I'm currently reading "Controlling People" by Patricia Evans, an interpersonal communications specialist who deals with verbal abuse and control in various types of relationships.  The book deals with the underlying forces at work in seemingly well-meaning people who make those around them feel oppressed, uncomfortable or attacked.  The bulk of it ( Read more... )

I've never been good with change.  I'm always one to cling to the familiar, even if I'm not happy with it, because change is hard to accept and hard to accomplish, and the transition always seems to be painful.

( Long Philosophical Update )

Seems I always wind up posting here when it's late and I'm caffeinated. Hmm.

This week is busy busy busy. Our course load was kind enough to ease off a little bit (having two mornings off from Cardio in a week is like Christmas for med students), but everything else is kind of conspiring to keep me doing said school work at odd hours of the night.

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So... I was hanging out with some friends in Santa Monica tonight (orelle_peredhil , I found a birthday present for your boyfriend), and as I headed home on the 10 just South of Downtown LA, I saw the following billboard:

"Still a Virgin?  Get help!"

Followed by an 800 number and a website.

What.  The.  Crap.

( Oh, yeah, you've annoyed Kevin, Mr. Billboard Guy. )

Sorry, could not resist giving Epic Nerd Title to this post.  Go with it.

When the news about the Nintendo 3DS broke, my first thought was, how?  Granted, I now realize that there are several other computers and televisions that have come out in the past year or so with purported 3D capabilities, but at the time, I was stunned.  How can you create a ( Read more... )

It's been a busy couple of weeks.  Unfortunately, none of the busy comes from being employed (okay, so the only unfortunate part of that is the lack of income), and circumstantially speaking, the good news is being a little drowned out by the bad.  But I guess that's the point, isn't it?  Our happiness, in one sense- our contentment, our ( Read more... )

You'd think that my continued unemployment would mean I'd post a little more often. Guess not. Oh, well.

In any case, the theme of this month is apparently weddings.  I had a couple friends get married the first weekend in June, another couple this last weekend, and yet another pair getting hitched on July 2nd.  My girlfriend's brother is getting ( Read more... )