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Monday, March 8
New blog! I'm now at livejournal. http://www.livejournal.com/users/sleepyjoanne
Thursday, March 4
Ok. I realize that this hair is going to go to someone who needs it much more than I do, this is a really good cause, and I can't even imagine what it must be like to have cancer and go through chemo, but I'm really nervous about cutting my hair this Saturday. I've never had hair that short before, and I'm afraid it might look crazy, plus, I'm having a terrific hair week (which only ever happens right before I cut my hair). I'm going to miss it.
Suck it up, right? Monday, February 23
It's been a bit crazy here, weather-wise, for the past few days.
Thursday, we had this gigantic snowstorm - it's been called a 'weather bomb' by the media here, which I think is hilarious - 95 cm of snow in 24 hours or so, which is, needless to say, insane. Thursday was a madhouse outside, not only was it snowing like mad, the winds were crazy, and hardly any streets were plowed. Spent the day inside working on my pop health paper, how boring is that? while ed slept on my sofa. Nice and cozy in my apt, and thank goodness the power didn't go out. I only took pictures from my window, and they're not very impressive: 
This is from this morning, I don't understand why it hasn't fallen yet. Maybe I'll go stand under it and prod it a bit, think it would be hilarious to be standing underneath it when it collapses. 
There's a big snowdrift on my balcony, I'm planning on making some sort of snow sculpture with it. Only went outside once all day, and that was to go to ed's place later that night. It's normally a 10 minute walk, but it took us much longer. We got all bundled up in ski jackets and snow pants in preparation for the hike. There were some huge snow banks. We tried walking up the sidewalk for a bit - the snow drifts were such that there was a narrow path that wasn't too deep - but got impossibly bogged down, so we ended up walking down the middle of the street, which other people were doing anyway, plus, there were hardly any cars out - a very good thing. Just some plows, and one car stuck in the middle of tower rd (what were they doing, anyway?). Wind was pretty strong, the kind of it hurts when the snow is smacking against your face kind of strong. Friday, met up with a bunch of people and went sledding down citadel hill. So much fun, and there were tons of people out. I think gorsebrook is the better sledding hill, though (although the 'crowd' is different, heh - little kids and their parents at gorsebrook). Afterwards, went for hot chocolate and/or beer at rogue's roost. Spent the evening with ed and my sister, made brownies and watched Moulin Rouge. Apparently there was an 11 pm curfew to make sure people weren't in the way of the plows, but I wasn't aware of it, and I was walking my sister home at 12:30 at night. Went shopping day before yesterday... pete's frootique for some groceries, and got this pair of shoes for $14 at winners :) 
Saturday night, hung out with ed - again, I've spent the past 4 days with him - and watched True Lies (which was, inexplicably showing on Canadian Learning Television). I've seen this movie 3 times, why? Some great one-liners. It was sad how they made the Saudi terrorist group look like a bunch of buffoons. And can an F-16 really do that? Sunday - slept in a lot (maybe until 1 in the afternoon), was walking home when I bumped into nick and guy, so I went with them to nick's house where we hung out and watched two episodes of scrubs (the ones with micheal j fox. He plays a visiting internist/surgeon with a severe case of OCD. Nice to see him onscreen again. I always forget how hilarious scrubs is. Epiphany toilet! Hmm, and today, I'm going to head downtown and do some errands, then go home and hang out with my mom and sister. I haven't studied since last Thursday though... I didn't go anywhere this year for feb break because I was planning on catching up on my work, which I badly need to do. It's like I'm not even in med school, I'm so lazy. In other news, I'm cutting 8 inches of my hair (gulp) to make a wig for cancer patients. It's part of the med school's fundraiser for Head for a Cure. I'm too chicken to shave my head, but I've been wanting short hair for awhile. I've been growing out my hair for the past couple of months in anticipation of cutting 8" off for the wig, but I wasn't going to do it for another few months. My hair is driving me nuts now, though: it's way too long, and looks terrible. So I think this will be a good thing. Many of my classmates will be shaving their heads and collecting pledges to raise money for Camp Goodtime, a one week summer camp in Nova Scotia for kids with cancer to basically have a really good time in a fun supportive environment. The head shaving/hair cutting will be taking place at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Saturday March 6th. There'll be some live entertainment as well, should be a good time. Friday, February 13
Ok, so I haven't posted in awhile...
