This is an actual slide that was shown to my class during the "Drugs of Abuse" lecture in Pharmacotherapy. The instructor apparently didn't read the whole thing prior to her lecture. She kind of gasped when she came to the bling bling part. Hilarious.

Yet another piece of minutiae

My usual choice of Dial Daily Care body wash was out of stock when I came across this gem. Is it just me, or is "Cucumber & Yogurt" a truly bizarre choice of scent for a bottle of body wash? Maybe the problem is my association of the cucumber-yogurt combination with Greek and Middle Eastern food. Tzatziki sauce, I believe it's called. If you're unfamiliar, google it. My curiosity was piqued, so I purchased it. It's quite pleasant if you were wondering. The cucumber is extremely artificial and smells rather like watermelon. I'm pretty sure the yogurt part was just to imply that it's moisturizing. Yeah.

Ro Pee

I have another lab story to share.
Yesterday my usual lab partner was out of town. Rocio, in all her generosity, agreed to switch days with her. So, for a limited time only, Ro.Lo was again my lab partner. This week was the diabetes section of this semester's lab. Some diabetics need to test their urine for ketones, and the instructors wanted us to be sympathetic. So, they made one of the partners donate a specimen. I called, "Not it!" VERY quickly. RoManian was a good sport and agreed to take one for the team. Then, the instructor informed us that the other partner (me) would have to test the urine. Bummer dude. RoBot left to do her thing, and I carefully read the instructions. She came back with a steaming plastic-beakerful of freshly voided urine. I put on some gloves and labeled the specimen "Ro Pee" just to avoid all confusion. When I opened the lid, we all got slapped in the face with the stench of acidic early morning hyper-concentrated urine. Also, it splashed a little onto the paper towel RoFo carried it with. Bonus. I couldn't help but ask myself "Why am I in this situation? Is there something I could have done differently? Why didn't I make Beth do this?" Part of the reason I chose pharmacy over another health care field was to avoid just this sort of thing.

Sunshine and Nutmeg

Yesterday was a beautimous day in Lawrence. The temperature on the bank said 87 degrees, so I thought I'd take advantage of the gorgeous weather and sit out in the sun at South Park for perhaps the last time of the year. I went home, grabbed the blanket I use for sunbathing, a pair of sunglasses, a book, and the new Fiona Apple cd that I just bought and had not yet listened to. I fell asleep in the sun, and woke up in the shade. After moving my blanket to a sunnier spot, the last track came on my earphones. What I heard became my quote of the week - Waltz (Better Than Fine). I thought it appropriate. Enjoying sun shine is not a waste of time.

This next part is totally shallow and self absorbed. Isn't that what blogging is all about?
In other "news"...I colored my hair. Just like everyone else; I thought I'd jump on the dark haircolor bandwagon. I've been wanting to try a darker color for quite some time now. When Molly colored hers (it looks awesome) I decided that I really wanted to color mine too, but that I couldn't. Then Missy went to the dark side for the sake of Halloween. So there was Molly, Missy, and of course Ro. hehe.
I decided to look at the haircolor and obviously ended up buying one. Nutmeg-dark brown but NOT black. It's not permanent, so I thought it would be like trying it on. I love it. I love it and I want to marry it.

Bumper Stories

Today, I’ve been enjoying the sunny first day of Fall Break. I have big plans for my days off including getting renters’ insurance, organizing my apartment, baking bread from scratch, and watching last week’s SNL (hosted by John Heder) that Missy taped for me and that I accidentally taped partially over. Flippin’ idiot! But anyway...

Earlier, I was on my way to the gym when I came up behind a car at a stop light. In the trunk of this car were parts of a twin bed and there was a mattress on top of it. My paranoid mind was wondering if everything was tied down tightly enough to not fall off/out and kill me. I was inspecting the situation when I noticed an open razor blade on the bumper. “How interesting!” I thought to myself. Recall my recent cell phone fiasco.

Many of you received mysterious phone calls, but for those who didn’t I’ll tell the story. I lost my cell phone as I was on my way back to Marysville two weekends ago. I had my scooter on its rack on the back of my truck, and I was talking to my Dad on my phone when I noticed that my scooter was tilting precariously and looked like it would soon fall off. I sort of freaked out, pulled over, put my phone on the bumper, fixed the scooter, and headed off on my merry way. Thinking that I should call back Dad and tell him everything was ok, I searched for my phone as I entered the Turn Pike. No phone. Long story slightly shorter, a nice lady named Jean found it and called EVERYONE on my call log. I got my phone back. Fast forward to today. I saw the razor blade on the car’s bumper. I picked it up and tossed it into the open trunk so that the razor wouldn’t find its surly self on the open road; free to wreak havoc. But then maybe the ornery thing was just hitching a ride. The car had Mississippi plates. Either way, I think it’s coincidental that I would find a razor on someone’s bumper so shortly after my own incident. It makes me feel a bit less moronic.

Here is the mighty Sunbear's long awaited examplage: The best I've come up with is “SillyP’s Extra Strength Lotion Potion for Ashy Shin.” So it’s not really a drug cocktail, but I’d still buy it.

I Can Be a Copycat

Things I love...

1. Ice
2. Italy
3. Lilacs
4. Stupid human tricks
5. Stars (the night sky kind)

Corn Maze

Mimi, Ro and I wanted to do something cool last night and, as is too often the case, we were having a shortage of awesome ideas. I was daydreaming in class (again) and thought, "Corn Maze!!" It's something I've always wanted to do. Plus it's Fall now and it seemed like a good way to welcome the new season. Missy and Ro agreed. So we set off to look for a maze of maize on 15th street headed towards Eudora. We came across several closed pumpkin patches, but no open Maze. There was a sign advertising a "Haunted Maze" but it was sadly closed. And it looked rather UN-haunted. We amused ourselves by putting the word haunted in front of almost any word for awhile before heading back to Lawrence. Keep going past the haunted basketball hoop, left at the haunted propane tank and you're there.

We went to McDonald's for some consolation fries/ice cream. There in front of register was a flyer for "Gary's Berries Fall Festival" which includes a corn maze. Gary's berries. Hehe. We'll have to try again on another haunted evening.

I've included a couple pics. The first is Mimi with the sweeet flyer, then a motion shot of an evil Ro. "Just because you have a soul, you think you're better than me?!"

Campus Fashion

If your purse is more than twice as big as your tiny skirt, you just might be a fashion victim.