The OR

Sooo...today I spent about an hour in the operating room. No, I was not being operated on... and no, I was not operating on anyone else...I would be highly underqualified for that role and I have no wish to handle other people's bodies in that way now or in the future (bodies haven't/won't change(d) enough in the future).

Nooo...I was there to SEE stuff. Mostly to see what it is my supervisor does and what monitors and equipment he uses. My supervisor is an anesthesiologist and it appears as though his whole job in the operating room consists of somehow putting the patient to sleep (not like how you put an animal to sleep). I have come to the conclusion that he doesn't actually do any "surgery" unless you call giving someone a needle "surgery".

There were lots of other people on the operating room though, and they were in the middle of an 8 hour operation in which they were creating an ear for the patient by taking some cartilage from the patient's ribs and using it to shape his new ear. Man...I don't know what I expected...but it was just weird...it was so casual in the OR. They were planning on working on it for 8 hours so of course they were taking their time...but I mean here there were a bunch of surgeons sitting down at a little table cutting away at pieces of cartilage with scissors and making silly jokes (some were doctor jokes I didn't understand) while the patient was laying nearby unconcious with a big slice in his chest. At least they seemed to be having fun.

Purposely no picture attached to this entry.

Party

Well, the Mexican party was a blast, as was to be expected. We had a bunch of people that most of my group of friends did not know and who did not really show up in the Mexican theme, but that was alright because they stayed on a different floor most of the night. Some of us went for a swim in the pool which was outside and unheated and very (very) cold but quite refreshing.

We had a pinata but it wasn't taken down in the traditional-hit-it-with-a-stick way. Instead Nate decided to punch it until it fell and then Alex punched it on the floor until it exploded candy everywhere (some of the candy may still be there). Oh yeah - it was a Batman pinata. Who would have thought Nate would want to punch out Batman.

No movies were watched - not even any TV, and no Risk was played - not even other board games, but that can be marked down as being because it was a PARTY and not a usual Rob's-house-get-together, and it was excellent as it was.

I'm sure I will get multiple pictures from multiple sources, but for now you can be satisfied with the video we made for Gordo, who could not be with us. I make no appologies for my zanyness in this production.

Mexican

Hello people. The man¢ana is apparently Five of May (as well as no day of the trousers), and so my friends and I have decided that seeing as we already glided to have a party in that day, now it will be a Mexican part. I am far from being an animal of the party as each one knows that I am a smooth one reserved mannered to individual, but they apparently suppose to me to play the role of the ' Mexican drunkard ' (not it search of the image of google that) in this next party. ME!?

What is I supposed to do on this? I will obtain you again in what you happened.

NOTE: This post was translated into Spanish and then translated back into English in order to make it authentic...yet understandable (somewhat)

It's all over...and just begun

It's all done! Schools out...no more books and all that jazz. Actually...it's already been more than a week into my new summer job because I haven't wrote anything in so long. I even have all my grades back already and I'm sure I've forgotten a lot of what I may or may not have been taught in the past (which is nice to visit) term.

The job is going quite well, so far it seems almost more like school then a job. Like school I show up when I want but generally am there for a long time (well...actually it has to be sometime bloody early - but I get to choose exactly when). Like school, especially the last month of school, I am working on a programming project. Oh, and like school I haven't been paid...but that will change. Congrats to all you other people who managed to find jobs recently!

My tutoree apparently gets an extra two weeks to study for his AP exam because they forgot to send his test...him and another student. What a joke! Sort of comparable to the extra two weeks we managed to push back the deadline for an assignment in one of my tiny classes. Anyway, it means I will be tutoring again for a couple more weekends. Anyone know if I will still have access to the campus that long? That new security guard, let's call him Matt Damon for simplicity sake, is completely different from the old weekend guy Alphie. He popped his head in the door and said something like "You guys are both TA's, right? Just wanted to let you know I closed the school up 15 minutes ago." He was practically asking us to lie. Not like Alphie who said he had to close the school a half hour early and thus I get paid less for tutoring. Damn him. Go Matt Damon.

That's already more than you need to know and I didn't even get started on the future.