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The last time I posted on this thing I was 24 years old...now I’m 25! I’ve been 25 for a week and a half, and so far things are going well haha. On my birthday John and I went out to dinner at a little (as in 4 tables) Mediterranean restaurant in Capital Hill called Thomas Street Bistro. It’s a neat place, the owner/waiter/cook is sooo nice and loves to give customers free food. After dinner I had to go home and study for a midterm, but the next night we had James and Miranda over for pizza, ice cream, and tie-dyeing. Also, I got lots of cool presents from my family, friends, and John. It was a good birthday.
Earlier this week John and I went to the Showbox to see The Kooks. Contrary to my brother’s prediction, I was NOT the oldest person there- there were plenty of people older than me...waiting in the back for their 15 year old children... Whatever, I’ve earned enough cred by listening to weird shit like Pere Ubu, McClusky, The Mars Volta, and Melt Banana etc etc to earn one poppy guilty pleasure.
Last night John and I went to the Seattle Art Museum. This was our second time visiting the museum- the first time was probably 2 years ago before they redid it. Prior to the massive renovation that took place a year ago-ish, there wasn’t much to see (when we heard they were redoing it John said, “Oh good, maybe they’ll add a seventh painting”). So, I wasn’t sure what to expect last nite, but oh man it was great! We were only there for an hour and a half but that’s b/c we got there at 7:30pm and it closed at 9pm- I could have easily stayed much longer. The special exhibit featured art from the Coast Salish, a subgroup of Native American cultures in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. I liked the exhibit, and pretty much everything else at the museum- it was very international and had art from every continent (except duh Antarctica I guess).
Anyway, right now it’s Saturday evening. I worked from 7:30-11:30am, met up with John for lunch in Fremont, then we hung out at a coffee shop for two hours and I worked on my Master’s Project literature review. It’s coming along slowly but surely. I don’t really feel like doing any more homework today. Also I don’t really have to. All next week my class is out on fieldwork for our physical disabilities class. I’m sooo excited- I really want to work in physical disabilities (or maybe geriatrics). I’m going to the University of Washington Medical Center, so I’ll only be one floor below the OT academic area, but that’s good enough to count as a vacation from school. The OT I’m assigned to is on a spinal cord injury team, so that’s the primary population we’ll be working with. Awesome.
Speaking of school stuff, the other day in class we watched a video featuring individuals with neurological communication disorders. All of the disorders were interesting, but the craziest was a man with a type of Wernicke’s Aphasia, acquired as the result of a CVA (stroke). The man seemed very friendly, but the only word he was able to say was “tono” (made up word). So the speech language pathologist would ask the man a question and he would answer by saying, “Tono tono tono tono tono tono tono tono tono”. The tonos exhibited a variety of intonations and speeds, just like regular speech, and they were accompanied by typical gestures. It’s not entirely clear whether the man KNOWS he’s just saying tono rather than real words. He can’t read or write, but appears to have good language comprehension. The best part of the video was when after listening to the man say “tono” for 10 minutes straight, the therapist asked him to count on his fingers from one-twenty and he goes, “Tono, one two three four five...” Everyone in my class gasped. Apparently there’s a different part of the brain dedicated to rote sequences (and also music, so the man could also sing songs) than general communication. Actually, he fell apart around 13- “eleven, twelve, thritono, tono, tono, tono…”, but still pretty cool.
Alright well, that’s about all I got. Hope you are all doing GREAT!
Earlier this week John and I went to the Showbox to see The Kooks. Contrary to my brother’s prediction, I was NOT the oldest person there- there were plenty of people older than me...waiting in the back for their 15 year old children... Whatever, I’ve earned enough cred by listening to weird shit like Pere Ubu, McClusky, The Mars Volta, and Melt Banana etc etc to earn one poppy guilty pleasure.
Last night John and I went to the Seattle Art Museum. This was our second time visiting the museum- the first time was probably 2 years ago before they redid it. Prior to the massive renovation that took place a year ago-ish, there wasn’t much to see (when we heard they were redoing it John said, “Oh good, maybe they’ll add a seventh painting”). So, I wasn’t sure what to expect last nite, but oh man it was great! We were only there for an hour and a half but that’s b/c we got there at 7:30pm and it closed at 9pm- I could have easily stayed much longer. The special exhibit featured art from the Coast Salish, a subgroup of Native American cultures in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. I liked the exhibit, and pretty much everything else at the museum- it was very international and had art from every continent (except duh Antarctica I guess).
Anyway, right now it’s Saturday evening. I worked from 7:30-11:30am, met up with John for lunch in Fremont, then we hung out at a coffee shop for two hours and I worked on my Master’s Project literature review. It’s coming along slowly but surely. I don’t really feel like doing any more homework today. Also I don’t really have to. All next week my class is out on fieldwork for our physical disabilities class. I’m sooo excited- I really want to work in physical disabilities (or maybe geriatrics). I’m going to the University of Washington Medical Center, so I’ll only be one floor below the OT academic area, but that’s good enough to count as a vacation from school. The OT I’m assigned to is on a spinal cord injury team, so that’s the primary population we’ll be working with. Awesome.
Speaking of school stuff, the other day in class we watched a video featuring individuals with neurological communication disorders. All of the disorders were interesting, but the craziest was a man with a type of Wernicke’s Aphasia, acquired as the result of a CVA (stroke). The man seemed very friendly, but the only word he was able to say was “tono” (made up word). So the speech language pathologist would ask the man a question and he would answer by saying, “Tono tono tono tono tono tono tono tono tono”. The tonos exhibited a variety of intonations and speeds, just like regular speech, and they were accompanied by typical gestures. It’s not entirely clear whether the man KNOWS he’s just saying tono rather than real words. He can’t read or write, but appears to have good language comprehension. The best part of the video was when after listening to the man say “tono” for 10 minutes straight, the therapist asked him to count on his fingers from one-twenty and he goes, “Tono, one two three four five...” Everyone in my class gasped. Apparently there’s a different part of the brain dedicated to rote sequences (and also music, so the man could also sing songs) than general communication. Actually, he fell apart around 13- “eleven, twelve, thritono, tono, tono, tono…”, but still pretty cool.
Alright well, that’s about all I got. Hope you are all doing GREAT!