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Monday, May 30, 2005

Trip Home

Time for a little update...

Last week I went on a sweet little vacation to the hot spot everyone's been talking about...Marysville, KS. It was happenin'. Ok, not so much. But, it was still fun to spend a few days at home with family and friends. Mostly I watched TV, hung out with my weinerdog, and checked out the freshly built Super Walmart. I have mixed emotions on that. I took my scooter home with me. Probably the most fun thing I did in M-ville was ride *through* Landoll's with Annie. She has all the best ideas. I'm sure she'll get me into trouble one of these days, or vice versa.

Monday, May 23, 2005

The Low Goal Gang

Just now I was looking at lawrence.com to check out the happenings in our fair little city. Lo and behold....it's Galan on the homepage looking spectacularly fruity! I was surprised and amused. They had done a feature article on low goal. It's pretty good. Check it out.

Friday, May 20, 2005

PHEW.

Today marks the last day of the notoriously difficult 4P Spring semester. I took my last final at 1:30. This week was arduous, but the hard part's over. I think I'll sip some sun tea, read National Geographic, and try not to be jealous that Ro is in Jamaica "doing as the Jamaicans do".

Sunday, May 15, 2005


Becky, is that you? I dig the wig. Posted by Hello

Friday, May 13, 2005

Bad Trip

The Buzz (96.5) has a contest called "Trippin' Thursday." They send people places to see concerts. This week they had two trips in one. The first one was tickets to see the Dave Matthews Band in St. Louis (which to be honest I could take or leave) and the second was the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Weezer (I love them!) in Las Vegas. Also, they threw in tickets to a Star Trek themed restaurant and bar.

People were calling in to qualify and the DJs would ask them impossible questions about Star Trek. "What is Captain Kirks' middle name?" None of the first few callers knew. But eventually, a whole bunch of Trekkies called in and actually knew. So, the DJs were discussing that they had a huge demographic of nerds listening. One of them said "Who can name all of the Golden Girls?" Thanks to Mimi I CAN name all of the Golden Girls, first name and last, as well as the actresses' names who play them.

So I called in... Much to my surprise, my call actually got through! "Danny Boi" answered, I explained that I could name the Golden Girls. He laughed and put me on hold. A couple of minutes later, Afentra (the host) picked up and I told her that I wanted to go to Vegas and that I could name the Girls. She too laughed and put me back on hold until the end of the song, when she would put me on the air. I was so excited that I was visibly shaking and my head was pounding.

Right about then, my phone dropped the call. Yeah. I was slightly T.O.'ed. So close! Yet so, so far....

Maybe next week my dreams of minor (incredibly minor) celebrity will be realized. Thank you Cingular Wireless.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Suppository Update

So, I checked my lab grade. I bombed that suppository lab. Badly. Bad enough to literally drop my "A" to a "B." Apparently, Bob doesn't take too kindly to sharp edges. Ouch.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

Road Deconstruction

I commute to work in Kansas City every other weekend. I don't mind the 35 minute drive. In fact, ususally I enjoy the chance to listen to some music and clear my head.
My very favorite part of the drive is a certain bump on southbound I435 just before the I70 exit. If taken from the far right lane at just the right speed...it is awesome. My butt literally comes off the seat. This only happens when I'm driving my truck, not my car, which apparently has better shocks or something.
Pitifully, I look forward to this moment for the latter half of my work day. It's not that I don't like my job--I do--I just really like this bump. Yesterday afternoon, after much anticipation, I discovered that the bump was gone! They are doing road "construction" and they got rid of it. How dare they! But what's a girl to do. Ugh.

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Overcooked Suppositories

No, this is not a euphemism.

A small fraction of pharmacy school is "compounding lab" where we learn to make different drug forms. This semester we've made powders, capsules, creams, emulsions, gels, suspensions, solutions, and lastly suppositories. This lab is precious.

This morning was the lab practical for rectal suppositories. No big deal right? I've done this before. Everything was going fine until I took my suppositories out of the refrigerator. (Let me just say that by "my suppositories" I mean the ones that I had compounded. They don't let us keep them.) They looked cracked and strange. When I took them out of the mold, they looked like they would crumble of you glared at them in just the right way. Not very user-friendly. Apparently, I had overheated the base during the melting process in my haste to finish early. Oops. I had another hour and could have made them over, but unfortunately we have reached the point in the semester when I no longer care. Take my "A". Just get me outta here.

Monday, May 02, 2005

Slovenija AKA Slovenia

How do I love Slovenija? Let me count the ways...

I had the joy of visiting Slovenija about three years ago, and I decided that it is one of my favorite places. A former Eastern Bloc country seems, to many, to be an odd choice. Let me offer an explanation. I love Slovenija because:

1. Geography
Slovenija has both mountains (Eastern Alps) and ocean, minutes apart. It is very near Venice and the beautiful beaches of Croatia. Slovenija borders Italy, Austria, Croatia, and Hungary.
2. Climate
Slovenians enjoy a warm Mediterranean climate. The weather is beautiful.
3. Beauty
The natural beauty is enormous. People travel great distances to hike and ski in Slovenija. Also, Ljubljana is architecturally beautiful in my opinion.
4. Seclusion
Because Slovenija is relatively unknown, there are not throngs of tourists like there are in other European cities.
5. Currency
Slovenian currency is the tollar. Apparently, this is where "dollar" comes from. The bills and coins all have pictures of animals and plants. They look bizarre. Tollars are adorable and are my favorite currency aside from Romanian. Romanian currency is transparent, so they win this one.
6. Culture
The attitude is very laid back. To me, Slovenija feels like you would expect: a mix of Italian with old world Eastern European. And then there is the whole former Yugoslav Republic thing. Which brings me to point 7, which isn't really a full fledged point, but more of an honorable mention. (In other words, I feel guilty about including this.) 7. Economy. Because Slovenija's economy is still recovering, an American dollar goes a long way. At least it did when I was there 3 years ago. I'm sure the situation is a little different now.


For those of you (all of you?) who were unsure where Slovenija is. Posted by Hello


I took this picture at Lake Bled, which is surrounded by green hills. On the tallest hill, there is a castle. Posted by Hello


Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenija. Posted by Hello