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Controlling People and the Fight Over Gay Marriage
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... ) -
Sayonara, 2012
Well that was fun ( Read more... ) -
Somewhere In Between
"Cause I'm waiting for tonight
Then I'm waiting for tomorrow
This cannot be happening
What is real, and just a dream?"
-Lifehouse, "Somewhere In Between"
Just in a very strange place right now. Suddenly on a tighter budget because of financial aid shenanigans. Moved out of my place in Pomona, don't yet have a place in Oregon, can't afford something ( Read more... ) -
Transitions
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.
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In Which Kevin Once Again Demonstrates He Is Sheltered and Innocent
Kevin: When the heck did they start keeping Sudafed behind the counter at the pharmacy?
Amanda: When they started using it to make meth.
Kevin: Huh. I didn't know they could make meth out of...
Amanda: *smirk*
Kevin: ...*sigh* of course I didn't.
Amanda: You're cute.
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It Must Be a Blue Moon... Mmm, Blue Moon...
'Bout time I posted something this year. Highlights:
I have a meeting on Friday to figure out what I'm going to do about the whole 'Failing Respiratory' thing. Best case scenario is that they recommend me for remediation, and I get this all sorted out over the summer. Here's hoping...
Repro is going much, much better. The material is more ( Read more... ) -
Moving On
No matter what happens in life, life keeps happening. It's one of the few things you can really depend on, I suppose.
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Well That Sucked
Yesterday was our respiratory final. Amanda and I both failed, which combined with our incompletes in Cardio means that we're both likely to have to repeat the year ( Read more... ) -
Mandatory Meeting Liveblog
Things I learned at the Dean's Town Hall Meeting:- The WiFi is overloaded in our breakout rooms because they designed it for a third of the number of students that we have. They opened this building two years ago (read: roughly the same number of students).
- Our dean doesn't think any of us are pedophiles. Good to know.
- The administration is " ( Read more... )
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It Gets Worse
I always used to wonder why the second years always seemed to want to rain on our parade last year- every chance they got, they told us how much harder it would be from here on out. I mean, it's med school, but come on, it's just kind of rising and falling like everything else, right?
Yesterday, I was working with some first years and talking to ( Read more... )