel Clinic appointment next week.
I'm looking ahead to more studying today, dinner with Josh and Em (bulgogi, yum!) and baking banana bread in my new clay bread bowl and eating it on my new plate.
New movies in my life: Big Fish, Cirque du Soleil, Almost Famous (bootlet cut). Current book on my desk: Step Up: High Yield Review for USMLE Step I. Currently in my car CD player: Rock Steady (No Doubt)
# posted by Joanna @ 10:52 AM
Thursday, May 20, 2004
It's 1am and I'm still up, because I just had to say something: I just saw Van Helsing and I haven't laughed so hard in such a long time! The dialogue was poor (Frankenstein monster: "I want to live!" "Don't worry about me, save yourselves!"). Everyone climbs vertical ropes without breaking a sweat (remember gym class? it's not easy!); they swing from ropes that seem to be just in the right place and always catch the girl/werewolf cure and land exactly where they intend to. The heroine runs around in high-heel boots and a corset with a thin blouse in winter cold.
The plot at times resembles-- no, blatantly steals from Mission Possible, Underworld, and countless horror flicks (girl walks down dimly lit corridor with wide eyes and breathing hard because she thinks something dangerous might be out there... the audience yells "no no, don't go that way, look UP!"). James Bond would be proud, because the evil-doers take so long explaining what they're going to do that the good guys avoid getting killed or foil their plan (the heroine should've died at least three times by vampires and werewolves and gotten turned into Dracula's new bride).
On the up side, as the others in my party noted, it almost succeeds because it takes itself so seriously; it pulls no punches, and makes no apologies. It's an epic-- albeit one worthy of MST2K. If you need a good laugh, go see it!
The plot at times resembles-- no, blatantly steals from Mission Possible, Underworld, and countless horror flicks (girl walks down dimly lit corridor with wide eyes and breathing hard because she thinks something dangerous might be out there... the audience yells "no no, don't go that way, look UP!"). James Bond would be proud, because the evil-doers take so long explaining what they're going to do that the good guys avoid getting killed or foil their plan (the heroine should've died at least three times by vampires and werewolves and gotten turned into Dracula's new bride).
On the up side, as the others in my party noted, it almost succeeds because it takes itself so seriously; it pulls no punches, and makes no apologies. It's an epic-- albeit one worthy of MST2K. If you need a good laugh, go see it!
# posted by Joanna @ 1:10 AM
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Welcome back! I haven't posted in almost a year, so I thought I'd try it out again. I may have lost my two readers already... maybe they'll wander through again sometime :)
It would be too long a job to post a complete summary of my last year, so I'll say this: I've just finished the systems courses of 2nd year medical school, and currently I'm on a month "break" to study for the COMLEX Part 1 on June 8-9; it's a 2 day, 8hr/day exam. AND I get to pay for the privelege of it all. :)
In the spirit of many of my other postings, I've found an interesting and eccentric article in today's newspaper: two San Fran musicians set the words of Donald Rumsfeld's press conferences to chamber music. And this is what they had to say about using the "poetry" of two other politicians:
"Public figures deserve what they get in terms of artistic treatment and George Bush's misstatements are a desk calendar," Kong said wryly. "I guess John Kerry's speech would be a very long tone poem. It would have to be at least 45 minutes long."
Thanks for reading... good to see you again :)
It would be too long a job to post a complete summary of my last year, so I'll say this: I've just finished the systems courses of 2nd year medical school, and currently I'm on a month "break" to study for the COMLEX Part 1 on June 8-9; it's a 2 day, 8hr/day exam. AND I get to pay for the privelege of it all. :)
In the spirit of many of my other postings, I've found an interesting and eccentric article in today's newspaper: two San Fran musicians set the words of Donald Rumsfeld's press conferences to chamber music. And this is what they had to say about using the "poetry" of two other politicians:
"Public figures deserve what they get in terms of artistic treatment and George Bush's misstatements are a desk calendar," Kong said wryly. "I guess John Kerry's speech would be a very long tone poem. It would have to be at least 45 minutes long."
Thanks for reading... good to see you again :)
# posted by Joanna @ 9:21 AM