Sort of a stressful morning (though everything turned out alright in the end) because we were choosing who gets to go where next year during clerkship. First we chose pediatrics/ob-gyn, and there are a certain number of spots in halifax, charlottetown, saint john, kentville and summerside. Not many people want to go to saint john - really, who wants to go to saint john? And everyone wants to go to Charlottetown for obs-gyn b/c you get to deliver loads of babies. In any case, I ended up with my first choice - peds in Halifax, hurrah!, and obs-gyn in halifax too, which is fine. I won't get to deliver loads of babies, but I will get to deliver a few, and I won't have to make all sorts of arrangements to find a place to live elsewhere. And then we chose internal - erg. Five people in my group wanted to do cardiology, but there were only 3 spots. So, sort of stressful, but I ended up with cardiology, so relieved. That's all I really cared about. And then I've ended up doing another session of MTU (medical teaching unit - supposedly a killer rotation, don't get to sleep much at all when you're on call, and long hours, but supposedly you learn a lot). I just hope I don't get burnt out doing two rotations of it. I think I'm probably a bit crazy doing two MTU since I could have chosen many other things, but... oh well. So all in all, kind of stressful during the process, but I think everyone was pretty good about it - I hope most people were happy in the end. No one threw a fit, no one started crying, and no one made a speech about how they've always wanted to be an obstetrician, so please please please let them do ob-gyn in charlottetown. On a completely different note, what a cute iPod case (the pink one in the middle). Tuesday, December 30
I forgot to post a photo of my halloween costume: I was a magic 8 ball. I dressed entirely in black, taped a print-out of an 8 ball on my back, and taped a blue triangle (construction paper) on my front. I then printed out all of the various predictions the 8 ball makes, and sticky-tacked one to the triangle on the front when someone asked me a question. Took 15 minutes to make, and people were entertained.
Monday, December 29
I really need to so something productive, I only have another week before I have to spend two weeks cramming for my skin glands and blood exam. I've been sleeping in, reading, shopping, watching movies, eating a lot, and surfing the internet. What I should be doing is studying right now.
Instead, I slept in, went to Minato for their bento lunch special with Ed, and spent the afternoon walking around downtown and checking out the sale at Biscuit. Ended up buying a pair of really dark blue denim - almost black - pants which have the fit I've been looking for for awhile: tight up top and a bit low cut, wide thighs and legs which flare out so much they cover my feet. I realize they're way too raver-y for me, and probably look silly, but I love the wide flares. Don't really have the proper shoes to wear them with, but fortunately, when I'm wearing them, you can't see my shoes anyway :) Then I went to le chateau with the intention of buying an off the shoulder black top if they were on sale (they are not). Instead, I found a purple velvet halter dress for a mere $20, with a nifty, slightly tacky fabric flower pinned to the neck. Couldn't say no to that. And it looks pretty good. Though I have no occasion in the near future to wear it. Maybe New Year's Eve at home with my mom? 
Friday, December 19
Running commentary as I watch an episode of sex and the city (season 6, boy, interrupted - just downloaded! I love talking through this show, but no one to talk with, bleh)...
Holy crap, it's dave ducovney (spelling is wrong). Hmm... he's looking kind of weird. Shiny? I guess he was never shiny in the x-files. "Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to chemistry class?" CHEEESE, hehe. 
Miranda had better get together with her super hot neighbour. Dave must be walking in a ditch, or SJP's wearing really tall heels or something, because the height difference between them isn't as much as it should be. AHHAHAAAHAHAA, it's geri haliwell! This is the best episode ever. Erg. Carrie's habit of constantly interrupting her friends and changing the subject to herself... why do they not throttle her? Though when did she dye her hair brown? Looks so much better that way. AHAHAHAAAAHHAAA Carrie's looking in her highschool yearbook, and there's a photo of Dave, supposedly his HS yearbook photo. He has long shaggy hair and a big nose and looks hilarious. 
The big question of the episode: 'When it comes to matters of the heart, did we have it right in high school?' (my answer - obviously not). Why is everyone at the pool British? And why is no one actually IN the pool? hehe, Cum see, cum sa. Craziness, Carrie's actually dressed like a normal person this episode. hehehe, I just fast-forwarded a bit... everyone sounds like chipmunks. You know... not everyone working at an asylum is dressed all in white. And I wanted to find out why he was there! I wanted some medical terms. (all photos are screen captures) It's been awhile. Last day of classes today. Went out for lunch (yummy roasted veggie wrap at Satisfaction Feast). Crocheting a scarf: 
Tuesday, October 28
I was walking home at sunset today (which now is around 5 in the afternoon). It was overcast, and the sky was this incredible pink colour. All the colours - the red and orange leaves, the green grass, red paint of the furniture store next door, were so vivid, it made me stop in my tracks for quite some time. It was a bit other-wordly, in a way.
Monday, October 27
This is the coolest thing ever.
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